corporate
Suez-GDF address gas competition issues from mergerThe merger of French utility companies Gaz de France and Suez could be refused over their natural… 22/08/06 07:08 CET
Norwegian tanker shipping merger announcedThe Norwegian shipping group Camillo Eitzen is to buy its rival Songa Shipholding for a total of… 22/08/06 07:08 CET
InterContinental Hotels profits rise but shares dipIntercontinental Hotels has reported substantially higher half year profits, boosted by a move to… 22/08/06 07:08 CET
world news
Saddam Hussein face-to-face with witness of gas attacksDay two of the Anfal genocide trial against Saddam Hussein and others in Baghdad: Seven leading… 22/08/06 12:08 CET
Wildfires in Turkey spare Virgin Mary sanctuaryWildfires in Turkey are also stretching efforts to the limit. Hundreds of hectares of forest have… 22/08/06 12:08 CET
Third day of fighting in DRCFighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo capital Kinshasa continues between the feuding forces… 22/08/06 12:08 CET
Italy to lead in Lebanon but shooting must stopEurope appears ready to commit some 8,000 troops to the Lebanese peacekeeping force currently being… 22/08/06 12:08 CET
German tourist killed in Greek forest fireHigh winds and temperatures continue to fuel a forest fire raging out of control in northern… 22/08/06 12:08 CET
Italy offers to lead UN force in LebanonItaly is reported to have confirmed an offer to lead a UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon. However, a… 22/08/06 07:08 CET
UK terror suspects to answer charges in courtEleven people are due to appear in court in London today in connection with an alleged plot to blow… 22/08/06 07:08 CET
Lebanese troops have awkward role in southIn villages where Hizbollah fighters had built up their strongholds, Lebanese troops are now making… 22/08/06 07:08 CET
Virus leads to livestock transport restrictions in EUEU veterinary experts have approved restrictions on the transport of live cows, sheep and goats… 22/08/06 07:08 CET
Water crisis hit rich countriesFrom the south of Spain to London, via the huge cities of Australia and North America a shortage of… 22/08/06 06:08 CET
Airliner crash in Ukraine kills 170A Russian airliner has crashed in eastern Ukraine, killing everyone on board. The 170 dead… 22/08/06 06:08 CET
Lebanon buffer force no nearerDoubts are beginning to pile up about when the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon will be able to… 22/08/06 06:08 CET
Worry over Congo violence triggers EU reinforcementFears that clashes between armies supporting rival presidential candidates in the Democratic… 22/08/06 06:08 CET
Iran wants ‘serious’ talks on nuclear issueIran’s chief nuclear negotiator says he is ready to start “serious” talks with Western powers on… 22/08/06 06:08 CET
Fire crisis eases in GreeceFirefighters on the Halkidiki peninsula in northern Greece appear to be bringing a huge blaze there… 22/08/06 06:08 CET
A plane crashed in eastern UkraineRescuers have found the bodies of thirty people killed when an airliner flying from southern Russia… 22/08/06 03:08 CET
