archive 28·07·2008

cinema

• Myers back on big screen as love guru

  Mike Myers’ plays a spiritual self-help therapist, who’s trying to patch up the marriage of an ice… 28/07/08 17:40 CET

corporate

• Toyota blames US for sales forecast cut

  In a rare setback for the world’s biggest car maker, Toyota has cut its groupwide global sales… 28/07/08 20:56 CET

• First Siemens bribery trial completed

  A former Siemens executive has been fined 108 thousand euros and given a two-year suspended prison… 28/07/08 20:56 CET

• Emirates gets first Airbus A380

  Emirates has taken delivery of the first of the 58 Airbus A380 superjumbos it has ordered. The… 28/07/08 20:56 CET

• Airlines and banks pull down European shares

  European stocks ended Monday down 1%. Banks retreated on concerns over credit ratings at major … 28/07/08 20:56 CET

• Putin’s Mechel comments worry investors

  Russian investors are bailing out of Mechel – one of Russia’s largest coal and steel firms -… 28/07/08 20:56 CET

hi-tech

• China’s robotic welcoming delegation

  As preparations for the Beijing Games continue, China has put together a team of five cute robots… 28/07/08 17:40 CET

le mag

• The pharaohs’ women

  Overshadowed for millenia by their famous pharaonic husbands, the queens of Egypt have now been… 28/07/08 17:40 CET

world news

• New video of Karadzic partying while on the run

  New pictures have emerged of Bosnian war crimes’ suspect Radovan Karadzic in disguise, while hiding… 28/07/08 20:45 CET

• AK case highlights Turkey’s political tensions

  The Turkish chief prosecutor’s decision to seek a ban on the ruling AK Party and banish its senior… 28/07/08 20:07 CET

• Ukraine, Romania, Moldova struggle with flood emergencies

  Ukraine has declared its flooding a national disaster. Making the most of a sunny dry spell… 28/07/08 20:07 CET

• ETA blamed for small bomb on Basque motorway

  The Basque terror group ETA is being blamed for a small explosion on a major motorway in Spain’s… 28/07/08 20:07 CET

• Lufthansa downplays strike impact

  Lufthansa says its customers have not felt any inconvenience on the first day of a strike by ground… 28/07/08 20:07 CET

• Weston-super-Mare’s real ‘End-of-the-Pier’ show

  There has been a major change to the coastline of south west England. The historic Grand Pier in… 28/07/08 19:22 CET

• PKK suspected of fatal Istanbul bombings

  The Turkish Prime Minister has called for unity as the first victims of the Istanbul bomb attack… 28/07/08 19:13 CET

• Iraq suffers bloody day as bombers strike

  Bombers have killed at least 50 people in Iraq, in one of the bloodiest days in recent months. 22… 28/07/08 18:06 CET

• No claimant for deadly Istanbul bomb attacks

  No one has claimed responsibility for two bomb blasts on Sunday evening in a working-class district… 28/07/08 14:08 CET

• India steels for more terrorist bloodshed

  India’s big cities remain on high alert, after Saturday’s multiple bombings in Muslim-dominated… 28/07/08 14:08 CET

• Women bombers spill pilgrims’ blood in Iraq

  Officials say three women suicide bombers have claimed close to thirty lives, as a major religious… 28/07/08 12:35 CET

• Lufthansa workers begin indefinite stoppage

  A strike by ground staff and cabin crew at Germany’s national airline, Lufthansa, has done little… 28/07/08 12:15 CET

• Turkey: Top court begins AKP deliberations

  The Constitutional Court in Turkey has begun deliberating in a case which could see the country’s… 28/07/08 11:34 CET

• Lufthansa braces for staff walk-out

  A pay strike by ground crew and cabin staff at Lufthansa is expected to cause big disruption at two… 28/07/08 07:40 CET

• Banana wars’ end could be near

  The 16-year “banana wars” could be nearing an end. Brazil’s Foreign Minister Celso Amorim has… 28/07/08 07:39 CET

• Radovan Karadzic may not have been in Vienna

  Claims that Radovan Karadzic spent some of his time on the run living in Vienna, under the name of… 28/07/08 07:38 CET

• Serbia’s PM hints at more war crimes arrests

  Serbia’s Prime Minister has hinted that more arrests of war crimes suspects could follow the… 28/07/08 07:38 CET

• Turkish authorities search for bomb clues

  Turkish Police have already begun investigating the attacks in Istanbul. Forensic teams moved in to… 28/07/08 07:37 CET

• Double bomb blast rocks Turkey

  Two fatal explosions have killed at least 15 people, and injured around 150 others, in Istanbul… 28/07/08 07:36 CET

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