archive 26·01·2009

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Pfizer buying Wyeth
Pfizer, the world’s biggest drugmaker, to buy Wyeth for cash and shares deal for more than 50… 26/01/09 19:43 CET
Pessimistic Caterpillar cuts jobs
Anticipating a full-blown global recession Caterpillar is to cut a fifth of its workforce… 26/01/09 19:43 CET

Philips, ING and Corus to lay off workers
Another slew of job cuts has been announced around Europe. Dutch electronics giant Philips… 26/01/09 19:43 CET
Norway stimulus plan announced
Norway has unveiled a fiscal stimulus package worth 2.25 billion euros. Despite falling… 26/01/09 19:43 CET

Serbia says ready for EU bid
Serbia says it is planning to formally apply for European Union membership in the first half of… 26/01/09 19:43 CET
EU cautious on Guantanamo
With Guantanamo Prison to be closed, where will its inmates go? They have been detained for years… 26/01/09 19:43 CET

Turkey-EU relations
Turkey’s negotiations to join the EU have made little progress since they began in 2005. Will 2009… 26/01/09 20:37 CET
European mayors fight global warming
The Covenant of Mayors, signed by the elected leaders of nearly 300 European cities, aims to do… 26/01/09 20:37 CET

Rare pink iguana discovered on the Galapagos Islands
On the Galapagos Islands , in the Pacific Ocean , west of Ecuador, scientists from the Tor Vergata… 26/01/09 17:48 CET

Credit crunch claims Iceland’s coalition
The world financial crisis has claimed its first high-profile victim – the government of Iceland… 26/01/09 19:16 CET
ICC hears of child soldier hell in first case
Prosecutors at the war crimes trial of a Congolese militia leader claim he trained child soldiers… 26/01/09 13:55 CET
France and Spain clear up after deadly storm
At least 20 people are now known to have died in Europe’s worst storm in years, which left much of… 26/01/09 13:23 CET
Philips to cut thousands of jobs
The Dutch consumer electronics giant Philips is cutting thousands of jobs to cope with the global… 26/01/09 12:03 CET
Bolivia backs constitution
Bolivian voters have backed a new constitution which will see its indigenous majority gain greater… 26/01/09 07:24 CET
France and Spain count cost of storms
The clean-up operation after Europe’s worse storms in a decade has begun. Authorities in… 26/01/09 07:23 CET
Three go through to final vote for Russian Patriarch
Senior clergy from the Russian Orthodox church have backed a moderniser who favours closer ties… 26/01/09 07:22 CET
EU leaders call on Palestinians to unify.
The EU has urged divided Palestinian groups to unite so that vital humanitarian aid can reach the… 26/01/09 07:22 CET
Palestinian officials dismiss legal immunity for Israeli military
Palestinian officials have said a pledge by Ehud Olmert to protect Israeli soldiers from… 26/01/09 07:22 CET