Potash hold out on BHP
Canada's Potash Corporation has rejected an offer from Anglo-Australian miner, BHP Billiton - meaning the takeover battle underway is likely to drag…
View ArticleN8 blow for new Nokia boss
Nokia's new chief executive, Stephen Elop has had a bad first day in the job. The company has had to announce another delay to its flagship…
View ArticleGlitch reduces Halo's shine
Despite first day sales of 150 million euros, Microsoft's Halo: Reach videogame is already losing a little of its shine. The software company has…
View ArticleItaly orders Google to stop collecting Wifi data
Italy has ordered US internet giant Google to stop downloading Wifi information through its Street View cars. Currently, the camera equipped…
View ArticleHomeless World Cup gets underway in Brazil
It was a great atmosphere on Sunday at Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach as the eighth Homeless Football World Cup kicked off. The competition,…
View ArticleMideast: Quartet ‘want Israel to extend settlement freeze’
The Quartet of Middle East peace negotiators, meeting at the summit in New York, are set to call on Israel to extend its freeze on settlement…
View ArticleMerkel casts doubt on UN millennium aid goals
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told the UN it's unlikely to reach its millennium development goals aimed at cutting world poverty and hunger.…
View ArticleGreek truckers protest against reforms
Striking Greek truckers have demonstrated outside the country's parliament ahead of a vote on Wednesday on government plans to open up their…
View ArticleNorth Korea prepares for life after Kim Jong-il
Official media in the secretive state have today announced an official meeting of the national communist party slated for the 28th of September.…
View ArticleMEPs to leave Strasbourg day early due to strike
Strike passions are also affecting the European Parliament. The members trooped into the French city of Strasbourg on Monday for their monthly…
View ArticleRoma treatment by France simmering on EU agenda
There are solid signs that France has acted illegally in expelling Roma people, the European Commissioner for Justice has said, according to a…
View ArticleProtests in Cairo against Mubarak succession
Anti-government protesters in Egypt have rallied against president Hosni Mubarak's possible succession plans. There were rowdy scenes as around…
View ArticleUS Senate blocks move to end gay military ban
Attempts to repeal a ban on gay people serving openly in the US military have suffered a setback after the Senate said no to a debate. Only 56…
View ArticlePowerful explosives seized in Italy
Italian customs have seized up to seven tonnes of the powerful explosive RDX. The find was made in Gioia Tauro in Calabria, having arrived from…
View ArticleMideast Quartet urges extended settlement freeze
With the clock running down, Israel is under growing pressure to extend its freeze on settlements. The Middle East peace Quartet, made up of the…
View ArticleWar would have ‘no limits’, Iran leader warns US
The Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has warned that if the US starts a war against Iran it will - in his words - have "no limits". He was…
View ArticleAl-Qaeda claims Niger kidnappings
Al-Qaeda's North African branch has confirmed it kidnapped seven foreigners in Niger last week. Five of the hostages are French, the other two from…
View ArticleProtests as South African police attempt to move squatters
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View ArticleAustralia: Asylum seekers in rooftop protest after detainee's death
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View ArticleSpectator stands collapse at car race in Brazil
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