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SABMiller interested in Foster’sLondon based SABMiller is the latest name being reported as interested in buying Australia’s… 23/08/10 16:35 CET
HSBC aims to buy SA’s NedbankHSBC is in talks to buy up to 70 percent of South Africa’s Nedbank, the country’s fourth-largest… 23/08/10 16:35 CET
Potash sure of better bids than BHP’sPotash Corporation’s board has confirmed it is in talks with several potential buyers for a better… 23/08/10 16:35 CET
KNOC will wait on Dana’s shareholdersKorea National Oil Corporation is reportedly prepared to wait for shareholders of UK’s Dana… 23/08/10 16:35 CET
economy
Euro zone recovery slowsThere has been more mixed news on the euro zone’s economic recovery. The latest Markit Composite… 23/08/10 18:21 CET
world news
Worst crash in the history of Portugal’s motorwaysThere has been a catastrophic double crash on a motorway in Portugal. 200 firefighters and… 23/08/10 23:14 CET
US committed to Iraq despite troop withdrawalAs US combat troops leave Iraq, euronews has been talking to their families on the home front who… 23/08/10 22:04 CET
Wave of lethal attacks in PakistanNorthwest Pakistan has been hit by a series of bombings that have claimed dozens of lives. The… 23/08/10 21:34 CET
Mediterranean forest fires alarm residents, tourists alikeA forest fire on the popular Spanish holiday island of Ibiza has left two people injured and forced… 23/08/10 20:17 CET
Spain, Morocco talk over N African tensionSpain has sent one of its top government ministers to Morocco, amid growing strains over alleged… 23/08/10 19:23 CET
Pakistan re-flooded, still helplessPakistan’s lower Indus Valley is under fresh floods. Crops are destroyed or extensively damaged… 23/08/10 19:22 CET
Church anger over French Roma policyFrench government policy towards the Roma community has provoked the anger of the Catholic church -… 23/08/10 17:18 CET
Spanish hostages of al Qaeda freedSpain has officially confirmed that two of its nationals held by al Qaeda in North Africa have been… 23/08/10 17:12 CET
Eight tourists die in Manila bus shoot-outIn shock but glad to be alive – surviving hostages are helped out of a bus in Manila after a 12… 23/08/10 15:52 CET
Lebedev called in Yukos trialThe trial of the former leaders of Russia’s biggest oil giant, Yukos, has entered a new stage with… 23/08/10 14:34 CET
Prosecutors scrutinise Mainz hospital over baby deathsGerman prosecutors are looking into whether to charge Mainz University Hospital with negligent… 23/08/10 13:36 CET
Australian PM and opposition leader woo independentsAustralia’s political limbo looks set to continue for several more days. Both the prime minister… 23/08/10 12:52 CET
Floods threaten further south in PakistanAs Pakistan’s flood threat seeps southward, the city of Shadad Kot has largely emptied out, adding… 23/08/10 11:19 CET
Philippines hostage drama deadline expiresAn armed ex policeman in the Philippines is holding 17 people hostage on a tourist bus in the… 23/08/10 10:25 CET
Chilean miners alive but facing lengthy rescueThey are alive but it could take months before the 33 miners trapped deep underground in Chile are… 23/08/10 09:57 CET
Pakistan’s floodwaters continue to surge southThe threat of more floods in southern Pakistan are forcing thousands to abandon their homes and… 23/08/10 07:40 CET
Competing rallies in Manhattan over mosque planNew Yorkers opposed to plans for a mosque and cultural centre near the World Trade Centre site have… 23/08/10 07:40 CET
Bacteria kills newborns in German hospitalAn investigation has been launched into the deaths of two new born babies thought to have been fed… 23/08/10 07:40 CET
Chile celebrates as trapped miners found aliveSeventeen days after fearing the worst, the families of 33 trapped miners in Chile can hardly… 23/08/10 07:40 CET
Gunman holds tourists hostage in ManilaPolice in the Philippines have surrounded a bus in central Manila where a gunman is holding over 20… 23/08/10 07:40 CET
Al Qaeda frees two Spanish aid workersTwo Spanish aid workers held hostage by al Qaeda’s north African branch since November are… 23/08/10 07:40 CET
Banned gig goes ahead on Flag Day in RussiaActivists in Moscow pressed ahead with plans for a banned gig, after police confiscated their stage… 23/08/10 07:40 CET
Nuclear tax pitches Merkel against big businessGermany’s chancellor is sticking by her plans to introduce a tax on nuclear power despite growing… 23/08/10 07:40 CET
