corporate
LSE rejects latest Nasdaq offerThe London Stock Exchange has rejected a fresh takeover bid from US bourse Nasdaq. The American… 20/11/06 07:11 CET
Russian steel giant agrees deal with US firmRussia’s top steel producer Evraz has agreed a 1.79 billion euro deal to buy its US counterpart… 20/11/06 07:11 CET
Trade tops agenda at Indo-China meetingHoping to turn a cagey friendship into a more trusting relationship, the Chinese President has… 20/11/06 07:11 CET
europa
Commission warns of impending energy crunchTuesday’s meeting in Brussels between the EU and Russia over energy policy has been cancelled after… 20/11/06 07:11 CET
EU warns fins ‘aint what they used to beEU fisheries ministers are locked in two-day talks to decide on the future of EU fish stocks, as… 20/11/06 07:11 CET
world news
Several wounded in school shooting in GermanyA shooting drama at a school for adolescents in Germany has left a gunman dead and several people… 20/11/06 12:11 CET
Blair meets troops and Hamid Karzai in AfghanistanThe British Prime Minister has met UK troops in Afghanistan, where fighting this year is said to be… 20/11/06 12:11 CET
- German nurse jailed for life over “mercy killings”
A German nurse has been jailed for life for killing 28 patients for whom he said he felt… 20/11/06 12:11 CET
Italian secret services chiefs sackedSeveral of Italy’s secret services leaders have been sacked following a series of scandals. Among… 20/11/06 12:11 CET
Polls say Dutch conservatives set for general election winIncumbent Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende looks set for a comeback in the Netherlands’ general… 20/11/06 12:11 CET
Landmark vote closes in MauritaniaMauritania has taken an historic step towards a free election one year after a military junta… 20/11/06 07:11 CET
Dutch politicians avoid immigration issueImmigration – a hot topic in Dutch politics, but strangely absent from the campaign leading up to… 20/11/06 07:11 CET
Kremlin denies involvement in UK poison plot“Bordering on raving madness” – that is the Kremlin response to accusations it was involved in the… 20/11/06 07:11 CET
Kremlin blamed for alleged poisoning of dissidentMore details are emerging about the circumstances believed to surround the alleged poisoning of a… 20/11/06 07:11 CET
Armed teen kills himself and wounds several at German schoolSeveral students, a teacher and a janitor have been wounded, one seriously, after a teenager with a… 20/11/06 07:11 CET
Bush doesn’t receive warm welcome in IndonesiaIgnoring monsoon rain and thunder, hundreds of people gathered in Indonesia’s former colonial… 20/11/06 07:11 CET
Tensions rise further in Lebanon after Hezbollah callSecurity forces in Beirut are on full alert after the leader of Hezbollah urged his party’s… 20/11/06 07:11 CET
German nurse jailed for life for “mercy killings”A German nurse has been jailed for life for killing 28 patients for whom he said he felt… 20/11/06 07:11 CET
Syria backs Iraq says minister after landmark visitSyria’s Foreign Minister has pledged his support for the Iraqi government on a landmark trip to… 20/11/06 07:11 CET
