International

Monday, December 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Origin of Species controversy on Darwin's bicentennial

As the scientific world prepares to mark Charles Darwin's bicentenary, the author of On the Origin of Species is facing accusations of plagiarism and unjustly claiming credit as the father of evolutionary theory.
Monday, December 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Higher EU rates confirm sterling parity with Euro

The British pound's relentless slide towards parity with the Euro picked up pace after it plunged to another record low against the single European currency. The latest slide saw sterling worth just 1.022 Euros amid expectations for European interest rates to remain higher than in the UK for some time yet.
Monday, December 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Oil paintings missing from UK Buenos Aires dependencies

Works of art worth hundreds of thousands of pounds are missing from British embassies and other official buildings around the world, according to a report published in The Times. At least 50 paintings from the Government Art Collection are unaccounted for, according to the latest audit. None was insured and some are known to have been stolen but more than half the total simply disappeared.
Monday, December 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
New challenges for Russian takeover of Spain's Repsol

Spanish bank La Caixa is no longer in talks with Russia's LUKOIL to sell all or part of its 12.7% stake in oil firm Repsol, it announced on Monday in a one paragraph stock exchange announcement.
Sunday, December 28th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Royal crackdown on honors for bankers and City figures

Queen Elizabeth II has endorsed a crackdown on honors for bankers and leading City figures because of their role in causing the economic crisis, according to the Sunday edition of the Daily Mail.
Sunday, December 28th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Security Council calls for immediate end to Gaza violence

The United Nations Security Council on Sunday called on Israel and the Palestinians to immediately end all violence as Israeli air-strikes in response to rocket attacks by militants in Gaza reportedly killed 270 people and wounded more than 600 in the Strip.
Sunday, December 28th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
British bishops call Labour policies “morally corrupt”

The British Government was embroiled in another row with the Church of England after bishops condemned its policies as “morally corrupt”. Five senior Church figures delivered a scathing assessment of Labour's record in power, warning that the country was suffering from family breakdown, an addiction to debt and a growing gap between rich and poor.
Saturday, December 27th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Tainted milk: Chinese dairies to compensate 300.000 children

Chinese dairy firms involved in the tainted milk scandal are to compensate the families of the nearly 300,000 affected children, state media said. Twenty-two companies will make an undisclosed one-off cash payment to the families Xinhua reported quoting the China Dairy Industry Association.
Friday, December 26th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Recession will 'set British economy back five years'

Households must not rule out the prospect that the UK's economy shrinks by between 5 per cent and 10 per cent next year if the financial crisis sets off an even more vicious cycle of cutbacks, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research.
Friday, December 26th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
War reparations' claim divides Germany and Italy

Germany has filed a complaint against Italy at the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) over Italian judgments awarding damages to victims of Nazi war crimes on the grounds that it has already paid reparations under international treaties with Italy.