London remembers deadly suicide bombings
LONDON (AFP) - London marked the third anniversary Monday of the suicide bombings on the city's transport network, with ceremonies at blast sites as survivors and the victims' families remembered the deadly attacks.
Nations:U.K. Afghanistan Pakistan Activities:2005 London Bombings Source:(AFP)
2008-07-07
Fuel prices threaten livelihoods across Europe
It was always a hard life working on trawlers off the coast of Brittany but Marc Grandmougin put up with it for 20 years -- until surging fuel costs cut the French fisherman's income by a third in one year.
Nations:France U.K. Germany Bulgaria Netherlands Spain Activities:2007-8 Oil Crisis
2008-05-30
Inflation hits consumers worldwide
Gas pumps in the United States tell the same story as rice prices in Thailand: Inflation is a global phenomenon this year.
Nations:India Indonesia Egypt Thailand Activities:Global Food Crisis 2007-8 Oil Crisis
2008-04-11
IOC raises prospect of abandoning global torch relay
Olympic chiefs on Tuesday raised the prospect for the first time of abandoning the international legs of the Beijing Games torch relay, amid a wave of protests targeting the flame overseas.
Nations:China U.K. France U.S. Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Torch 2008 Tibet Riot 2008 Beijing Olympics
2008-04-08
China denounced Olympics saboteurs
China on Tuesday denounced protesters who upstaged Olympic Games torch relays in London and Paris, with state media saying that saboteurs are bent on wrecking Games goodwill.
Nations:U.K. France People:George W. Bush Hillary Clinton Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Torch 2008 Tibet Riot 2008 Beijing Olympics
2008-04-08
Tibet protests disrupt Olympic flame in London
Demonstrators grabbed at the Olympic torch, blocked its path and tried to snuff out its flame Sunday in raucous protests of China's human rights record that forced a string of last-second changes to a chaotic relay through London.
Nations:U.K. People:Nicolas Sarkozy Gordon Brown Tim Henman Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Torch 2008 Tibet Riot 2008 Beijing Olympics
2008-04-06
Arrests mar London's Olympic torch relay
Police repeatedly scuffled with protesters as Olympians and dignitaries carried the Olympic torch through snowy London during a chaotic relay Sunday.
Nations:U.K. People:Gordon Brown Tim Henman Dalai Lama Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics Torch 2008 Beijing Olympics
2008-04-06
Website launched to expose biased Tibet coverage
Chinese students living overseas have launched an anti-CNN website aimed at exposing the Western media's alleged biased coverage of unrest in Tibet.
Activities:Western Media Bias 2008 Tibet Riot
2008-03-26
Mortgage lenders to pump $200 billion into markets
The two largest U.S. mortgage finance companies on Wednesday won approval to pump up to $200 billion into the distressed U.S. mortgage market, the latest step in government efforts to stabilize credit markets and save the economy from recession.
People:Henry Paulson George W. Bush Activities:2007 Global Credit Crunch
2008-03-19
Mills awarded $48.6M from McCartney
Paul McCartney was ordered Monday to pay Heather Mills $48.6 million to settle their divorce.
People:Stella McCartney Heather Mills Paul McCartney Activities:McCartney & Mills
2008-03-17
Protesters across the world condemn Iraq war
Thousands of protestors marched against the Iraq war in Los Angeles on Saturday as part of a global day of action that drew huge crowds in London and smaller protests elsewhere in Europe and Canada.
Nations:Canada U.K. Sweden Norway Denmark Vietnam People:Gordon Brown Tony Blair George W. Bush Tom Cruise Activities:Anti-war Movement Vietnam War
2008-03-16
China's Acquisitions Provoke Unease in U.S.
BEIJING -- Flush with hundreds of billions of dollars, China Inc. is still having trouble investing abroad, running into foreign security worries as it tries to acquire companies and resources.
Nations:U.S. Netherlands Activities:Huawei - 3Com Deal 2008 Chinese Spy Case China-U.S. Trade Ties 2007 Global Credit Crunch
2008-02-22
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