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China won't accept carbon tax on flights

2013-05-18 16:09

China will not pay for CO2 emissions by its airlines on flights within Europe, a top civil aviation official reportedly said after the European Commission warned eight Chinese firms face fines for nonpayment.

EU pollution scheme faces more trouble

2013-05-16 18:04

EU greenhouse gas emissions, blamed for global warming, have dropped slightly last year but the much-vaunted system for cutting such pollution ran into even more trouble.

Hollande troubled by France recession

2013-05-16 10:03

President Francois Hollande's nagging headache to reboot the French economy has turned into a migraine as the economy slipped into its second recession in four years.

25 suspected human traffickers arrested

2013-05-15 20:07

Croatia has arrested 25 people suspected of being part of human trafficking networks smuggling mostly Kosovo and Turkish nationals to the EU, police says.

Tories in fresh turmoil over Europe

2013-05-13 09:00

British Prime Minister David Cameron is bracing for a fresh Conservative rebellion over Europe this week as about 100 of his party's lawmakers look set to defy him in a parliamentary vote.

Queen's Speech vows immigration clampdown

2013-05-08 13:02

British Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged a fresh clampdown on immigration in the Queen's Speech, seeking to bolster his right-wing credentials.

Mass burial for building collapse victims

2013-05-02 09:05

Dozens of Bangladeshi garment workers, their bodies too battered or decomposed to be identified, have been buried in a mass funeral, a week after the building collapsed.

France slams Merkel despite flexibility

2013-04-30 12:08

An attack by French Socialists on Angela Merkel coincides with concessions by the German chancellor on austerity, but five months from elections she is loathe to trumpet her flexibility.

Protest causes a buzz at UK Parliament

2013-04-27 06:55

Scores of worried beekeepers - and a brace of fashionistas - have gathered outside Britain's Parliament in a bid to convince the government to back a ban on pesticides.

UK opens new embassy in Mogadishu

2013-04-25 14:44

British Secretary William Hague has opened a new embassy in Mogadishu, 22 years after London pulled its diplomats from conflict-torn Somalia.

Assad vows zero tolerance to 'terrorists'

2013-04-22 14:01

Syrian President Bashar Assad has said his country will not relent in fighting against "militants and terrorists", says a report.

World's energy a dirty business

2013-04-17 16:37

Progress towards the use of cleaner fuel technology has stalled, with production of the world's energy as "dirty" now as it was two decades ago, the International Energy Agency says.

Bali jet wreckage being retrieved

2013-04-15 15:08

Indonesian investigators have begun retrieving the wreck of a Lion Air plane that crashed at Bali's airport, as accounts emerge of a freak storm that could have caused the accident.

Cameron makes case over EU relationship

2013-04-13 22:55

Prime Minister David Cameron has laid out his case for renegotiating Britain's relationship with the rest of the EU in a tête-à-tête with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

N Korea keeps world on edge over launch

2013-04-11 15:55

North Korea is keeping the world on edge over an expected missile launch while it turns its own energies to celebrating leaders past and present amid soaring tensions on the Korean peninsula.

EU's fight against tax havens a challenge

2013-04-10 10:00

Tax fraud by top French politician, Jerome Cahuzac, has highlighted the lack of mechanisms that automatically and systematically help countries detect hidden accounts abroad.

Anti-Semitic incidents surge in 2012

2013-04-07 20:14

Israeli researchers have seen a surge in anti-Semitic incidents worldwide in 2012 after a 2-year decline.

New CAR leader looks to be ditching SA expertise

2013-03-29 20:17
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Central African Republic's new president says he will request help from France and the US to retrain his country's army, appearing to mark a change of tack from his predecessor's close ties to South Africa.

Patient Cypriots queue as banks reopen

2013-03-28 17:54

Cypriots have queued calmly at banks as they reopened under tight controls imposed on transactions to prevent a run on deposits.

Lindt loses golden bunny trademark trial

2013-03-28 16:39

Swiss premium chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli has lost a court battle to protect its gold foil-wrapped Easter bunnies from imitation by a German rival.

EU - no let up on climate change

2013-03-27 21:30

The EU must keep fighting climate change despite the bloc's economic woes, its executive says as new emission cut goals by 2030 are set.

Too late for Syria military action: Annan

2013-03-27 13:10

Former UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan to Syria said it is too late for military intervention there and that arming President Bashar Assad's foes will not end the two-year-old crisis.

No change yet in US sanctions on Zim

2013-03-26 09:33

The US is reviewing its sanctions on Zimbabwe but has made no decision yet to follow the EU in easing an assets freeze and travel visa ban, a top official says.

Cyprus banks stay shut

2013-03-26 07:50

Cyprus has reversed course and decided to keep its banks shut as world markets took fright at the implications for the eurozone of the island's €10bn bailout deal.

Cyprus secures bailout, avoids bankruptcy

2013-03-25 08:06

Cyprus has secured a €10bn package of rescue loans in tense, last-ditch negotiations, saving the country from a banking system collapse that could have destabilised the euro area.

