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Israeli tanks enter Khan Younis

Gaza Crisis Israeli tanks enter Khan Younis

Shortly after dawn this morning, tanks from the Israeli Defence Force entered Khan Younis in southern Gaza. It is the biggest settlement in the region and a stronghold of Hamas. It came after…

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Israel says it is determined to stop Hamas rocket attacks from Gaza. But, in one of the latest strikes, a kindergarten in the town of Ashdod…
International peace-brokering has had no immediate impact in ending the Gaza conflict. But, as his Middle East mission continues, French President…
He has not been officially inaugurated yet, but the hard work has already started for US President-elect Barack Obama. Having moved to…
  1. German leaders agree on economic boost
  2. Russia reduces gas flows to Europe via Ukraine
  3. Europe hit by snowfall and travel chaos
  4. Palestinian civilians paying a heavy in combat
  5. Aid trickles in as Gazans face desperate situation
  6. Israel’s objectives in Gaza
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Oil prices boosted by Gaza violence

Oil Oil prices boosted by Gaza violence

Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip has helped push up oil prices close to their highest in three weeks amid increasing fears for crude supplies from the Middle East which produces about a third of…

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US regulators reportedly looking into the company run by Bernard Madoff at least eight times in 16 years. According to the Wall Street Journal, the…
The US Federal Reserve has given details of its aggressive moves to drive down mortgage costs for people buying homes. It is doing that by…
Oil prices remained weak right up to the end of 2008 after the US Energy Department said that stocks of crude there increased by 500,000 barrels last…
  1. ECB rate cut considered more likely
  2. French jobless up again in November
  3. Bank of Spain confirms recession
  4. Rouble falls further
  5. GM and Chrysler bailout money starts
  6. New figures paint worse picture for UK economy

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Waterford Wedgwood in administration

Ireland Waterford Wedgwood in administration

The Irish maker of luxury tableware Waterford Wedgwood called in the receivers on Monday. The loss making company had been trying to find new investors for months, but failed to get its creditors to…

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Air France-KLM is reportedly close to an agreement to buy 25 percent of the Italian carrier Alitalia. According to media reports, a deal could…
Rolls Royce aero engines have signed a deal with Etihad airways of Abu Dhabi worth 410 million euros. The contract is to supply and maintain Trent…
With Japanese carmaker and world number one Toyota’s announcement it will make the first loss in its 71-year history this year, fears over the state…
  1. EDF to become UK’s biggest electricity supplier
  2. Munich Re snaps up HSB from AIG
  3. Polaroid in Chapter 11
  4. Natixis slims down
  5. Court rules for Ryanair over Charleroi
  6. Goldman Sachs posts first loss in nine years
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Lithuania worries over powering down

Energy Lithuania worries over powering down

Lithuania’s Ignalina nuclear power plant has less than one year left to live. The government has not managed to negotiate a postponement of full shutdown on January first 2010, which was a condition…

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Talks aimed at allowing Turkey to join the European Union are underway in Brussels. Negotiations began on two key issues relating to freedom of…
EU fisheries ministers have begun their annual marathon to negotiate quotas. This year’s focus is as much on wasted catch as allowable amounts.…
One of the European Parliament’s vice presidents has asked the outgoing EU presidency France to make sure that the opposition group in exile the…
  1. A new draft directive on toy safety
  2. Concern mounts over EU’s bees
  3. EP backs climate pact
  4. Europe holds Sakharov ceremony for absent Hu Jia
  5. French EU style out, Czech EU style in
  6. Montenegro formally bids to join EU

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Japan plans carbon footprint scheme

Japan Japan plans carbon footprint scheme

Turning old newspapers into fuel for the fire is just one of the environmentally-friendly ideas on show at Japan’s Eco Products Expo.

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Many of us probably write a few emails a day but after you have pressed send, just what happens to your words?
If you have your keys with you, then they are safe, right? Unfortunately not. Computer programmers at the University of California in San Diego have…
Airbag sensors and GPS navigation systems are common in cars, but now some manufacturers are beginning to add aeroplane-like black boxes.
  1. Software gives a virtual nip and tuck
  2. T-ray scanners – the future for airports?
  3. Robotics run off with spoils at French hi-tech fair
  4. Smile, and he’ll smile with you
  5. Water treatment: a tale of two cities
  6. Education & business find uses for Serious Games
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European Union “overregulated” says new EU President Mirek Topolanek

EU Presidency European Union “overregulated” says new EU President Mirek Topolanek

Mirek Topolanek is the current Czech prime minister, and he takes over the six-month EU presidency on January 1st, 2009. For the first time leading the Union, the Czechs will have to conquer the…

Manoel de Oliveira: the oldest working film directorManoel de Oliveira: the oldest working film… Andrius Kubilius, Lithuanian Prime MinisterAndrius Kubilius, Lithuanian Prime Minister Dordain lays out ESA’s next 10 yearsDordain lays out ESA’s next 10 years
Born into a wealthy middle-class family 100 years ago, Manoel de Oliveira’s ambition was always to be an actor. But the arrival of the movies changed…
Andrius Kubilius was recently elected Lithuania’s prime minister but he has had little or no time to enjoy a honeymoon period. Lithunia must start…
The General Director of the European Space Agency Jean Jacques Dordain welcomed euronews to his Paris headquarters just a few days before the…
  1. Ex-Georgian speaker on turning against Saakashvili
  2. Rabier lauds ‘vanguard Europe’
  3. Schevardnadze: “Russia has set a very dangerous precedent for itself.”
  4. Sargsyan: Armenia joining NATO is “not on the agenda”
  5. Barroso: “Europe expects a lot from Barack Obama.”
  6. Kouchner on Georgia Russia conflict
latest faq
Working time: 48 hour limit

EU Parliament Working time: 48 hour limit

The European Parliament has vote for no exceptions to the rule of a maximum work week of 48 hours. As a result 15 EU members with opt outs now have to renegotiate their rules with Brussels. What…

EU studies improved financial aid for laid-off workersEU studies improved financial aid for laid-off… All EU countries now using emergency number 112All EU countries now using emergency number 112 2009 – European Year of Creativity and Innovation2009 – European Year of Creativity and Innovation
Because the financial crisis is weighing ever more heavily on its economy, the European Union has just decided to beef up its aid to workers made…
The single European emergency phone number 112 is now operational in all EU member states. And the timing couldn’t be better with festive travel well…
It has become an EU tradition to name each year after a certain European direction and 2009 is to be the European Year of Creativity and Innovation.…
  1. Organ donations
  2. New EU duty free laws
  3. Sixty years after human rights declaration
  4. European art and culture just a click away
  5. Playing Safe – Towards better controls on toys
  6. Obesity counter-attack in schools
world of talent
Challenge and self-discovery at the poles

Polar region Challenge and self-discovery at the poles

Belgian explorer Dixie Dansercoer is an ambassador for the savage yet subtle beauty of the polar regions. In this edition of Talent he explains the physical and mental challenges of travelling in…

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The world of competitive women’s wind-surfing has been dominated by a pair of Spanish sisters for the last ten years. The Moreno twins, Daida and…
Think local, act local – that’s the message from green guru Soren Hermansen. In this edition of Talent – how an ex-farmer has harnessed the…
Self-portraits, surrealism and the Stasi – just some of the influences which help make up the varied work of the German artist Cornelia Shleime.…
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  3. “Rocket Man” Steve Bennett wants to make space tourism available to everyone
  4. Italian Carlo Ratti tests the limits of architecture
  5. Pushing the limits of design
  6. What is Talent?
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