cinema

• Slumdog hits the Oscars jackpot

  As widely predicted, Slumdog Millionaire swept the board at the Oscars, taking both Best Picture… 23/02/09 18:57 CET

economy

• US, UK and French banks get more public money

  Citigroup is reportedly talking to the US government about it taking a bigger stake. American… 23/02/09 19:47 CET

europa

• Debate continues over economic revival funds

  Support seems to have increased for spending five billion euros of European funds on energy and key… 23/02/09 19:51 CET

• EU expects Netanyahu rough start

  Europe is bracing for a test of wills over Israeli-Palestinian relations. After hard-liner Benjamin… 23/02/09 19:51 CET

• Stockholm, Hamburg European Green Capitals

  Stockholm has been designated as the first ‘European Green Capital 2010’. The new scheme is meant… 23/02/09 19:51 CET

hi-tech

• Mix and match for all-weather solar plant

  It does not have to be sunny all the time for one Israeli solar power plant to make round-the-clock… 23/02/09 18:57 CET

le mag

• Westwood goes back to school

  Vivienne Westwood went back to school for her Red Label collection at London Fashion Week, clothing… 23/02/09 18:59 CET

markets

• Monday: A new six-year low for European shares

  A day of volatile trade for European shares which started the session up but finished at a new… 23/02/09 21:05 CET

world news

• Freed Guantanamo inmate accuses US of torture

  He is the first Guantanamo Bay inmate to be freed since US President Barack Obama came to power… 23/02/09 20:46 CET

• “Slumdog” success in big Oscar night for Brits

  There are many different ways to celebrate when you win an Oscar and Tinseltown seemed to see them… 23/02/09 19:25 CET

• Trial opens on French factory blast that killed 31

  Victims of a chemicals factory explosion in the southern French town of Toulouse eight years ago… 23/02/09 19:16 CET

• Algeria attack leaves nine dead

  Nine people have been killed in an attack in Algeria on the final day of registration for… 23/02/09 19:12 CET

• Australia faces further firestorm threats

  Australia’s fire-ravaged Victoria state faces yet more devastation as renewed bushfires creep… 23/02/09 17:36 CET

• French Cairo victims return home

  The relatives of victims injured in a bombing in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Sunday have welcomed… 23/02/09 16:36 CET

• Spanish justice minister quits amid hunting scandal

  Spanish Justice Minister Mariano Fernandez Bermejo has resigned over a hunting weekend he spent… 23/02/09 15:25 CET

• Oscar joy for Britain’s “Slumdog” and Winslet

  Hollywood’s biggest night of the year was a memorable occasion for many but Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog… 23/02/09 13:13 CET

• “Slumdog” success tinged with scandal

  The eight-Oscar victory of British film “Slumdog Millionaire” has been tinged with scandal amid… 23/02/09 12:59 CET

• Three arrested over deadly blast in Egypt

  Egyptian police have arrested three people suspected of involvement in Sunday’s blast in Cairo… 23/02/09 12:51 CET

• Bomb hits Socialist building in northern Spain

  A bomb has exploded outside a local headquarters of Spain’s Socialist Party in the Basque Country… 23/02/09 11:45 CET

• Massive AZF trial opens in France

  The trial opens today into the blast at a chemicals factory near Toulouse in southern France which… 23/02/09 09:25 CET

• Big night at the Oscars for Brits

  Rags to riches British film Slumdog Millionaire scooped eight Oscar awards including best motion… 23/02/09 07:32 CET

• EU leaders push for financial crackdown

  EU leaders have agreed to press for a global crackdown on tax havens and the imposition of strict… 23/02/09 07:32 CET

• UK curbs on foreign workers tightened

  The United Kingdom is tightening curbs on foreign workers from outside the European Union… 23/02/09 07:32 CET

• Bomb blast in Cairo targets tourists

  Police in Cairo cordoned off an area popular with tourists after a bomb attack killed one person… 23/02/09 07:32 CET

• Israeli rivals to go on talking

  Israel’s political rivals have agreed to hold further talks about forming a future government, that… 23/02/09 05:06 CET

• Greek criminal duo escape jail in a helicopter

  In a scene reminiscent of Hollywood movies, two of Greece’s most notorious criminals have escaped… 23/02/09 01:15 CET

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