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ECB boss hints at interest rate rise to comeThere were no surprises from the European Central Bank’s monthly policy committee meeting as the… 04/05/06 07:05 CET
Bolivian energy nationalisation sparks emergency regional summitThe leaders of Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela and Argentina have gathered for an hastily convened… 04/05/06 07:05 CET
BASF’s quarterly sales and earnings jumpRising profit at its oil and gas unit boosted BASF’s earnings in the first quarter and its forecast… 04/05/06 07:05 CET
world news
Moussaoui escapes death penaltyConvicted 9-11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui has been spared the death penalty. Moussaoui, the… 04/05/06 07:05 CET
Blair tells voters to look at economic successBritish Prime Minister Tony Blair and his presumed successor Gordon Brown have been on the campaign… 04/05/06 07:05 CET
Moussaoui verdict stirs mixed feelingsFor some of the relatives of those who died in the September the 11th attacks, the verdict in the… 04/05/06 07:05 CET
Bush and Merkel shoulder-to-shoulder on IranMapping out a strategy on Iran without dividing the West – that was German Chancellor Angela… 04/05/06 07:05 CET
Truce to match rebel ceasefire in NepalNepal’s new government has announced an indefinite truce to match a ceasefire declared by Maoist… 04/05/06 07:05 CET
Britain’s Labour party faces tough election testTony Blair and his wife Cherie went to cast their vote in a poll which may well weaken the British… 04/05/06 06:05 CET
Olmert present Israeli government to parliamentIsrael’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has laid out his vision for the country’s future. In a policy… 04/05/06 06:05 CET
Moussaoui defiant to the lastA super-maximum security prison in Colorado dubbed “the Alcatraz of the Rockies” is thought to be… 04/05/06 06:05 CET
Cheney urges Moscow to renew commitment to democracyRussia has accused the United States of using its global democracy policy as an excuse to establish… 04/05/06 06:05 CET
Prodi faces test to find new Italian presidentItaly’s outgoing Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has been meeting with his centre-left… 04/05/06 06:05 CET
Moussaoui begins life jail termZacarias Moussaoui, the only person convicted in the US over September 11, is beginning his life… 04/05/06 01:05 CET
Britain’s Labour party faces tough election testBritish Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie have voted in England’s local elections. The… 04/05/06 01:05 CET
French premier stands firm over scandalBrushing aside talk of resignation, Dominique de Villepin has issued the latest of his almost daily… 04/05/06 01:05 CET
Olmert to be sworn in on unilateral border planIsrael’s new government is set to be sworn into office with a plan to set the borders of the Jewish… 04/05/06 01:05 CET
White House responds to Moussaoui verdict“The end of this case but not an end to the fight against terror.” That was George W. Bush’s… 04/05/06 01:05 CET
