cinema

• Gaza animation depicts Israeli blockade

  One of the creators of the Oscar-nominated Waltz With Bashir has produced a short animated film on… 09/03/09 17:59 CET

corporate

• Barbie at 50 – still a moneymaker?

  Fifty years on and more than one billion Barbies sold, but is the iconic doll’s ability to earn… 09/03/09 20:36 CET

• Merck to merge with Schering-Plough

  US drug maker Merck is to buy Schering-Plough in the second huge takeover in the sector in weeks… 09/03/09 20:36 CET

• Former Swiss Re CEO to become chairman

  Troubled reinsurer Swiss Re is getting a new chairman. He is Walter Kielholz who will go… 09/03/09 20:12 CET

europa

• Croatia accepts EU border mediation

  To patch up troubled borders, Croatia has accepted a European Union offer to mediate in a dispute… 09/03/09 20:48 CET

• Spain still tops for tourists

  The top tourist destination in the EU remains Spain, measured in per night stays in hotels, almost… 09/03/09 20:48 CET

• Serbia cementing friendship with Spain

  Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has promised never to recognise Kosovo as independent… 09/03/09 20:48 CET

hi-tech

• Credit crunch takes a bite out of CeBIT

  Even Europe’s most important electronics fair has been hit by the economic crisis. Last year the… 09/03/09 17:53 CET

interview

• Stanishev: “Behind the reforms, there are real people in Bulgaria, who are working very hard.”

  The government of Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanichev is struggling to cope with energy… 09/03/09 21:23 CET

le mag

• Pretty in pink in Paris

  Emanuel Ungaro’s ready-to-wear show in Paris was a parade of pink, sprinkled with polka dots. 09/03/09 17:53 CET

world news

• Game up for blackmailing “Swiss gigolo”

  From gigolo to jailbird – a Swiss man who admitted seducing and blackmailing Germany’s richest… 09/03/09 19:13 CET

• N.Korea puts its army on alert

  Tensions are escalating on the Korean peninsula and while they were burning North Korean flags in… 09/03/09 19:03 CET

• Obama lifts ban on stem cell research funding

  Barack Obama has overturned restrictions on government funding for stem cell research. The … 09/03/09 18:51 CET

• Tourists missing after Thai boating tragedy

  Rescuers in Thailand are searching for six foreign tourists and a Thai national after the sinking… 09/03/09 18:44 CET

• US stem cell scientists back in business

  For eight years American scientists have been pointing out that the huge potential benefits of stem… 09/03/09 18:33 CET

• Brown says N.Ireland peace will not be derailed

  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the peace process in Northern Ireland will not be… 09/03/09 18:21 CET

• Confession in “Swiss gigolo” case

  A Swiss man accused of attempting to blackmail Germany’s richest woman has confessed at the opening… 09/03/09 14:10 CET

• Confession in “Swiss gigolo” case

  A Swiss man accused of attempting to blackmail Germany’s richest woman has confessed at the opening… 09/03/09 13:13 CET

• Brown visits scene of Northern Ireland killings

  Gordon Brown has visited the army base in Northern Ireland where two British soldiers were shot… 09/03/09 13:06 CET

• Protest at NY auction of foreclosed homes

  It is a sign of the growing impact of the financial crisis in the US: hundreds of homes have gone… 09/03/09 12:55 CET

• North Korea puts forces on full alert

  Tension is rising on the Korean peninsula as Pyongyang put its forces on full alert ahead of joint… 09/03/09 12:47 CET

• Obama to lift restrictions on stem cell research

  The US president will today announce the lifting of restrictions on taxpayers money for embryonic… 09/03/09 12:38 CET

• Obama to allow stem cell research

  President Obama is to reverse another of his predecessor’s restrictions, and allow federal funding… 09/03/09 07:56 CET

• Sudan’s President threatens to expel more NGOs

  Sudan has released an Islamist opposition leader, two months after he was detained for calling on… 09/03/09 07:56 CET

• Hunt is on for Antrim army killers

  As the flowers continue to pile up outside the Massarene Barracks in Northern Ireland, the hunt is… 09/03/09 07:56 CET

• Tensions rise on Korean peninsula

  Tension is rising rapidly on the Korean peninsula as Pyongyang put its forces on full alert ahead… 09/03/09 07:56 CET

• Pope Benedict XVI to visit the Holy Land

  The Pope has announced a trip to Israel in May, a controversial decision after his recent… 09/03/09 07:56 CET

• Tax haven bankers vow to keep their secrets

  Three major European countries with banking secrecy laws have warned against any attempt by the G20… 09/03/09 07:56 CET

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