cinema

• Wanted

  Wanted staring Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy and Lorna Scott premiers at LA film festival. Wanted is… 27/06/08 16:48 CET

corporate

• Costly oil and profit warnings hit European shares

  Oil prices held near a record high of more than $142 a barrel on both sides of the Atlantic on… 27/06/08 20:53 CET

• More evidence of UK slowdown

  The UK economy grew more slowly than previously thought in the first quarter according to the… 27/06/08 19:55 CET

• Bill Gates reboots his life

  The world’s most famous – and richest – computer geek has effectively retired. Bill Gates is… 27/06/08 19:55 CET

• Gazprom aiming to be world’s energy leader

  Gazprom’s chief executive Alexei Miller has told the Russian state-owned energy giant’s… 27/06/08 19:55 CET

europa

• Moscow hosts EU-Russia summit in oil-rich Siberian hub

  The choice of the venue for the EU-Russia summit speaks volumes – the booming hub of… 27/06/08 20:04 CET

• EU and Russia off to a good start at Siberia summit

  As expected, Russia has announced the start of long-delayed talks on a new partnership pact with… 27/06/08 14:52 CET

europeans

• Drugs’ long road from lab to pharmacy

  Medicines seem such simple things. But the journey of a new drug, from the lab to the pharmacy, is… 27/06/08 19:47 CET

le mag

• Jazz a Vienne: great music, great venue, great time

  The 28th Vienne Jazz Festival in the South of France is one of the most respected and enjoyed in… 27/06/08 16:48 CET

parlamento

• Counterfeit drugs: Europe’s bitter pill

  Millions of fake medical treatments are finding their way into the EU each year. Many of them are… 27/06/08 19:47 CET

space

• Jason 2 to monitor global climate changes

  Sea levels are rising everywhere, but in some areas they are rising quicker than others, bringing… 27/06/08 18:38 CET

world news

• Support builds for European Immigration pact

  The meeting in Zaragoza between French Prime Minister Francois Fillon and his Spanish counterpart… 27/06/08 19:56 CET

• North Korea blows up reactor cooling tower

  North Korea has destroyed the cooling tower at its plutonium-producing Yongbyon nuclear plant… 27/06/08 19:50 CET

• London hosts 90th birthday concert for Mandela

  A concert paying tribute to Nelson Mandela is being held in London’s Hyde Park. The event is being… 27/06/08 19:45 CET

• Sex workers strut their stuff for right to work in central Madrid

  Rolling out the red carpet, sex workers in Spain have put on a fashion show in central Madrid, in a… 27/06/08 19:36 CET

• Basque parliament supports self-determination referendum

  The Basque regional parliament has voted to carry out a controversial referendum on self-… 27/06/08 19:28 CET

• Obama and Clinton rally in Unity

  The name could not have been more appropriate: Hillary Clinton has decided to join her former rival… 27/06/08 19:15 CET

• By-election woes spoil Brown’s first anniversary as Britain’s PM

  It has been a very unhappy anniversary for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Exactly a year… 27/06/08 18:09 CET

• Turn-out low in “sham” Zimbabwe election

  Voting has been slow in today’s Zimbabwean run-off election, which has been dismissed by the EU as… 27/06/08 15:36 CET

• Basque assembly gives self-determination plan green light

  The parliament of the Basque region in Spain has approved a proposal for a referendum on… 27/06/08 14:52 CET

• Italy wants EU ambassadors out of Zimbabwe

  As voting continues in Zimbabwe’s run-off presidential election, Italy has called for the… 27/06/08 14:52 CET

• North Korea brings down reactor tower

  North Korea has demolished a cooling tower at its Yongbyon nuclear plant. The move is part of a… 27/06/08 14:52 CET

• Ballot box blow as UK’s Brown marks first year as PM

  Things are going from bad to worse for Britain’s leader Gordon Brown. As he marks his first year as… 27/06/08 14:52 CET

• Brown under pressure after a difficult first year

  Gordon Brown was smiling and full of optimism as he entered Downing Street a year ago, but he is… 27/06/08 14:52 CET

• Colombia’s Uribe seeks vote on new elections

  In a tug of war with the legal system, Colombia’s president wants the people to decide whether new… 27/06/08 14:52 CET

• New domain names to suit users

  Internet regulators have voted to allow the creation of thousands of new domain names. ICANN (the… 27/06/08 07:42 CET

• Zimbabwe votes in discredited presidential election

  Despite an international outcry and the withdrawal of the opposition candidate Zimbabweans vote… 27/06/08 07:40 CET

• New high for oil as Libya signals production cut

  Oil has gushed to a new record, at one stage topping 140 dollars a barrel after Libya raised the… 27/06/08 07:38 CET

• Obama and Clinton bury the hatchets

  Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been holding a joint fund-raising dinner in… 27/06/08 07:36 CET

• Russia/EU begin talks on energy, trade and ties

  Having broken the ice over dinner last night it is down to business today for Russian and … 27/06/08 07:34 CET

• military action urged over rocket attacks

  Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is coming under pressure to order a military response after… 27/06/08 01:45 CET

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