cinema
Portugal hosts short film festivalLocated just outside Portugal’s second city Oporto, Vila do Conde is hosting the 16th edition of… 03/07/08 19:04 CET
corporate
Euro shares up after volatile sessionFollowing less-hawkish comments by the European Central Bank, investors are now less sure of future… 03/07/08 20:11 CET
ECB raises interest rates to combat inflationTrying to curb inflation, the European Central Bank has raised interest rates for the first time in… 03/07/08 20:11 CET
US cuts jobs for sixth monthUnderlining the continued weakness of the US economy employers cut workers from their payrolls for… 03/07/08 20:11 CET
New record highs for the London BrentOil has hit new record highs with the markets convinced that it’s on track to reach one hundred and… 03/07/08 20:11 CET
europa
Fur restrictions approach with warmer weatherWith summer at Europeans’ doorsteps, Brussels is poised to tighten restrictions on imported pelts… 03/07/08 20:01 CET
French-led EU climate talks face east-west struggleFrance has warned that pollution negotiations among the 27 EU countries will be tricky. The French… 03/07/08 19:26 CET
Send unused farm aid abroad, EU suggestsAs global food prices soar, Europe’s development and farm aid authorities have called for… 03/07/08 19:26 CET
le mag
Moroccan town rocks to sound of gnawa musicNearly half a million people have descended on the Moroccan coastal town of Essaouira for the… 03/07/08 17:58 CET
science
Danish mummy takes pride of place in new displayA never-before-displayed mummy is the highlight of a new exhibition at the National Museum of… 03/07/08 17:58 CET
world news
Uribe savours his greatest victoryColombia’s president Alvaro Uribe has spent the whole of his six years in office battling against… 03/07/08 20:22 CET
Daring rescue wins Betancourt freedom in ColombiaIngrid Betancourt can now start planning the rest of her life after her six-year ordeal in the… 03/07/08 20:02 CET
Turkey’s ruling party faces court challengeThe leaders of Turkey’s ruling AK Party have appeared before the Constitutional Court, answering… 03/07/08 19:54 CET
Loss of Betancourt a serious blow to FARCIngrid Betancourt was the FARC’s most prized asset, its most famous hostage and its means of… 03/07/08 19:45 CET
French murder victims suffered ‘horrific attack’Police hunting the murderer of two French students in London say his victims suffered the most… 03/07/08 19:20 CET
US overjoyed at release of FARC captivesThe release of the three Americans from the FARC rebels has been greeted with jubilation in the… 03/07/08 18:35 CET
Former hostage Betancourt reunited with childrenThe happy ending is complete for newly-freed Ingrid Betancourt, who has been reunited with her two… 03/07/08 17:59 CET
French students brutally murdered in LondonA double murder hunt is underway in London after two French biochemistry students were brutally… 03/07/08 13:30 CET
France celebrates Betancourt’s freedomThe French connection is central to Ingrid Betancourt’s story. And it was in Paris where her two… 03/07/08 13:23 CET
Rescued American hostages back on US soilThree American hostages rescued from their FARC captors have landed on home soil. Marc Gonsalves… 03/07/08 13:17 CET
Hostage rescue a huge coup for Colombian presidentThe military operation to free Betancourt and 14 other hostages was a huge gamble for Colombia’s… 03/07/08 13:08 CET
Betancourt enjoys first day of freedom from FARC rebelsIngrid Betancourt can now start planning the rest of her life after her rescue from a six-year… 03/07/08 12:47 CET
Bosnian Muslim wins war crimes appeal at UN courtA former Bosnian Muslim commander in Srebrenica has had his conviction for war crimes overturned by… 03/07/08 11:35 CET
Baby survives bulldozer attack in IsraelDramatic images of the six-month-old baby snatched alive from the wreckage of its mother’s car… 03/07/08 07:43 CET
Ulribe reaps plaudits for Betancourt releaseThe Colombian intelligence operation which freed Ingrid Betancourt and her fellow prisoners was a… 03/07/08 07:42 CET
Colombia dupes FARC into handing over BetancourtFormer Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt is enjoying her first taste of freedom… 03/07/08 07:41 CET
Bush says a military strike on Iran is an optionThe Bush administration has put the Iranian nuclear problem centre-stage once more. As Iran… 03/07/08 07:37 CET
French President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomes the freeing of Ingrid BetancourtSarkozy was joined at the Elysee Palace by members of Ingrid Betacourt’s family. The French… 03/07/08 07:36 CET
Ingrid Betancourt describes rescue from the FARCIngrid Betancourt is back in the arms of her family tonight after six years in a FARC jungle prison… 03/07/08 01:53 CET
