corporate

• Body Shop bought by L’Oreal

  Britain’s Body Shop beauty chain is being sold for 940 million euros to the world’s largest… 17/03/06 08:03 CET

world news

• Survivor of disastrous medical trial speaks out

  A young man has spoken out about his experience in a London medical trial that went disastrously… 17/03/06 09:03 CET

• US forces launch massive operation in Iraq

  It is being described as the biggest air assault of its kind in Iraq in three years. US forces have… 17/03/06 09:03 CET

• Spain tries to halt migration from Mauritania

  A wave of illegal African migration to Spain has provoked Madrid into sending a top-level… 17/03/06 09:03 CET

• Fourth World Water Forum opens in Mexico

  Seven days of talks have begun in Mexico to try to find new ways of solving the world’s water… 17/03/06 09:03 CET

• Violence as French students reject labour laws

  Demonstrations by France’s youth against the government’s new labour laws have left several injured… 17/03/06 09:03 CET

• Full Milosevic autopsy due as supporters pay respects

  Supporters of Slobodan Milosevic have kept a night vigil at his coffin in Belgrade after paying… 17/03/06 09:03 CET

• Tony Blair facing Labour loans storm

  Britain’s Labour Party is facing a storm of criticism after it admitted receiving some 20 million… 17/03/06 08:03 CET

• French job contract row: Chirac calls for calm

  Police have been standing guard outside the Sorbonne University in Paris as the French president… 17/03/06 08:03 CET

• Questions remain Milosevic’s death

  The death of Slobodan Milosevic remains shrouded in uncertainty and controversy. Ahead of his… 17/03/06 08:03 CET

• Three hospitalised with suspected bird flu in Israel

  Three people are in hospital in Israel suffering from suspected bird flu. They worked with infected… 17/03/06 08:03 CET

• Spain’s weekend battle with the bottle

  Spain is bracing for a nationwide bring-a-bottle party that authorities, at least, do not view as a… 17/03/06 08:03 CET

• Tension mounting ahead of Belarussian election

  The Belarussian opposition has held a final rally before the presidential election on Sunday. Even… 17/03/06 08:03 CET

• Exiled Syrian opposition calls for regime change

  Exiled Syrian opposition leaders gathered in Brussels have announced they stand united to form a… 17/03/06 08:03 CET

• Milosevic death not poisioning or overdose

  The UN War Crimes Tribunal says experts have found no evidence that the former Yugoslav President… 17/03/06 02:03 CET

• Iraq offensive to last several days

  US commanders say a massive military operation targeting insurgents in Iraq will continue for… 17/03/06 02:03 CET

• Most French support anti-CPE demonstrators

  French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has condemned the violence as “unacceptable”. He has… 17/03/06 02:03 CET

• Violent clashes in France after new job contract protests

  There has been fierce fighting between groups of radicals and police as a demonstration against a… 17/03/06 02:03 CET

• Tension in Belarus as voting starts

  Against a backdrop of possible protests and warnings of a crackdown by the authorities early voting… 17/03/06 02:03 CET

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