archive 17·07·2006

corporate

• Rosneft shares dip as they go on sale for first time

  Shares in the Russian state oil company Rosneft have gone on sale in Moscow for the first time and… 17/07/06 07:07 CET

world news

• G8 leaders seek ways to end Mideast violence

  World leaders have ended their Group of Eight summit in St Petersburg an event overshadowed by… 17/07/06 07:07 CET

• Indonesian tsunami kills 80 people

  Around 80 of people have died after a strong earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of… 17/07/06 07:07 CET

• Javier Solana makes surprise Beirut visit

  EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana reports back to foreign ministers in Brussels today after a… 17/07/06 07:07 CET

• Dozens more dead in Israel’s Lebanon offensive

  It is day six of Israel’s onslaught on Lebanon. More than 40 people were killed across the country… 17/07/06 07:07 CET

• Olmert pledges military campiagn will continue

  Israel will not be a hostage of terrorist gangs, said Ehud Olmert in his first address to the… 17/07/06 07:07 CET

• Lopez Obrador vows civil resistance to force recount

  Andres Lopez Obrador, the leftist leader who lost Mexico’s presidential election earlier this… 17/07/06 07:07 CET

• Lebanon death toll tops 200

  It is like the 1980’s all over again for those residents of Beirut old enough to remember the dark… 17/07/06 07:07 CET

• Peretz praises N. Israel residents’ “steadfastness”

  Israeli defence minister Amir Peretz visits people taking refuge in shelters in the northern… 17/07/06 07:07 CET

• Israel mourns its dead

  The Israeli army has buried one of its soldiers killed in a Hezbollah raid. The funeral took place… 17/07/06 07:07 CET

• Foreigners flee war-torn Lebanon

  Thousands of foreign nationals are attempting to flee Lebanon as it is plunged deeper into… 17/07/06 07:07 CET

• G8 calls on Hezbollah to stop attacking Israel

  G8 leaders ended Sunday’s talks in St. Petersburg calling on Hezbollah to free captured Israeli… 17/07/06 07:07 CET

• Israeli military facing tough challenge

  With two soldiers captured and at least a dozen killed, and rockets hitting targets across the… 17/07/06 07:07 CET

• Syria sends humanitarian aid to Lebanon

  Showing their support for the Lebanese people and Hezbollah, tens of thousands of demonstrators… 17/07/06 07:07 CET

• Israel targets north Lebanon

  Israel has launched a fresh wave of air strikes on Lebanon, extending its military campaign to the… 17/07/06 07:07 CET

• Israeli air strike flattens Palestinian Foreign Ministry

  Israel has continued its military offensive in Gaza. Rubble is now all that remains of the… 17/07/06 07:07 CET

• Israelis in north on conflict front line

  Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz has promised that his country’s military actions in Lebanon… 17/07/06 01:07 CET

• Israeli jet flattens Palestinian Foreign Ministry

  An Israeli F-16 jet has destroyed the Palestinian Foreign Ministry in Gaza City. The second attack… 17/07/06 01:07 CET

• Foreigners flee Lebanon onslaught

  For those who live in Beirut, it feels like a city under siege. The bombardment has turned the… 17/07/06 01:07 CET

• Iraq market attack leaves 40 dead

  Around 40 people have been killed in an attack on a crowded market south of Baghdad. There are… 17/07/06 01:07 CET

• Israel bombards Beirut’s port and airport

  At least 23 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes in Lebanon today as the violence there… 17/07/06 01:07 CET

• Tripoli shaken by Israeli air strikes

  Ear-splitting blasts echoed over Beirut in the early hours as a fuel storage depot in a Christian… 17/07/06 01:07 CET

• G8 summit dominated by Middle East violence

  The G8 summit in St Petersburg has ended with world leaders having been mostly focused on the… 17/07/06 01:07 CET

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