corporate
Revel internet entrepreneur Takafumi Horie’s Tokyo fraud trial startsOne of Japan’s biggest ever financial trials has started. Larger-than-life internet entrepreneur… 04/09/06 07:09 CET
Ford seeks ‘completely new business model’ to return to profitabilityThe struggling US carmaker Ford is looking for ways out of its troubles. They include putting… 04/09/06 07:09 CET
Russia, Greece and Bulgaria agreed trans-Balkan oil pipelineRussia, Greece and Bulgaria have agreed to begin building a long-delayed oil pipeline linking the… 04/09/06 07:09 CET
europa
Spain angry with Africa over immigrationSpain has demanded that African countries do more to stop illegal migration. This comes after the… 04/09/06 07:09 CET
Common standards for security equipmentBrussels has called on EU states to consider common standards for security equipment at airports… 04/09/06 07:09 CET
Tax cars on pollution, not for registrationThe debate on passenger vehicle taxes is taking a close look at fairness at the same time as… 04/09/06 07:09 CET
world news
Mexican director Cuaron presents new film at Venice festivalThe Venice Film Festival has been wowed by the latest movie from Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron… 04/09/06 07:09 CET
Georgian helicopter targeted by rebelsGeorgia has accused the Russian military of being involved in an attack on a helicopter carrying… 04/09/06 07:09 CET
Another bomb attack rocks TurkeyAt least two people are dead and about eight injured after a bomb blast in a cafe in southeast… 04/09/06 07:09 CET
Sarkozy calls on France to break from the pastA revolutionary France with employment for all and an end to current politics. Those are the… 04/09/06 07:09 CET
Bloodshed in Afghanistan as Taliban fighters and NATO soldiers killedA major offensive by Afghan and Nato forces is underway in Afghanistan to try to wipe out the… 04/09/06 07:09 CET
Airbus A380 flies with passengers for the first time.The new A380 super jumbo jet has taken to the air for the first time with a plane load of real… 04/09/06 06:09 CET
New Czech government sworn inA new government has been sworn in in the Czech Republic but there is little optimism it will… 04/09/06 06:09 CET
Bomb plot suspects appear in courtEight men accused of taking part in a plot to blow up transatlantic aeroplanes have been remanded… 04/09/06 06:09 CET
Germany to create anti-terror databaseInterior ministers from Germany’s 16 federal states have reached agreement on setting up an… 04/09/06 06:09 CET
Kurds lower Iraqi flag in new autonomy moveA row over a flag is highlighting the second great threat to Iraq’s survival as a unified state… 04/09/06 06:09 CET
UN troops move into new positions in LebanonThe first troops of a new UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon have begun deploying in a part of the… 04/09/06 06:09 CET
Two killed in latest bomb blast in TurkeyThe fifth bomb attack in Turkey in a week has claimed the lives of at least two people, including a… 04/09/06 01:09 CET
Passengers on board historic A380 flightThe first test flight with passengers of the new super jumbo Airbus A380 has begun. The plane… 04/09/06 01:09 CET
Italian troops prepare for deploymentThe first Italian troops of the strengthened United Nations force for Lebanon are today preparing… 04/09/06 01:09 CET
Australian croc hunter killed by stingrayAn Australian naturalist who won worldwide fame with his Crocodile Hunter documentaries has died in… 04/09/06 01:09 CET
Australia pledges security support for East TimorAgainst a backdrop of renewed unrest in East Timor, Australia has agreed to continue to provide… 04/09/06 01:09 CET
NATO soldier killed by “friendly fire” in AfghanistanAt least four Afghan civilians have been killed after a suicide bomber drove his car into a … 04/09/06 01:09 CET
British tourist killed in Jordanian shootingA British tourist has been killed and at least six other Westerners injured after a gunman opened… 04/09/06 01:09 CET
