cinema
Bhutto and Banksy debut at SundanceRelatives of the murdered Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto gathered in Utah for the world… 25/01/10 18:11 CET
corporate
Profit figures give filip to PhilipsDutch electronics group Philips has delighted its shareholders with a third consecutive quarterly… 25/01/10 19:40 CET
EDF denies attempt to push up energy billsFrench electricity supplier EDF is planning to raise its prices by up to 24 percent according to a… 25/01/10 19:40 CET
Slashed profits push Ericsson into more job cutsA 92 percent fall in fourth quarter profit has prompted mobile phone maker Ericsson to announce an… 25/01/10 19:40 CET
Fiat sales kept alive by government effortsItalian car-maker Fiat has beaten profit forecasts with its financial results for last year, thanks… 25/01/10 19:40 CET
economy
German consumer confidence continues to fallGerman consumer confidence has fallen for the fourth month in a row. A consumer sentiment index… 25/01/10 19:40 CET
Tourism industry looks ahead after annus horribilisThe global tourism industry is preferring to look to the future after a dismal 2009. That was… 25/01/10 19:40 CET
europa
Kurdish concern over Turkish PACE presidentThe Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly has a new, Turkish president. The organisation with… 25/01/10 19:49 CET
Ivory ban in danger, EU urged to defend elephantsA desperate call to save elephants in Africa… While Tanzania and Zambia want an international ban… 25/01/10 19:49 CET
le mag
Holmes gives Galliano a clueJohn Galliano’s 2010-2011 autumn winter collection drew on Sherlock Holmes for inspiration. The… 25/01/10 17:58 CET
science
New treatments to combat breast cancerThere is a well-established link between obesity and the development of breast cancer in… 25/01/10 18:11 CET
world news
British and Irish leaders in Belfast for crisis talksAfter talks in Downing Street, the British and Irish leaders have flown to Belfast to tackle a… 25/01/10 20:44 CET
European gendarmes to beef up Haiti securityEurope is to send special police to Haiti to help with the relief operations. The collective… 25/01/10 19:49 CET
Plans for banning the Burqa in FranceThe full face veil is not totally banned in France, but plans are underway for a further clampdown… 25/01/10 19:45 CET
Afghan reconciliation with Taliban on the cardsThere are further signs of Afghanistan reaching out to the Taliban. The Afghan President Hamid… 25/01/10 19:26 CET
Haiti urges long-term aid from foreign donorsAs more earthquake survivors get their hands on much-needed aid, international donors have been… 25/01/10 19:24 CET
Extreme weather spreads across EuropeA bitter winter across central Europe is starting to bite. The inside car windows have frozen and… 25/01/10 19:22 CET
Weather blamed for plane crash off LebanonBad weather is being blamed for the crash of an Ethiopian airlines plane off the coast of Lebanon… 25/01/10 19:21 CET
Rebuilding Haiti after the quakeRarely does an earthquake completely devastate a country’s, political, economic and commercial… 25/01/10 19:21 CET
Iraq executes ‘Chemical Ali’Ali Hassan al-Majeed, the Saddam Hussein henchman widely known as ‘Chemical Ali’, has been executed… 25/01/10 17:44 CET
Three deadly attacks on Baghdad hotelsThree well-known Baghdad hotels have been targeted in deadly bomb attacks. Authorities say the… 25/01/10 16:14 CET
Iraq executes ‘Chemical Ali’Iraq has executed Ali Hassan al-Majeed, the Saddam Hussein henchman widely known as ‘Chemical Ali.‘… 25/01/10 16:06 CET
Turkey hosts Pakistani-Afghan summitTurkey is the setting for the start of what could prove to be a crucial week for Afghanistan… 25/01/10 14:45 CET
Medvedev mediates in Nagorno-Karabakh rowRussia’s President Dmitry Medvedev has been hosting his Armenian and Azeri counterparts in a bid to… 25/01/10 14:31 CET
Quake aid finally reaches Haiti’s Cite Soleil slumFood aid on a significant scale has finally arrived in one of Haiti’s largest slums, nearly two… 25/01/10 14:05 CET
Freedom beckons for detained Myanmar leader.Myanmar’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be free by the end of this year. That’s… 25/01/10 12:15 CET
Lebanon grieves for the dead from plane crashThe grim task of searching the turbulent seas off the coast of Lebanon goes on following the crash… 25/01/10 12:15 CET
Ethiopian Airlines: Bodies recovered from downed jetSearch and rescue teams off the coast of Lebanon have recovered two bodies from the site of the… 25/01/10 09:24 CET
Airliner crashes into Med off Lebanese coastAn Ethiopian Airlines plane with around 90 passengers and crew has reportedly crashed into the… 25/01/10 07:48 CET
Thumbs up for Franco-Italian TAV rail linkAround a thousand industrialists, politicians, and trade unionists held a hastily arranged meeting… 25/01/10 07:48 CET
Chavez gags opposition televisionThe broadcasting bete noire of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, Radio Caracas TV Internacional… 25/01/10 07:48 CET
Opel workers protest at Brussels motor showA group of workers from the Opel factory in Antwerp, which parent company General Motors is closing… 25/01/10 07:48 CET
Haitian casualty figures still risingThe Haitian government has raised its estimate of the numbers of lives lost in the earthquake to… 25/01/10 07:48 CET
French artists sing out their support for HaitiMuch of France’s television audience was glued to the box on Sunday night for a special “Solidarity… 25/01/10 07:48 CET
