archive 26·05·2008

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Palme d’Or for French movie at Cannes
“Entre les Murs” or, in English, “The Class” has won the prestigious Palme d’Or at the 61st Cannes… 26/05/08 17:27 CET

EADS faces angry shareholders
Europe’s aerospace and defence champion EADS held one of the toughest annual general meetings in… 26/05/08 19:37 CET
SocGen inquiry publishes findings
French banking giant Societe Generale faces a tough annual general meeting on Tuesday, when… 26/05/08 19:37 CET
European giant goes to court
The first criminal trial in a huge bribery probe at German industrial giant Siemens has opened. One… 26/05/08 19:37 CET

EU slow to harmonise missing children alerts
Brussels continues to urge all the EU countries to create a harmonised missing children alert… 26/05/08 19:38 CET
EU-Russia talks mandate agreed
The European Union has at last approved a negotiating mandate for a new partnership agreement with… 26/05/08 19:37 CET

Italian Carlo Ratti tests the limits of architecture
Italian architect Carlo Ratti tries to push the boundaries of his art. With transatlantic bases in… 26/05/08 18:00 CET

Grenoble focuses on sustainable building techniques
As increasing numbers of people flock to live in cities, there is growing awareness that… 26/05/08 17:27 CET

Small step for Mars in quest for signs of life
Phoenix is the latest in a long list of NASA missions to Mars that started back in the 1960s. Along… 26/05/08 19:48 CET
Paris students bask in Cannes glory
It may not have the lure of the Louvre but an unprepossessing school has become Paris’s late… 26/05/08 19:43 CET
Ex-dictator Mengistu faces death penalty in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s Supreme Court has sentenced former Marxist dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam to death in… 26/05/08 19:42 CET
Fears of ‘quake lake’ disaster in China
Chinese soldiers are battling to prevent a potentially devastating flood disaster as a lake formed… 26/05/08 13:16 CET
Celebrations welcome Lebanon’s new President
Celebrations have broken out on the streets of Beirut after army General Michel Suleiman was sworn… 26/05/08 07:44 CET
Talking rubbish: Naples mayors reject landfills
The rubbish crisis disfiguring Naples drags on, despite government determination to clean up the… 26/05/08 07:44 CET
Aid offered but concerns remain over Myanmar
International donors have pledged millions of euros in aid for the victims of Cyclone Nargis during… 26/05/08 07:44 CET
Life on Mars: Phoenix lands on the Red Planet
400 million miles from home, the safe arrival of a small space probe on Mars provoked joyous scenes… 26/05/08 07:44 CET
Kiev vote reveals splits in Ukrainian politics
The Ukrainian capital Kiev has been voting for a new mayor, in a microcosm of Ukraine’s political… 26/05/08 07:44 CET