 

Most European gays still threatened: Report

2013-05-17 09:00

Almost two-thirds of Europe's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community are still afraid to show their sexuality in public and most feel discriminated against, says an EU report.

British EU referendum hopes raised

2013-05-16 13:00

British eurosceptics have been given a boost, after a Conservative parliamentarian said he would put forward legislation initiated by the prime minister on an EU membership referendum by 2017.

France's first lady arrives in Mali

2013-05-16 09:20

France's first lady Valerie Trierweiler has arrived in Mali for a tour of the war-torn nation described as "part of a mission for children and women".

Mali seeks to raise €2bn at donor conference

2013-05-15 07:58

Mali is aiming to raise €2bn at an international donor conference to fund its recovery after Islamist militants marched on Bamako this year, prompting a French military intervention.

3 al-Qaeda hostages freed in Yemen

2013-05-09 21:08

A Finnish couple and an Austrian student abducted in Yemen by al-Qaeda militants more than four months ago, have been freed and handed over to Omani authorities.

Crisis sees rise in German immigration

2013-05-07 15:01

An influx of people from crisis-hit southern European countries like Spain, Italy and Greece has led to the biggest surge in German immigration in nearly 20 years.

Letta to push anti-austerity in Germany

2013-04-30 13:33

Italy's new prime minister will face an early test of his mission to reverse Europe's austerity course as he meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Mali: Germany ready to commit troops

2013-04-27 19:00

Germany is ready to commit troops to a UN mission to Mali, an official says during a visit to the Ghanaian capital Accra.

EU court upholds seal fur ban

2013-04-25 22:27

An EU court in a much-anticipated ruling has upheld a 2010 ban on seal products, throwing out an appeal by fur traders including native Inuit from Canada and Greenland, and Scottish sporran-makers.

Central African Republic aid suspended

2013-04-23 21:37

The European Union will not restore its more than $200m aid programme to the Central African Republic until the country re-establishes the rule of law.

Kerry: Mideast has 2 years for peace

2013-04-17 22:03

US Secretary of State John Kerry has underlined the difficulty he will face in trying to chart a path toward Mideast peace, urging patience on the details of any two-state plan.

Renowned pianist jailed over tweet

2013-04-15 17:25

A Turkish court has convicted top pianist Fazil Say of denigrating religion through comments he made on Twitter and ordered a 10 month suspended prison sentence, his lawyer says.

Rwanda to block war crimes court at UN

2013-04-14 22:10

The United Nations has been hit by a second war crimes court dispute in a week with Rwanda trying to stop the UN Security Council praising the International Criminal Court.

Google, EU may be near deal on search

2013-04-13 18:30

US Internet giant Google is preparing changes to its dominant search system to satisfy EU anti-trust authorities, a reports says.

Hollande vows to 'eradicate' tax havens

2013-04-10 15:00

French President Francois Hollande has vowed to "eradicate" tax havens "in Europe and the world" as he pursued anti-corruption efforts in the wake of a tax-fraud scandal.

Ostrich farm bird flu no link to China

2013-04-09 19:47

An outbreak of bird flu has hit an ostrich farm, but authorities say it was unlikely to pose a threat to humans, though additional tests were being carried out.

EU troops begin Mali training mission

2013-04-02 15:01

The EU has begun a top-to-toe overhaul of Mali’s ill-prepared, ragtag army to help the west African nation take the place of foreign troops defending it against an Islamist insurgency.

Putin orders surprise military exercises

2013-03-28 22:33

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered surprise military exercises in the Black Sea region involving 7 000 troops and dozens of ships to test the army's battle readiness.

Mali rebels appoint town chief

2013-03-28 17:53

A rebel group seeking independence in Mali says it had appointed an "administrator" to Kidal in a show of strength after French-led troops liberated the town from an Islamist occupation.

Kremlin watchdog slams NGO raids

2013-03-28 14:40

Members of Kremlin's own rights council have denounced "unprecedented" raids on activist groups, saying the searches were aimed at muting their role as a rare critical voice in Russia.

Kerry proposes US-EU free trade zone

2013-03-27 16:02

US Secretary of State John Kerry says a proposed US-EU free trade zone could help Europe emerge from the economic crisis and has played down fears it would hit the farm sector.

Cypriot youths rally against bailout

2013-03-26 14:00

Hundreds of Cypriot students have marched on the presidential palace in Nicosia, after a Facebook call for a rally against a painful bailout for the financially crippled island.

Zimbabwe: 81 struck off EU sanctions

2013-03-26 07:57

The EU has suspended an assert freeze and visa ban against most Zimbabwean firms and people after a "credible" March referendum, but President Robert Mugabe remains blacklisted.

Cyprus church may lose €100m in bailout

2013-03-25 22:40

Cyprus's wealthy Orthodox Church stands to lose more than €100m in the bailout deal reached with international creditors early, its leader Archbishop Chrysostomos says.

SA neuroscientist to build digital brain

2013-03-24 22:09

A South African neuroscientist hopes to uncover new information on mental disorders by building the world's first digital brain.

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