Late defeat of Malaga keeps Barcelona ahead of Real Madrid (Roundup)
 28.02.2010 3:30  20 views  0 comments
Madrid - A late 2-1 home win over Malaga keeps Barcelona two points ahead of Real Madrid, who thrashed Tenerife 5-1 earlier Saturday. Barca needed a winner seven minutes from time from FIFA World Player Lionel Messi, straight after Valdo had given Malaga a shock equalizer. 'We really suffered a lot tonight,' Messi said. 'It was important for us to win. We know that we can't afford to drop any points at all, with Real Madrid so close to us.' Messi then praised right-back Dani Alves, who set up the winning goal for him. 'He has just come back from injury,' Messi said, 'and he was really wonderful tonight, from the first minute until the end.' Pep Guardiola's...
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Prison drama A Prophet wins Cesar for best film of 2009 (Roundup)
28.02.2010 3:30 21 views 0 comments
Paris - The highly praised prison drama A Prophet won the French Cesar on Saturday for best film of 2009. A Prophet, which is nominated for the Oscar for best foreign film, describes the...
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Eastwood's Gran Torino wins Cesar for best foreign film
28.02.2010 3:30 24 views 0 comments
Paris - Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino was awarded the French Cesar Saturday for the best foreign film of 2009. The...
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Fiorentina snatch late equalizer at struggling Lazio (Roundup)
28.02.2010 3:30 20 views 0 comments
Rome - Brazilian substitute Keirrison scored a late goal for Fiorentina to clinch a 1-1 draw late Saturday at struggling Lazio. As most of Lazio's die-hard fans deserted the Stadio Olimpico in a protest against club President Claudio Lotito, their side set a three-point buffer from third-from-last Livorno before the round of games is completed Sunday....
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Tirana: A city struggling to reach year zero
28.02.2010 1:45 29 views 0 comments
The receptionist is flustered. I have embarrassed him by asking what the must-do sights are. He's not sure if I am being facetious. When he recovers his composure he offers the main square and the National Museum and then dries. This is Tirana after all - the capital of a country that managed to isolate itself by the end of the Cold War so thoroughly that it made Ceausescu's Romania look progressive. Tourism is still a novelty. Tirana is probably the only European capital, accessible by direct flight from the UK, that is packaged in obscurity. I have no mental map and few preconceptions of what the city will be like. Tirana is there to be invented. The slick new airport is named after Mother...
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WIN! A weekend for two in Copenhagen
28.02.2010 1:45 27 views 0 comments
We've teamed up with Hotels.com - the world's leading hotel booking website - to offer a weekend break for two in Copenhagen, Denmark. Enter our prize draw and you could...
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Greek deal puts Goldman Sachs in the firing line – again
28.02.2010 1:36 21 views 0 comments
The US investment bank dubbed the 'vampire squid' for its global reach is exemplary in managing risk but less successful in negotiating conflict Protesters demonstrate in Athens against the government's planned budget cuts. Goldman Sachs has become embroiled in Greece's deficit crisis over a 2001 debt deal. Photograph: Simela Pantzartzi/EPA It is the most profitable investment bank on the planet, and is viewed as an awesome money-making machine that runs rings around its rivals and rewards its high fliers with jaw-dropping multibillion-pound bonuses. Welcome to the world of , which has a reputation for managing risk second to none and where savvy traders took huge bets against the overvalued...
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Silvio Berlusconi 'avoiding justice', demonstrators say
28.02.2010 1:35 24 views 0 comments
Ten of thousands of Italians have demonstrated in Rome against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, over what they say are attempts to evade justice. Mr Berlusconi is on trial in two corruption cases. But legislation being discussed in...
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Italian Premier Rebuffed in Bid to Suspend Trial
28.02.2010 1:00 22 views 0 comments
ROME (Reuters) — An Italian court on Saturday rejected a request to suspend a corruption trial against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Mr. Berlusconi is charged with bribing his former lawyer, David Mills, to withhold incriminating details of his business dealings. Both men have denied any wrongdoing. Italy’s top court last week threw out a related case against Mr. Mills because it said the statute of limitations had expired. While the court did not issue a detailed explanation of its reasoning, the ruling raised the possibility that Mr. Berlusconi could argue his trial should be dropped on the same grounds. On Saturday, Mr. Berlusconi’s lawyers argued for a suspension of...
