cinema

• Kiefer Sutherland swaps Bauer for horror

  Kiefer Sutherland has taken time out of his busy CTU schedule in the TV series “24” to make a… 10/09/08 17:05 CET

corporate

• Lehman’s survival struggles continue

  Lehman Brothers has announced plans to sell a majority stake in its investment management unit and… 10/09/08 19:55 CET

economy

• Euro zone growth prediction lowered

  Gloomy new predictions from Brussels. Euro zone growth this year is expected to be much lower than… 10/09/08 19:55 CET

• Trichet warns of high inflation for some time

  Inflation in the euro zone “is likely to remain high for quite some time, moderating only gradually… 10/09/08 19:55 CET

europa

• Europeans for Obama want climate change high on US agenda

  More Europeans would prefer Democrat Barack Obama to win the United States presidency than the… 10/09/08 19:48 CET

• Oxfam slams EU-UN force in Chad as failing to protect the vulnerable

  EU soldiers have proved incapable of protecting civilians in eastern Chad, says international… 10/09/08 19:48 CET

futuris

• Dye Another Way: The Secret Agents of Colour

  Researchers around Europe and the Mediterranean are looking at new ways to preserve ancient icons… 10/09/08 17:06 CET

hi-tech

• Wink technology opens IT up to disabled users

  Computers controlled by eye and head movements have been the subject of much research in recent… 10/09/08 17:02 CET

le mag

• Noah and the Whale make a splash on indie scene

  London folk-rock quartet ‘Noah and the Whale’ have been causing a few ripples on the indie festival… 10/09/08 17:08 CET

markets

• Oil and European shares fall

  Oil prices remain volatile. On Wednesday they rose in response to a surprise decision by OPEC to… 10/09/08 19:55 CET

world news

• Promising start to ‘Big Bang’ experiment

  It is being hailed as the biggest scientific experiment in history and there were smiles all round… 10/09/08 19:44 CET

• France battles with civil liberties

  The French government has been forced to revise plans over a new security database after widespread… 10/09/08 19:44 CET

• EU and Russia in new dispute over Georgia mission

  Just days after apparently agreeing on the issue, Russia and the European Union have clashed over… 10/09/08 19:44 CET

• North Korea denies its leader is gravely ill

  North Korea is dismissing reports that its leader Kim Jong-il is seriously ill. Speculation grew… 10/09/08 19:44 CET

• Obama denies sexism as US election race tightens

  With the US presidential race tightening, temperatures are rising. A row has erupted over remarks… 10/09/08 19:44 CET

• Retrial in Heathrow bomb plot case

  Seven British men accused of plotting to smuggle liquid explosives on to transatlantic airlines and… 10/09/08 19:44 CET

• Betancourt wins 2008 Asturias Concord prize

  This year’s Asturias Concord prize, awarded to an individual or body that has made a significant… 10/09/08 13:55 CET

• Georgian policeman killed near Russian checkpoint

  A Georgian policeman has been shot dead near a Russian checkpoint in a buffer zone next to… 10/09/08 13:54 CET

• Successful start to CERN’s Big Bang experiment

  Scientists at the CERN research centre in Geneva have successfully fired up a huge… 10/09/08 13:33 CET

• CERN search to solve Big Bang mystery

  In terms of scale, it is the biggest scientific experiment ever undertaken. Thousands of… 10/09/08 13:33 CET

• Oil price rise after OPEC makes output cut

  The price of of crude oil has rebounded after falling below 100 dollars a barrel for the first time… 10/09/08 12:45 CET

• Netherlands ‘not responsible’ for Srebrenica massacre

  A civil court in the Hague has ruled that the Dutch state is not responsible for the deaths of… 10/09/08 11:41 CET

• Mankind’s biggest experiment prepares to power up

  Particle physicists are getting ready to power-up the world’s biggest atom-smasher in a mission to… 10/09/08 07:56 CET

• The Hadron Collider: how it works and what it might reveal.

  This huge circular tunnel created by scientists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research… 10/09/08 07:56 CET

• Belgium investigates European meat scandal

  Belgian police are investigating a suspected meat trafficking scandal involving hundreds of tonnes… 10/09/08 07:56 CET

• Owners defend “clean” coal-powered station

  The owners of the world’s first coal-fired power station which emits almost no pollution are… 10/09/08 07:56 CET

• Russia ups troop levels in Georgian regions

  The first Russian troops have begun to pull out of buffer zones between Georgia and its breakaway… 10/09/08 07:56 CET

• OPEC curbs output as the price of crude drops again

  Opec will cut production of crude oil by 512,000 barrels a day. The announcement, which was… 10/09/08 07:56 CET

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