archive 28·09·2010

cinema

• The Social Network

  We have had the social network, now here comes the film. The Social Network is about the founding… 28/09/10 17:25 CET

corporate

• BlackBerry takes on the tablets

  Firmly aiming at its core business customers, the maker of the BlackBerry – Research In Motion -… 28/09/10 16:51 CET

• Hertz likely to win Dollar Thrifty

  It looks like Hertz will end up buying car rental firm Dollar Thrifty despite a higher bid from… 28/09/10 16:51 CET

economy

• US consumer confidence falls again

  Even as President Barack Obama signed a 22 billion euro small business lending bill into law, … 28/09/10 18:18 CET

• Ireland faces further credit rating cut

  Ireland’s credit rating could be cut again because of the rising cost of recapitalising… 28/09/10 16:51 CET

• UK growth confirmed at 9-year high

  Britain’s Office for National Statistics has confirmed the UK economy expanded at its fastest pace… 28/09/10 16:51 CET

europa

• Amnesty says EU states forcing Roma back to Kosovo

  Amnesty International has denounced European Union countries for what it said is a forced return of… 28/09/10 17:44 CET

hi-tech

• Washington Energy Summit

  More than 200 energy experts from 15 countries have gathered in Washington to discuss energy… 28/09/10 17:25 CET

• Life in prison for New York bomb plotter

  The man who tried to detonate a car bomb in New York’s Times Square has been sentenced to life in… 28/09/10 17:18 CET

le mag

• Mario Testino exhibition

  The Thyssen Museum in Madrid has opened a new exhibition of work by Peruvian photographer Mario… 28/09/10 17:25 CET

world news

• Castro marks 50 years of “neighbourhood watch”

  Cuba’s former president Fidel Castro has marked the 50th anniversary of the start of his war of… 28/09/10 22:54 CET

• Miliband: I won’t be soft on UK budget cuts

  Britain’s Labour Party has heard its new leader lay out his plans for saving the UK economy. Ed… 28/09/10 19:34 CET

• Yuri Luzhkov: a profile of Moscow’s fallen mayor

  The sacking of Yuri Luzhkov is seismic. A feature of Russia’s political landscape since the fall of… 28/09/10 19:15 CET

• Medvedev defends sacking of Moscow mayor

  It has been a rare, very public falling out among powerful Russian politicians in the same ruling… 28/09/10 19:04 CET

• Hundreds feared dead in Mexican landslide

  Hundreds of people are feared dead after a landslide buried some 300 homes in Mexico. Authorities… 28/09/10 18:12 CET

• US actress Gloria Stuart dies aged 100

  One of Hollywood’s leading female stars in the 1930s has died at the age of 100. Gloria Stuart… 28/09/10 17:50 CET

• Belgian air controllers strike – flights grounded

  All flights in and out of Belgian airspace have been grounded because of a wildcat strike by the… 28/09/10 17:44 CET

• Israel blocks Gaza bound aid ship

  Israeli forces have intercepted an aid ship carrying nine Jewish activists bound for the Gaza… 28/09/10 16:12 CET

• Spanish budget set to go ahead despite strike

  There is a general strike in Spain on Wednesday – but watchers say it is unlikely to derail the… 28/09/10 15:55 CET

• Pirate Bay in court again over copyright breach

  The operators of Pirate Bay, the world’s biggest free file-sharing website, are back in court to… 28/09/10 14:33 CET

• German govt backs longer use of nuclear power

  Protesters have been voicing their anger in Berlin over the extension of Germany’s use of nuclear… 28/09/10 14:04 CET

• Schoolchildren kidnapped in Nigeria

  The hunt is on in Nigeria for a gang of kidnappers who have taken a group of schoolchildren… 28/09/10 13:38 CET

• Defiant Moscow mayor sacked by Medvedev

  He ruled Moscow for 18 years but is now out of a job. Yuri Luzhkov has been sacked by President… 28/09/10 13:21 CET

• Chavez jokes about opposition electoral gains

  Hugo Chavez maintains his ruling party is the only winner in Venezuela’s parliamentary elections… 28/09/10 13:15 CET

• Israeli military boards aid boat

  It is being reported that Israeli naval commandos have boarded a Jewish aid boat which is trying… 28/09/10 12:04 CET

• Kim Jong-Il reappointed as North Korean leader

  Despite his visibly fragile health, Kim Jong-Il has been reappointed as leader of North Korea… 28/09/10 11:34 CET

• At least 20 missing after landslide in Colombia

  At least twenty people are missing after a landslide in northwestern Colombia, prompted by heavy… 28/09/10 09:34 CET

• No let-up in the tough stance against ETA

  Seven alleged members of an offshoot of the Basque separatist group ETA were arrested in northern… 28/09/10 08:24 CET

• Medvedev shows his strength and fires Luzhkov

  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has taken the mayor of Moscow at his word, and has fired him… 28/09/10 07:39 CET

• Israel blasts UN Human Rights Council over Gaza

  Israel has called for an end to United Nations investigations into its offensive on the Gaza Strip… 28/09/10 07:37 CET

• Romanian minister quits over police demo

  Romania’s interior minister has been forced to quit three days after a police protest against big… 28/09/10 07:37 CET

• The son also rises in North Korea

  North Koreans watching the nightly news have a new name to revere in public; the first time any… 28/09/10 07:36 CET

• Middle East peace talks stagger on

  To celebrate the end of the settlement freeze several Israeli ministers including the Deputy… 28/09/10 07:36 CET

• Israeli air strike on Gaza kills three

  The death of three Palestinians in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip may have hammered… 28/09/10 02:34 CET

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