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  • Thursday, December 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

    Commons office raid: Home Secretary stands by the police

    Jacqui Smith required “clarification of the events from Metrolpolitan Police Commissioner”

    United Kingdom's Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has defended the decision to call in the police to investigate leaks from the Home Office. In a Commons statement, Mrs Smith again insisted she had no prior knowledge that Tory frontbencher Damian Green was about to be arrested in connection with the inquiry.

  • Thursday, December 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

    ECB lowers rate to 2.5%, but cautions about further cuts

    European Central Bank President Jean Claude Trichet said on Thursday cutting interest rates too low or too fast could leave policy makers with few options to respond to a deepening recession.

  • Thursday, December 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

    President Sarkozy unveils 30 billion USD stimulus plan

        President Sarkozy

    French President Nicolas Sarkozy unveiled Thursday a stimulus plan worth more than 30 billion USD to fight the economic and financial downturn. The French plan is the latest of a series of proposals by various European governments to earmark massive amounts of money to help reinvigorate their moribund economies.

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

    UN calls to prepare for disasters caused by climate change

    Survivors of Cyclone Nargis in the aftermath of the disaster

    The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) today launched a campaign to raise awareness of the humanitarian implications of climate change, calling for improved disaster preparedness and response measures in countries that suffer most from extreme weather events.

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

    UK launches OT offshore financial centres review

    Financial supervision and transparency targeted in the review by Michael Foot

    The British Government announced that Michael Foot, currently Chairman of the UK office of Promontory Financial Group, will lead the independent review of British offshore financial centres, mostly in Overseas Territories, anticipated at Pre-Budget Report 2008.

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

    Police had no warrant to search Tory MP office in Parliament

    The opposition does not accept Mr.  Martin's statement on the Green incident

    Britain's House of Commons Speaker Michael Martin said he “regrets” that police were allowed to search Conservative MP Damian Green's office without a warrant.

    A parliamentary aide had allowed a raid - part of a government leaks inquiry - by signing a consent form, he added.

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

    German auto industry heading for worst year since 1990

    The German auto industry's leading trade group said Wednesday it expects 2009 car sales to be the worst since the reunification of the country in 1990 as the global financial crisis takes its toll on consumers and economic growth.

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

    More than 100 countries sign treaty banning cluster bombs

    Representatives of more than 100 countries gathered in Oslo, Norway Wednesday to sign a treaty banning cluster bombs. Norway, which has led efforts to ban cluster bombs, was the first to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which bans the use, production, and sale of the weapons.

  • Wednesday, December 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

    UK mortgage market receives £ 1 billion to stem repossessions

    British Primer Minister Gordon Brown has moved to stem growing repossessions with a £1 billion package to allow struggling homeowners to defer mortgage payments for up to two years.

  • Tuesday, December 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC

    Mumbai attacks leave India and Pakistan on edge of conflict

    New Delhi accuses Pakistani “elements” of being behind deadly Mumbai attacks

    India on Monday made it clear that the deadly terror strikes in Mumbai were carried out by Pakistan-based militants and asked Islamabad to take “strong action” against the “elements responsible for this outrage” - a sign that ties between the two countries are headed for a rocky patch.