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UN chief “outraged” by Gaza bombing

Gaza Crisis UN chief “outraged” by Gaza bombing

It is an attack the United Nations chief has called outrageous. The headquarters of UN relief agencies in Gaza has been hit by Israeli shells, injuring three people. Aid supplies have also been set…

Intensive push for Gaza ceasefireIntensive push for Gaza ceasefire Hamas interior minister killedHamas interior minister killed Euro zone borrowing costs cut to two percentEuro zone borrowing costs cut to two percent
On the diplomatic front, intensive efforts continue to try to reach a ceasefire agreement. Hamas has told Egypt it will only agree to a…
Hamas’s leadership has suffered another blow. The group says its interior minister, Saeed Seyyam, has been killed in an airstrike. Seyyam…
The European Central Bank has lowered interest rates again. Differing comments from bank policymakers in recent days had left the financial…
  1. Russia and Ukraine to discuss gas row at weekend
  2. Sarkozy makes minor changes to cabinet line-up
  3. Chavez wins backing to run indefinitely
  4. Controversial Heathrow expansion gets green light
  5. US Senate to vote on bailout package
  6. Shock over French CJD trial verdict
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Recession drives down European car sales

Cars Recession drives down European car sales

New passenger car sales in Europe suffered their sharpest fall for 15 years in 2008. The association representing the carmaking industry says the downturn was most prominent in the last…

UK unveils business loan schemeUK unveils business loan scheme OECD downbeat on euro zone recoveryOECD downbeat on euro zone recovery December US retail sales figures worse than predictedDecember US retail sales figures worse than…
The British government has announced a scheme to help small and medium-sized businesses get access to credit. The idea is to stop cash-starved…
There is grim reading in the latest predictions from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. OECD Secretary General Angel…
It was not a happy Christmas for US retailers as their sales were much worse than expected in December. The latest figures show that the…
  1. Bernanke warns more stimulus needed
  2. Euro hailed for stabilising role
  3. US jobless rate jumps to 7.2 percent
  4. Recession hits car sales hard
  5. Spanish industry stumbles
  6. Good year end for German retail sales

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Airbus beats strike-hit Boeing for deliveries

Airbus Airbus beats strike-hit Boeing for deliveries

Mixed news from European plane maker Airbus as it beat its US rival Boeing for deliveries in 2008 but said it sees a tough year ahead. Airbus predicted its orders will halve in 2009 as the…

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The saga of Apple’s boss Steve Jobs’ health has taken another turn hitting the company’s share price. It has been announced that Jobs is to…
The world’s second largest truck maker, Volvo, is laying of 1,620 people in Sweden. Nearly two thirds of them work on the lorry assembly line…
Japan’s Sony is reportedly going to announce an annual operating loss of about 825 million euros due to sluggish sales across all its operations and…
  1. Air France-KLM takes Alitalia stake
  2. UK taxpayers end up with big Lloyds-HBOS stake
  3. VW meets 2008 sales targets
  4. Dell and Lenovo restructure
  5. Commerzbank part nationalisation hits shares
  6. Marks & Spencer to cut jobs
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European shares slump again

Europe European shares slump again

European shares finished sharply down on Wednesday. It was the sixth session in a row that they were lower. London lost almost five percent and Frankfurt and Paris over 4.5 percent.…

European markets slip on US job figuresEuropean markets slip on US job figures Markets bounce back in 2009Markets bounce back in 2009 European shares end year 45 percent lowerEuropean shares end year 45 percent lower
European shares finished lower on Wednesday after rising for the previous six sessions. London’s FTSE 100 slumped nearly three percent. Oil prices…
The new year rally has continued for stocks worldwide. On Monday, European shares briefly touching their highest level since mid-November, with…
Trading in shares in Europe is over for the year with several of the region’s stock markets having registered their worst annual losses in history.…
  1. European stocks end higher
  2. Asia ends miserable year for stocks
  3. Europe shares close higher
  4. Brokers stay away from Europe’s trading floors
  5. No christmas cheer for European shares
  6. Shares slip again in Europe

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Czech joke art apology

EU Presidency Czech joke art apology

The official unveiling of a controversial art installation, ‘Entropa’, in the atrium of the European Council building in Brussels has given the opportunity for the country which commissioned it to…

Illegal immigration, SIS II and biometrics — the increasingly robotic ring of EU Interior AffairsIllegal immigration, SIS II and biometrics — the… Srebrenica contrition callSrebrenica contrition call Czechs present EU 6-month planCzechs present EU 6-month plan
Italy, Greece, Malta and Cyprus have called on their European Union partners to help combat a growing wave of illegal immigrants. They cite UN…
MEPs have called for the commemoration throughout the EU of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide (as declared by the International Criminal Tribunal for the…
The European Union’s presiding nation, the Czech Republic, has sketched out its programme for the first half of this year, naming energy security as…
  1. Parliament welcomes Topolanek warily
  2. Czechs’ Topolanek to face MEPs
  3. Czechs make light of EU stereotypes
  4. Pesticide ingredients banned
  5. Blair’s guiding star power for EU
  6. Frattini’s bid for Croatia-Slovenia accord
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Understanding Central America’s vital water needs

