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  • Netanyahu regret in settlement row with US
    Ft.com  |  01:45 PM March 14
  • Google to shut China search engine
    Ft.com  |  01:45 PM March 14
    The US company has drawn up plans for the closure of its Chinese search engine and is now
  • 'Silence oath' in Irish abuse case
    BBC News  |  11:45 AM March 14
    The head of the Catholic Church in Ireland says he was at meetings when two alleged victims of a paedophile priest signed an oath of silence. ...
  • Vote tests French leader Sarkozy
    BBC News  |  10:45 AM March 14
    France holds regional elections that are expected to reflect disenchantment with President Sarkozy's government. ...
  • UK government criticises BA strike
    BBC News  |  10:45 AM March 14
    Transport Secretary Lord Adonis attacks the planned strike by British Airways cabin crew staff, calling it "totally unjustified". ...
  • China calls currency pressure 'protectionism'
    Ft.com  |  08:45 AM March 14
    Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao warned other countries that pressuring China over its currency policy was equivalent to protectionism ...
  • Bangkok faces mass anti-government protests
    Ft.com  |  06:15 AM March 14
    Tens of thousands of anti-government protestors have descended on Bangkok for six days of protests designed to force the government to resign and call elections ...
  • US and Russia 'near' nuclear deal
    BBC News  |  03:15 AM March 14
    Russia and the US are close to concluding a new nuclear disarmament treaty, officials in Washington and Moscow say. ...
  • Panic in Georgia as bogus TV report says Russia has invaded
    BBC News  |  12:45 AM March 14
    Panic is sparked in Georgia after a bogus TV news report says Russian tanks have invaded and the country's president was dead. ...
  • Thousands protest against Italy's PM
    BBC News  |  08:45 PM March 13
    Tens of thousands of Italians stage a protest in central Rome against the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. ...
  • Flaming torches light up whole of UK's ancient Hadrian's Wall
    BBC News  |  08:45 PM March 13
    About 500 volunteers holding flaming torches are illuminating Hadrian's Wall from coast to coast. ...
  • Vatican defends Pope in abuse row
    BBC News  |  04:15 PM March 13
    The Vatican denounces efforts to involve the Pope in a child abuse scandal dating back to his time as archbishop in Germany. ...
  • Clinton rebukes Israel over new settlements
    Ft.com  |  10:15 AM March 13
    Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, hit back strongly at Israel following its humiliation of Joe Biden, the vice-president, when it announced new settlement construction du ...
  • Swift US financial overhaul is 'unrealistic'
    Ft.com  |  10:15 AM March 13
    Republicans have warned Chris Dodd, the Democratic chairman of the Senate banking committee,
  • Eurozone works on rescue plan for Greece
    Ft.com  |  07:45 AM March 13
    Members of the eurozone are working on the details of a possible bail-out for Greece ahead of a meeting in Brussels on Monday, although obstacles to a final agreement have yet to b ...
  • Call to raise age of criminality
    BBC News  |  06:15 AM March 13
    The children's commissioner for England says the age of criminal responsibility should be increased from 10 to 12 years. ...
  • EU 'nearing' Greece bail-out deal
    BBC News  |  05:15 AM March 13
    The EU is putting the finishing touches to a multi-billion euro bail-out for Greece after weeks of crisis, senior officials tell the BBC. ...
  • Cell for cell: Georgian prisoners can swap jail time for monastery
    BBC News  |  04:15 AM March 13
    Officials in Georgia announce a scheme to let prisoners shorten their jail terms by spending time in a monastery instead. ...
  • Queen invented the phone, and other odd UK children's beliefs
    BBC News  |  04:15 AM March 13
    Children's strange misconceptions about science are revealed in a science knowledge quiz. ...
  • Three freed in Irish 'Vilks plot'
    BBC News  |  03:45 AM March 13
    Police in the Irish Republic release three of the seven Muslims arrested over an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist. ...
  • Portugal passes austerity budget
    BBC News  |  11:45 PM March 12
    Portugal's parliament backs an austerity budget aimed at cutting its deficit to the level permitted for countries using the euro. ...
