archive 20·10·2010

cinema

• In Our Name – a soldier’s return

  British film ‘In Our Name’ is directed by Brian Welsh and stars Joanne Froggatt. It follows female… 20/10/10 15:40 CET

corporate

• Airliner sales lift Boeing profit

  Boeing’s shares took off as it posted a quarterly profit that beat expectations. The US aerospace… 20/10/10 18:37 CET

• Peugeot Citroen boosted by emerging markets

  PSA Peugeot Citroen has raised its profit target due to brisk sales in new markets. The French… 20/10/10 18:11 CET

• Sanofi gets competition OK for Genzyme

  France’s Sanofi Aventis has moved a step closer to taking over American biotech firm Genzyme as … 20/10/10 17:04 CET

economy

• Iraq auctions major gas fields

  Iraq has auctioned off three major natural gas fields to international companies. Baghdad wants… 20/10/10 16:59 CET

• ECB’s Stark hints over interest rate

  Another interest rate hike by the European Central Bank could be on the cards earlier than… 20/10/10 16:58 CET

europa

• Maternity leave increase to 20 week minimum wins EP vote

  Maternity leave in EU countries should increase, according to a vote in the European Parliament… 20/10/10 20:48 CET

• Call to raise EU spending sits badly with some

  As Britain takes the axe to its budget, from Strasbourg comes a call to increase EU spending… 20/10/10 20:35 CET

futuris

• Getting sorted

  Here in Romania, these children are learning to recycle paper – and they take it very seriously… 20/10/10 17:51 CET

le mag

• Kunsthaus is back to Picasso basics

  The Kunsthaus modern art museum in Zurich is reviving its first ever Picasso exhibition, as part of… 20/10/10 15:40 CET

science

• Seeing clearly: artificial corneas can restore sight

  Researchers in Canada and Sweden have reported positive results from a study into biosynthetic… 20/10/10 15:40 CET

world news

• Austerity plan brings UK ‘back from the brink’

  The impact of the British austerity plan will spread beyond the UK’s shores. The BBC World… 20/10/10 20:35 CET

• US hikers to face Iran trial

  Two Americans arrested while hiking in Iran will go on trial next month on charges of espionage and… 20/10/10 20:35 CET

• French government won’t budge despite riots

  The French government says it will stand firm on pension reform despite continued unrest. Riots… 20/10/10 19:23 CET

• Maliki asks neighbours to help rebuild Iraq

  Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday said he wants neighbouring states to play a role… 20/10/10 19:22 CET

• Government and business count cost of strikes

  On the 7th day of rolling strikes and protests against pension reform, France still has a long way… 20/10/10 19:21 CET

• Spain PM overhauls government with reshuffle

  The Spanish prime minister has announced the biggest cabinet reshuffle since the Socialists came to… 20/10/10 18:08 CET

• Austrian students protest budget cuts

  Students in Austria have been joined by their university professors and deans to protest a budget… 20/10/10 18:03 CET

• UK Spending Review: George Osborne announces painful cuts

  Britain’s Finance Minister George Osborne has presented his spending review in a noisy… 20/10/10 16:21 CET

• Youths continue France riots

  There has been another day of rioting against pension reforms in France. High school students are… 20/10/10 15:03 CET

• French police ordered in to break fuel blockades

  French police have been ordered to break blockades of oil depots. Picketers left three of the… 20/10/10 14:33 CET

• Slow progress for Sarkozy pension bill in Senate

  France’s Senate is working its way through hundreds of amendments to the unpopular pension bill as… 20/10/10 14:33 CET

• French forced to queue for fuel as shortages bite

  Protest action has hit supplies at around a third of France’s petrol pumps. Hence long queues at… 20/10/10 13:37 CET

• French police ordered into fuel depots

  Some fuel supplies were restored in France today after police moved in on strikers blocking three… 20/10/10 12:24 CET

• Major cabinet reshuffle in Spain

  Spain’s leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has replaced his right-hand woman in a major cabinet… 20/10/10 11:36 CET

• Asian markets stem losses before close

  China’s raising of its interest rate by 25 base points has sent Asian stockmarkets into a spin… 20/10/10 11:35 CET

• Police move in to restore French fuel supplies

  Police in France have broken blockades at three fuel depots at Donges, La Rochelle, and Le Mans… 20/10/10 08:42 CET

• Unions in the UK gear up for action ahead of cuts

  Unions in the UK say they will fight tooth and nail to protect public services from the axe. They… 20/10/10 07:37 CET

• Axe falls on the UK military

  After months of waiting, the full details of the swingeing spending cuts facing the UK’s armed… 20/10/10 07:37 CET

• Killing in Karachi leaves 16 dead

  More bloodshed in Pakistan’s commercial capital Karachi where at least 16 people have died in… 20/10/10 07:28 CET

• “Women to go” protest targets sex trade in Israel

  It is not what one usually sees in store windows, but in a shopping centre in Tel Aviv, women… 20/10/10 07:27 CET

• Germans challenge Eurostar for tunnel passengers

  German rail company, Deutche Bahn has unveiled its own high speed train with which it hopes to use… 20/10/10 07:27 CET

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