International

Tuesday, February 12th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Spain summons UK ambassador over Gibraltar oil spill

Spain summoned British ambassador to Madrid Denise Holt to protest an oil spill off Gibraltar that has polluted Spanish beaches, Environment Minister Cristina Narbona said Monday in the southern city of Seville.
Tuesday, February 12th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Controversial ruling of QM2 walkway accident that killed 16

Civil claimants in the Queen Mary 2 walkway trial reacted furiously on Monday after a Saint Nazaire French court acquitted eight individual defendants accused of a share of responsibility for the accident, which claimed 16 lives and left 29 people injured in November 2003, reports Lloyd's List.
Tuesday, February 12th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Dakar Rally 2009 will be held in Argentina and Chile

Argentina and Chile will host the 2009 Dakar Rally after this year's race was cancelled because of safety concerns. The 2008 rally was called off in January after four French tourists were murdered in Mauritania on 24 December. An optional version will take place in Central Europe in April.
Tuesday, February 12th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Guessing game: how much presidents really make?

United States president George W. Bush ranks as the highest paid leader in the Americas and Fidel Castro the most modest, according to officially disclosed figures, which are not always entirely reliable, following on a report from the Spanish media.
Monday, February 11th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Whale Valley in Egypt joins UNESCO World Heritage list

Wadi Al-Hitan, Whale Valley, in the Western Desert of Egypt, which contains invaluable fossil remains of the earliest, and now extinct, suborder of whales, Archaeoceti received the official document which includes it in the UNESCO World heritage list.
Monday, February 11th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
G7 agree on downturn forecast but respect “economic diversity”

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said in Tokyo that the global economy faces “downside risks” from the rout of capital markets that is “serious and persisting” but insisted he was convinced the US economy would continue to grow in 2008. At no time did he use the feared word “recession”.
Monday, February 11th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Germany, world's leading exporter for the fifth year

Germany was the world's leading exporter for the fifth year running in 2007, staving off a challenge from fast-growing China despite the impact of a strong Euro on its competitiveness. German exports reached 969 billion Euros, 1.4 trillion US dollars in 2007, up 8.5% from 2006, according to Germany's Federal Statistics Office in Weisbaden.
Monday, February 11th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Putin: Russia among the world's seven leading economies

Russia is among the seven leading economic powers of the world said Russian president Vladimiar giving his state of the nation address before the State Council for the last time. Putin did a recount of his eight years in office and set Russia's objectives for 2020.
Monday, February 11th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Yahoo Board Rejects Microsoft's $44.6 Billion Offer

Yahoo! Inc., owner of the second most used Internet search engine, rejected a $44.6 billion takeover offer from Microsoft Corp. as too low, pressuring the world's largest software maker to raise its bid.
Thursday, February 7th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Battle of giants for control of world's basic minerals

Rio Tinto, one of the world's largest mining firms rejected on Wednesday a sweetened mega merger bid from BHP Billiton worth 147 billion US dollars. If the two companies had merged, a company would have been created that controlled one third of the world's iron-ore market.