Monday, January 23, 2012

EU oil import ban heaps pressure on Iran

EU oil import ban heaps pressure on Iran

EU oil import ban heaps pressure on Iran

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:43 AM PST

The EU ban on Iranian oil imports marks a major increase in the international pressure on Tehran to halt its nuclear activities. But what…

EU imposes new sanctions on Iran

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:03 AM PST

The European Union has imposed tough new sanctions on Iran in a fresh effort to exert to pressure over its nuclear programme. But Britain, France…

Megaupload shockwaves resound

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:01 AM PST

The founder of file-sharing website Megaupload remains in custody in New Zealand, although the German-born former hacker known as Kim Dotcom denies…

French Senate debates Armenian 'genocide' bill

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:44 AM PST

As the French Senate debates a controversial new law that would make it illegal to deny the killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire was a…

Two more bodies found in sunken Italian cruise ship

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:13 AM PST

Divers searching the sunken cruise liner, the Costa Concordia, have recovered two more bodies bringing the total number of those found to 15.   The…

Egypt's Islamist-led parliament opens first session

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 08:43 AM PST

Egypt's parliament has opened for the first time since a historic free election. Islamists are in the driving seat with the Muslim Brotherhood's…

Croatia's EU leap

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:38 AM PST

The referendum in Croatia on whether to join the European Union has come out in favour. If all goes to plan, the state of 4,300,000 people on the…

Transport strikes pile up pressure on Italy's Monti

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:33 AM PST

Could this be the week when the wheels come off Italy's technocrat government-led drive for reform? The trucks blocking the road near Turin were…

No decision yet on Gaddafi trial location

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:03 AM PST

Where Saif al-Islam will be tried is yet to be determined by the International Criminal Court according to officials in The Hague. Libya and the…

Syria rejects Arab League plan for Assad to quit

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 05:34 AM PST

Syria has rejected an Arab League call for President Bashar al-Assad to step down. A government official described the plan as "flagrant…

Thyssen and Outokumpu talk stainless tie-up

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 05:30 AM PST

Germany's ThyssenKrupp and Finland's Outokumpu are in talks over a possible merger of their stainless steel businesses. It would be a…

BlackBerry's bosses step aside

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 05:30 AM PST

Responding to pressure from investors, Research In Motion's joint chief executives Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie have resigned. Former chief…

Hackers hit Polish state websites in anti-ACTA protest

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 05:03 AM PST

Hackers known as the 'Polish Underground' have launched a series of attacks on government websites in protest against Poland's decision to sign up to…

EU bans Iranian oil imports

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:22 AM PST

The EU has agreed stricter sanctions against Iran. European foreign ministers met in Brussels on Monday to formally agree the proposals. The…

Unregistered passengers hamper liner rescue efforts

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:05 AM PST

The head of Italy's civil protection authority, Franco Gabrielli, has claimed a number of unregistered passengers may have been on board the Costa…

France risks Turkish wrath with Armenia vote

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:03 AM PST

The French senate is to vote today on a bill making it illegal to deny that the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago was…

Chinese New Year in Beijing

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:30 AM PST

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Moscow: 'Battle of the Snowmen'

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 03:29 AM PST

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Dotcom behind bars in Internet piracy case

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:43 AM PST

The man known as Kim Dotcom, the founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload, remains in custody in New Zealand. The 38-year-old was arrested…

EU draws up new sanctions against Iran

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:29 AM PST

EU ministers meeting in Brussels have reportedly approved new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme. The measures, including an oil…

Guimarães celebrates EU Culture Capital status

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 02:04 AM PST

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Vienna flashmob promotes recycling

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 01:54 AM PST

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Low turnout as Croatians say 'Yes' to Europe

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:54 AM PST

More than two decades after their country gained independence from the former Yugoslavia, Croatians have voted to join the European Union. With…

Back in the Day: Trieste plumbs the greatest depths

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 11:35 PM PST

*January 23, 1960* The ==Trieste== bathyscaphe, or 'deep boat', reaches the deepest known point of the world's ocean, the Challenger Deep in the…

Chinese looking for luck in Year of the Dragon

Posted: 22 Jan 2012 11:33 PM PST

In China and other parts of Asia, the lunar new year has been ushered in in a blaze of glory. It is the year of the dragon, a powerful mythical…
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