archive 01·02·2010

cinema

• Sundance honours the Indies

  A film about American troops in Afghanistan has won the US Documentary Feature award at the… 01/02/10 17:43 CET

corporate

• Ryanair optimistic about profit

  Irish airline Ryanair has raised its profit forecast for this year and said it has been able to… 01/02/10 21:12 CET

• Hummer deadline pushed back

  General Motors has agreed to push back the deadline for its sale of the Hummer brand by one month… 01/02/10 21:12 CET

• Toyota recall will cost carmaker

  Trying to salvage its reputation for quality Toyota has announced details of another massive safety… 01/02/10 21:12 CET

economy

• Euro zone manufacturing improves

  Manufacturing in the euro zone grew at its fastest pace in two years in January but Spain continues… 01/02/10 21:12 CET

• Russian GDP slumps in 2009

  Russia’s economy suffered its worst contraction in fifteen years in 2009. New government figures… 01/02/10 21:12 CET

• US budget plan has winners and losers

  The dilemma facing Barack Obama in putting together his budget proposals is that he has to cut the… 01/02/10 19:53 CET

europa

• Washington confirms Obama not to attend EU-US summit

  Europe’s relevance in American eyes is cast in doubt again, with confirmation from Washington that… 01/02/10 20:55 CET

le mag

• Beyonce: Queen of the Grammies

  Fresh faced country sensation Taylor Swift made music history by becoming the youngest artist to… 01/02/10 17:43 CET

• Art For Baby’s Sake

  The Russian Museum of Arts in St Petersburg has begun a programme designed to give children the… 01/02/10 17:43 CET

reporter

• Forgotten victims of a frozen conflict

  Internally displaced people from Azerbaijan are the forgotten victims of the frozen conflict… 01/02/10 21:01 CET

science

• Climate Change Confusion for Lithuanian Birds

  Scientists believe global warming is putting birds in Lithuania into a quandry. They say the… 01/02/10 17:43 CET

world news

• Catalan cinemas shut over language row

  A majority of cinemas in Spain’s northeast Catalonia region remained shut yesterday. Their owners… 01/02/10 23:54 CET

• Obama to take long-term deficit curbing action

  Create jobs and cut spending – Barack Obama’s main budget objectives. The US President has… 01/02/10 19:52 CET

• Concorde: Paris court case

  Nearly 10 years after Concorde crashed into a hotel in Paris, killing 113 people, a French court is… 01/02/10 18:35 CET

• UN chief Ban calls for Cyprus’ leaders to compromise

  The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on Cyprus’ estranged Greek and Turkish… 01/02/10 18:33 CET

• Total workers’ anger at being kept in the dark

  Hundreds of workers at French petrol company Total have stormed management offices in Paris to… 01/02/10 18:04 CET

• Israel censures army officers over Gaza shelling

  Two senior Israeli army officers have been reprimanded for shelling a heavily populated area in… 01/02/10 17:54 CET

• EU backs Greece’s fiscal austerity measures

  Greece’s plan to cut its huge deficit have been cautiously welcomed by the EU. The proposals… 01/02/10 16:14 CET

• UN chief optimistic Cyprus peace deal can be struck

  The United Nations Secretary General Ban ki-moon has said he is confident a solution to bridge… 01/02/10 14:06 CET

• Chinese fury at US/Taiwan arms deal

  There has been an angry public and media reaction in China to Washington’s announcement that it… 01/02/10 13:12 CET

• Obama seeks to fix America’s fiscal hole

  Barack Obama is set to announce his budget plans for next year and a new record US budget deficit… 01/02/10 12:48 CET

• US to resume medical flights from Haiti

  The White House has said medical evacuation flights from Haiti to the US will resume following last… 01/02/10 12:47 CET

• Scores killed in Baghdad suicide blast

  At least 41 people are reported to have died after a female suicide bomber blew herself up in Iraq… 01/02/10 12:34 CET

• Iraqi pilgrims killed in Baghdad bomb blast

  At least 13 pilgrims have been killed by a female suicide bomber in the Iraqi capital.   The… 01/02/10 10:55 CET

• Beyoncé tops Grammy winners list

  R&B singer Beyoncé has dominated this year’s Grammy awards, the Oscars of the music industry. The… 01/02/10 09:14 CET

• US expands missile defence systems in the Gulf

  The United States is boosting land and sea-based missile systems in and around the Gulf to counter… 01/02/10 07:44 CET

• Finding the key to setting a new world record

  Polish explorer Romauld Koperski has set a new world record for piano playing. The 54-year-old… 01/02/10 07:44 CET

• Students massacred at Mexican house party

  Fourteen students have been shot dead by gunmen who stormed a house party in the northern Mexican… 01/02/10 07:43 CET

• ‘Orphaned’ Haitian children may have parents

  Some of the children prevented from leaving Haiti with a group of Americans are said to still have… 01/02/10 07:41 CET

• Ban Ki-moon supports Cyprus unity talks

  UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Cyprus on a mission to re-energise peace talks… 01/02/10 07:40 CET

• 100 held at anti-Kremlin demonstration

  Russian police break up an anti-Kremlin rally in central Moscow detaining up to 100 protesters… 01/02/10 07:39 CET

• Kidnapped British couple ‘desperate’

  A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates three months ago have said they are desperate and in… 01/02/10 02:14 CET

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