archive 21·07·2010

cinema

• Countdown to Zero

  Countdown to Zero is a documentary about nuclear proliferation in the context of global terrorism… 21/07/10 17:48 CET

corporate

• Fiat on track for higher profit

  Fiat’s shares shot up on a higher than expected second quarter trading profit and it said it may… 21/07/10 18:58 CET

• Apple unusually upbeat

  It was expected that Apple was going to have a good second quarter but its results surpassed those… 21/07/10 18:58 CET

economy

• Wall Street overhaul becomes law

  President Barack Obama has signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of US financial regulations… 21/07/10 19:37 CET

• Merkel defends stress tests

  Ahead of the release of the results of stress tests to see how Europe’s bank would cope with a… 21/07/10 18:58 CET

europa

• Belgian king calls for an end to divisive politics

  Belgian King Albert II has called on his country to “look ahead” and branded the tensions between… 21/07/10 19:16 CET

• Brussels wants EU ‘Miranda Rights’

  The EU wants to introduce a standard letter of rights to criminal suspects based on the American… 21/07/10 19:04 CET

farnborough

• Plane orders pile up at Farnborough

  There is little sign of a slowdown in the aviation industry as orders worth more than nine billion… 21/07/10 18:58 CET

• New players fill single-aisle market

  One area of the aviation industry where competition is increasingly fierce is the 100-130-seater… 21/07/10 15:12 CET

• Fleeting stars at Farnborough

  The Boeing 787 and the Airbus A 400M are the stars of this year’s Farnborough International Air… 21/07/10 14:57 CET

• Recovery in the air at Farnborough

  A full recovery in the commercial aviation market is in the air at the UK’s Farnborough… 21/07/10 14:57 CET

hi-tech

• Bionic legs give new hope

  In Aukland, New Zealand, wheelchair users have new hope of improved mobility after a company… 21/07/10 17:48 CET

le mag

• Kylie: All the Lovers

  All The Lovers is the first single off Kylie’s new album, Aphrodite. The sngle, and indeed the… 21/07/10 17:48 CET

science

• Archeological finds in Turkey

  Canadian archeologists from the University of Toronto are restoration and interpreting an Assyrian… 21/07/10 17:48 CET

world news

• French footballer innocent, says lawyer

  French football star Karime Benzema is completely innocent and has nothing to answer for, his… 21/07/10 20:25 CET

• Clubs back under-fire football stars

  Karim Benzema’s Real Madrid colleagues lept to his defence on Wednesday. The nine-time European… 21/07/10 20:14 CET

• Spanish government warns controllers off sickies

  Air traffic controllers in Barcelona have disrupted many flights in the whole of southern Europe… 21/07/10 19:12 CET

• Swiss rock and role at Paleo

  It is one of Europe’s biggest open air concerts, six days of music next to a glittering Swiss lake… 21/07/10 19:11 CET

• Chinese government starts to worry about rains

  Over 700 people have already died in floods in China that are drowning the south of the country. 13… 21/07/10 19:07 CET

• French football engulfed by new scandal

  After Les Bleus embarassing performance at the World Cup, you would be forgiven for thinking that… 21/07/10 18:54 CET

• Reaction to Haradinaj’s Hague retrial

  Ramush Haradinaj’s political allies in Kosovo have been reacting to Wednesday’s ruling … 21/07/10 16:47 CET

• DNA tests on remains from Ceausescu grave

  DNA tests are being carried out on the remains of two bodies taken from the graves of Romania’s… 21/07/10 15:44 CET

• Wrong time to strike say French transport unions

  The biggest unions are against it, and holidaymakers will be furious French air traffic controllers… 21/07/10 15:33 CET

• UN court orders retrial for ex-Kosovo PM

  A UN court ordered on Wednesday that former Kosovan prime minister Ramush Haradinaj must face a… 21/07/10 13:24 CET

• US announces new sanctions against North Korea

  The United States is to impose new sanctions on North Korea, including the purchase and sale of… 21/07/10 12:39 CET

• Two dead in Russian power station attack

  Islamist militants have killed two people and injured two others in an attack on a hydroelectric… 21/07/10 12:34 CET

• Cameron snubs calls for inquiry into BP ‘lobbying’

  British Prime Minister David Cameron has rejected calls by US senators for an inquiry into whether… 21/07/10 12:26 CET

• French air traffic controllers go on strike

  French air traffic controllers are striking over EU plans to merge civil aviation authorities in… 21/07/10 11:05 CET

• Dozens more die in rain-lashed China

  Torrential rain continues to lash China – claiming the lives of dozens more people. As many as… 21/07/10 08:54 CET

• Cameron tells the US “BP will pay”

  British Prime Minister David Cameron is in Washington for his first meeting as leader with… 21/07/10 07:13 CET

• Vaginal gel offers fresh hope in AIDS battle

  It may be the epicentre of the AIDS pandemic, but it is on African soil that tests have offered… 21/07/10 07:12 CET

• Arctic weather kills Paraguayan homeless

  A cold front gripping much of South America is taking its toll on the homeless. In Paraguay’s… 21/07/10 07:11 CET

• Kabul conference backs optimistic security handover

  Afghan forces could be taking over from foreign troops in some areas as early as the end of this… 21/07/10 07:10 CET

• Air chaos as French controllers strike

  French flight controllers began a strike late last night which is expected to disrupt air traffic… 21/07/10 07:09 CET

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