cinema
Ex-Golden Lion laureate makes Venice comebackFormer Golden Lion laureate Tran Anh Hung is back in Venice with his latest film, Norwegian Wood -… 03/09/10 16:53 CET
corporate
Roche to trim costsRoche is reviewing its business in order to cut costs. The Swiss drugmaker said that is in… 03/09/10 17:25 CET
BP counts cost of Gulf spillBP has said the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to eight billion… 03/09/10 17:25 CET
economy
August US job losses less than expectedThe number of people in work in the United States fell for the third straight month in August, but… 03/09/10 19:33 CET
Plateau in euro zone services growthThe recovery in the euro zone’s dominant service sector seems to be stalling. Order books grew… 03/09/10 17:25 CET
europa
Hungarian far-right want Roma forced into campsSome Hungarians resentful of their country’s large Roma minority want them forced to live in camps… 03/09/10 14:35 CET
Roma freedom stoking political debateTechnical meetings on the legality of expulsions of Roma from from France to Romania and Bulgaria… 03/09/10 13:10 CET
le mag
London exhibit to delight shoe fetishistsShoe lovers around the world – slip into your stilettos and stride off to Selfridges, the London… 03/09/10 16:53 CET
world news
Israel president, Arab League chief hail talks Israel’s president and the secretary general of the Arab League have said they hope the revival… 03/09/10 20:15 CET
Mideast talks reopenIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netyanhu and Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas had not… 03/09/10 20:15 CET
The child abuse case that stunned PortugalIt was a weekly newspaper that first broke the allegations back in 1992. There were claims that a… 03/09/10 20:07 CET
Israel could concede more territory: analystIsrael’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken of the need for both sides to make painful… 03/09/10 20:07 CET
Interview with Ghassan el-Khatib on peace talksTwelve months to find solutions for a conflict which evolved over six decades: That is the… 03/09/10 20:07 CET
Jail terms in Portuguese child abuse caseHeavy jail terms have been handed down in a prominent child abuse trial in Portugal. In a case… 03/09/10 20:07 CET
Mexico claims breakthrough in drugs warMexico is winning the war on drug cartels, according to the country’s president. Felipe Calderon… 03/09/10 20:07 CET
US cargo plane crashes in DubaiAt least two people have been killed in a US cargo plane crash in Dubai. The aircraft, believed… 03/09/10 20:07 CET
Jail terms in high-profile child abuse caseHeavy jail terms have been handed down in a prominent child abuse trial in Portugal. In a case… 03/09/10 19:00 CET
Fires spread in southern RussiaIn southern Russia, the forest fires which have claimed the lives of at least eight people have… 03/09/10 16:20 CET
Thousands rally for ‘Al Quds’ Day in IranThousands of people have taken to the streets in Iran to mark the annual Al Quds – or Jerusalem -… 03/09/10 15:43 CET
Seven found guilty in Portugal sex caseJudges in Portugal found seven defendants guilty on Friday of sexually abusing minors living at a… 03/09/10 15:18 CET
Suicide bomber strikes Shi’ite rally in PakistanMore than 40 people have been killed and dozens more injured by a suicide bomber at a Shi’ite rally… 03/09/10 14:04 CET
Mixed emotions over fresh peace talksThere is an undeniable feeling of deja-vu expressed in Israel’s newspapers over the renewed peace… 03/09/10 13:04 CET
Azerbaijan flies the flag during Medvedev’s visitRussian President Dmitri Medvedev is in Azerbaijan for a two-day visit observers describe… 03/09/10 12:34 CET
Turkish left party rebels in favour of new constitutionAn illustration of the tension just days ahead of a key referendum in Turkey: Some 7,300 members of… 03/09/10 11:58 CET
Israel and Palestinians agree to regular talksThe first direct talks for nearly two years between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders have been… 03/09/10 11:03 CET
Southern Russia hit by forest firesForest fires have flared up again in Russia, this time in the south, forcing hundreds of people to… 03/09/10 09:50 CET
Hurricane Earl downgraded but still strongIt has weakened from a Category Four storm to a Category Two, but for people in North Carolina… 03/09/10 08:14 CET
IMF boost for flood victims as government comes under more criticismThousands of flood victims in the Punjab province of Pakistan are living in camps. It is more than… 03/09/10 07:56 CET
Palestinians greet peace talks with mixed feelingsPalestinians in the West Bank capital Ramallah were also divided in their opinions, even if most… 03/09/10 07:40 CET
Bundesbank calls for Sarrazin to be sackedGermany’s Bundesbank has asked the country’s president, Christian Wulff, to dismiss board member… 03/09/10 07:39 CET
Peace talks get promising startIt seems that the renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks have got off to as good a start as anyone… 03/09/10 07:38 CET
Israel Palestine conflict makes headlines at Venice film festivalIn the glitz and glamour of the Venice Film festival there were strong echoes of the peace talks in… 03/09/10 07:37 CET
Six year sex abuse trial in Portugal set to endIn Portugal a six year trial – one of the largest in the country’s legal history and known as the… 03/09/10 07:37 CET
No sign of oil spill after platform fireThirteen workers have been safely rescued after an explosion on board an oil platform in the Gulf… 03/09/10 07:32 CET
