corporate

• Kerkorian wants to buy Chrysler – again

  The proposed divorce of Daimler and Chrysler has taken a new twist with a bid for the loss-making… 06/04/07 08:04 CET

world news

• Explanation time for released UK navy personnel

  “They did exactly what they should’ve done, and we’re extremely proud of them.” Those are the words… 06/04/07 09:04 CET

• Freed British naval crew tell of Iran ordeal

  The British naval crew seized by Iran have said they were blindfolded, bound and kept in isolation… 06/04/07 09:04 CET

• Eritrea bans female circumcision

  Eritrea’s government has taken a major step in the protection of women’s health by banning the… 06/04/07 08:04 CET

• Released marine admits gathering intelligence on Iran

  A British TV channel has released images of one of the marines a week before his arrest, admitting… 06/04/07 08:04 CET

• Portugal launches administration reforms

  The long-promised government reform of Portugal’s public administration, the most significant in 30… 06/04/07 08:04 CET

• Warnings of global climate wars, refugee explosion

  There is a potential for climate refugee numbers to swell dangerously in the next few years. Among… 06/04/07 08:04 CET

• Hikers’ miraculous survival in Amazonian jungle

  Two French hikers have been found alive after going missing seven weeks ago in French Guyana. The… 06/04/07 08:04 CET

• Duma says disbanding Ukraine parliament is illegal

  Russia’s parliament the Duma has expressed concern over the political crisis in Ukraine. It has… 06/04/07 08:04 CET

• Ukraine power struggle deepens with prosecution threat

  Both sides in Ukraine’s power struggle have upped the anti, threatening each other with… 06/04/07 08:04 CET

• Natural wonders of the world under threat

  Some of the world’s natural wonders are under threat from climate change, according to a leading… 06/04/07 08:04 CET

• Hotter earth to extinguish bio-diversity says UN

  Goodbye cool world… extinction is in store for nearly a third of all plant and animal life, if… 06/04/07 08:04 CET

• Much-loved and prolific Italian movie-maker dies

  One of Italy’s greatest post-war film directors, Luigi Comencini, has died at the age of 90. He… 06/04/07 08:04 CET

• TV interview sparks debate about British Gulf mission

  The British crew captured in the Gulf had been gathering intelligence on the Iranians from local… 06/04/07 02:04 CET

• Questions after British sailors’ safe return from Iran

  They have been reunited with their families. They are back on home soil. But as the freed British… 06/04/07 02:04 CET

• Bleakest forecast yet by UN climate panel

  They are part of the earth’s rich tapestry. But how much longer will they be around? Top climate… 06/04/07 02:04 CET

• Two missing after Greek cruise ship sinks

  Two French tourists are still missing after a cruise ship ran aground in southern Greece on… 06/04/07 01:04 CET

• Third deadly car bomb in Kabul in as many weeks

  At least six people including a policeman have been killed in a car bomb attack in the Afghan… 06/04/07 01:04 CET

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