cinema
Witherspoon and Pattinson star in circus dramaBased on Sara Gruen’s bestselling novel, the film Water For Elephants stars Robert Pattinson of… 11/04/11 15:35 CET
corporate
Renault’s No. 2 quits over spy caseRenault’s Chief Operating Officer Patrick Pelata has resigned his job over the spy case that never… 11/04/11 19:07 CET
Spyker cash crunch prompts Saab sale-leaseback talksSpyker, the loss-making Dutch owner of Saab, is addressing a cash crunch by moving to sell and then… 11/04/11 16:56 CET
economy
IMF growth warning on inflation and oil pricesThe latest International Monetary Fund report on the health of the world economy includes a lower… 11/04/11 19:39 CET
UK bank shake-up details revealedLloyds Banking Group is the UK lender most affected by a government-commissioned report into a… 11/04/11 16:56 CET
NYSE says no to NasdaqNYSE Euronext says it is sticking to its merger deal with Deutsche Boerse and rejecting a higher… 11/04/11 16:55 CET
europa
Turkey’s contribution to European values in Council of Europe termsOne of the world’s foremost organisations upholding human rights, the Council of Europe, has been… 11/04/11 18:47 CET
Partners angry over Italian visas for migrantsMore migrants intercepted by Italy’s coast guard on the eve of a meeting of European Union interior… 11/04/11 16:35 CET
learningworld
Social Media in the classroomSocial media can be a tool for political and social change, it can also be a powerful aid in the… 11/04/11 14:46 CET
le mag
Satire in Sintra: World Press CartoonSome of the top exponents of satire and cutting wit in the world of newspapers were lauded at this… 11/04/11 15:39 CET
my no comment
Flash Mob in MoscowSoap bubble flashmob action in Moscow, Russia (filmed by Andrey Bondarenko) 11/04/11 15:55 CET
pictureoftheday
Russian students protest against education lawStudents take part in a picket to protest against the project of a new education law, proposed by… 11/04/11 13:18 CET
science
Bionic ‘trousers’ help paraplegics walk againRadi Kaoif was paralysed from the waist down while fighting for the Israeli army. Since 1988 he has… 11/04/11 15:35 CET
world news
No end in sight for UK phone hacking scandalRupert Murdoch-owned News of the World’s apology and offer of compensation doesn’t seem to have… 11/04/11 17:45 CET
Darfur the victim of ‘crisis-hopping’The causes of the 2003 Darfur massacre have not been dealt with and the international community… 11/04/11 14:18 CET
Alassane Ouattara calls for calm in TV addressThe president-elect of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara has addressed his country on TV, just hours… 11/04/11 23:33 CET
Fujimori set for run-off against Humala in PeruIt is looking virtually certain that Keiko Fujimori will be the second candidate in the run off… 11/04/11 23:03 CET
Abidjan erupts with joy as Gbagbo finally fallsIvorians took to the streets of Abidjan to celebrate the capture and arrest of ex-President Laurent… 11/04/11 22:03 CET
Libyan rebels reject AU ceasefire proposalLibyan government forces have launched attacks on the western city of Misrata with rebels claiming… 11/04/11 19:57 CET
Gbagbo captured after military moves in AbidjanLaurent Gbagbo is in custody in Abidjan after French armoured vehicles moved on his compound… 11/04/11 19:24 CET
Deadly blast hits metro in Belarus capitalSeveral people are reported dead in an explosion at a metro station in Minsk, the capital of… 11/04/11 19:22 CET
Britain and the Netherlands to take Iceland to courtBritain and the Netherlands are preparing court action against Iceland after Icelandic voters… 11/04/11 18:33 CET
Japan’s big aftershock one month after disasterA wide area of eastern Japan has been rocked by a powerful aftershock exactly a month after the… 11/04/11 18:27 CET
Ivory Coast set to put Gbagbo on trialAs the announcement of the arrest of Laurent Gbagbo filtered through the Youssousou Bamba… 11/04/11 18:25 CET
Deadly metro blast in Belarus capitalAn explosion has ripped through a metro station in Minsk, the capital of Belarus and the interior… 11/04/11 17:54 CET
Defiant Berlusconi in court on tax fraud chargesSmiles and handshakes are not on the agenda when most defendants leave court. But when the accused… 11/04/11 17:34 CET
Lancashire downpour greets royals on last pre-wedding outingBritain’s Prince William and his bride-to-be Kate Middleton will be hoping for better weather than… 11/04/11 16:44 CET
NATO questions Tripoli ‘cease-fire’NATO has said raids will continue in Libya for as long as Muammar Gaddafi’s forces endanger… 11/04/11 16:12 CET
Ivorian president Gbagbo arrestedIvory Coast’s ex-president Laurent Gbagbo has been detained. His arrest came after French armoured… 11/04/11 15:53 CET
Yemen opposition reject Saleh exit planA plan for Yemen’s President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to step down has been rejected by the country’s… 11/04/11 15:04 CET
Face veil protesters detained as French ban beginsFrance’s ban on full face veils, a first in Europe, has been marked by anger and arrests at one of… 11/04/11 14:13 CET
Gaddafi’s forces bomb Misrata as AU plans ceasefireLibyan government forces have launched attacks on the western city of Misrata with rebels claiming… 11/04/11 14:03 CET
Berlusconi in court for tax fraud trialAnother day has brought another court case for Silvio Berlusconi. The Italian prime minister… 11/04/11 13:04 CET
Abidjan residents fleeing ‘from one district to another’French ground troops have joined fighting in the centre of Abidjan as fears grow for the plight of… 11/04/11 12:35 CET
Formula 1: Vettel continues winning startSebastien Vettel led from start to finish at the Malaysian Grand prix making it a faultless start… 11/04/11 12:08 CET
UK and Netherlands to sue Iceland over debtBritain and the Netherlands are planning to sue Iceland after the country’s voters rejected for a… 11/04/11 11:45 CET
Tsunami survivors move into temporary homesJapan’s tsunami devastated the coastal town of Rikuzentakata. But, one month on, it is starting to… 11/04/11 11:33 CET
Magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits JapanA powerful aftershock has hit northeast Japan, triggering a tsunami alert, a month to the day since… 11/04/11 11:03 CET
Japan to extend evacuation zone around FukushimaJapan is extending the evacuation zone around the Fukushima nuclear plant because of increased… 11/04/11 10:16 CET
Barcelona votes for Catalan independence in unofficial referendumPeople in Barcelona have voted in favour of the idea of independence from Spain for the… 11/04/11 08:39 CET
Libyan rebels regain control of AjdabiyaLibyan rebels celebrated regaining control of Ajdabiya after NATO aircraft destroyed at least 11… 11/04/11 06:03 CET
Anger mars commemoration of Smolensk plane crashOne year after the plane crash which killed Poland’s president and 95 others, there is anger over… 11/04/11 05:33 CET
UN airstrikes continue to target Gbagbo weaponsFrench and UN helicopters have attacked near the Abidjan residence of Ivory Coast’s incumbent… 11/04/11 03:33 CET
Humala wins first round of Peru’s presidential pollLeft-wing nationalist, Ollanta Humala appears to have won the first round of Peru’s presidential… 11/04/11 02:03 CET
Libya’s government accepts peace roadmapLibya’s government has announced it is ready to accept a roadmap for resolving the country’s crisis… 11/04/11 01:03 CET
