archive 02·04·2010

cinema

• The Back Up Plan

  The Back Up Plan is a Jo-Lo rom-com. Take two impossibly beautiful people, get them to feign… 02/04/10 12:45 CET

economy

• Dubai’s hibernating property sector

  Dubai, the Persian Gulf Emirate dazzlingly in debt, is struggling to preserve its reputation as a… 02/04/10 18:49 CET

europa

• Pollution in the EU reduced by the impact of economic recession

  The impact of economic recession has reduced pollution in the EU, but this may be a mixed blessing… 02/04/10 18:43 CET

europeans

• Europe and South Korea take on Hollywood’s cartoon empire

  Jeju Island in South Korea is known as “Marriage island”. Couples come here to tie the knot for… 02/04/10 17:26 CET

le mag

• Ben in Lyon

  The Contemporary Arts Museum in Lyon, France has opened a new exhibition of work by Ben Vautier… 02/04/10 12:45 CET

reporter

• FIFA World Cup – Calabash: Soccer City

  Soccer City, the venue that will take centre stage during the World Cup finals in South Africa… 02/04/10 15:25 CET

• Romanian protected nature areas under pressure from developers

  New ski resorts are threatening rare untouched landscapes in eastern Europe. Business investors and… 02/04/10 10:57 CET

space

• Star Story

  We just treat it as part of the furniture, but without the sun’s energy life on earth would be… 02/04/10 10:57 CET

world news

• A ‘moment of suffering’ for Catholic Church

  Pope Benedict XVI marked Good Friday – the Christian world’s most solemn day – under a cloud cast… 02/04/10 19:12 CET

• A contrast in papal styles

  Five years ago, the world’s Catholics were in mourning. John Paul II, the pope with the third… 02/04/10 19:11 CET

• Russia names suicide bombing suspects

  The photo of a 17-year-old woman thought to be one of the two female suicide bombers who struck in… 02/04/10 18:48 CET

• Artist’s protest against child abuse

  An artist posing as Jesus on the cross has caused a stir outside Vienna’s main cathedral where he… 02/04/10 18:46 CET

• Iraqi ‘kingmakers’ hold referendum on PM

  The Iraqi elections may be over, but for some the voting goes on – especially for the possible… 02/04/10 18:46 CET

• Signs of life in flooded Chinese mine

  Rescue workers in China say there is renewed hope of finding survivors five days after water… 02/04/10 18:44 CET

• Putin touches down for talks in Venezuela

  Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has arrived in Venezuela for talks with leftist President… 02/04/10 18:43 CET

• Three German soldiers killed in Afghanistan

  Three Gerrman soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan after being ambushed by up to 200 Taliban… 02/04/10 17:24 CET

• Turkish tobacco workers clash with police

  Violence has erupted in the Turkish capital during a fresh protest by tobacco industry workers… 02/04/10 15:36 CET

• Pilgrims celebrate Good Friday in Jerusalem

  Pilgrims have been retracing the path that Jesus is believed to have walked ahead of his… 02/04/10 13:34 CET

• Israeli warplanes strike targets in Gaza Strip

  Israeli warplanes have struck multiple targets in the Gaza Strip. The warplanes were sent in – says… 02/04/10 13:04 CET

• Temporary reprieve in Saudi ‘sorcery’ case

  A Lebanese man sentenced to death for “sorcery” is said to have been given a temporary reprieve… 02/04/10 12:36 CET

• At least 12 dead in Chinese mining disaster

  At least 12 people have died and another 32 are missing after a gas explosion at a coal mine in… 02/04/10 12:35 CET

• Crisis talks over election boycott in Sudan   

  US officials are organising crisis talks in Sudan after main opposition parties announced a boycott… 02/04/10 12:14 CET

• Russia’s Medvedev toughens anti-terror rhetoric

  He has singled out strife in the North Caucasus as Russia’s most serious domestic problem. So… 02/04/10 07:48 CET

• Pope under fire over sex abuse scandal

  Pressure continues to mount on the Vatican and Pope Benedict XVI amid allegations that he failed to… 02/04/10 07:47 CET

• Dozen jailed in Uzbekistan in HIV scandal: report

  Reports in Uzbekistan say 12 medical staff have been jailed for negligence after 150 children were… 02/04/10 07:45 CET

• Poll boycott threatens Sudan peace process

  A mass boycott of Sudan’s elections by main opposition parties has raised fears for the future of… 02/04/10 07:44 CET

• Army hold PM in Guinea-Bissau ‘coup’

  Soldiers in Guinea Bissau briefly captured the country’s prime minister and ousted the head of the… 02/04/10 07:43 CET

• US-Russian crew blasts off to space station

  A half-a-year odyssey in orbit has begun for a NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts. They have… 02/04/10 07:34 CET

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