archive 07·10·2010

cinema

• Hitler’s punchbag Max Schmeling: the movie

  A film of the life of German boxing legend Max Schmeling has just premiered in Berlin, covering his… 07/10/10 17:49 CET

corporate

• Siemens to build Eurostar trains

  German industrial group Siemens has won the contract to supply 10 next-generation high-speed trains… 07/10/10 16:58 CET

• Renault sells Volvo shares to cut debt

  Renault shares jumped to a nine-month high after the French carmaker sold most of its stake in… 07/10/10 16:58 CET

economy

• IMF-World Bank try to ease currency tensions

  The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank – meeting in Washington – are warning that the… 07/10/10 18:50 CET

• No change in UK interest rates or quantitative easing

  The Bank of England has left UK interest rates at 0.5 percent for the 20th consecutive month. It… 07/10/10 16:58 CET

• ECB sees money market normalising

  There were no surprises from the European Central Bank as it left interest rates at a record low of… 07/10/10 16:58 CET

europa

• Greenpeace Dumps Nuclear Waste in Brussels

  Greenpeace activists have dumped nuclear waste outside the European Parliament in Brussels in… 07/10/10 18:50 CET

• Roma Rhetoric Rolls On

  Following the controversial expulsions of Roma from France, the rhetoric rolls on. Parties from… 07/10/10 18:50 CET

futuris

• A World without bees?

  More and more beekeepers all over the world are witnessing a sharp drop in the number of bees they… 07/10/10 15:26 CET

le mag

• The lost Monroe snaps

  More than 100 never-before-seen photographs of Marilyn Monroe have just been published in a book… 07/10/10 17:49 CET

world news

• Hungary hints at tighter controls after spill

  The Hungarian prime minister has described the accident as an “unprecedented environmental… 07/10/10 20:02 CET

• Peru’s Vargas Llosa wins the Nobel Prize for Literature

  The 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa… 07/10/10 20:01 CET

• Relatives of trapped miners sense an end to ordeal

  As the mobile medical units arrive at the Chilean mine where 33 miners have been trapped since… 07/10/10 20:00 CET

• Kyrgyzstan tense ahead of election

  Kyrgyzstan holds an election on Sunday that its leaders hope will unite the country – but which… 07/10/10 20:00 CET

• Hungarian toxic sludge reaches Danube

  As the clean up continues in Hungary – toxic red sludge from an aluminium plant spill has now… 07/10/10 19:59 CET

• Unbeaten Taliban rooted in Afghan landscape

  Afghanistan remains what some call a theatre of war but behind the scenes all sides are said to be… 07/10/10 19:58 CET

• Toxic spill: A village destroyed

  Three days after red toxic sludge spilled from an aluminium plant, Hungary is counting the… 07/10/10 19:03 CET

• China and Italy boost trade ties

  China’s prime minister has signed a raft of economic partnerships with Italy a day after fending… 07/10/10 15:44 CET

• Greek public sector workers rally against austerity

  Greek workers have been back on the streets of Athens. This time public sector employees were out… 07/10/10 14:44 CET

• Peru’s Vargas Llosa wins Nobel Prize for Literature

  The 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa… 07/10/10 14:04 CET

• Further attack on NATO convoy

  Militants have mounted another attack on a NATO supply convoy in Pakistan — the seventh in recent… 07/10/10 12:54 CET

• The conflict in Afghanistan reaches a decade

  The US-led war in Afghanistan has now entered its tenth year – and even after all this time, its… 07/10/10 12:09 CET

• Red poison reaches the Danube’s southern branch

  The toxic red sludge that spilled from a burst reservoir at the alumina plant in western Hungary… 07/10/10 12:04 CET

• Hopes rise that miners might be reached this weekend

  In Chile, the cages that will eventually lift the 33 miners back into a world they have not seen… 07/10/10 11:34 CET

• China holds firm against EU currency demands

  The Chinese Premier, Wen Jiaboa, was all smiles ahead of frosty discussions with EU leaders in… 07/10/10 10:23 CET

• UK talent show star faces extradition to Zimbabwe

  A young would-be performer who captivated viewers with her performance on a massively popular … 07/10/10 08:44 CET

• Rail unions join French strike action

  France’s rail unions have added to the government’s woes by calling for rolling strike action from… 07/10/10 07:41 CET

• Elite soldiers killed in Tajikistan helicopter crash

  A helicopter from the Tajikistan national guard has crashed, reportedly killing at least two dozen… 07/10/10 07:38 CET

• Soyuz in countdown for launch

  The Soyuz spacecraft that will carry three new flight engineers to the International Space Station… 07/10/10 07:38 CET

• US terror trial postponed after judge bars witness

  The US civilian trial of a terrorist suspect has been put back till next week after a federal judge… 07/10/10 07:36 CET

• Investigation launched into Hungary’s toxic flood

  Hungary has launched a criminal investigation into the industrial toxic mud spill from a ruptured… 07/10/10 07:29 CET

• Suspected militants attack yet more NATO trucks

  Gunmen in Pakistan have once again attacked and set on fire NATO supply trucks destined for… 07/10/10 07:28 CET

• FBI corruption swoop on Puerto Rico

  Over 100 Puerto Rican police officers and prison guards have been arrested in a dawn swoop by… 07/10/10 07:28 CET

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