archive 10·03·2010

cinema

• Ari Folman’s new film screened at cartoon forum

  Animated films from across Europe have been screened in the French city of Lyon, for the 12th… 10/03/10 16:14 CET

corporate

• Fortis back in the black

  Belgium-based insurance group Fortis said it returned to profit last year. As a result it… 10/03/10 15:27 CET

• Ad falls hit Springer profits

  The German media giant Axel Springer has posted lower profits and sales for last year due to a… 10/03/10 15:27 CET

economy

• Raising protectionism allegations over Pentagon aerial refueler contract

  The European Commission has raised the spectre of protectionism in the transatlantic refueling… 10/03/10 20:22 CET

• More US millionaires

  The number of households in the United States with a net worth of at least one million dollars… 10/03/10 18:59 CET

• Brown confident on UK credit rating

  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he believed the UK will keep its coveted AAA credit… 10/03/10 18:35 CET

• Insurers calculate Chile losses

  Last month’s huge earthquake in Chile might cost the insurance industry up to five billion euros in… 10/03/10 15:27 CET

europa

• Ashton urges EU unity to carry weight around the world

  European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton has laid out her agenda before the European… 10/03/10 20:22 CET

le mag

• Giotto secrets uncovered

  Restoration experts have used ultra violet lights to rediscover the rich, original details in… 10/03/10 16:14 CET

science

• Spacecraft sheds new light on the sun

  An international research team has made some surprising discoveries about the sun’s magnetic… 10/03/10 16:14 CET

world news

• Obama promises to aid Haitian recovery

  Haiti’s president has been to Washington seeking assurances that US aid will continue in the long… 10/03/10 23:43 CET

• Biden toughens criticism of Israel settlement plan

  United in condemning Israel’s latest settlement moves, US Vice-President Joe Biden and Mahmoud… 10/03/10 19:45 CET

• Greece braced for second general strike

  Striking refuse collectors in Greece hold a funeral march. They want to bury the government’s… 10/03/10 19:13 CET

• Jerusalem: crossroads between peace and conflict

  Since the beginning of the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians, Jerusalem has been the… 10/03/10 19:12 CET

• Al-Qaeda hostage back home in Spain

  It is being reported that at least one Spanish woman held by al-Qaeda insurgents in Mali has been… 10/03/10 19:02 CET

• Russian police force in human shield probe

  Russia’s police force is back in the spotlight, once again for all the wrong reasons… 10/03/10 18:34 CET

• Austria rocked by more child sex abuse claims

  Austria’s Catholic Church has expressed deep shame and regret over a growing child sex buse… 10/03/10 18:34 CET

• Ahmadinejad lashes out at Gates on Afghan visit

  The image is disturbing enough for the United States, as its arch-foe Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is warmly… 10/03/10 18:33 CET

• Berlusconi bites back as heckler wrecks news conference

  Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi enters a press conference to accuse opponents of… 10/03/10 17:20 CET

• Al-Qaeda hostages set to be freed

  It is being reported that two female hostages held by al-Qaeda insurgents in Mali have been freed… 10/03/10 13:24 CET

• Palestinians complain to Biden over settlement plan

  It was meant to be the latest stage of his efforts to relaunch the peace process. But the thorny… 10/03/10 13:15 CET

• NATO won’t bring Afghan peace says Ahmadinejad

  Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the presence of foreign troops in Afghanistan won’t… 10/03/10 13:06 CET

• Moscow police use drivers to block car chase

  They are supposed to guard the rules of the road, but this time it is Russia’s traffic police that… 10/03/10 12:36 CET

• Leading Sunni cleric dies

  One of the Islamic world’s leading figures has died suddenly Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, head… 10/03/10 12:35 CET

• Slovenia restores status of the “erased”

  Slovenia’s Interior Minister Katarina Kresal has pushed through an amendment to a law to end the… 10/03/10 07:37 CET

• Tour guides trained to show off Arctic splendours

  Bored with taking your average package holiday to the sun? Well why not try a vacation to the… 10/03/10 07:32 CET

• Greece wants G20 review of financial speculation

  What to do about Greece’s debt crisis will be examined at the next summit of the Group of 20… 10/03/10 07:31 CET

• Biden attacks new Israeli settlement plan

  The United States has launched a rare verbal attack on Israel over its plan to build more than… 10/03/10 07:30 CET

• RC church embroiled in European child abuse scandal

  An Austrian priest Arch-Abbot Bruno Becker has resigned over child sex abuse allegations dating… 10/03/10 07:29 CET

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