archive 07·04·2009

cinema

• Van Gogh: Brush With Genius

  Vincent Van Gogh has been given the IMAX treatment. Now you can lose yourself in his wild… 07/04/09 18:18 CET

corporate

• RBS to cut 9,000 jobs

  The partly nationalised British lender Royal Bank of Scotland has said it could cut its workforce… 07/04/09 19:54 CET

economy

• Euro zone GDP performance revised down

  The euro zone economy shrank more than previously estimated in the final three months of last year… 07/04/09 19:54 CET

• Ireland unveils latest emergency budget

  With its once booming economy in tatters, the Irish government has come up with yet another… 07/04/09 19:54 CET

europa

• Predicting same left-right balance in next EU parliament

  The colouring of the European Parliament is not expected to change much after this June’s voting… 07/04/09 19:43 CET

hi-tech

• Robot helps injured patients walk again

  Learning to walk again after a stroke, brain or spinal injury is a difficult process, which can… 07/04/09 18:18 CET

interview

• Küng: Catholicism heading back to Middle-Ages

  A small town in southern Germany was the scene of a meeting of minds between two members of the… 07/04/09 21:21 CET

le mag

• Henry VIII’s huge armour on show

  One of the best known of England’s kings, Henry VIII is remembered for his six wives, his break… 07/04/09 18:18 CET

markets

• Tuesday 7th April

  European shares finished down 0.66 percent. Investors reacted to the euro zone … 07/04/09 19:54 CET

world news

• Former Peruvian president found guilty

  Peru’s former President Alberto Fujimori has been jailed for 25 years having been found guilty of… 07/04/09 20:22 CET

• Moldovan authorities agree to vote recount after protests

  Violent protests in Moldova are reported to have pushed authorities to agree to a vote recount from… 07/04/09 20:13 CET

• Obama makes unannounced visit to Iraq

  In a surprise final stop on his long overseas tour, US leader Barack Obama has flown to Baghdad… 07/04/09 20:13 CET

• Spain’s Economy Minister sacked in anti-crisis move

  Veteran economy minister Pedro Solbes has been cast out of Spain’s cabinet in a reshuffle aimed at… 07/04/09 20:13 CET

• New Nato members call for further Balkan expansion

  Nato has officially welcomed its two new members, Croatia and Albania. At a ceremony in the… 07/04/09 20:13 CET

• More than 200 dead in Italian quake

  Death and destruction stalk the city of L’Aquila as the number killed in Monday’s earthquake… 07/04/09 20:03 CET

• Uncertain future for Italian earthquake survivors

  Shell shocked survivors of Italy’s devastating earthquake are finding the strength to recall their… 07/04/09 20:03 CET

• Berlusconi says “no” to international quake aid

  As the hours tick by the chances of more survivors being plucked from the rubble diminish as the… 07/04/09 20:03 CET

• Onna: the flattened village close to quake epicentre

  They are saying the village of Onna has been “wiped off the map.” Close to the epicentre of… 07/04/09 14:08 CET

• Hopes dim of finding earthquake survivors in Italy

  Toiling through the night and now into the day rescue workers have been combing through a sea of… 07/04/09 14:08 CET

• Difficult first night for Italy’s quake survivors

  They must have hoped it was a bad dream. But, as survivors of Italy’s earthquake woke up after… 07/04/09 14:08 CET

• Courthouse shooting in Germany

  A gunman in Germany has killed two people. Police say the attacker and a woman are dead. It… 07/04/09 13:44 CET

• Demonstrators in Moldova storm government buildings

  Thousands of demonstrators denouncing a Communist victory in Moldova’s parliamentary election have… 07/04/09 13:05 CET

• Obama visits Blue Mosque at end of marathon tour

  Before heading home after a marathon tour, Barack Obama has further signalled America’s wish to… 07/04/09 13:04 CET

• After the grief, the anger in Abruzzo

  Rescuers have been scrambling through the debris all night, after a day of finding survivors and… 07/04/09 08:03 CET

• Obama reaches out to Muslim world in trip to Turkey

  US President Barack Obama used his first official visit to a predominantly Muslim country to tell… 07/04/09 07:59 CET

• Final campaign rally for Algeria’s outgoing President

  Algeria’s Abdelaziz Bouteflika has promised to hold a referendum on whether to pardon the country’s… 07/04/09 07:58 CET

• Hundreds pack Italian court for asbestos hearing

  Hundreds of people packed a courthouse in Turin on Monday to hear whether a Swiss billionaire and a… 07/04/09 07:58 CET

• Midnight miracle in L’Aquila

  The latest survivor of Italy’s earthquake disaster was brought out overnight; a young woman who had… 07/04/09 03:54 CET

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