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 Europe's death by guarantee
| By Chan Akya | Through the latest financial crisis, I warned readers that the costs of banking bailouts in Europe would far outstrip those of the United States. Followi... (photo: AP / Peter Dejon) Asia Times
Banking Europe Finance Market Photos |
 Martti Ahtisaari of Finland wins Nobel Peace Prize
| : The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded its 2008 peace prize on Friday to Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish president who has been associated over decades with peace... (photo: AP / Darko Bandic, FILE) International Herald Tribune
Diplomacy Finland Nobel Prize Peace Photos |
 Lufthansa offers customers attractive winter timetable
Lufthansa is slightly increasing its flight services this winter. Its expanded route network will encompass 194 destinations in 79 countries, compared with 188 destinatio... (photo: public domain / ) TravelDailyNews
Aerospace Business Germany Photos Transport |
 Former Finnish president wins Nobel Peace Prize
| OSLO, Norway -- | Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari received the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to build a lasting peace from Africa and Asia to Euro... (photo: The Council of the European Union) The State
Europe Finland Oslo Peace Photos President |
 Federer confirms return at Madrid Masters
| MADRID (Reuters) - World number two Roger Federer has confirmed he will take part in the Madrid Masters event next week, after a three week layoff. | "It is great to kn... (photo: AP / ) Canada Dot Com
Competition Federer Madrid Photos World |
 US & Canada snub angers F1 teams
| Honda team principle Nick Fry has hit out at at the decision to drop Canada from the 2009 Formula One calendar. | F1 will have no race in North America after motorsport... (photo: Creative Commons / Mark McArdle) BBC News
Canada Honda Nick Photos Team |
 UK should back green energy plan
| European ministers will meet today in Brussels to discuss the renewable energy directive, a ground-breaking piece of legislation that could kick-start the energy revolu... (photo: WN / Geeta) The Guardian
Ecology Energy Environment Photos Science |
 Fears rise that EU may drop climate pledge
| EU heads of state plan to use the global financial crisis as an excuse to renege on climate change commitments, say sources close to energy talks in Brussels. | Papers ... (photo: WN / Denise Yong) The Guardian
Climate Ecology Environment Europe Photos |
 Cheap tobacco from smugglers 'causes 4,000 deaths a year'
| Cheap cigarettes and other tobacco products smuggled into Britain cause 4,000 or so premature deaths a year, four times the number of fatalities occurring through illeg... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) The Guardian
Cigarettes Photos Smokers Smugglers Tobacco |
 Global slowdown unlikely to affect UAE
| There is, in case you hadn't noticed, a major credit crunch sweeping the world at the moment. | The financial pages of newspapers make for depressing reading these days... (photo: GFDL File / selbstfotografiert) Gulf News
Banks Business Finance Government Photos |
 Injuries rock Italy, Germany ahead of World Cup soccer qualifiers
| Robert Millward, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | LONDON - Only two months into the European soccer season and Italy, Portugal and the Netherlands are already limping into World ... (photo: AP / Herbert Knosowski) myTELUS
Germany Injury Italy Photos Soccer |
 Cloned animals should NOT be farmed for food, say consumers
| Cloned animals and their offspring should not be farmed for food according to the overwhelming majority of consumers, an EU study has revealed. | Most Britons, like the... (photo: AP / ) The Daily Mail
Animals Europe Food Photos Science |
 NATO mulls expanding its drug role in Afghanistan
| BUDAPEST, Hungary -- | The United States on Thursday pushed NATO allies to order their troops to target Afghanistan's thriving heroin trade in a bid to stem the flow of... (photo: Creative Commons / ) Lexington Herald-Leader
Afghanistan Drug Nato Photos US |
 Semi-naked anti-bullfight protest at EU parliament
| BRUSSELS - Semi-naked animal rights activists staged a fake-bloody protest outside the European Parliament on Thursday to draw attention to the suffering of bulls durin... (photo: GFDL / ) Canada Dot Com
Brussel Naked Parliament Photos Protest |
 Collapse sends Ukraine to polls
| KIEV: Ukraine's President, Viktor Yushchenko, has announced the dissolution of parliament after the collapse last month of the country's pro-Western coalition governmen... (photo: AP / Sergei Chuzavkov) Sydney Morning Herald
Elections Photos Politics Society Ukraine |
 Canada rated world's soundest bank system: survey
| CANBERRA - Canada has the world's soundest banking system, closely followed by Sweden, Luxembourg and Australia, a survey by the World Economic Forum has found as finan... (photo: GFDL / Dickbauch ) Canada Dot Com
Bank Canada Canberra Financial Photos World |
 EU to urge other states to curb aviation emissions
BRUSSELS, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The European Union will press countries outside the bloc to include aviation in their current or future schemes for curbing emissions of green... (photo: WN / Dalia) The Guardian
Aviation Brussels Emissions Environment Photos |
 NATO Mulls Expanding Its Drug Role In Afghanistan
NATO Mulls Expanded Counter-narcotics Role In Bid To Stem Growing Afghan Violence | BUDAPEST, Hungary, Oct. 9, 2008 E-Mail Story | Print Story | Sphere | Share | Text Siz... (photo: NATO) CBS News
Afghanistan Drug Nato Photos US |
 European stocks rebound in early trade; Dexia soars
PARIS, Oct 9 (Reuters) - European stocks rose in early trade on Thursday, recovering from steep losses in the previous session as efforts by governments and central banks... (photo: AP / Thibault Camus) The Guardian
Banks Economy Europe Photos Stock |
 NATO split over Baltic defense
| By Ahto Lobjakas | BRUSSELS - A recent request by the highest military commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for the authority to draw up full defe... (photo: AP / Bela Szandelszky) Asia Times
Baltic Defense NATO Photos Russia |
