archive 05·12·2011

cinema

• King of Bollywood crowned in Marrakech

  The International Film Festival in Marrakech paid tribute to Shah Rukh Khan, one of the Indian film… 05/12/11 16:44 CET

corporate

• Dexia gets new financing lifeline

  Crisis-hit Franco-Belgian bank Dexia is getting temporary financing guarantees from Belgium, France… 05/12/11 15:32 CET

• HSBC fined for mis-selling to elderly

  Britain’s financial regulator has fined HSBC a record 12.2 million euros for mis-selling investment… 05/12/11 14:19 CET

economy

• Trickle down — forget it

  Another nail has been driven into the coffin of the theory that if the rich became richer wealth… 05/12/11 19:45 CET

• Monti’s austerity plan angers unions

  Mario Monti’s so-called ‘Save Italy’ emergency decree measures announced on Sunday have not been… 05/12/11 19:39 CET

interview

• Habiba Sarabi: ‘Violence against women still a problem in Afghanistan’

  Habiba Sarabi is Afghanistan’s only female governor. She has headed Bamiyan province since 2005… 05/12/11 00:44 CET

pictureoftheday

• Tiger Woods regains his smile

  Tiger Woods of the U.S. holds up the trophy after winning the final round of the Chevron World… 05/12/11 12:22 CET

Sport

• FIFA’s golden trio

  Lionel Messi looks on track for a record equalling third straight Ballon d’Or after the Barcelona… 05/12/11 22:07 CET

world news

• European oil companies comply with EU Syria sanctions

  Pro-democracy protesters in Syria claim to have blocked the main road leading from the north of the… 05/12/11 23:03 CET

• Euro zone countries warned by S&P

  Standard&Poor’s credit rating agency has warned that almost all 17 Euro zone countries are now to… 05/12/11 22:20 CET

• Rallies in Moscow on day after elections

  Several thousand protesters gathered in central Moscow calling for the end to Putin’s rule… 05/12/11 21:44 CET

• West will not abandon Afghanistan after 2014

  The West has signalled that Afghanistan can count on continued support after allied troops withdraw… 05/12/11 20:03 CET

• Russia’s message to Putin-Medvedev

  With United Russia’s support dented in the country’s parliamentary elections, questions are now… 05/12/11 19:22 CET

• Italy unions call strikes following austerity package

  Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Monti has said the country would have suffered a crisis like Greece… 05/12/11 18:55 CET

• Medvedev: ‘Elections were fair, just and democratic’

  OKMedvedev: ‘Elections were fair, just and democratic’   President Dmitry Medvedev, met with… 05/12/11 18:51 CET

• ICJ criticises Greece over Macedonia name row

  The International Court of Justice has ruled Greece was wrong to veto Macedonian NATO membership… 05/12/11 17:40 CET

• Climate Change: Will Durban lead to another Kyoto?

  Another year, another climate change conference. Like Copenhagen and Cancun before it, the talks… 05/12/11 17:35 CET

• Former Ivory Coast president faces trial

  The former president of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, has appeared at a pre-trial hearing at the… 05/12/11 17:34 CET

• Euro crisis: Merkel and Sarkozy say we need change

  Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy have proposed a new EU-treaty aimed at solving the euro zone debt… 05/12/11 17:14 CET

• Greenpeace breaks into French nuclear sites

  Greenpeace activists have caused a major embarrassment to the French government by breaking into… 05/12/11 16:52 CET

• Back in the day: the Anglo-Irish Treaty

  *December 6, 1921* marks the 90th anniversary of the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the… 05/12/11 15:51 CET

• Assange wins right to appeal extradition

  A court in Britain has ruled that Julian Assange, the founder of whistle-blowing website Wikileaks… 05/12/11 15:13 CET

• Egypt elections: Muslim Brotherhood expect to win big

  The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party is set to take the most seats in the first… 05/12/11 14:36 CET

• Afghanistan calls for international support

  Afghan president Hamid Karzai says continued international support after foreign forces withdraw in… 05/12/11 13:31 CET

• Doubts over integrity of Russian election

  The European monitoring group the OSCE has expressed concern about fairness of the Russian… 05/12/11 12:45 CET

• Fraud claims overshadow Russian election

  The Russian election has been marked by protests in Moscow and St Petersburg, with activists… 05/12/11 11:43 CET

• Radiation leak at Japan nuclear plant

  Highly radioactive water has leaked into the sea from Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear reactor… 05/12/11 11:33 CET

• Back in the Day: Montgomery Bus Boycott

  On *December 5 , 1955* the Montgomery Bus Boycott began in earnest. Led by Dr Martin Luther King… 05/12/11 09:13 CET

• Setback for Putin as Duma vote plunges

  There has been a major shift in Russia’s political landscape after the ruling party of President… 05/12/11 09:03 CET

• Putin’s party dealt a blow in general election

  The United Russia party of Russian president Dmitry Medvedev and prime minister Vladimir Putin has… 05/12/11 08:03 CET

• Four-party alliance wins majority in Croatia

  Croatia’s Kukuriku party will now guide the country into European Union membership in 2013 after… 05/12/11 07:03 CET

• Schmidt attacks Merkel over response to euro crisis

  Former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt earned a standing ovation at the start of the Social… 05/12/11 04:44 CET

• Centre-left wins Slovenian election upset

  Zoran Jankovic has celebrated an unexpected win in parliamentary elections, but for Slovenia’s… 05/12/11 02:34 CET

• Huge WWII bomb made safe in Koblenz

  A huge World War II unexploded bomb was one of two successfully defused on Sunday by German experts… 05/12/11 00:35 CET

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