cinema
Sucker Punch fails to stun the criticsZack Snyder’s Sucker Punch is about a group of young women trying to escape from a psychiatric… 29/03/11 13:20 CET
corporate
Siemens to spin-off OsramGerman conglomerate Siemens is spinning off its lighting group Osram with an initial public… 29/03/11 15:12 CET
Tokyo Electric may be nationalisedTokyo Electric Power, the company at the centre of Japan’s deepening nuclear crisis, could be… 29/03/11 15:12 CET
Volvo plans expansion to meet increasing demandVolvo Cars has announced expansion plans, including hiring 1,200 new workers. The Swedish… 29/03/11 15:12 CET
economy
Italian banks focus on capital hikesSome of Italy’s biggest banks are moving to increase their capital to comply with tougher rules on… 29/03/11 18:54 CET
UK economic growth figures revised but still weakBritain’s economy shrank slightly less than previously estimated at the end of last year, however… 29/03/11 15:12 CET
europa
Belgium equals stop-gap government recordDummies substituted for politicians in Belgium on the day the country ties Iraq for the record time… 29/03/11 17:30 CET
hi-tech
Stand by for the ‘robolution’World players in the field of robotics gathered in the French city of Lyon for the first… 29/03/11 14:30 CET
le mag
MoMA show charts dawn of German ExpressionismGraphic images of death, sex and war are on display at New York’s Museum of Modern Art in an… 29/03/11 13:20 CET
pictureoftheday
Rafael Correa bites a birthday cakeEcuadorean President Rafael Correa bites a birthday cake during a political rally to support a… 29/03/11 11:41 CET
talkplanet2010
Climb-it change: a mountaineer’s taleSimon Yates, Mountaineer ‘‘I started climbing when I was 14, and the last 25 years I’ve been… 29/03/11 09:19 CET
world news
The decades-long rule of Syria’s al-Assad dynastyThe world welcomed him as a potential pioneer of reform in autocratic Syria. But, more than a… 29/03/11 16:13 CET
Supply of arms to anti-Gaddafi rebels not ruled outThe US, Britain and France say they are not ruling out the distribution of arms to anti-Gaddafi… 29/03/11 23:15 CET
Gbagbo calls for ceasefire as enemy advancesForces loyal to Alassane Ouattara, the UN-backed president-elect in Ivory Coast, are reported to… 29/03/11 23:02 CET
Italy’s migrant island reaches breaking pointLampedusa is an island on the brink of implosion. This tiny scrap of land on the southernmost… 29/03/11 21:16 CET
Qatari PM to Gaddafi: leave now to stop bloodshedThere is mounting pressure on Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi, with an agreement that coalition… 29/03/11 21:03 CET
Syrian cabinet quits amid violent unrestSyria’s President Bashar al-Assad has accepted the resignation of his cabinet amid increasingly… 29/03/11 20:04 CET
Russian’s most-wanted terrorism suspect killed?Reports in Russia say one of the country’s most wanted terrorism suspects may have been killed in… 29/03/11 18:13 CET
UN accuses Gbagbo forces of shooting civiliansUN peacekeepers in Ivory Coast say forces loyal to incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo have opened fire… 29/03/11 17:53 CET
Japan nuclear plant operator ignored dangersThe operator of Japan’s stricken nuclear plant appears to have downplayed dangers the site was… 29/03/11 17:33 CET
European cloned meat talks stallConventional European meat eaters can continue their customary habits for a while longer; European… 29/03/11 17:31 CET
Cameron pledges better future for LibyaThe British Prime Minister David Cameron has opened a special international meeting in London to… 29/03/11 16:33 CET
Italy migrant crisis a ‘ticking timebomb’There have been renewed protests on the southern Italian island of Lampedusa over the government’s… 29/03/11 16:24 CET
Gaddafi forces repel rebel advanceForces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have repelled a rebel advance towards the Libyan leader’s hometown… 29/03/11 14:34 CET
Yemen arms factory blasts ‘killed 150’Monday’s explosions at a weapons factory in Yemen are now said to have killed up to 150 people… 29/03/11 14:13 CET
Gaddafi exile plan on table at Libya conference talksRepresentatives from more than 40 governments and international bodies are in London to discuss the… 29/03/11 14:03 CET
Armed Ivorian opponents gang up on GbagboGunmen fighting Ivory Coast’s incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo have been patrolling the streets… 29/03/11 13:03 CET
Syrian government expected to resign amid protestsA massive march in support for an Arab leader is a rare sight these days, but tens of thousands of… 29/03/11 12:24 CET
School counts cost of tsunami tragedyThe on-going crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant has done much to overshadow the human cost of… 29/03/11 11:43 CET
Plutonium discovery adds to Japan’s atomic woesThere is fresh anxiety over radiation leaks at Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant following… 29/03/11 11:04 CET
Italy to ship North African migrants from crisis islandThe Italian government has announced plans to tackle the massive influx of illegal North African… 29/03/11 08:53 CET
Kosovo’s president – unconstitutionalKosovo’s highest court has ruled last month’s election of President Behgjet Pacolli as… 29/03/11 07:14 CET
Obama justifies US military action in LibyaPresident Barack Obama has appeared on television to justify America’s military involvement in… 29/03/11 05:53 CET
Syria’s Assad gets backing from other Arab leadersAmateur video has captured the violence between Syrian security forces and pro-democracy… 29/03/11 02:03 CET
Ivory Coast rebels advance against GbagboIvory Coast’s disputed presidential election appears finally to have reignited the country’s civil… 29/03/11 00:43 CET
UK and France to Gaddafi fans: abandon himAn appeal to supporters of Muammar Gaddafi: drop him before it is too late. It comes from the… 29/03/11 00:21 CET
