archive 16·03·2011

cinema

• Eternity takes top prize at Deauville Asia

  The winners of the 13th edition of the Asian Film Festival take their bows in the French seaside… 16/03/11 14:47 CET

economy

• Portugal warns of political crisis over debt

  Just after it was downgraded by the Moody’s rating agency, Portugal’s government has blamed the… 16/03/11 18:31 CET

• Protests hit Bahrain’s economy hard

  Even before Bahrain’s declaration of martial law, the country’s economy was suffering with the… 16/03/11 18:31 CET

• Disaster roils Japanese shares, threatens economy

  Uncertainty over the economic hit from the Japanese earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis means… 16/03/11 18:31 CET

• Mixed news on UK jobs

  There was an unexpected, sharp drop in the number of Britons claiming unemployment benefit in… 16/03/11 15:34 CET

• European car sales recover in February

  New car sales in Europe rose in February, their first increase in eleven months. The European… 16/03/11 15:34 CET

europa

• EU corporate tax proposal worries Ireland

  Economically battered Ireland is wary of increasing pressure on its low corporation tax under a new… 16/03/11 19:36 CET

futuris

• Scientists work on tsunami alert system for Med

  Massive waves crashed into the eastern coast of Japan after last week’s 8.9 earthquake. The tsunami… 16/03/11 14:47 CET

hi-tech

• Mika and robotic friends aim to please

  Do you fancy a nice hot drink in the morning, but can’t face making it sometimes? Well… 16/03/11 14:47 CET

interview

• Exclusive: Saif al-Gaddafi ‘wants money back from Sarkozy’

  With the situation in Libya still tense and, above all, highly fluid, Colonel Gaddafi’s son Saif… 16/03/11 14:42 CET

learningworld

• Music school hits the right note

  Music is a universal language. Singing, playing, listening, appreciating – all of it enriches young… 16/03/11 11:03 CET

le mag

• Colourful ceramics at Miro show in Paris

  The colourful and often surreal sculptures of Catalan artist Joan Miro can now be seen in an… 16/03/11 14:47 CET

pictureoftheday

• Weather gets worse in Northern Japan

  Heavy snow falls on rubble and rescue workers at a devastated factory area hit by an earthquake and… 16/03/11 13:37 CET

space

• The year of the Launchers

  Ariane 5 is the European space industry’s warhorse, and continues to successfully put payloads into… 16/03/11 14:47 CET

world news

• Japan’s nuclear crisis sparks energy rethink

  The unfolding nuclear crisis in Fukushima has raised questions over the safety of atomic power, not… 16/03/11 18:21 CET

• EXCLUSIVE – Gaddafi to Sarkozy: ‘give us back our money’

  *‘That clown Sarkozy’: see the exclusive euronews interview with Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi the son of… 16/03/11 03:34 CET

• Defiant Gaddafi addresses the nation

  Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has appeared on Libyan state television once again in a defiant mood. As… 16/03/11 00:43 CET

• Benghazi-bound Libyan army issues ultimatum

  Relentlessly closing in on Libya’s rebel stronghold of Benghazi, pro-Gaddafi forces are celebrating… 16/03/11 23:35 CET

• Tunisians turn up heat over Clinton visit

  The US Secretary of State can expect a fiery reception when she arrives in Tunisia on Thursday… 16/03/11 23:13 CET

• Europe helps in Japan’s hour of need

  How and what exactly is Europe doing to help Japan’s quake and tsunami victims? Emergency… 16/03/11 22:13 CET

• Global paedophile ring smashed, say police

  A huge police operation has led to arrests worldwide and the dismantling of what is being described… 16/03/11 20:23 CET

• Japan battles on as humanitarian crisis deepens

  The people of Otsuchi, like much of north east Japan, are struggling. The small fishing town was… 16/03/11 19:57 CET

• Benghazi defiant in face of negative reports

  The people in Benghazi have a reputation for opposing the government of Muammar Gaddafi – and they… 16/03/11 19:14 CET

• Japan struggles to control spiralling nuclear crisis

  “This is a slow-moving nightmare.” The words of one expert hint at a growing sense of… 16/03/11 19:12 CET

• Japan’s nuclear fallout could be fatal for workers

  Bruno Chareyron is a nuclear engineer who specialises in environmental impact assessment He is… 16/03/11 19:10 CET

• Japan far from a huge nuclear disaster: expert

  The available data coming out of Japan indicates that there is still only a “low risk” of a… 16/03/11 17:30 CET

• Fukushima witness: ‘The main road out of here is gridlocked’

  The residents of crisis-hit Fukushima face an uncertain future. The town is suffering under the… 16/03/11 17:29 CET

• Bahrain tries to erase protest camps

  Bahraini government forces have moved to clear the focal point of protests by the Gulf Arab state’s… 16/03/11 17:13 CET

• Gaddafi forces prepare to retake rebel stronghold

  Pro-Gaddafi forces say they are closing in on the rebel held stronghold of Benghazi. State… 16/03/11 16:34 CET

• Unease grows amid exodus from Tokyo

  Worried residents are thronging Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. There are long queues at check-in desks and… 16/03/11 16:13 CET

• Bahrain imposes curfew and bans gatherings

  Bahrain’s military has imposed a curfew in the capital and banned all public demonstrations across… 16/03/11 15:04 CET

• Inter and Man Utd progress to CL quarters

  Inter Milan remain on course to defend their Champions League title after coming from behind to… 16/03/11 13:32 CET

• Voluntary radiation tests on offer in Japan

  People have been arriving at a hastily-installed testing centre in Koriyama, to find out if they… 16/03/11 13:23 CET

• Snow adds to the suffering in Japan’s devastated northeast

  Heavy snow is falling across Japan’s devastated north-east region adding to the difficulties of the… 16/03/11 13:03 CET

• Japan’s Emperor makes unprecedented address

  Japan’s Emperor Akihito has gone on television, to make an unprecedented address to his beleaguered… 16/03/11 12:03 CET

• Tokyo eerily quiet amid radiation fears

  As fears over a nuclear nightmare grip one of the worlds biggest cities, people are staying… 16/03/11 11:23 CET

• Japanese army abandons cooling operation

  The Japanese army has abandoned its attempts to use a helicopter to pour water on the stricken… 16/03/11 11:05 CET

• Japanese markets rally after record losses

  Japanese markets are up sharply following two days of record losses. The Nikkei rose 5.68 per… 16/03/11 09:43 CET

• Bahrain: riot police move on Pearl Square protesters

  Riot police, helicopters and armoured personnel carriers have moved on Pearl Square in the Bahraini… 16/03/11 08:10 CET

• Radiation hike forces temporary evacuation of Fukushima plant

  A radiation surge at Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant temporarily forced the remaining… 16/03/11 05:53 CET

• Japan’s shattered north tries to regain some normality

  Queuing is becoming a way of life in Yamagata, like other cities across north-eastern Japan it is… 16/03/11 04:33 CET

• Survivors search for hope among the rubble

  The town of Otsuchi was not only hit by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami but a… 16/03/11 01:53 CET

• Libya presents “al Qaeda” prisoner

  From the start of Libya’s uprising Muammar Gaddafi’s blamed al Qaeda linked Islamists. Now he… 16/03/11 01:33 CET

• Benghazi rebels prepare for attack

  Despite rebel claims to the contrary, reports indicate that Colonel Gaddafi’s forces have… 16/03/11 01:13 CET

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