archive 14·03·2011

cinema

• Giamatti stars in McCarthy’s Win Win

  ‘Win Win’ is Tom McCarthy’s third film, after the acclaimed ‘The Station Agent’ and ‘The Visitor,‘… 14/03/11 13:58 CET

corporate

• Qatar buys stake in Iberdrola

  Qatar’s sovereign wealth investment fund is buying 6.1 percent of Spanish utility Iberdrola for 2.2… 14/03/11 17:31 CET

economy

• Japan’s economy to take big hit from quake

  Japan is trying to calculate the financial cost of its worst catastrophe since World War Two… 14/03/11 17:31 CET

• Japan worries hit luxury firms

  Shares in luxury goods companies fell on Monday, hit by worries about future sales in Japan after… 14/03/11 17:31 CET

• Euro ministers polish rescue fund deal

  Euro zone finance ministers met on Monday to work out details of a deal agreed at the weekend by… 14/03/11 17:31 CET

• Oil see-saws on Japan and Mideast worries

  Crude oil prices fell to their lowest in two weeks on Monday with investor concerned about the… 14/03/11 17:31 CET

innovation

• Solar panels: cheaper and more efficient

  Solar panels are becoming an increasingly cheap and efficient way to produce electricity. At a… 14/03/11 13:17 CET

le mag

• Retrospective on enigmatic fashion designer

  The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is hosting an exhibition on one of the most influential… 14/03/11 13:58 CET

pictureoftheday

• Isolate Japan girl looks at her relatives through a window

  A girl who has been isolated at a makeshift facility to screen, cleanse and isolate people with… 14/03/11 13:32 CET

science

• New cell rejection drug could help diabetics

  Two-year-old Max Salmon has Type 1 diabetes. He needs regular blood tests and his diet needs to be… 14/03/11 18:17 CET

world news

• A second blast rocks Japan’s quake-damaged nuclear plant

  A fresh explosion has rocked Japan’s quake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power complex in the north… 14/03/11 06:04 CET

• Renault says sorry to execs over false spy claims

  The French carmaker, Renault, could be facing a multi-million euro compensation claim after… 14/03/11 23:33 CET

• Japan continues to battle nuclear meltdown

  A fresh operation is underway to cool the stricken nuclear reactor at Fukushima. Jets of seawater… 14/03/11 22:03 CET

• Turkish singer shot

  One of the most famous entertainers in Turkey is in a coma after being shot in the head. Singer… 14/03/11 20:27 CET

• Japan calls for IAEA expert missions

  Japan’s nuclear alert is unlikely to be another Chernobyl, according to the head of the UN’s atomic… 14/03/11 20:04 CET

• Renault spies not spies after all

  French carmaker Renault has formally apologised to three executives accused of industrial espionage… 14/03/11 20:03 CET

• Le Pen visits migrants on Lampedusa

  French far-right politician Marine Le Pen on a visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa has told… 14/03/11 20:03 CET

• Rebels defiant despite Gaddafi gains

  Rebel positions in the Libyan town of Ajdabiyah have come under aerial bombardment from forces… 14/03/11 19:43 CET

• Libya’s faltering rebellion

  The Libyan capital Tripoli appears to show little immediate sign that it is about to fall from the… 14/03/11 19:24 CET

• Fukushima resident: ‘We have the car fully gassed up and ready to go’

  For those living in and around Fukushima the potential for a major nuclear meltdown came closer to… 14/03/11 19:13 CET

• Quake evacuees fear over radiation leak

  As Japan scrambles to avert a nuclear meltdown at a stricken plant, evacuation efforts are being… 14/03/11 18:33 CET

• Saudi military enters Bahrain

  Saudi Arabian military vehicles and soldiers have crossed over into Bahrain where there are… 14/03/11 18:13 CET

• Multiple disasters put Japan on the ropes

  Fresh pictures have emerged illustrating the moment the tsunami swept into Sendai City destroying… 14/03/11 17:53 CET

• Japan’s nuclear crisis

  The nuclear crisis and the threat of an uncontrolled radiation leak following Japan’s devastating… 14/03/11 17:37 CET

• EU nuclear plant safety under review

  Japan’s nuclear radioactivity fears have struck Europe. The EU member states’ national safety… 14/03/11 17:25 CET

• EU’s Ashton travels to the Middle East

  The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, is in the… 14/03/11 16:03 CET

• Gaddafi launches fresh attacks on rebel strongholds

  Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have engaged in an attack at the entrance to the town… 14/03/11 14:03 CET

• Second explosion at Japanese nuclear plant

  There has been a second explosion at the Fukushima nuclear plant in northern Japan that was damaged… 14/03/11 13:04 CET

• Dozens dead in Afghan bomb strike

  As many as 37 people have been killed following a suicide attack on an army recruitment centre in… 14/03/11 12:23 CET

• Japan survivors’ desperate search for loved ones

  Survivors of Friday’s earthquake and tsunami are trying to pick up the pieces of their shattered… 14/03/11 11:43 CET

• Cancellations and shortages in Tokyo

  Monday morning in Tokyo, and many people try to get back to work in the wake of what’s been billed… 14/03/11 11:33 CET

• Regional and local elections in Russia

  Russians from the Bering Strait to the Baltic have voted in regional and local elections, seen as a… 14/03/11 10:06 CET

• “Face of US foreign policy” resigns over Wikileaks

  Veteran US State department spokesman PJ Crowley has resigned after he labelled the detention of… 14/03/11 10:06 CET

• Protest in Kazakhstan over election

  In Kazakhstan, the opposition have called for a boycott of the snap presidential election called… 14/03/11 10:06 CET

• Cooling breaks down at third reactor in Japan

  Just hours after an explosion at a second earthquake-damaged reactor at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear… 14/03/11 10:03 CET

• Japan tries to cope with the devastation

  Three days on and the devastation is becoming all too apparent as remote areas are reached by… 14/03/11 06:03 CET

• Shares fall as Nikkei opens in Japan

  Japanese shares fell at the opening session of the stock exchange on the first day of trading after… 14/03/11 03:03 CET

• Violent clashes in Bahrain

  In one of the most violent confrontations in Bahrain since troops killed seven protesters last… 14/03/11 02:13 CET

• Dozens of countries respond to Japan’s call for help

  Search and rescue teams from around the world are being dispatched after an overwhelmed Japanese… 14/03/11 01:34 CET

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