GM Europe: Talks on selling Opel near completion
2009-07-05 10:24:31
Negotiations for the sale of General Motors Corp.'s unit Adam Opel GmbH to Canadian autoparts maker Magna are progressing well and should soon be complete, the head of GM Europe said in remarks released Saturday.
British Telecom offers staff holidays for pay cut
2009-07-04 20:30:42
British Telecom, seeking to slash costs in the face of Britain's worst recession in years, is offering employees a year at home in return for a 75-percent pay cut, the telecoms operator said Saturday.
Gunmen kill 9 Chechen police in Russia's Ingushetia
2009-07-04 16:54:59
Nine Chechen police officers were killed Saturday in the Russian republic of Ingushetia after gunmen opened fire on their convoy, Russia's Interfax news agency reported, citing the republic's interior ministry.
Spainish police foil zeppelin jailbreak
2009-07-04 15:04:54
Spanish police said Friday they had foiled an Italian drug trafficker's plan to break out of jail in the Canary Islands using climbing equipment and a four-metre-long zeppelin.
France appeals to EU for farm aid
2009-07-03 22:31:29
French Agriculture Minister Bruno Le Maire has appealed to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso to consider providing urgent aid to dairy farmers hit by falling milk prices.
Baby sea lions at Munich zoo
2009-07-03 21:12:20
A male and a female baby sea lion are pictured in their enclosure at Munich's Hellabrunn zoo July 3, 2009.
Merkel calls for expansion of G8
2009-07-03 14:30:48
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Thursday for the expansion of the Group of Eight (G8), saying that leading emerging economies should be included.
Water fun in the summer
2009-07-03 14:03:11
A woman rides her bike past a water display in Lisbon July 2, 2009.
Baaad news? Global warming now shrinking sheep
2009-07-03 13:04:57
Like the wool sweater that emerges from the dryer a size too small, global warming seems to be shrinking sheep.
Italy hopes for quake reconstruction pledges at G8
2009-07-03 10:58:45
Italy is using the upcoming Group of Eight summit in quake-devastated central Italy to encourage participating countries to adopt monuments damaged in the temblor and pledge to help restore them.
Teen jet survivor returns to family
2009-07-03 09:20:59
A young girl believed to be the only survivor of an Indian Ocean plane crash flew back to Paris Thursday to the waiting arms of her father, who gently embraced her and joked to lift her spirits.
French: Air France Flight 447 fell intact into sea
2009-07-03 08:00:13
An intact Flight 447 plunged vertically into the Atlantic Ocean at a very high speed, said a top French investigator, adding that the sensors were not the direct cause.