UK vow on military ties with France
Defence Secretary Liam Fox promised "closer co-operation" with the French
today as military budgets face being squeezed on both sides of the Channel.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:18:50 +0100 Schnabel's true romance inspires tale of love across cultural divide
The real-life romance behind the film could not have better advertised its subject matter: a Jewish American film director and son of a Zionist mother meets a Palestinian woman at an art exhibition, falls in love, reads about her traumatic childhood under Israeli occupation and brings her moving story to the screen.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:16:25 +0100 Depardieu vs Binoche: feud that's got France flummoxed
The French actress Juliette Binoche, known for her sweetness on and off screen, has gently savaged the actor Gιrard Depardieu for publicly questioning her talent. In an interview with an Austrian magazine, Mr Depardieu last week attacked the Oscar-winning Ms Binoche as "an absolute nothing".
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:16:11 +0100 Four held after Arctic storm halts Greenland protest
Four Greenpeace activists who clung to an oil rig off western Greenland using rock-climbing gear have been arrested after an Arctic storm forced them to abandon their protest.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Spanish patrol officers issue fewer fines
Spanish highway patrol officers who are issuing fewer speeding fines to protest a pay cut have been asked by their boss to "please, enforce the law".
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Forest fires in Madeira put future of Europe's rarest seabird under threat
Europe's rarest seabird, the Zino's Petrel, found only in Madeira, has suffered potentially devastating losses from a forest fire which struck the birds' breeding area on the Atlantic island.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Bundesbank sacks 'racist' board member
Germany's central bank agreed to dismiss a controversial board member yesterday amid a growing public outcry over his vitriolic criticism of Muslims and Jews in a new bestselling book that has been widely condemned as racist.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Stars mourn passing of 'Death in Venice' hotel
For more than a century, the Hotel Des Bains has loomed over Venice's seafront like an opulent ivory fortress, proudly housing the array of glittering international guests arriving at the city's annual film festival.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Yemenis in terror alert released
Two Yemeni men arrested on arrival from the United States on suspicion that they may have been conducting a dry run for an airline terror attack were released without charge yesterday. Investigations turned up no evidence to link them to a terror plot, Dutch prosecutors said.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Ferraris recalled over fire hazard
Ferrari has been forced to recall 1,200 of its supercars after reports emerged suggesting that a number of them had overheated and caught fire.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Greece aims to extinguish its addiction to smoking
A fresh crackdown on smoking started in Greece yesterday, with the government outlawing cigarettes in enclosed public spaces and placing new limits on tobacco advertising.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Rape investigation into Wikileaks chief reopens
Allegations against Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, took an unexpected turn yesterday when Sweden's top prosecutor announced she was reopening a rape investigation.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Why Sarkozy went to war on the Roma
The scene is a piece of wasteland on the edge of Saint Etienne in central France. A scrap of land, wedged between a cemetery and a rubbish dump, is home to 100 people, 40 of them children.
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Sweden reopens WikiLeaks founder rape probe
Sweden's chief prosecutor today said she was reopening a preliminary
investigation into rape charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
that a lower official had withdrawn two weeks ago.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:21:46 +0100 Chain-smoking Greeks face tough ban
Greece, praised for its budget cutbacks and austerity programme, is going
after another vice from today: smoking.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:01:57 +0100 Tehran says Carla Bruni insult 'incorrect'
Iran sought to distance itself yesterday from harsh remarks by a hardline newspaper , which called France's First Lady a "prostitute" for condemning the stoning sentence against an Iranian woman convicted of adultery.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Anti-Putin rally broken up
Police detained more than 100 people including prominent opponents of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at anti-Kremlin protests yesterday, after Mr Putin said demonstrators without permits could expect harsh treatment.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Gaddafi asks EU for ?5bn to stop African migrants
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has urged the European Union to pay Libya "at least ?5bn (£4.1bn) a year" for Tripoli to stop the waves of clandestine African migrants who sail from the country's Mediterranean shores in smugglers' boats toward Western Europe.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Spain: 'Male prostitute traffickers' arrested
Spanish police have broken up a human-trafficking gang that brought men to the country to work as prostitutes, providing them with Viagra, cocaine and other stimulant drugs to be available for sex with other men 24 hours a day.
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Students among Britons held in Ibiza drug ring probe
A number of students were among a group of 20 Britons arrested after police
smashed a suspected drugs ring on Ibiza, authorities said today.
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