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Euro Disney buy out rumours boost sharesEuro Disney continues to gain in Paris on Monday on rumours concerning a buy out by its US parent… 27/08/12 19:11 CET
cinema
Documentary: all eyes on Chinese activist Ai WeiweiA new documentary shines the spotlight on Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei – whose clashes… 27/08/12 14:24 CET
corporate
Winner and losers from the Samsung Apple clashSamsung’s big loss to Apple in a potentially game changing US patent lawsuit over smartphones meant… 27/08/12 16:21 CET
RUSAL cuts capacity on weak demandRUSAL, the world’s largest aluminium producer, has said it will cut its capacity by three to four… 27/08/12 14:24 CET
economy
Paris pushes petrol price cutsThe French government seems to have scored an early victory in its campaign to help drivers by… 27/08/12 18:38 CET
Spain weaker than previously thoughtIt seems Spain’s economy was in a worse state than we knew. GDP contracted by more than… 27/08/12 14:24 CET
German businesses downbeatThe latest survey of companies by the Ifo economic think tank shows business sentiment dropped for… 27/08/12 14:24 CET
le mag
Monet’s gardens… in the BronxMonet and his famous garden paintings are known the world over but now, thanks to the New York… 27/08/12 14:24 CET
markets
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newsplus
US Republicans’ serious funding to unseat ObamaWith the opening of Convention Season in the United States, the hunt for votes is reaching new… 27/08/12 19:05 CET
pictureoftheday
Bull puts Matador under pressure in MexicoSpanish matador Tulio Salguero is stepped on by a bull during a bullfight in Mexico City… 27/08/12 11:32 CET
science
Cambodia’s endangered animalsSun bears – the world’s smallest species of bear, are at risk of extinction with habitat loss and… 27/08/12 13:11 CET
world news
Campaign finance in the United States – how does it work?The financing of electoral campaigns at the federal level in the United States is supervised by the… 27/08/12 18:44 CET
Muslims riot in Mombasa over shooting of radical clericMuslim youths in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa have gone on the rampage after unknown gunmen shot… 27/08/12 23:54 CET
Release hearing for convicted wife of Belgian paedophile murderer DutrouxA Belgian court will decide later today if the wife of child rapist and murderer Marc Dutroux can… 27/08/12 22:35 CET
Kissing means a huge commitment in UkraineSleeping beauties taking part in an installation art exhibition in Ukraine face serious… 27/08/12 20:08 CET
Isaac threatens to gatecrash Romney’s Republican partyThey came to see Mitt Romney. But an uninvited guest called Isaac threatens to steal the show at… 27/08/12 20:08 CET
Romania reinstates presidentThe Romanian parliament has upheld a court decision to reinstate the country’s President Traian… 27/08/12 18:25 CET
Taps turned off as Trevi Fountain undergoes repairsThe famed Trevi fountain in Rome has been drained as it undergoes repairs to its facade. Several… 27/08/12 18:15 CET
Algarve disco shooting injures nineNine people have been injured during a shooting outside a casino in the Algarve, Portugal. Police… 27/08/12 18:15 CET
Pussy Riot launch appealThe lawyer representing the three members of the Russian female punk band, Pussy Riot has launched… 27/08/12 18:14 CET
Turkey wants ‘UN safe havens’ inside Syria to stem refugee tideRefugees fleeing the fighting in Syria continue to head to neighbouring Turkey. Turkish… 27/08/12 17:53 CET
South Africa: Miners pursue strike after deadly shootingThe strike goes on. That is the message from hundreds of miners gathered outside the Marikana site… 27/08/12 17:45 CET
Deadly anthrax outbreak in RussiaOne person is reported dead and ten people have been taken to hospital after an outbreak of anthrax… 27/08/12 17:44 CET
Hard-drinking Czechs go soft on beer with ‘radler’Brewers in the world’s number one beer drinking nation the Czech Republic say consumers are… 27/08/12 16:03 CET
Protesting Italian miners take over pitUp to a 100 miners armed with explosives have barricaded themselves in tunnels nearly 400m… 27/08/12 15:54 CET
Syria government confirms army helicopter crashSyrian rebels claim to have shot down an army helicopter during fighting in a suburb of Damascus… 27/08/12 14:43 CET
Roma families expelled from illegal camp in FranceAnother illegal Roma camp has been evacuated in France, where rights activists have criticised the… 27/08/12 14:23 CET
Lebanese demand swift end to Syria spillover violenceSaying “no” to deadly clashes sparked by sectarian strife in Syria, people in neighbouring Lebanon… 27/08/12 12:54 CET
Caribbean cleans up after Isaac as US gets readyThe people of Florida are well used to hurricanes, and Tropical Storm Isaac brought the usual… 27/08/12 12:23 CET
USA: Republicans get down to business despite storm delayThe start of the US Republican Party’s national convention has been put back by a day because of… 27/08/12 12:13 CET
Rebels claim to have downed helicopter in DamascusSyrian rebels claim to have brought down an army helicopter in Damascus. Unverified video footage… 27/08/12 10:53 CET
Samsung shares tumble after Apple’s US court victoryShares in Samsung Electronics fell more than seven per cent on the Seoul Stock Exchange on Monday… 27/08/12 10:24 CET
Venezuela: Chavez visits oil refinery after deadly blastSeveral people are said to be still missing after Saturday’s explosion and fire at Venezuela’s… 27/08/12 08:43 CET
Kurds clash with police in TurkeyPolice used tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of Kurds who tried to stage a protest… 27/08/12 07:32 CET
Saudis arrest suspected al Qaeda militantsSaudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry claims to have broken up two suspected terrorist cells which were… 27/08/12 07:32 CET
Jewish boys arrested for firebomb attack in West BankIsraeli police have arrested three young Jewish settlers suspected of attacking a Palestinian… 27/08/12 07:32 CET
Isaac heads for US Gulf Coast on Katrina anniversaryA hurricane warning has been issued for the US Gulf Coast as tropical storm Isaac gathers in… 27/08/12 06:03 CET
Libya’s interior minister resigns after Sufi shrine attacksThe recent spate of attacks on Sufi Muslim shrines in Libya has claimed its first political scalp… 27/08/12 03:43 CET
Iran says Assad is willing to talk with oppositionA senior Iranian official has met President Bashar al Assad and claims the Syrian leader is willing… 27/08/12 00:44 CET
