cinema

• Documentary Film Festival celebration

  The documentary film festival “Visions du reel” in Nyon near Geneva, Switzerland, is celebrating… 17/04/09 16:59 CET

corporate

• GE profit fall not as bad as feared

  General Electric has reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit. The largest … 17/04/09 19:45 CET

• VW likely takes top car spot

  The world probably has a new number one carmaker. Sales figures for the first three months… 17/04/09 19:39 CET

• New leadership for Chrysler?

  Struggling US carmaker Chrysler could get a whole new board of directors and possibly a different… 17/04/09 19:39 CET

• Sony Ericsson cuts more workers

  Two thousand more jobs are to go at Sony Ericsson. The mobile phone maker will cut 20 percent… 17/04/09 19:39 CET

economy

• ECB and IMF heads give recovery views

  The head of the European Central Bank is leading calls for bold action to ensure the global economy… 17/04/09 19:39 CET

europa

• “The last dictator in Europe” invited to EU summit

  The man America called “the last dictator in Europe” – the President of Belarus – has been invited… 17/04/09 19:50 CET

• Report on EU puts emphasis on increased credibility

  A leading French think-tank says the European Union must emerge from the global economic crisis… 17/04/09 19:45 CET

europeans

• Combatting online images of child sexual abuse and exploitation

  The Council of Europe and the European Commission are launching new initiatives to try to curb the… 17/04/09 11:55 CET

markets

• Friday 17th April

  European shares finished up over one percent, rising for the sixth straight week. Investors… 17/04/09 21:01 CET

parlamento

• European Socialists divided before election

  There is more than a whiff of turmoil among the European Socialists in the countdown to June’s… 17/04/09 21:30 CET

reporter

• Breaking down borders in Europe’s gambling capital

  Europe’s gambling capital lies in Slovenia, just over the border from Italy. Five years after… 17/04/09 11:55 CET

space

• Interdisciplinary International Intercultural Studies

  The International Space University is based in Strasbourg, France. Fifty students from all corners… 17/04/09 11:55 CET

world news

• Cuba-US relations to top Summit of Americas

  As leaders gather in Trinidad and Tobago for ‘the fifth Summit of the Americas, there are signs of… 17/04/09 21:04 CET

• Experience shows internet file-sharing is not easy to police

  The three young founders of the “The Pirate Bay” and their financial backer have been caught in the… 17/04/09 19:50 CET

• File-sharing site founders jailed for copyright breach

  The four Swedish founders of one of the world’s biggest free file-sharing website have been… 17/04/09 19:15 CET

• Cuba-US relations to top Summit of Americas

  As leaders gather in Trinidad and Tobago for ‘the fifth Summit of the Americas, there are signs of… 17/04/09 19:14 CET

• Tadic visits Kosovo one year after declaration of independence

  In a move that appeared designed to remind the world of Serbia’s objections to Kosovan… 17/04/09 18:52 CET

• UK to review ‘snooping’ law

  The British government says local authorities must stop using powers to spy on people for trivial… 17/04/09 18:15 CET

• German internet providers say “stop” to child porn

  Five of Germany’s internet providers have agreed to block access to pages containing child… 17/04/09 17:53 CET

• Pakistan secures five billion dollars against militancy

  A donor conference in Tokyo has managed to secure five billion dollars in aid for Pakistan, one… 17/04/09 17:38 CET

• Afghanistan hit by two quakes

  At least 22 people are thought to have been killed in eastern Afghanistan after two earthquakes… 17/04/09 15:04 CET

• Enduring US-Cuba rift likely to dominate Summit of Americas.

  Security is tight in Port of Spain as the Trinidad and Tobago capital plays host to more that 30… 17/04/09 13:18 CET

• Founders of filesharing site guilty in copyright case

  The four founders of a Swedish file-sharing web site have been jailed for a year each and handed… 17/04/09 13:06 CET

• Secret Bush-era memos justify “torture”

  The US has released previously secret memos from the Bush era specifying that harsh interrogation… 17/04/09 12:51 CET

• Thai “Yellow shirt” leader’s scrape with death

  The founder of Thailand’s “yellow shirt” protest movement has had a lucky escape after his car was… 17/04/09 12:50 CET

• Obama backs Mexico’s Calderon in drug war

  Standing alongside his Mexican counterpart Felipe Calderon, US president Barack Obama has promised… 17/04/09 11:54 CET

• Twenty-four injured in German train crash

  Twenty-four people were injured in Germany after a commuter train crashed into a freight train on… 17/04/09 11:33 CET

• Cuba likely to dominate OAS Summit

  Security is tight in Trinidad and Tobago’s capital Port of Spain for the fifth 34-nation Summit of… 17/04/09 07:41 CET

• Mitchell: Two state solution vital

  The US envoy to the Middle East is hoping to convince Israel’s new government to accept a two state… 17/04/09 07:40 CET

• Authorities “knew” earthquake buildings were at risk

  Claims the Italian authorities in Abruzzo knew public buildings were likely to collapse in the… 17/04/09 07:39 CET

• Obama pledges aid in war on Mexican drug cartels

  It is Barack Obama’s first trip to Mexico where he receives a warm welcome from President Felipe… 17/04/09 07:04 CET

• Monaco’s workers go on strike

  A rare sight in Monaco – a place known more for high flyers and film stars – a street protest by… 17/04/09 05:04 CET

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