archive 03·12·2009

cinema

• The Princess And The Frog leaps into cinemas

  The Princess And The Frog is the latest feature from the Disney stable and the first hand-animation… 03/12/09 18:42 CET

corporate

• US taxpayer’s dollars start journey home

  Bank of America has created the surprise of the week so far by announcing it will repay 45 billion… 03/12/09 19:44 CET

• Peugeot tries to go global

  After Renault’s fruitful partnership with Nissan Peugeot may become the second French carmaker to… 03/12/09 19:44 CET

economy

• Ben faces battle over Fed’s powers

  He may have saved America’s, nay, the world’s banking system but Federal Reserve boss Ben Bernanke… 03/12/09 19:59 CET

• ECB keeps cash flowing, warns tighter policy to come

  The European Central Bank has, as expected, kept its interest rate at the record low of one percent… 03/12/09 19:44 CET

europa

• Meat-less McCartney campaigns for climate

  Vegetarian superstar Sir Paul McCartney has repeated his call for everyone to cut back on eating… 03/12/09 20:24 CET

• Train delays promise passengers cash back

  Rail passengers in Europe can now claim compensation if their train is late and if their luggage is… 03/12/09 19:59 CET

europeans

• Intercultural Cities: Lublin

  In Poland’s eastern city of Lublin, historically, many cultures have lived alongside each other… 03/12/09 19:59 CET

le mag

• Prisoners’ performance

  Getting ready for the evening’s performance at a prestigious Bucharest theatre… but this is no… 03/12/09 19:24 CET

markets

• European markets slide in late trading

  Late Thursday afternoon saw European shares lose ground as data from America depressed sentiment… 03/12/09 19:59 CET

world news

• Temperatures rising Down Under

  In September this year, Sydney was engulfed by a giant red sand storm. The dust blown in from the… 03/12/09 20:17 CET

• Russia and Italy sign on South Stream gas pipeline

  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has met Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in Rome to sign… 03/12/09 19:24 CET

• NATO nations to send more troops to Afghanistan

  The good news for Washington is that NATO plans to send more troops to Afghanistan. But the… 03/12/09 19:03 CET

• McChrystal tells Afghans there will be no early exit

  The top US military commander in Afghanistan has met senior politicians there as part of a charm… 03/12/09 18:48 CET

• Putin open to second presidential challenge

  Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has very much left the door open to a second shot at becoming… 03/12/09 18:48 CET

• No agreement before Copenhagen Climate Conference

  As the Copenhagen conference creeps closer, there is still no sign of an international agreement… 03/12/09 18:48 CET

• Bin Laden not sheltering in Pakistan says PM

  Pakistan today rejected claims that Osama bin Laden is hiding out on its territory. The al… 03/12/09 18:48 CET

• Azeri and Armenian presidents make progress over Nagorno-Karabach

  Mediators say progress has been made at the Munich a meeting between the presidents of Azerbaijan… 03/12/09 16:05 CET

• Football to advance Turkish/Armenian diplomacy

  The Turkish and Armenian presidents will seek to build on Saturday’s breakthrough in peacemaking… 03/12/09 16:05 CET

• Medvedev mediates in Nagorno-Karabakh row

  Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev has been hosting his Armenian and Azeri counterparts in a bid to… 03/12/09 16:05 CET

• Progress made in last chance Karabakh talks

  In what have been called “last-chance” talks, the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan are said to… 03/12/09 16:05 CET

• Somali ministers among bomb dead

  Three government ministers were among at least 19 people killed by a bomb in Somalia’s capital… 03/12/09 14:04 CET

• Indian islands of Sunderbans begin to disappear leaving climate refugees

  People on the Indian islands of Sunderbans can really feel the sea levels rising. While many of the… 03/12/09 13:15 CET

• McCartney begins good evening Europe tour

  Paul Mc Cartney has begun his European tour in Hamburg, Germany. The 67 year old former Beatle… 03/12/09 13:14 CET

• Syrian blast caused by tyre explosion says minister

  An explosion in the Syrian capital Damascus, that local media said was caused by bomb, is now… 03/12/09 13:13 CET

• Putin says terror threat still high

  The Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin has called for tough action against those behind last… 03/12/09 13:12 CET

• Italy responds to US troops call

  Italy has said it will send about a thousand extra soldiers to Afghanistan to support the surge in… 03/12/09 13:11 CET

• Somalia explosion kills 19

  19 people have been killed in a explosion in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, according to the latest… 03/12/09 13:04 CET

• Protests start ahead of Copenhagen summit

  With four days to go before the world’s attention shifts to the climate change summit in… 03/12/09 07:46 CET

• US commander welcomes Afghan troop surge

  America’s senior soldier in Afghanistan has welcomed the imminent arrival of thousands of extra… 03/12/09 07:45 CET

• Jailed teens sour Georgia/S.Ossetia relations

  A prisoner swap between Georgia and South Ossetia has turned sour after the rebel region jailed two… 03/12/09 07:44 CET

• Tiger Woods driven to an apology

  The billionaire golf star Tiger Woods has admitted he has “let his family down” amid a media storm… 03/12/09 07:43 CET

• France’s dilemma over Afghan troop increase

  While the French government faces pressure from Washington to send more troops to Afghanistan, it… 03/12/09 07:42 CET

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