archive 07·09·2011

cinema

• Johnson’s Return shows at Deauville

  Liza Johnson’s Return screened at the American Film Festival in Deauville; a tense, understated… 07/09/11 13:58 CET

corporate

• Bankruptcy protection is Saab’s last hope

  Saab seems to be creeping closer to the end of the road. The Swedish carmaker, which is seeking to… 07/09/11 19:33 CET

• Solidarity’s birth place now builds luxury yachts

  Poland’s Gdansk Shipyard — where once the Solidarity trade union movement fought to bring down the… 07/09/11 18:55 CET

• Yahoo’s Bartz fired by phone

  Yahoo’s shares shot up after the struggling internet company fired its chief executive Carol Bartz… 07/09/11 15:22 CET

economy

• German ruling sparks market rebound

  Hopes that the European debt crisis may ease after Germany’s top court smoothed the way for Berlin… 07/09/11 19:44 CET

• Wall Street and European shares bounce back

  The world’s financial markets bounced back on Wednesday after three days of declines on hopes the… 07/09/11 16:41 CET

• Obama jobs package ‘to include tax cuts’

  President Barack Obama plans more than 200 billion euros worth of tax cuts and spending on… 07/09/11 15:22 CET

• Shares and euro rebound after German ruling

  The financial markets gyrations continued on Wednesday – they were up after three days of major… 07/09/11 15:20 CET

europa

• EU welcomes Kosovo Serbia trade compromise

  EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy welcomed his Kosovan counterpart to Brussels on Tuesday… 07/09/11 08:01 CET

hi-tech

• Jean Michel Jarre unveils 3.5m high speaker

  It costs as much as a house but this prototype is – according to French musician Jean Michel Jarre… 07/09/11 14:32 CET

le mag

• Show goes on for world’s oldest musical hall

  One of the world’s oldest surviving musical halls, Wilton’s in London’s East End, has been saved… 07/09/11 18:15 CET

pictureoftheday

• Real life Angry Birds outdoor theme park game in China

  Visitors use a slingshot to throw an Angry Bird plush toy at a real life Angry Birds outdoor game… 07/09/11 12:53 CET

Sport

• Froome closes the gap

  Britain’s Chris Froome produced a superb display to clinch stage 17 of the Tour of Spain in… 07/09/11 20:03 CET

world news

• Turkey and Israel ‘may tumble into conflict’ over Cyprus

  “It is possible that Turkey and Israel might tumble into an armed conflict in the Mediterranean.“… 07/09/11 14:29 CET

• Franco-German glimmer of hope for Greek bailout

  France and Germany have given a glimmer of hope to debt-laden Greece, in moves paving the way for a… 07/09/11 23:14 CET

• Senates in Spain and Italy take key austerity steps

  The Spanish and Italian Senates have approved key moves in the battle to deal with the eurozone… 07/09/11 23:04 CET

• EU unveils new energy strategy to end gas cuts

  The EU has unveiled a new energy strategy it says will help it avoid possible shortages arising… 07/09/11 20:48 CET

• Top Russian ice hockey team in fatal plane crash

  A plane carrying one of Russia’s major ice hockey teams has crashed killing nearly all on board… 07/09/11 20:23 CET

• ‘Heroes of Fukushima’ win Spain’s Asturias prize

  Spain’s prestigious Prince of Asturias Concord prize has been awarded to Japanese workers who have… 07/09/11 19:47 CET

• French MPs back bailout for debt-hit Greece

  French members of parliament have approved Europe’s latest bailout deal for debt-ridden Greece… 07/09/11 19:13 CET

• Libyans head home to a Gaddafi-free Tripoli

  They had fled the fighting in the capital but now Libyans are heading home to a very different… 07/09/11 18:35 CET

• Dozens killed as Russian ice hockey team plane crashes

  A plane crash in Russia has killed several members of one of the country’s top ice hockey teams… 07/09/11 18:33 CET

• France urges Russia to back sanctions over Syrian ‘crimes’

  Russia has been urged by France to harden its stance on Syria and support UN sanctions, after a… 07/09/11 17:34 CET

• James Murdoch may face another hearing

  Some say further developments in the phone-hacking scandal may be the endgame for the career of… 07/09/11 17:08 CET

• Gaddafi shows cuddly side – but remains elusive

  Showing a softer side in a newly-uncovered home video, Libya’s ousted strongman remains at large… 07/09/11 16:54 CET

• Many killed and injured by New Delhi court bomb

  A powerful bomb hidden in a suitcase has exploded outside the High Court in New Delhi, killing at… 07/09/11 16:21 CET

• Top Russian ice hockey team dies in plane crash

  At least 43 people are reported to have been killed in a Russian passenger plane crash. Russia’s… 07/09/11 15:43 CET

• Rebels prepare to take Bani Walid by force

  In Libya, anti-Gaddafi fighters are readyring for an all-out assault on Bani Walid. A council of… 07/09/11 15:34 CET

• French court dismisses ‘Chernobyl effect’ case

  Did the radioactive cloud from Chernobyl cause serious health problems in France? No, a court… 07/09/11 15:03 CET

• Eddie Murphy to host Oscars 2012

  Oscar-nominated actor Eddie Murphy will be the host of the Academy Awards in February 2012… 07/09/11 14:37 CET

• Back in the Day: shamed Tricky Dicky gets a pardon

  *September 8, 1974.* Richard Nixon, who resigned as US President one month earlier over the… 07/09/11 14:12 CET

• Merkel defends budgetary record over euro crisis

  Angela Merkel has applauded a Constitutional Court ruling that backs Germany’s contributions to the… 07/09/11 14:03 CET

• Double suicide attack targets Pakistan barracks

  A bomb detonated in a car left a breach in the perimeter wall of a military compound in Quetta… 07/09/11 12:24 CET

• Germany backs bailouts – but with conditions

  Germany’s Constitutional Court has rejected a series of lawsuits aimed at blocking the country’s… 07/09/11 11:13 CET

• European markets rally

  The financial markets gyrations continued on Wednesday – they were up after three days of major… 07/09/11 10:33 CET

• Cameron affirms tough stance against Brussels

  UK Prime Minister David Cameron is one person in a position to benefit from the current troubles… 07/09/11 09:43 CET

• Webmachine: 9/11 as seen on the News

  Californian non-profit group ==The Internet Archive== is providing a ==library of news footage from… 07/09/11 09:16 CET

• Double bomb attack targets Pakistan military

  There has been a double bomb attack on a government compound in the city of Quetta in southwestern… 07/09/11 07:43 CET

• Rebels closer to taking over two Gaddafi strongholds

  There are conflicting views on how the loyalist stronghold of Bani Walid in Libya will be tackled… 07/09/11 06:03 CET

• Burkina Faso minister denies Gaddafi is in the country

  Rumours that deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has fled to Burkina Faso continue, since… 07/09/11 05:53 CET

• Constitutional court ruling on German bailouts could threaten ESM

  Germany’s constitutional court will decide on Wednesday whether the country’s contribution to… 07/09/11 02:23 CET

• Protests in Spain and Italy against ‘golden rule’

  Anger about plans to limit government spending to deal with the euro zone debt crisis was seen in… 07/09/11 01:14 CET

• A day in the life of a Misrata clinic

  War inevitably leads to many casualties, both military and civilian, and Libya has been no… 07/09/11 00:13 CET

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