Thursday, January 19, 2012

50,000 remember Hrant Dink in Istanbul

50,000 remember Hrant Dink in Istanbul

50,000 remember Hrant Dink in Istanbul

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 10:54 AM PST

"We are all Armenians". Many of the tens of thousands who flooded Istanbul's streets on Thursday were carrying this slogan. Five years to the day…

Danish Breivik play sparks outrage

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 10:16 AM PST

A small theatre company in Copenhagen is causing controversy with plans to stage a play based on the writings of Anders Behring Breivik, who carried…

EU steps up drive against e-waste

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 09:52 AM PST

In brief: The EU has adopted tougher rules for dealing with electronic waste. MEPs voted to introduce the measures over the next seven years.…

Perry quits Republican White House race

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 09:24 AM PST

Rick Perry has announced he is pulling out of the US Republican nomination race. The Texas governor said he will now support Newt Gingrich's run for…

News Corp admits liability in hacking scandal

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 08:44 AM PST

After months of denials and attempting to put its finger in the bursting dyke of revelations about its corrupt journalistic methods, Rupert Murdoch's…

France easily sells bonds as Sarkozy attacks S&P

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 08:42 AM PST

It was almost like Standard and Poor's stripping France of its AAA credit rating never happened as on Thursday, in its first auction of medium-term…

Former Blair aide rocks boat with spy claim

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 08:13 AM PST

A former aide to ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair has admitted the UK did use a device hidden in a fake rock in Moscow to spy on Russia. At the…

Denmark pushes plan for Iranian oil ban

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 07:59 AM PST

Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has told euronews she wants to see a full ban on Iranian oil into Europe by July. The EU has, in…

Austrian journalists claim victory in ORF job dispute

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 06:53 AM PST

Some say getting ahead in the media is more about who know than what you know. But a protest by journalists at Austrian public television ORF has…

Italian police seek ship's mystery blonde

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 06:33 AM PST

Italian prosecutors want to speak to a mystery blonde woman seen with Captain Francesco Schettino just moments before his ship crashed. Schettino…

Anger in Japan over nuclear restart moves

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 06:03 AM PST

Moves towards restarting nuclear reactors in Japan have provoked an angry protest from people worried about a repeat of the Fukushima disaster.…

Syria: Arab League mission comes to an end

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 05:13 AM PST

Officially it is the last day of the Arab League observers' mission to Syria. But this weekend its leader presents his report in Cairo, and it is…

Gilani contempt trial opens in Islamabad

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 03:33 AM PST

Pakistan's legal system has fired its latest shot in the triangular struggle for power there between the courts, the army and government. The…

SOPA protesters get their point across to Congress

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 03:31 AM PST

The online and "on-street":http://www.euronews.net/2012/01/19/street-support-for-online-web-strikes/ protesters against proposed anti-piracy laws…

Filipino Concordia staff arrive home

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 02:33 AM PST

Some 100 Filipino crew members of the Costa Concordia have completed their long journey home. They touched down at Manila's international airport…

Search continues for kidnapped tourists

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 02:13 AM PST

The bodies of the five foreign tourists killed in the north of Ethiopia, along with the injured and survivors, have returned to Addis Ababa. Another…

Baptism in the River Jordan

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 01:34 AM PST

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Femen protests over India Visa rules‎

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 01:32 AM PST

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City wins ruling to remove Occupy London camp

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 01:20 AM PST

Anti-capitalist protesters in London have rejected a High Court ruling which ordered the eviction of their camp outside St. Paul's Cathdedral.…

Orban gives way in dispute with EU

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 01:20 AM PST

Hungary's premier Viktor Orban has yielded in a dispute with the European union over contested laws tightening his government's control over…

Divers resume Italian cruise ship search

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 01:10 AM PST

Calmer weather has allowed divers to resume their search of an Italian cruise ship. Officials want to complete the operation before conditions…

Kodak files for protection from its creditors

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 12:55 AM PST

Eastman Kodak has filed for bankruptcy protection from its creditors. The 130-year-old photographic film pioneer has not made a profit since…

Baptism of ice for Russian Orthodox Christians

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 12:55 AM PST

Thousands of Russians have been celebrating the Orthdox Christian holiday of Epiphany with a baptism of ice. The tradition commemorates the baptism…

Neighbours stand by Costa captain

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 12:55 AM PST

While the world is holding one man responsible for the running aground of the Italian cruise ship, Captain Francesco Schettino is not without his…

Street support for online web strikes

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 12:55 AM PST

Hundreds of people have taken to the streets of New York in a show of support against US anti-piracy legislation. Congress is considering a bill…
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