05/07/2012 | Argentina

Scioli plans to declare BA province under financial emergency

Buenos Aires province governor Daniel Scioli is planning to submit a draft bill to declare the province under “financial emergency”, according to what official sources revealed to Ambito.com.

21/02/2011 | Argentina

Lufthansa passenger plane makes emergency landing at Ezeiza airport

An Germany-bound Lufthansa passenger plane carrying over 200 people had an emergency landing at the Ezeiza Airport after calling in reporting an engine malfunction for reasons that remain to be investigated.

19/05/2011 | Argentina

ANAC, Transport Secretary: 'everything was up to code'

The Transport Secretary and the National Administration of Civic Aviation (ANAC) assured today, that with regard to the air tragedy in Río Negro, “the company, the aircraft, as well as the crew, all had their licenses updated and ‘up to code.’

08/01/2012 | Argentina

Gov’t calls for emergency meeting over extreme drought

Agriculture Minister Norberto Yahuar said the Government would engage in “surgical work” in order to reach “all areas of the farming sector” affected by the extreme drought.

04/04/2011 | World

Plane makes emergency landing in Athens

A British airliner travelling from Britain to the Egyptian resort of Sharm el Sheikh made an emergency landing at Athens airport after receiving a bomb threat.

19/04/2011 | World

Syria lifts emergency but police arrest leftist

The Syrian authorities' arrest of a leftist opposition figure overnight suggests that a bill passed by the government to end emergency rule after 48 years will not halt repression, rights campaigners said.

19/06/2011 | World

Europe delays decision on emergency loans to Greece

Euro zone finance ministers postponed a final decision on extending a further 12 billion euros (US$17 billion) in emergency loans to Greece, saying Athens would first have to introduce harsh austerity measures.

26/01/2011 | World

Tunisia seeks arrest of ousted president

Tunisia wants to have ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his family arrested and put on trial for theft and currency offences, the justice minister said.

08/02/2011 | World

US demands immediate end to Egypt's emergency law

21/02/2011 | World

'Egypt must do more to show democratic future,' Cameron

British Prime Minister David Cameron said Egypt must do more to show it has a democratic future following the fall of former President Hosni Mubarak.

15/10/2011 | Latin America

Central America death toll at 45 from heavy rains

Torrential rain in Central America this week that forced thousands to abandon their homes and trapped many more has killed at least 45 people, with Guatemala the worst hit, authorities said today.

17/04/2012 | Latin America

Stirring Mexican volcano closes schools, raises alert

A powerful plume of steam and ash rose from the Popocatepetl volcano in central Mexico, prompting local schools to cancel classes and emergency teams to prepare for evacuations.

16/04/2011 | Sports

Syria's Assad vows to lift emergency law by next week

President Bashar al-Assad emergency law in place for almost 50 years in Syria would be lifted by next week but ignored popular demands to curb the security apparatus and dismantle its authoritarian system.