cinema
New generation sees Poland’s silent moviesIn Poland work has begun on digitalising some of the classic films of the silent movie era and… 10/01/12 15:58 CET
corporate
Iliad launches mobile serviceA shake-up in mobile phone services in France as Xavier Niel, the billionaire founder of broadband… 10/01/12 16:37 CET
Japan’s Olympus sues bosses over scandalOlympus is suing its current president and 18 other executives, past and present, for 37 million… 10/01/12 16:37 CET
economy
IMF chief revisits eurozone problemsChristine Largarde’s European tour this week comes as the eurozone crisis heats up again and with… 10/01/12 20:13 CET
How hard are sanctions hitting Iran?The new year started with the United States tightening its economic sanctions against Iran over its… 10/01/12 19:51 CET
Full speed ahead for UK high speed rail networkThe British government has given the go ahead for a high-speed rail network initially linking… 10/01/12 18:35 CET
China trade growth slowsChina’s exports and imports grew at their slowest pace in more than two years in December as… 10/01/12 16:37 CET
le mag
Angel art alights in JerusalemFor centuries angels have captured artists’ imaginations and can be found in Christian, Jewish and… 10/01/12 15:58 CET
pictureoftheday
Full Moon above New York CityA full moon rises behind the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building over the skyline of… 10/01/12 12:15 CET
science
Logging puts Tasmanian eagles at riskIn the Australian state of Tasmania, the native eagles are under threat because intensive logging… 10/01/12 15:13 CET
silentdisasters
Haiti: coping with catastropheThe reality of Haiti two years on after the cameras have gone. Hundreds of thousands of people… 10/01/12 14:59 CET
Sport
Despres takes Dakar lead as Al Attiyah retiresCyril Despres regained control of the Dakar rally on Tuesday following his stage 9 triumph from… 10/01/12 21:27 CET
A new beginning in LibyaSince the overthrow and death of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, sport, of which certain… 10/01/12 20:48 CET
Protests continue against Olympic sponsorAs organisers celebrated the 200 day countdown to the start of this summer’s London Olympics… 10/01/12 18:28 CET
Dakar mud bath delays Despres as Coma takes the leadStage eight of the Dakar Rally turned out to be a sticky affair for three-time winner Cyril… 10/01/12 08:22 CET
world news
French court clears KagameA probe in France has overturned 16 years of pointing the finger of blame at Rwanda’s Tutsi rebels… 10/01/12 22:50 CET
Pundits weigh Romney’s chancesIt is New Hampshire primary day but professional candidate-watchers already have their eyes on the… 10/01/12 21:53 CET
Polish art student hangs his own work in museumWhy wait decades for your talent to be recognised? One young artist in Poland wanted his work… 10/01/12 19:33 CET
Humour plays serious part in US political point-scoringVeteran political journalist Cokie Roberts shared her insight on the US primary process with… 10/01/12 19:11 CET
Syria’s Assad defiantPresident Bashar al-Assad has dismissed all suggestions he give up power, as bloody upheaval in… 10/01/12 19:06 CET
Syria: Assad speech denounced by oppositionSyrian President Bashar al-Assad’s speech was watched closely beyond the country’s borders. In… 10/01/12 17:53 CET
Romney remains Republicans favourite in New HampshirePolls continue to indicate a lead for Republican presidential candidate hopeful Mitt Romney as… 10/01/12 17:33 CET
Monti loses junior minister to bribery claimsA junior minister in Italy’s government of technocrats, Carlo Malinconico, has resigned over… 10/01/12 17:02 CET
Danish court fines RojTV 400,000 eurosA court in Copenhagen has fined a Kurdish-language TV based there 400,000 euros for making… 10/01/12 17:02 CET
Israel accused of building record number of homesIsrael’s Peace Now movement has accused the government of Benjamin Netanyahu of overseeing a record… 10/01/12 17:01 CET
Back in the Day: the tobacco industry’s ‘smoking gun’*January 11, 1964* Surgeon General of the United States, Luther Terry, publishes a report on the… 10/01/12 16:45 CET
Nigerians keep up petrol protestsIt is day two of a general strike in Nigeria called by unions to protest against the scrapping of… 10/01/12 16:23 CET
King Eric for president? Cantona eyes the ElyséeIn the red half of Manchester, Eric Cantona is already known as ‘the King’. Now King Eric has… 10/01/12 16:04 CET
Bosnia’s national treasures on their kneesBosnia’s National Museum in Sarajevo is almost a miracle in itself, outlasting the Habsburg empire… 10/01/12 14:43 CET
Pakistan bomb may have targeted pro-government militiaThe death toll has risen to at least 35 after a bombing near a busy market-place in Jamrud in… 10/01/12 13:43 CET
N Korea frees prisoners to commemorate dead leadersAn amnesty for political prisoners in North Korea has been announced – though the exact number of… 10/01/12 12:43 CET
Syria’s Assad attacks Western powers and Arab LeagueSyrian president Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday that his government is the victim of a foreign… 10/01/12 12:33 CET
Romney still leads in New Hampshire GOP raceMitt Romney is still the favourite to win Tuesday’s New Hampshire Republican presidential primary… 10/01/12 11:23 CET
Assad blames ‘outside forces’ for Syrian unrestSyrian President Bashar al-Assad has blamed foreign interference for stirring up the ten month… 10/01/12 11:14 CET
Bomb blast kills more than 20 in PakistanA bomb blast has killed at least 23 people and wounded at least 26 others in northwest Pakistan… 10/01/12 09:53 CET
Stern of stricken NZ ship sinking into the seaA stricken cargo ship off the east coast of North Zealand is sinking into the sea, authorities said… 10/01/12 09:03 CET
Deadly bomb blast hits northern PakistanA bomb blast in northern Pakistan killed at least 13 people and wounded at least twenty five others… 10/01/12 08:13 CET
Syria is headed into civil war warns TurkeyTurkey’s premier has give his starkest warning yet over the violent uprisings in neighbouring… 10/01/12 06:04 CET
Sarkozy and Merkel hold first 2012 crisis talksGerman and French leaders have held their first euro crisis meeting of 2012. Among the issues… 10/01/12 04:24 CET
Obama aide steps downTen crucial months before the presidential election and Barack Obama has announced a shake-up at… 10/01/12 02:33 CET
Romney is poised to win New HampshireMitt Romney is in pole position for today’s race to win the New Hampshire primary. If he takes the… 10/01/12 01:04 CET
Atomic humour as Ahmadinejad meets ChavezMutual adulation and anti-American snipes marked the meeting of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with his… 10/01/12 00:53 CET
