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Russia's gas war with Ukraine spreads deeper into Europe
Twelve European countries are now without any gas from Russia after Austria,
Slovakia and the Czech Republic announced this morning that their supplies
had halted altogether. Slovakia declared a state of energy emergency.
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:20:22 GMT
Net tightens around China's richest man as wife is detained
The net is tightening around China’s richest man with the detention of his
wife amid a police investigation into possible financial offences by the
businessman who founded the country’s biggest appliance chain.
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:13:49 GMT
Girl mauled to death by pack of dogs
A three-year-old girl was killed and her 16-month-old sister seriously injured
when they were savaged by a pack of dogs at a home in a small country town
in eastern Australia this morning.
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:08:31 GMT
Woman burnt to death in 'sorcery murder'
A young Papua New Guinea woman has been burnt to death in what authorities
fear is the latest sorcery killing in the remote and lawless interior of the
country.
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:25:02 GMT
Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze: I may have just two years to live
Patrick Swayze has admitted he may have only two years to live after his
12-month battle with late stage pancreatic cancer.
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:18:04 GMT
Apple strips iTunes of digital rights management
Blog:
at least Tony Bennett was good
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:06:20 GMT
12,000 jobs created in Las Vegas boom
Downturn. Er, what downturn?
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:05:58 GMT
Comment: Gazprom is not a market player, it’s a political weapon
The bust-up between Russia and Ukraine that threatens to gum up the gas
supplies of much of Southern and Eastern Europe hardly comes as a surprise.
It is almost part of the new year ritual and somehow always seems to strike
during a cold spell. Across the Continent, radiators run cold.
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:01:50 GMT
President Sarkozy to scrap ‘super-sleuth’ examining magistrates
The examining magistrate, a pillar of French justice, is to be scrapped in a
plan by President Sarkozy to bring the criminal system closer to
Anglo-American common law.
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:01:49 GMT
Israel agrees to open corridor for relief aid after UN school is hit
Israeli mortar rounds blasted a United Nations-run school that had been
converted into a refugee shelter for hundreds of Palestinians displaced by
the ten-day war in Gaza, killing more than 40 people.
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:01:35 GMT