archive 21·10·2009

cinema

• Abuse and hypocrisy in Haneke’s The White Ribbon

  Strange and threatening events in a German village on the eve of World War One are the basis of… 21/10/09 17:07 CET

corporate

• Cadbury posts strong sales

  British confectionery group Cadbury saw its sales rise seven percent in the third-quarter… 21/10/09 21:02 CET

• Quarterly loss for Boeing

  The US planemaker Boeing has posted a larger-than-expected quarterly loss of just over one billion… 21/10/09 21:02 CET

• Ferrovial sells Gatwick

  Spain’s Grupo Ferrovial has agreed to sell London’s second-busiest airport Gatwick for a loss… 21/10/09 21:02 CET

economy

• Foreign carmakers rare at Tokyo Motor Show

  There is a slimmed down turnout at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show with hardly any foreign car brands… 21/10/09 21:02 CET

• Peugeot and Fiat reveal less worse figures

  Car sales are improving, but the question remains can that continue without government scrappage… 21/10/09 21:02 CET

europa

• 2009 Sakharov Prize

  This year’s winner of the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought, given by the European Parliament… 21/10/09 20:39 CET

• EU distanced from media scrutiny in Italy

  Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has scored a kind of victory in the European Parliament… 21/10/09 20:39 CET

• Planes, ships fall within EU CO2 reduction scope

  Aviation and shipping will be added to the European Union’s greenhouse gas reduction targets, under… 21/10/09 20:39 CET

futuris

• Where the virtual world and reality meet

  Virtual reality is entering a new era of touch-sensitive tiles and immersive animations… 21/10/09 17:36 CET

interview

• Interview with Ali Larijani

  euronews: You are testing missiles. We are talking about Russian missiles. Could you confirm that… 21/10/09 20:15 CET

le mag

• China: star of Europalia arts fest

  For the next four months Chinese art and culture will take centre stage in Brussels. 21/10/09 17:07 CET

markets

• Markets: 21st October

  After spending most of the day in the red, European shares finished at a new high. Sentiment… 21/10/09 21:02 CET

metropolitans

• Germany and Poland join hands across the Oder

  Its six fifteen a.m. this is Berlin, Bogdan Kazimirek catches the eastbound Eurocity train to… 21/10/09 17:51 CET

world news

• Romanian opposition demands new PM

  Opposition parties in Romania are stepping up the heat on the country’s president in the search for… 21/10/09 21:35 CET

• Afghansitan goes to the polls again

  Hamid Karzai and his main rival Abdullah Abdullah are once again the focus of the international… 21/10/09 20:27 CET

• High hopes for Iran nuclear deal

  The UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, believes it has found the… 21/10/09 18:48 CET

• Karzai and Abdullah prepare for run-off

  A day after Afghanistan’s president said he would accept a run-off presidential ballot, his main… 21/10/09 18:47 CET

• Six freed as supermarket siege ends safely

  Six supermarket workers in France have escaped unhurt after being held hostage by suspected armed… 21/10/09 18:46 CET

• Poland talks missile defence with US

  Poland has told the US it is willing to take part in a missile defence scheme that replaces one… 21/10/09 18:45 CET

• Larijani: religion rules out nuclear arms

  The speaker of the Iranian parliament has ruled out Iran possessing nuclear weapons on religious… 21/10/09 18:44 CET

• Attacks force closure of Pakistani schools

  The Pakistani authorities are no taking no chances following the suicide bombings at Islamabad’s… 21/10/09 18:43 CET

• Six freed as supermarket siege ends safely

  Six supermarket workers in France have escaped unhurt after being held hostage by suspected armed… 21/10/09 16:01 CET

• Draft deal in Iran nuclear row

  A draft agreement to resolve the row over Iran’s nuclear programme has been struck at international… 21/10/09 14:18 CET

• Biden tries to reassure Poland

  The US is on a mission to Warsaw to try to calm tension over the u-turn on a missile defence shield… 21/10/09 13:12 CET

• US illegal alien halloween costume sparks row

  Halloween would not be halloween without any tricks or treats but a row over one particular costume… 21/10/09 12:59 CET

• Afghan challenger says yes to run-off

  A day after Afghanistan’s president said he would accept a run-off presidential ballot, his main… 21/10/09 12:57 CET

• Congress agrees Guantanamo inmate move

  US President Barack Obama’s goal of closing Guantanamo Bay prison has moved a step closer after the… 21/10/09 12:55 CET

• Villepin accuses Sarkozy of political vendetta

  Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has accused President Nicolas Sarkozy of hanging… 21/10/09 07:54 CET

• Afghans less than enthusiastic for second vote

  November 7 is the date set for Afghans to go to the polls again to elect a president. While Hamid… 21/10/09 07:53 CET

• Hollywood comes to Georgia

  It was a case of deja vu for the residents of a small town in Georgia when a Hollywood crew turned… 21/10/09 07:50 CET

• Fighting intensifies in South Waziristan

  The Pakistani military says it is tightening its grip on Taliban and al-Qaeda militants in South… 21/10/09 07:49 CET

• Ukraine rivals trade sex scandal allegations

  A bitter fight for the presidency beckons in Ukraine after early campaigning saw each side accuse… 21/10/09 07:48 CET

• L’Aquila quake victims face freezing temperatures

  Six months after the deadly earthquake in the Italian town of L’Aquila and four thousand people… 21/10/09 07:47 CET

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