archive 07·09·2005

corporate

• Petrol protests threated over high prices in UK

  Petrol price protestors in Britain are warning of renewed blockades at refineries unless the … 07/09/05 06:09 CET

europa

• Privacy rights versus EU security agenda in Parliament

  The British EU presidency has given MEPs in Strasbourg a preview of its controversial new… 07/09/05 07:09 CET

• European airline safety blacklist accelerated

  European transport experts have been meeting in Brussels to establish criteria for a common airline… 07/09/05 07:09 CET

• Microsoft has opened up a new legal battlefront in its fight with the European

  antitrust authorities. The US software giant has launched another suit with the European Court of… 07/09/05 07:09 CET

• ‘Sunshine’ directive defeated

  Proponents of making European employers liable for workers’ exposure to sunshine have suffered a… 07/09/05 06:09 CET

• EU textile imports row solved but dissenters remain

  A plan to free up blocked Chinese textile imports has been approved by the European Union member… 07/09/05 06:09 CET

world news

• Moussa Arafat killed in Gaza

  Gunmen have killed Moussa Arafat, a top advisor to the Palestinian Authority. A cousin of the late… 07/09/05 07:09 CET

• New Orleans authorises forced evacuations

  New Orleans has authorised the forced removal of residents who refuse to leave their homes, as… 07/09/05 07:09 CET

• Egyptians vote in first multi-party election

  For the first time, Egyptians are set to vote in a multi-party election. However few analysts… 07/09/05 07:09 CET

• Annan criticised in “oil-for-food” report

  The UN is in need of urgent sweeping reform after instances of “illicit, unethical and corrupt“… 07/09/05 07:09 CET

• California legislature backs gay marriage

  The deep divisions in the US over gay marriage have surfaced again after the California legislature… 07/09/05 07:09 CET

• Song and dance in Venice

  American director John Turturro had the Venice film festival singing along with his third film… 07/09/05 07:09 CET

• Egypt votes in historic presidential polls

  Egypt’s president Hosni Mubarak is the favourite to win in the country’s first ever contested… 07/09/05 07:09 CET

• Gaza political crisis has deep roots

  The internal power struggles and tensions that led to Moussa Arafat’s assassination have been… 07/09/05 07:09 CET

• Former Palestinian strongman murdered in Gaza

  A heavily fortified home and a small army of bodyguards in the end were not enough to protect… 07/09/05 07:09 CET

• Some New Orleans residents still refusing to quit

  With New Orleans rapidly turning into a toxic wasteland, authorities have toughened their stance on… 07/09/05 07:09 CET

• Egyptians vote in first presidential elections

  Polls have opened in Egypt for the country’s first presidential elections. But as voting begins… 07/09/05 01:09 CET

• Violence erupts in post-Israeli Gaza

  Moussa Arafat, the ex-Palestinian security chief, has been murdered in Gaza, fuelling fears of… 07/09/05 01:09 CET

• Schroeder and Merkel’s election message to Bundestag

  He defends his seven years in power, she attacks him for broken promises. The German Chancellor and… 07/09/05 01:09 CET

• Only 10,000 left in New Orleans

  It was once a busy, thriving city, now it is estimated only about 10,000 people remain there. New… 07/09/05 01:09 CET

• Katrina relief effort finally goes up a gear

  More than a week after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, the US military’s aid programme… 07/09/05 01:09 CET

« 06 September 200508 September 2005 »