BlackBerry takes on the tablets
Firmly aiming at its core business customers, the maker of the BlackBerry - Research In Motion - has unveiled a tablet computer. The Playbook has…
View ArticleBelgian air controllers strike - flights grounded
All flights in and out of Belgian airspace have been grounded because of a wildcat strike by the country's air-traffic controllers. There has been…
View ArticleAmnesty says EU states forcing Roma back to Kosovo
Amnesty International has denounced European Union countries for what it said is a forced return of Roma people and other non-EU citizens to Kosovo.…
View ArticleUS actress Gloria Stuart dies aged 100
One of Hollywood's leading female stars in the 1930s has died at the age of 100. Gloria Stuart, who also found fame in the 1997 blockbuster…
View ArticleMedvedev defends sacking of Moscow mayor
It has been a rare, very public falling out among powerful Russian politicians in the same ruling party. The 18-year reign of Yuri Luzhkov as…
View ArticleIouri Luzhkov: a profile of Moscow's fallen mayor
The sacking of Iouri Luzhkov is seismic. A feature of Russia's political landscape since the fall of the Iron curtain his demise brings 18 years of…
View ArticleMiliband: I won't be soft on UK budget cuts
Britain's Labour Party has heard its new leader lay out his plans for saving the UK economy. Ed Miliband told the annual party conference in…
View ArticleCastro marks 50 years of "neighbourhood watch"
Cuba's former president Fidel Castro has marked the 50th anniversary of the start of his war of ideas with the United States. To celebrate the…
View ArticleRare general strike hits Spain
Today sees only the sixth general strike in Spain since the restoration of democracy, called by the country's two largest unions to protest against…
View ArticleAreas still cut off after Mexican landslides
Officals in Mexico have revised downwards their figures for the number of deaths in several landslides that have hit Oaxaca state, but the situation…
View ArticleIsrael stops Gaza-bound aid ship
The latest attempt to break Israel's Gaza Strip blockade has ended in a police station, with the arrest of ten pro-Palestinian activists. The group…
View ArticleEiffel Tower bomb threat: nothing found
The Eiffel Tower and the area around it in Paris were evacuated for 45 minutes on Tuesday after emergency services received a telephone bomb threat.…
View ArticleFar-right in Netherlands coalition deal
In the Netherlands, leaders of centre-right parties have struck a deal to form a coalition government. But the Liberals of Mark Rutte and the…
View Article"Come to your senses," Karzai tells Taliban
"I don't want to see my son living as a foreigner," said Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday, in an emotional speech. Himself having had a…
View ArticleScuffles at start of rare general strike in Spain
There have been early morning scuffles in the Spanish capital, as striking workers try to stop buses leaving a depot. Trade unions have called for…
View ArticleRomanian workers protest over austerity measures
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View ArticleIsraeli Navy intercepts Gaza-bound aid ship
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View ArticleMexican landslide less deadly than first feared
Officials in Mexico have revised downwards their figures for the number of casualties in several landslides that hit Oaxaca state. But the…
View ArticleMexico: Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec landslide
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