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International

  • Wednesday, May 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Thomson makes offer for British news group

    The 155 years old news group is poised to fall to an 8.77 bn pounds bid for Thompson Group

    Canadian publisher Thomson Corp is in talks to buy Reuters Group Plc for about 8.8 billion pounds (US$17.6 billion) to create the world's biggest news and financial data company, the two firms said yesterday.

  • Wednesday, May 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    London home of world's most expensive real estate

    Row houses at London

    London is home to the most expensive property in the world, followed by Monaco, New York and Hong Kong, according to estate agent Knight Frank and Citi Private Bank's “Wealth Report 2007”.

  • Tuesday, May 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    On tenth anniversary of crisis Asia pools financial reserves

    Asian finance ministers have agreed plans to pool the region's vast financial reserves to protect their currencies from speculative attack. The agreement, reached at a meeting in Japan, comes almost 10 years after speculators triggered an economic crisis across the region in 1997.

  • Monday, May 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    World leaders congratulate France new President

    Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy had 53 percent of the vote

    European leaders congratulated Nicolas Sarkozy on his victory in France's presidential election on Sunday and hoped his triumph would help unblock reforms stalled by the rejection of the EU constitution in 2005.

  • Saturday, May 5th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Plane with more than 100 people aboard crashes in Cameroon

    A Kenya Airways flight with more than 100 people aboard has crashed in southern Cameroon, state radio reported on Saturday.

  • Saturday, May 5th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Countries agree to end deep-sea bottom trawling

    More than 20 countries have agreed to work together to end a method of deep-sea fishing which they say causes huge damage to the environment.

  • Friday, May 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Report: Climate change plan affordable

    Delegates from 120 countries approved the first roadmap for stemming greenhouse gas emissions Friday, laying out what they said was an affordable arsenal of anti-warming measures that must be rushed into place to avert a disastrous spike in global.

  • Thursday, May 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    World Press Freedom Day May 3. UN alarmed over media freedom

    “World Press Freedom Day reminds us all — governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations as well as civil society – of the crucial role a free press plays in strengthening democracies and fostering development around the world”.

  • Tuesday, May 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Britain: Primer Minister to announce quit date next week

    Ten years on: Key voters who helped put Tony Blair in power have seen their standard of living rise more slowly than the economy has grown

    Tony Blair will make a “definitive” statement next week on his plans to leave No 10 - as June 30 emerged as the likely date for the hand-over to his successor.

  • Tuesday, May 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    The history of May 1, International Workers' Day

    Every year, May 1 is celebrated around the world as a day of international working class solidarity. Demonstrations take place from Africa to Asia, across South and North America and in Europe. These events, organized by trade unions in some countries and by revolutionary parties or governments in others, all celebrate the struggle of the international working class.