Mrs K and the F factor - Business News Americas
Argentina, which still lays claim to the islands it and most of Latin America calls the Islas Malvinas, clearly resents the fact that the oil and gas, if it proves to be economically feasible to extract, will benefit what it regards as the colonizers ...
Argentina presents OAS with documentation on British ... - Caribbean Net News
... included was Decree 256 of the Argentine government that states that any vessel wishing to travel between a location in Argentine continental territory and ports on the Islas Malvinas, South Georgia or South Sandwich Islands, to cross Argentine ...
The islands of black gold - New Statesman
... permanent settlement, in East Falkland in 1764, was by Bretons from Saint-Malo, and it was after them that the islands were called Îles Malouines, translated into Spanish as Islas Malvinas. Only later did the British settle at Port Egmont on ...
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Pope fails to calm anger over Irish abuses
 Pope Benedict XVI's unprecedented letter to Ireland apologizing for chronic child abuse within the Catholic Church fails to calm the anger of many victims.
Pakistan tribal council: Army must destroy Taliban
Hundreds of tribesmen from Pakistan's semiautonomous regions near the Afghan border ended a rare tribal council meeting Saturday with a declaration calling for the army to crush the Taliban.
Obama appeals to Iranians in online video
In a fresh appeal to the Iranian people, President Obama says in an online video that the U.S. wants more cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.
Bombs still greet Marines in Afghan town
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Thai protesters' caravan wends through capital
A crimson tide of protesters snaked its way through the Thai capital Saturday, with thousands of cars, trucks and motorbikes tangling up traffic as demonstrators sought to drum up support for ousting a government they call illegitimate.
Sandstorm turns Beijing sky orange
 China's capital woke up to orange-tinted skies Saturday as the strongest sandstorm so far this year hit the country’s north, making breathing the air “very bad for health.”
Thousands rally in Russia against Putin
 Thousands rally across Russia to denounce government economic policy and demand more freedom in a new challenge to the Kremlin reflecting increasing disillusionment.
Volcano erupts in southern Iceland
Iceland's civil protection agency says a volcano has erupted in the southern part of country.
Snowmobiler killed in Canada avalanche
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Afghan women confront deadly task: Childbirth
Spain says video shows firefighters on holiday
A Spanish firefighting force says a video released by French officials investigating an alleged ETA shooting does not show the suspected gunmen, but rather a group of Catalan firefighters on holiday.
Thousands of BA flights canceled as crew on strike
Retiree Richard Moore arrived at Heathrow with a suitcase of summer clothes for a Miami cruise only to be sent to Denver. Susan Danby wondered if plans for a joint 50th birthday celebration in Las Vegas would be a losing bet.
U.N. chief: Israel must stop settlements
 Visiting U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon says that Israeli settlement building anywhere on occupied land is illegal, while a Palestinian teenager is killed in clashes with Israeli troops elsewhere in the West Bank.
Nepal leader who helped end king's rule dies at 86
Girija Prasad Koirala, Nepal's former prime minister who led mass protests that ended the king's authoritarian rule and helped deliver a peace deal to end 10 years of communist revolt, died Saturday. He was 86.
Mexico drug war's toll on Americans grows
 The number of U.S. citizens killed in Mexico has more than doubled to 79 in 2009 from 35 in 2007, according to the U.S. State Department.
Married at 9, divorced at 10: Girl's memoir
In a harrowing memoir she has yet to read herself, Nujood Ali tells how at age 9 she was forced to marry a man three times her age, raped and beaten, then made Yemeni history by getting a divorce.
Moderate earthquake, aftershock shake eastern Cuba
A moderate earthquake and smaller aftershock rattled houses and nerves in eastern Cuba on Saturday near the U.S. holding facility at Guantanamo Bay. No damages or injuries were reported.
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