Sunday, November 8, 2009
World News
US bailout rejected, fear grips markets
US lawmakers rejected a $700 billion (€483 billion) bailout plan for the financial industry in a shock vote that sent global markets sliding...
Fifteen days of financial turmoil
The past two weeks have seen unprecedented global market turmoil. Here is a day by day chronology of events.
Sunday, September 14
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'Belarus election short of standards'
Western monitors said yesterday a parliamentary election in ex-Soviet Belarus that produced no seats for the opposition fell short of...
Cadbury withdraws 11 chocolate products on melamine concern
British confectionery group Cadbury Plc said yesterday it was withdrawing all of its 11 chocolate products made in Beijing on concern over the...
EU monitors fully deployed in Georgia
An EU mission to monitor the ceasefire in Georgia is fully deployed and has met Russian forces to discuss their pullback from positions deep...
Mediterranean drier, north ever wetter
Europe is warming faster than the world average and governments need to invest to adapt to a changing climate set to turn the Mediterranean region...
World Briefs
Four illegal migrants were killed when they wandered into a minefield in northeast Greece after crossing the border from Turkey on a popular...
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