  • Trichet backs new bail-out fund
    BBC News  |  11:15 PM March 12
    The European Central Bank chief tentatively backs the idea of a bail-out fund to bolster the eurozone's financial stability. ...
  • Tensions escalate over China's currency
    Ft.com  |  10:45 PM March 12
    China and the US traded barbs over the economy and human rights, raising the temperature ahead of a possible showdown over currency policy next month ...
  • US takes risks with ties to strongman
    Ft.com  |  08:15 PM March 12
    A meeting between Stanley McChrystal, the top Nato general in Afghanistan, and Colonel Abdul Raziq, a suspected drug baron, illustrates a central dilemma: relying on local strongme ...
  • Pope's diocese 'rehoused abuser'
    BBC News  |  07:45 PM March 12
    The Pope once unwittingly approved housing for a priest accused of child abuse, his former diocese in Germany says. ...
  • Twitter faces a battle for tweets
    Ft.com  |  07:45 PM March 12
    A Japanese website called Ameba Now is one of the first signs of micro-blogging website Twitter's vulnerability to competition. The rival has reached 1m visitors in the three month ...
  • Yellen nominated to be next Fed vice-chair
    Ft.com  |  06:45 PM March 12
    The Obama administration is set to nominate Janet Yellen, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, as vice-chairman of the central bank ...
  • Obama to tap Yellen as Fed vice-chairman
    Ft.com  |  06:15 PM March 12
    The Obama administration plans to nominate Janet Yellen, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, as vice-chairman of the US central bank ...
  • Visitors at Zurich zoo watch zebra clean hippo's teeth
    BBC News  |  04:45 PM March 12
    A zebra at Zurich Zoo appeared doomed when visitors saw its head in the mouth of a hippo, but it was only cleaning its teeth. ...
  • BA cabin crew reveal strike dates
    Ft.com  |  04:45 PM March 12
    The UK carrier will be hit by seven days of strikes later this month after talks between the airline and unions to avoid industrial action over cost-cutting measures broke down ...
  • British ex-Tory MEP joins Lib Dems
    BBC News  |  04:15 PM March 12
    A long-serving Conservative MEP, expelled in a row over the party's new allies in Europe, has joined the Liberal Democrats. ...
  • Brown and Sarkozy 'united' on global bank levy
    Ft.com  |  03:45 PM March 12
    The UK's prime minister says France and Britain are united on the need for a global bank levy, after warm talks in Downing Street with the French president ...
  • KKR offering values private equity group at $7.5bn
    Ft.com  |  03:15 PM March 12
    Listing allows firm, founded by cousins Henry Kravis and George Roberts, to match their great rival Blackstone, which completed its IPO at the top of the market in 2007 ...
  • Eurozone industry grows strongly
    BBC News  |  02:15 PM March 12
    Factory output in the eurozone rose 1.7% between December and January, the biggest monthly rise since records began. ...
  • Eta suspect arrested in Portugal
    BBC News  |  02:15 PM March 12
    Portuguese police arrest a suspected Eta Basque militant who was trying to catch a flight from Lisbon to Venezuela. ...
  • BA union announces strike dates
    BBC News  |  01:45 PM March 12
    BA cabin crew will go on strike for three days from 20 March and for four days from 27 March in a dispute over pay and staff levels. ...
  • F1 gears up for new season
    Ft.com  |  01:15 PM March 12
    The return of seven-times champion Michael Schumacher has raised fans' hopes for a vintage campaign, but worries persist over the sport's fragile financial structure ...
  • Pope in talks on German sex abuse
    BBC News  |  12:15 PM March 12
    Pope Benedict XVI meets Germany's top bishop amid a crisis over abuse of children by priests in his native country. ...
  • From Russia with love: Kremlin honours Archbishop Williams
    BBC News  |  12:15 PM March 12
    Dr Rowan Williams is given an award on the decree of the Russian President for his literature on the country. ...
  • Eurozone industrial production speeds ahead
    Ft.com  |  12:15 PM March 12
    Industrial production in the eurozone grows at its fastest level for over 20 years in January, amid signs of a far more sustained recovery than had been seen previously ...