Environment Understanding Central America’s vital water needs

The lack of safe drinkable water remains a pressing issue across the globe. In Central America, a group of Italian NGOs have organised a water fact finding mission in an attempt to understand how the…

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Do I stay or do I go? It’s a question young people in the Senegalese town of Podor have to ask themselves when considering their future. To prevent…
Europe, slinking into financial uncertainty with the rest of the world might harness micro-credit to give the down-and-out an up-and-coming chance.
Once hailed as the aristocrats of communist Poland, its coal miners today are dreading the future, afraid the EU’s climate change pact could force…
  1. Parents cross borders for work, hearts heavy
  2. Mali’s fight against malnutrition
  3. Most Germans favour nuclear energy relaunch, not phase-out
  4. London’s Muslims: Three years after 7/7
  5. Senator Obama takes comfortable lead thanks to swing states turning blue
  6. Iceland warming to EU
latest cinema news
Soviet sci-fi tale becomes a modern Russian blockbuster

Action film Soviet sci-fi tale becomes a modern Russian blockbuster

At a cost of more than 30 million euros, it is the most expensive Russian film ever made; the latest blockbuster to come from a country whose cinema industry is catching up with its Western rivals.…

Success for low budget films marks return of the Golden GlobesSuccess for low budget films marks return of the… “Un barrage contre le Pacifique”“Un barrage contre le Pacifique” “Defiance” tells remarkable true-life story“Defiance” tells remarkable true-life story
After last year’s absence due to the screen writer’s strike, the Golden Globes Awards returned full of big names and glamour but it was the smaller…
Isabelle Huppert will be president of this year’s cannes jury, but before then it’s back to the day job with “Un barrage contre le Pacifique”, her…
Daniel Craig filled Leicester Square with flashbulbs as the star premiered his and Edward Zwick’s new film “Defiance”. Was it the cold putting a snap…
  1. “Frozen River” puts the heat on Hollywood
  2. ‘Doubt’ brings Streep & Seymour Hoffman together
  3. ‘Marley & me’ takes the biscuit
  4. Mann’s Buddenbrooks return to the big screen
  5. The Tale of Desperaux
  6. Spanish cartoon with eco-message
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European Union “overregulated” says new EU President Mirek Topolanek

EU Presidency European Union “overregulated” says new EU President Mirek Topolanek

Mirek Topolanek is the current Czech prime minister, and he takes over the six-month EU presidency on January 1st, 2009. For the first time leading the Union, the Czechs will have to conquer the…

Manoel de Oliveira: the oldest working film directorManoel de Oliveira: the oldest working film… Andrius Kubilius, Lithuanian Prime MinisterAndrius Kubilius, Lithuanian Prime Minister Dordain lays out ESA’s next 10 yearsDordain lays out ESA’s next 10 years
Born into a wealthy middle-class family 100 years ago, Manoel de Oliveira’s ambition was always to be an actor. But the arrival of the movies changed…
Andrius Kubilius was recently elected Lithuania’s prime minister but he has had little or no time to enjoy a honeymoon period. Lithunia must start…
The General Director of the European Space Agency Jean Jacques Dordain welcomed euronews to his Paris headquarters just a few days before the…
  1. Ex-Georgian speaker on turning against Saakashvili
  2. Rabier lauds ‘vanguard Europe’
  3. Schevardnadze: “Russia has set a very dangerous precedent for itself.”
  4. Sargsyan: Armenia joining NATO is “not on the agenda”
  5. Barroso: “Europe expects a lot from Barack Obama.”
  6. Kouchner on Georgia Russia conflict
latest science news
How heavier food could lead to a longer life

Research How heavier food could lead to a longer life

There are many old wives’ tales on extending your youth but scientists at the Retrotope biotech firm in Moscow think they’re on to something concrete. They say the secret to living longer is…

Here be Dragons: but how much longer for the Komodo?Here be Dragons: but how much longer for the… Maldives plans for environmental exodusMaldives plans for environmental exodus Ancient Peruvian burial site unearthedAncient Peruvian burial site unearthed
The habitat of Komodo Dragons, the largest living species of lizards and one of the closest relatives to the dinosaurs, is confined to four small…
With sea levels rising around the world, the low-lying coral islands of the Maldives are facing an uncertain future.
Archaeologists working in the forests of northern Peru have discovered a lavish burial site of a noble man from the pre-Inca Sican culture.
  1. Failing feline: Study of declining jaguar numbers
  2. Making algae a realistic fuel alternative
  3. New finds at supposed site of King Herod’s tomb
  4. Species under threat
  5. Guatemalan archaeologists find “missing link”
  6. New drug could boost libido
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