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A year best forgotten for FordThe new year could not come quickly enough for US car maker Ford after posting its worst ever… 25/01/07 07:01 CET
China’s economy just keeps on growingThe Chinese economy has lived up to its reputation of being the world’s fastest growing -latest… 25/01/07 07:01 CET
Hartz gets suspended sentence in bribery scandalFormer Volkswagen personnel chief, Peter Hartz has been given a two year suspended sentence and a… 25/01/07 07:01 CET
europa
Human Rights Court sounds ‘heart attack’ warningWarning of an institutional heart attack, failing urgent reforms… Senior officials at the… 25/01/07 07:01 CET
world news
Senate committee rejects Bush troop planThe US President has met with his top military advisors while behind the scenes his worst political… 25/01/07 07:01 CET
Israeli president gets approval for temporary leaveA committee of the Israeli parliament has agreed to President Moshe Katzav’s request for a three… 25/01/07 07:01 CET
Twenty killed as bombers target civilians in IraqAround 20 people have been killed in the latest in a series of bomb attacks targeting civilians in… 25/01/07 07:01 CET
Counting the real cost of the warThe pledges made by donors towards rebuilding a battered Lebanon carry a political as well as a… 25/01/07 07:01 CET
ETA hunger striker to stay behind barsA convicted member of ETA, the Basque separatist group, is to stay behind bars, despite a… 25/01/07 07:01 CET
Sarkozy accused of spying on rivalAn alleged spying campaign against a close advisor of presidential candidate Ségolène Royal has… 25/01/07 07:01 CET
New protection for German prostitutesGermany, where prostitution is legal, is toughening laws to protect the at least 400 000 women who… 25/01/07 07:01 CET
Army orders curfew after Beirut violenceA curfew has been declared by the army in Beirut, after fierce clashes in the university quarter of… 25/01/07 07:01 CET
Lebanon gets billions in reconstruction pledgesAway from the turmoil in Lebanon world leaders discussed a reconstruction package worth close to… 25/01/07 07:01 CET
Katzav awaits Knesset verdictMembers of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, are debating today whether to let president Moshe… 25/01/07 01:01 CET
Ecuador’s Defence Minister killed in crashThe Ecuadorian Defence Minister, Guadelupe Larriva, has been killed in a collision between two… 25/01/07 01:01 CET
Lebanon hopes conference will stave off debt crisisLebanon’s dire financial situation is the focus of a conference in Paris today. Lebanese prime… 25/01/07 01:01 CET
Russia and India in trade talksRussian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in India for trade talks. He was met at the airport by… 25/01/07 01:01 CET
Spain’s high court has rejected a claim from ETA hunger striker Jose Ignacio de Juana Chaosto be released from jail on compassionate grounds. Juana Chaos has been refusing food since the… 25/01/07 01:01 CET
