Many Tunisians reject any link with past
Tunisians have been continuing to express their desire for a total break with the past, in street demonstrations against the former ruling party the…
View ArticleHu begins four-day state visit to US
Chinese President Hu Jintao has met Barack Obama several times before, but never during a state visit to the United States. He will be the first…
View ArticlePomp and ceremony for Hu in Washington
He has been welcomed into the White House for a rare private dinner at the start of a four-day visit. The Chinese leader is in Washington for…
View ArticleSpring Festival sees "mass migration" in China
Authorities in China are bracing themselves for the massive Spring Festival migration. The number of people travelling home ahead of Chinese New…
View Article"Hero" schoolboy buried in Brisbane
Blake Rice has helped carry the coffin at the funeral of his older brother in Brisbane in Australia. Jordan, who was 13, has become a hero for many.…
View ArticleUS and China to press reset button
This is a big week in US/Chinese diplomacy, but will it be a defining moment? Euronews asked analyst and the author of "How China's leaders think",…
View ArticleIranian govt "against" Jafar Panahi sentence
The Iranian government is insisting it is against a jail term and working ban imposed on Iranian movie director Jafar Panahi. The filmmaker was…
View ArticleOrban warns EU parliament he is up for a fight
Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban has warned MEPs not to meddle in his country's domestic policy and concentrate on EU strategy instead.…
View ArticleMediation collapses again in Ivory Coast
The African Union's latest attempt to mediate over Ivory Coast's disputed presidential election has foundered. Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga…
View ArticleIcy roads cause car accidents in Pittsburgh
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View ArticleMore protests in Tunisia
Thousands of protesters have once more taken to the streets of Tunis. They want ministers associated with the regime of the ousted Tunisian President…
View ArticleSwiss ex-banker on trial over data leaks
The trial has begun of a former Swiss banker facing charges of breaching banking secrecy laws. Rudolph Elmer, who was among the first to use the…
View ArticleSaudi Arabia abandons Lebanese mediation
The foreign ministers of Turkey and Qatar have held talks with Lebanon's divided political factions in a bid to find a way out of the country's…
View ArticleThe White House welcomes China's Hu Jintao
Amid the pomp and ceremony of a full state visit, Chinese leader Hu Jintao has been warmly received at the White House. Given a welcome…
View ArticleTime is right for Swatch sales
The world's largest watchmaker, Swatch, is anticipating an up-tick in sales with strong demand helping to offset the strength of the Swiss franc…
View ArticleGoldman Sachs profit falls
US investment bank Goldman Sachs says its fourth quarter profit declined 53 percent due in part to weaker earnings from what it called "generally low…
View ArticleApple's growth helps dispel Jobs worries
Stellar results from Apple and a strong outlook based on dazzling sales of its iPhone and iPad are reassuring investors fretting over the possible…
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