corporate
US moves against Chinese copyright piracy at WTOThe United States has formally lodged complaints at the World Trade Organisation against China over… 10/04/07 09:04 CET
PPR leaps at chance to buy PumaGerman sportswear company Puma has received a 5,3 billion euros friendly takeover bid from PPR, the… 10/04/07 09:04 CET
Why do the Spanish love the 500 euro note?Viva the big bill, as it has emerged that 65% of all the money in circulation in Spain is in the… 10/04/07 09:04 CET
europa
Fishermen flouting rules, catch police failingCondemning fishermen who duck the rules on one hand and weak policing on the other, the European… 10/04/07 09:04 CET
ETA re-armed and dangerous — EuropolThe armed Basque separatist group ETA has rebuilt its capacity to strike with organised attacks… 10/04/07 09:04 CET
world news
Three die in Morocco anti-terror raidA third suspected suicide bomber has blown himself up following a police chase in a Casablanca… 10/04/07 08:04 CET
Ukraine court delays political crisis hearing after judges alledge intimidationAs tens of thousands of protestors loyal to the Ukrainian Prime Minister continue to rally in the… 10/04/07 08:04 CET
Serbian court convicts paramilitaries of deaths of Srebrenica MuslimsA Serbian war crimes court has convicted four Serb paramilitaries for the murder of six Bosnian… 10/04/07 08:04 CET
UK woman loses appeal over frozen embryosA British woman left infertile after cancer treatment has lost her final legal battle to become a… 10/04/07 08:04 CET
Portugal’s president ratifies abortion lawTwo months after he voted in a referendum on abortion, Portugal’s president has rubber-stamped a… 10/04/07 08:04 CET
Defiant Iran announces further nuclear progressA day after claiming it had begun producing nuclear fuel on an industrial scale, Iran has announced… 10/04/07 08:04 CET
Bush switches focus from Iraq to immigrationWith the Democratic majority in Washington doing its best to block the US President’s policy on the… 10/04/07 08:04 CET
Warm welcome for space tourist on the ISSBillionaire US space tourist Charles Simonyi has arrived in orbit. The Soyuz capsule carrying the… 10/04/07 08:04 CET
UK Defence Ministry in about-face after media stormBritain’s Defence Ministry has banned personnel from selling their stories to the media pending a… 10/04/07 08:04 CET
Money movement may help North Korea nuclear dealUS Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, has arrived in Seoul, expressing hope that a… 10/04/07 02:04 CET
