Honda hit by another China strike
A strike at a Chinese parts supplier for Honda continues hitting production at two of the Japanese carmaker's plants there. The stoppage at Yutaka…
View ArticleMobile phone operators' setback in trying to buck EU rules
A price cap on international mobile phone calls within the European Union, imposed by the European Commission is justified, says the EU's Court of…
View ArticleUN adopts new sanctions against Iran
The UN Security Council has approved a fourth round of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme. There were 12 votes in favour of the…
View ArticleHow football kept the ANC leadership alive
It can be seen through the haze from Cape Town and the glittering new Green Point stadium; Robben island, where the ANC leaders were imprisoned, most…
View ArticleBerlin says no aid cash for Opel
The German government has rejected General Motors' request for 1.1 billion euros in state loan guarantees for Opel. Economy Minister Rainer…
View ArticlePoland taking its EU presidency seriously, early
Poland is getting a head start on preparations for its turn holding the rotating European Union presidency. Prime Minister Donald Tusk and group of…
View ArticleThe party gets going in South Africa
Even though the opening match is not until Friday, the first big event of the 2010 football World Cup is underway in South Africa. Supporters of…
View ArticleSick political prisoner freed in Cuba
The Cuban government has freed a political prisoner who became ill in jail, while six others have been moved to prisons nearer to home. Ariel…
View ArticleCuba to free over 50 dissidents
Cuba's President Raul Castro has agreed to release 52 political dissidents after significant talks involving the Catholic Church and Spain's foreign…
View ArticlePictures of Fidel Castro's first public appearance
Pictures of Fidel Castro making his first known public appearance in four years have been posted on a pro-government blog. The photos were taken…
View ArticleGM crops: both sides of the debate
To go further into the GM crop debate, we're joined by two people with plenty of knowledge on the matter. In Paris, Dr. Christian Vélot, a researcher…
View ArticleEU deadlocked over GMOs
In an effort to break the EU deadlock over GMOs which has seen just two GM crops authorised in the last 12 years, the European Commission is now…
View ArticleGMOs divide Europe
Called by some a wonder of biotechnology and by others a ticking time bomb for our health and ecology, since their launch in the 1990s, GMOs have…
View ArticleFreed Cuban dissidents arrive in Spain
Six political prisoners freed by Cuba have arrived in Madrid. The six men and their families landed at the Spanish capital's Barajas airport.…
View ArticleBunny battle shapes up
Hugh Hefner's offer to take Playboy private by buying up all the shares he does not already own has brought interest from another adult magazine…
View ArticleEU in talks with Turkey
Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, has been in Istanbul for talks with her Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu. The discussions…
View ArticleCuban dissidents welcomed to Madrid
They are speaking freely in public for the first time after years in jail. Some of the 52 political prisoners released by Cuba in a surprise deal…
View ArticleCuban dissident Farinas making recovery: mother
Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas is making a slowl but encouraging following his four-month hunger strike, his mother told Euronews in an exclusive…
View ArticleMore Cuban dissidents arrive in Spain
A further two Cuban dissidents and their families have arrived in Spain as part of a prisoner release deal struck between Havana and the Catholic…
View ArticleCuban dissident: "Raul Castro can become the man who changes Cuba"
Among the first to have arrived in Spain with their families is the Cuban dissident journalist Pablo Pacheco. He was one of those jailed for 20 years…
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