cinema
Death row – through a chaplain’s eyesAt The Death House Door is a personal look at the death penalty in Texas seen through the eyes of a… 19/06/08 18:28 CET
corporate
Banks and technology pull down European marketsEuropean shares finished the session down on Thursday after having earlier been boosted by… 19/06/08 21:42 CET
Italian windfall oil tax announcedShares in several of Italy’s oil refiners dropped on Thursday, one day after the Rome government… 19/06/08 21:42 CET
Imperial slashes jobs after Altadis purchaseBritain’s Imperial Tobacco Group is to cut around 2,440 jobs – 6% of its workforce – following its… 19/06/08 21:42 CET
EADS refuelling contract up in the airA 22 billion euro contract to supply refuelling planes to the US Air Force is up in the air after… 19/06/08 21:42 CET
europeans
Financial exclusion in EuropeAn estimated half of all adults in some EU countries don’t have a bank account. This week Europeans… 19/06/08 22:02 CET
hi-tech
Filling up at the tap – car that runs on waterIt has long been the holy grail for car manufacturers, but now a Japanese company has recently… 19/06/08 20:53 CET
le mag
Arabic music takes centre stage in ParisOne of the highlights of the four-day long Arabic Music Festival in Paris was a concert of Nouba… 19/06/08 20:46 CET
science
Mammoth potential of elephant grassAs the world wrestles with questions about biofuels versus food, researchers in Brazil are… 19/06/08 23:08 CET
world news
EU treaty up on blocks, leaders earnest but jovialIreland’s foreign minister has said do not count on his country to propose swift solutions to its… 19/06/08 21:57 CET
EU soldiers killed in Bosnia helicopter crashTwo Spanish pilots and two German officers with the EU peacekeeping mission in Bosnia have been… 19/06/08 21:03 CET
Scepticism greets Israel/Hamas truce in GazaScepticism has greeted the Israel/Hamas ceasefire among resident in the Israeli town of Sderot… 19/06/08 19:49 CET
Afghan officials claim success in anti-Taliban strikeAfghan officials are claiming success in their offensive against suspected Taliban militants in the… 19/06/08 19:47 CET
Mobsters’ sentences upheld after Italy’s biggest trialAn Italian appeals court has upheld life sentences against 16 members of the most powerful and… 19/06/08 19:47 CET
African leaders: Zimbabwe vote “not free nor fair”The Secretary General of Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC party, Tendai Biti, has been charged with… 19/06/08 19:47 CET
Uneasy truce holds in GazaThe uneasy truce between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas continues to hold in the… 19/06/08 19:47 CET
Russia warns Georgia over soldiers’ arrestRussia has issued a stern warning to Georgia over the brief detention of four Russian soldiers… 19/06/08 19:47 CET
House of Lords ratifies Lisbon treatyThe UK parliament has ratified the Lisbon reform treaty, the first country to do so since the Irish… 19/06/08 07:36 CET
Israel and Hamas call halt to fightingAs of this morning a ceasefire is now in place in Gaza after Israel and Hamas called a halt to any… 19/06/08 07:33 CET
