corporate
Alitalia hit by sandwich strikeAlitalia’s cabin crews have staged a snack strike or pannini protest on the airline’s European… 07/01/05 06:01 CET
US jobs growth steady but not spectacularEmployers in the United States added 137,000 jobs in December, that was less than the 175,000 that… 07/01/05 05:01 CET
Iran wants OPEC to keep oil prices at $40With OPEC members having got used to high oil prices, at least one of them – Iran – is pushing for… 07/01/05 05:01 CET
europa
EU Visas to centralise applicants’ biometric data by 2007A “Visa Information System” (VIS) for the 25 will use biometric information by 2007, to increase… 07/01/05 07:01 CET
Joblessness stable in 25 – EurostatUnemployment figures remained unchanged in the euro zone countries in October and November… 07/01/05 06:01 CET
Spanish campaign launched to prepare for February EU Constitution referendumTelevision adverts on the European constitution in Spain have begun preparing the country for a… 07/01/05 05:01 CET
world news
US chemical train crash leaves several deadA freight train carrying deadly chemicals has crashed into a parked empty locomotive in the United… 07/01/05 12:01 CET
Thailand denies foreigners buried thereThailand has denied reports that bodies of non-Asians have been buried in mass graves where… 07/01/05 12:01 CET
Campaigning for Palestinian presidency winds upCampaigning for the Palestinan presidency is drawing to an end a day ahead of Sunday’s election… 07/01/05 09:01 CET
EU ministers advance tsunami aid planEuropean Union Foreign ministers have held emergency talks in Brussels to advance the bloc’s… 07/01/05 08:01 CET
Police say IRA behind Northern Ireland bank robberyNorthern Ireland’s police chief has said he believes the IRA was behind one of the UK’s biggest… 07/01/05 08:01 CET
Militaries work together to distribute aidA Russian transport plane loaded up by German troops and bound for Indonesia – just one example of… 07/01/05 07:01 CET
Abbas nears almost certain victoryJust two days away from what appears to be certain victory, Mahmoud Abbas has been campaigning in… 07/01/05 07:01 CET
Tsunami survival stories surface amid fears for orphansIncredible tales of survival continue to surface from the waters of death. One 10-year-old Indian… 07/01/05 07:01 CET
Palestinian election: backgroundOn the 20th of January 1996, after more than a quarter of a century of Israelioccupation… 07/01/05 07:01 CET
