world news
Total petrol workers poised for more strike actionFears are growing that a strike by French Total workers could spread after talks over a possible… 21/02/10 23:44 CET
Israeli PM implicated in Dubai spy hitIsrael’s prime minister has been implicated in the murder of a Hamas leader in Dubai last month… 21/02/10 20:11 CET
Dutch PM confirms Afghanistan troop exit likelyThe prime minister of the Netherlands has confirmed that his country is likely to end its… 21/02/10 20:11 CET
Strike looming at LufthansaGerman airline Lufthansa is bracing itself for a tough week as its pilots stage a four-day strike… 21/02/10 19:41 CET
Tales of survival from flood-hit MadeiraIt is known in the tourist trade as the ‘Pearl of the Atlantic.’ But no holiday brochure is likely… 21/02/10 19:38 CET
San Remo Song Festival wows Italian TV viewersIt is the song contest that inspired Eurovision! And, while Italy’s legendary San Remo Music… 21/02/10 16:28 CET
Taliban reject latest Karzai peace movesThe Taliban has rejected Hamid Karzai’s latest call for peace, branding the Afghan President a… 21/02/10 13:35 CET
Gordon Brown denies bullying claimsGordon Brown has had to defend himself from claims he is a bully who intimidates his staff… 21/02/10 13:35 CET
Weather threatens Endeavour return to EarthThe space shuttle Endeavour is preparing its return from the International Space Station to Earth… 21/02/10 13:35 CET
Madeira floods kill at least 38At least 38 people are now known to have died in violent floods and mudslides on the Portuguese… 21/02/10 13:35 CET
Haiti ‘orphans’ taken by US Baptists had parentsThey say their children had been promised a better life – a new start over the border in the… 21/02/10 13:35 CET
Brazil’s ruling party picks presidential successorBrazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s ruling Workers Party has endorsed his handpicked… 21/02/10 09:03 CET
Dutch leaders to hold talks after coalition collapsePolitical leaders in the Netherlands will hold talks on Monday as the country seeks a way out of… 21/02/10 09:03 CET
Demonstrations spread across Ivory CoastViolent unrest in Ivory Coast appears to be spreading. Thousands of protesters have marched through… 21/02/10 09:03 CET
Polanski wins Berlin’s Best Director awardFilmmaker Roman Polanski was not present to receive a Best Director Silver Bear award at the 60th… 21/02/10 09:03 CET
Madeira reels after deadly downpourIt is being described by some as the worst natural disaster to hit the Portuguese holiday island of… 21/02/10 09:03 CET
