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French target high rate of youth unemploymentThe French government has announced new job measures aimed at cutting the number of young people… 16/01/06 07:01 CET
Iran and Nigeria worries push up oil pricesCrude oil prices are rising again as diplomats toughened their talk about referring Iran to the… 16/01/06 07:01 CET
Bank of Italy’s new governor Draghi starts workThe new governor of Italy’s central bank, Mario Draghi, has formally started his new job. Draghi… 16/01/06 07:01 CET
europa
Striving for equality -homophobia has no place in the European UnionBrussels is focussing new attention towards efforts to stamp out discrimination and stereotyping… 16/01/06 07:01 CET
world news
First female president for ChileChile has elected its first female leader and one of the first to congratulatethe victorious… 16/01/06 08:01 CET
Dock workers on the rampageDockers have been protesting against opening up the 25-nation European Union’s port services to… 16/01/06 07:01 CET
Chile to get first woman presidentMichele Bachelet is set to become Chile’s first woman president. The centre-left candidate led from… 16/01/06 07:01 CET
Iran hints at oil price hike over sanctionsAs the standoff over its nuclear programme continues Iran’s foreign minister has said Tehran… 16/01/06 07:01 CET
Israel clarifies leadership questionAs Ariel Sharon recovers from another round of surgery Israeli authorities have clarifed his… 16/01/06 07:01 CET
Michelle Bachelet: the exile who rose to the topShe is a divorcee, a single mother and an agnostic in a strongly Catholic country. Yet Michelle… 16/01/06 06:01 CET
European powers draft resolution against Iran over nuclear workEuropean powers have begun drafting a resolution to have Iran referred to the UN Security council… 16/01/06 06:01 CET
Turkey steps up bird flu fight as death toll risesAlready he has lost his older sister to bird flu. Now little Muhammet Ozcan is fighting for his own… 16/01/06 06:01 CET
Questions asked after 9 die in Russian office block fireQuestions are being asked in Russia after nine people died in a fire at an office block. Many were… 16/01/06 06:01 CET
- Moscow advises caution in Iran nuclear row
Moscow is advising caution over the Iran nuclear issue.Russian president Vladimir Putin was careful… 16/01/06 06:01 CET
Olmert to lead Kadima into Israeli pollIsrael’s Kadima party has named Ehud Olmert as its acting chairman. He will lead the centrist bloc… 16/01/06 01:01 CET