  • Fresh Lahore suicide blasts kill 39
    Ft.com  |  12:15 PM March 12
    Two suicide bombers attacked military vehicles in the Pakistani city, killing at least 39 people and wounding almost nearly 100, officials say ...
  • BA cabin crew reveal strike dates
    Ft.com  |  12:15 PM March 12
    The UK carrier will be hit by seven days of strikes later this month after talks between the airline and unions to avoid industrial action over cost-cutting measures broke down ...
  • Sarkozy to meet UK party leaders
    BBC News  |  10:45 AM March 12
    French President Nicolas Sarkozy will hold separate talks in London later with Gordon Brown and Tory leader David Cameron. ...
  • England won't ban BNP teachers
    BBC News  |  09:15 AM March 12
    Members of the BNP or any group that might promote racism will not be banned from teaching in England, the government says. ...
  • New York ties with London for finance crown
    Ft.com  |  09:15 AM March 12
    London has lost its crown as the pre-eminent home of banking and finance, as it tied for the first time with New York in the latest ranking of financial centres ...
  • Wall Street's fresh high paints positive backdrop
    Ft.com  |  09:15 AM March 12
    Global Markets Overview: Many analysts had suggested that once the S&P breached 1,150, as it did on Friday, that would reinvigorate traders and help push stocks higher ...
  • Yara refuses to raise $4.1bn Terra bid
    Ft.com  |  09:15 AM March 12
    Norwegian fertiliser producer says it will not increase its all-cash $4.1bn offer for US Terra, paving the way for US CF Industries
  • Sir Brian Pitman, ex-Lloyds chairman, dies aged 78
    Ft.com  |  09:15 AM March 12
    Sir Brian Pitman, the former chairman and chief executive of Lloyds TSB and one of the most respected bankers of his generation, has died suddenly at the age of 78 ...
  • HSBC admits huge Swiss data theft
    BBC News  |  08:45 AM March 12
    About 24,000 clients of HSBC's private banking operation in Switzerland had personal details stolen, the bank admits. ...
  • Lille 1-0 Liverpool
    BBC News  |  08:45 AM March 12
    Liverpool face an uphill task to progress from the last 16 of the Europa League after Eden Hazard's goal gave a lively Lille side a first-leg lead. ...
  • Juventus 3-1 Fulham
    BBC News  |  08:45 AM March 12
    Three first-half goals see Juventus take command of their Europa League last-16 tie with Fulham but Dickson Etuhu's goal gives the Cottagers' hope. ...
  • Turkey and Sweden in genocide row
    BBC News  |  08:15 AM March 12
    Turkey withdraws its ambassador to Sweden after the parliament votes to describe as genocide the killing of Armenians in WWI. ...
  • Brussels beckons
    BBC News  |  07:45 AM March 12
    EU launches new tests in bid to attract top talent ...
  • Hatoyama calls for weaker yen
    Ft.com  |  07:15 AM March 12
    Yukio Hatoyama, the Japanese prime minister, called for
  • Sarkozy to meet UK party leaders
    BBC News  |  06:15 AM March 12
    French President Nicolas Sarkozy will hold separate talks in London later with Gordon Brown and Tory leader David Cameron. ...
  • How one group of Viking 'visitors' was dealt with by Anglo-Saxons
    BBC News  |  02:15 AM March 12
    Fifty-one decapitated skeletons found in a burial pit in Dorset were those of Scandinavian Vikings, scientists say. ...
  • Lehman report faults executives
    Ft.com  |  01:45 AM March 12
    A one-year probe into the collapse of Lehman Brothers found
  • Publicity-shy Trafigura pushes for bond issue
    Ft.com  |  01:45 AM March 12
    The capital market issue would mark a significant departure for one of the world's largest and most profitable commodities traders, which has traditionally relied on bank credit li ...
  • New York banking gains on London
    BBC News  |  12:15 AM March 12
    New York and London have been ranked as the joint-top global financial centres according to new research. ...
  • Russians jailed over race murder
    BBC News  |  11:15 PM March 11
    Nine members of a Russian white supremacist group are jailed for up to 22 years in connection with the killing of an African man. ...


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