london ? Lower oil prices may be the only thing that can save the British economy from a painful slowdown and revive Prime Minister Gordon Brown?s fortunes, but like many leaders around the world he is powerless to bring costs down. A year since
WPP REVEALS SLOWER SALES IN WESTERN EUROPELONDON: Advertising spend in Western Europe has been trimmed, according to latest data from the WPP Group, as soaring energy prices have drained consumer cash and marketers have cut their overheads. The
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SPAIN’S Parliament has voiced its support for the rights of great apes to life and freedom in what will apparently be the first time any national legislature has called for such rights for non-humans. Parliament’s environmental committee approved
Joseph Fritzl, the Austrian man accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering her children will go to trial this year. A court spokesman in St Poelten in Austria said preparations for the trial were being expedited. Prosecutors say Mr
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Image caption: The lab will advance nanotech research (IBM-Forschungslabor Zürich) Related stories 21.03.2006 29.06.2006 03.01.2006 The Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich will join forces with computer giant IBM to build a state-of-the-art
ROME -(Dow Jones)- A new tax unveiled last week by the Italian government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will reduce new investments in the country’s electricity sector, energy association Assoelettrica, which represents about 150 power companies,
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BASEL (Reuters) - Germany beat Turkey 3-2 in another Euro 2008 thriller on Wednesday to line up a final on Sunday against either Russia or Spain and end their opponents’ roller-coaster ride through the tournament. Turkey, who saved themselves with late
HURSTPIERPOINT, England, June 25 (UPI) — An English town is trying to round up an ostentation of peacocks that have been attacking local cars they mistake for romantic rivals. A seven-strong pride of the colorful birds had caused thousands of dollars
WOBURN, Mass. Jurors who deliberated less than two days rejected a claim by Neil Entwistle’s lawyer that his wife killed their baby and then committed suicide. Entwistle, 29, closed his eyes and shook his head slightly upon being found guilty of two
Britain strips Mugabe of knighthood By EPA Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been stripped of his honorary British knighthood as a ‘mark of revulsion’ following recent pre-election violence, the Foreign Office in London said. Queen Elizabeth II has
WOBURN, Mass. Prosecutors say Neil Entwistle was in debt and dissatisfied with his sex life when he fatally shot his family in their rented Hopkinton home in 2006. After the shootings, he fled to his native England. The defense did not put on any