Syria Arab League monitors to stay in Syria despite criticism Qatar’s prime minister has admitted they made mistakes, but it seems the mission of Arab League monitors in Syria will continue. News agencies 05/01/2012
Italy Italian ski resort suffers tax crackdown An annual salary of 22,000 euros a year won’t go far in the chic Italian ski resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo. But that’s what 42 local residents told 05/01/2012
United Kingdom Kate Middleton becomes patron of charities Kate Middleton is following royal tradition in Britain, becoming the patron of four charities. Some say in the footsteps of Lady Di, the Duchess of 05/01/2012
Slovenia Former mayor named new Slovenian PM Slovenia looks like it has a new head of government, the former mayor of the country’s capital. Zoran Jankovic has been named the prime-minister 05/01/2012
Turkey Former head of Turkish army in court Observers describe it as a scene unimaginable a few years ago: a former chief of Turkey’s powerful armed forces testifying in court. General Ilker 05/01/2012
world news Prosecutor calls for Mubarak to be hanged Hosni Mubarak should be sentenced to death. That’s the view of the chief prosecutor in the former Egyptian leader’s trial on charges of ordering 05/01/2012
Iran Iran sanction poker While Washington is patting backs over Europe’s agreement on Iranian oil sanctions, Tehran’s reaction has been to brush it off. European 05/01/2012
Business Euro slides despite solid French bond demand The euro slid over one percent on Thursday due to persistent worries about the European debt crisis; that also pulled down share prices around the 05/01/2012
United Kingdom Commission recomends British government to make assisted suicide legal A commission looking into assisted suicide in England and Wales has called on parliament to give doctors the right to help terminally ill people 05/01/2012
Business Swiss central bank head stands firm The chairman of the Swiss central bank has said he will not quit. A defiant Philipp Hildebrand told reporters he saw no reason to resign over a 05/01/2012
Business Indian cars vie for smallest, cheapest title India seems to be locked in a contest to produce the world’s tiniest and cheapest cars. The latest, the Bajaj RE 60, has just been unveiled at the 05/01/2012
World 'The Network' tackles Europe's pensions crisis Europe faces a pensions timebomb as the active population shrinks and societies get older. The financial crisis has made things worse, but also 05/01/2012
world news High winds and heavy rain lash Europe Bad weather is hitting parts of northern Europe. Strong winds are expected to reach as much as 110 kilometres an hour in Belgium. Waves are 05/01/2012
World The photographer, the nude model and pots and pots of paint Peruvian painter Piero Pereira has an unusual way of working; he covers his model in paint and then puts the music on. 05/01/2012
Cinema Documentary lays bare Mussolini personality cult A new documentary film – Il Corpo del Duce – about Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini asks why, more than half a century after his death 05/01/2012
Iran Iran dismisses threat of EU oil sanctions Iran is not worried by EU moves to ban its oil imports and insists it will survive them as it has other Western sanctions. Those comments were made 05/01/2012
Unreported Europe Pension reforms for Slovenia's aging population Slovenia’s population is aging, and aging fast. Last year the country’s voting population rejected a bill to raise the retirement age, dealing a 05/01/2012
USA Back in the Day: the ugly side of figure skating January 6, 1994 American ice skater Nancy Kerrigan (see picture, left) is attacked during practice for the national Figure Skating Championships in 05/01/2012
Business Spain to target tax fraud and trim government Spain’s new conservative government is looking at streamlining the public sector in further cost saving efforts as it struggles to tackle the much 05/01/2012
Myanmar Myanmar: Suu Kyi 'concerned' for democratic reforms Pro-Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met William Hague in Myanmar during the first visit by a British foreign secretary since 1955. The visit 05/01/2012
Iraq Pilgrims targeted as sectarian attacks surge in Iraq Sectarian violence in Iraq has intensified dramatically with a spate of bombings that has left more 60 people dead. Four devices, hidden in vehicles 05/01/2012
Egypt Egypt prosecutor requests death penalty for Mubarak The prosecutor in the trial of Hosni Mubarak on Thursday called for the former Egyptian president to face the death penalty. Chief prosecutor 05/01/2012
World Dyslexia font: a step in the write direction Learning to read, write and spell are generally difficult for children who suffer from dyslexia. Letters that look similar can get confused and 05/01/2012
Business France sees solid demand at bond auction French borrowing costs rose, but only slightly when the eurozone’s second-largest economy sold government bonds for the first time this year. On 05/01/2012
Germany German president rebuffs calls to quit Public support for German president Christian Wulff has slipped from 63 percent to 47 percent percent, according to a poll by one German 05/01/2012
Business China's trade surplus narrows China’s trade surplus shrank slightly last year to the equivalent of 125 billion euros. Export growth fell, hit by weaker demand from key export 05/01/2012
Business Kodak prepares for Chapter 11 filing: report Eastman Kodak is reportedly preparing to file for bankruptcy protection from its creditors in case it is unable to sell its digital patents to raise 05/01/2012
Israel Former Israeli PM faces further corruption charges Former Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, who is already on trial over corruption allegations is now facing further charges. It is alleged that he 05/01/2012
World It's a media world These days the media is almost everywhere. It creates a huge impact. Increasingly it is not just something we can learn from, but something we need 05/01/2012
Business China calls for talks on EU airline tax China has said it is deeply concerned and opposed to the European Union’s airline tax, and has called for talks to resolve the issue. The statement 05/01/2012