Archive 28·08·2008

cinema

• Coen brothers’ film opens Venice festival

  The world’s oldest film festival – Venice – has opened with the Coen brothers’ latest offering, a… 28/08/08 17:40 CET

le mag

• Expo marks Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia

  An exhibition at Hungary’s House of Terror museum marks 40 years since the Prague Spring was… 28/08/08 17:32 CET

science

• Cave temples portal to Mayan underworld?

  Archaeologists in Mexico have discovered a maze of stone temples in caves that they think the… 28/08/08 17:36 CET

world news

• New Orleans braces for Gustav, three years after Katrina

  Tropical Storm Gustav leaves a trail of destruction in its wake as it heads for the Gulf of Mexico… 28/08/08 20:35 CET

• Obama prepares to outline his vision for US

  Democrat Barack Obama is gearing up to accept an historic presidential nomination with a speech… 28/08/08 19:51 CET

• Obama prepares to outline his vision for US

  Democrat Barack Obama is gearing up to accept an historic presidential nomination with a speech… 28/08/08 19:51 CET

• Russia dismisses EU Georgia sanctions as “sick”

  Russia has scored a limited success at a summit with Asian allies, while on the other hand the … 28/08/08 19:43 CET

• African migrants feared drowned off Malta

  African migrants are continuing to make the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to what they… 28/08/08 19:32 CET

• Abbas in Lebanon discusses Palestinian refugees

  The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been visiting Lebanon. Greeted by President Michel… 28/08/08 18:51 CET

• Political heavyweights heap praise on Obama

  Barack Obama and his running mate Joe Biden were formally nominated on Wednesday to carry the… 28/08/08 18:40 CET

• Law changes in Italy to protect Alitalia

  Thousands of airline jobs are under threat as Italy tries to save its loss-making national carrier… 28/08/08 16:26 CET

• Obama to speak on Martin Luther King anniversary

  He has promised change. And that is what war veterans who marched on the site of the Democratic… 28/08/08 14:03 CET

• Moscow gets limited support over Georgia

  Russia has received limited backing from the East over its role in Georgia. At an Asian regional… 28/08/08 14:03 CET

• US fears Gustav will hit New Orleans

  Hurricane Gustav has continued to stomp through the Caribbean. It is closing in on Jamaica and Cuba… 28/08/08 13:49 CET

• Zimbabwe power-sharing talks under threat

  Power-sharing talks in Zimbabwe look set to collapse, if President Robert Mugabe goes ahead with… 28/08/08 13:49 CET

• Democrats formally back Obama and Biden

  Now it is official. Barack Obama is the Democrats’ presidential nominee and Joe Biden, his running… 28/08/08 13:49 CET

• Prisoners exchanged but mistrust remains

  Another prisoner exchange has taken place between Georgia and South Ossetia, after the short war… 28/08/08 07:41 CET

• US and Russia flex their military muscles.

  Russia has sent a missile cruiser and two other ships to Sukhumi, the capital of Abkhazia, after a… 28/08/08 07:41 CET

• Sarkozy calls for calm in Caucasus

  French president Nicolas Sarkozy put together the six-point plan to end the war between Georgia and… 28/08/08 07:41 CET

• Biden, Clinton stir Democrat delegates

  Shortly after Barack Obama was nominated, he paid a surprise visit to the Democratic Convention. He… 28/08/08 06:17 CET

• Clinton gets Obama nominated by acclamation

  Democrats have nominated Barack Obama as their presidential candidate in a historic first for a… 28/08/08 01:55 CET

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