corporate

• Lernout and Hauspie fraud trial starts

  Belgium’s biggest ever fraud trial is underway. In the dock are the former bosses of bankrupt… 21/05/07 06:05 CET

• EMI on track to be bought by UK private equity firm

  The British Music company EMI is recommending to shareholders that they accept a 3.5 billion euro… 21/05/07 06:05 CET

interview

• Russia’s EU ambassador previews crucial summit

  The EU-Russia summit to be held in Samara this week is likely to be one of the most difficult such… 21/05/07 05:05 CET

metropolitans

• More than Bollywood in Cannes

  Cannes rolled out the red carpet as representatives from the Indian film industry take a bow as the… 21/05/07 05:05 CET

world news

• NATO chief stays overnight at Bush ranch

  It is not everyone who gets an invitation for an overnight stay at the Bush family ranch in Texas… 21/05/07 12:05 CET

• Cutty Sark extensively damaged in fire

  Fire has ripped through London’s Cutty Sark ship causing extensive damage. Amateur footage showed… 21/05/07 12:05 CET

• Bulgarian opposition narrowly wins first European elections

  Bulgaria’s opposition centre-right party has narrowly won the country’s first European Parliament… 21/05/07 12:05 CET

• Israel says Hamas PM could be target of strike

  Israel is warning that Hamas leaders, including Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, could… 21/05/07 12:05 CET

• More killed in fresh fighting in Lebanese refugee camp

  In Lebanon, fresh fighting today around a Palestinian refugee camp in Tripoli has left at least… 21/05/07 12:05 CET

• Unicredit grows into worldbeater

  The marriage of Italy’s Unicredit and Capitalia creates the Eurozone’s biggest bank, but the… 21/05/07 07:05 CET

• Death toll rises amid fresh Israeli air attacks in Gaza

  Israel had warned it would escalate its military action in Gaza and today fresh air strikes left at… 21/05/07 06:05 CET

• Belarus rolls out red carpet for Iran’s Ahmadinejad

  Iran’s President has started a two-day visit to ex-Soviet Belarus. The two nations have plenty in… 21/05/07 06:05 CET

• UK police treat Cutty Sark fire as suspicious

  One of London’s top tourist attractions has suffered millions of euros of damage. The top half of… 21/05/07 06:05 CET

• Syria suspected of pulling the strings in latest Lebanese clashes

  A roadside checkpoint is as close as the Lebanese army can get to the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian… 21/05/07 06:05 CET

• Lebanese violence claims nine more lives

  Intense battles have engulfed a Palestinian refugee camp in the Lebanese city of Tripoli, killing a… 21/05/07 06:05 CET

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