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World pledges aid to quake-hit Chile
27.02.2010 23:55 28 views 0 comments
PARIS--The US pledged assistance and the European Union promised three million euros in immediate help to quake-hit Chile Saturday, as aid workers rushed to the Western hemisphere's second major quake in seven weeks. The United States "stands ready to assist in the rescue and recovery efforts, and we have resources that are positioned to deploy should the Chilean government ask for our help," President Barack Obama said in a televised address from Washington. "On behalf of the American people, Michelle and I send our deepest condolences to the Chilean...
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Virgin out to prove small is beautiful: Branson
27.02.2010 23:44 20 views 0 comments
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) – Newcomers Virgin are out to show that teams don't need to spend a large fortune to achieve success in Formula One. Team owner Richard Branson, speaking at the final session of pre-season testing here on Saturday, explained: "I think the one...
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Explosive device fired at N.Ireland police station
27.02.2010 23:44 20 views 0 comments
BELFAST (AFP) – An explosive device was fired at a police station in Northern Ireland on Saturday, but it did not hit the building and there were no reports of injuries, police said. The incident took place in Craigavon, County Armagh, near to where...
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Britain will do whatever it can for Chile: PM
27.02.2010 23:44 23 views 0 comments
LONDON (AFP) – Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday Britain would do whatever it could to assist Chile following a deadly 8.8-magnitude earthquake which left more than 120...
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Belgian leaders mourn rail crash victims, but families stay away
27.02.2010 23:44 26 views 0 comments
BRUSSELS (AFP) – Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme and Crown Prince Philippe led a national ceremony of remembrance for the victims of a rail crash in which 18 people died, though few family members attended. The country's political and religious leaders gathered at the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels to mourn the dead....
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German state buys stolen tax cheat data
27.02.2010 23:44 29 views 0 comments
BERLIN (AFP) – Germany's most populous state has bought stolen information on 1,500 suspected German tax cheats holding bank accounts in Switzerland, a regional government spokesman told AFP Saturday. He would not give details on how the transaction was made or how much money was paid for the disc that contains the information but German...
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Hungarian government acquires majority stake in ailing Malev
27.02.2010 23:44 21 views 0 comments
BUDAPEST (AFP) – The Hungarian government has acquired a 95-percent share in debt-ridden airline Malev, effectively renationalising the company two years after it was privatised, the finance ministry said Saturday. "The Hungarian state increased the capital stock of the airline by 25.2 billion forint (93 million...
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Coe wants to match full stadiums in London
27.02.2010 23:44 22 views 0 comments
VANCOUVER (AFP) – London Olympics chief Sebastian Coe said Saturday he wanted the 2012 Games to replicate the packed venues in Vancouver that had helped make the event a success. As chairman of the London organising committee, Coe is in Canada for the Winter Games that end...
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French teenagers grab free love at le Skins orgy
27.02.2010 23:04 26 views 0 comments
WHO could have imagined that the French, with their reputation for sophisticated naughtiness, would complain about being led astray by the boring old British? Skins, a cult television series about a group of teenagers in Bristol, is being blamed for a French adolescent craze for debauched fancy dress evenings of drinking and drugs. From Marseilles to Paris, "le Skins party" is a rallying cry each weekend for thousands of teenagers, most from wellto-do families, who dress in masks and torn stockings to lose themselves in sex and drugs like the stars of their favourite programme. The spectacle of drunken, drugged-up teenagers cavorting in little...
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Russia Is Pressed for Data on Killing
27.02.2010 22:59 26 views 0 comments
MOSCOW (Reuters) — A media rights watchdog on Saturday urged Russia to publish details of its investigation into the killing of a human rights worker after the Russian press reported that suspects had been identified. The murder of the rights worker, Natalya Estemirova, in Chechnya, where she was a vocal critic of the Chechen leader, Ramzan A. Kadyrov, had prompted international condemnation. “For seven months, authorities have been silent about their efforts to solve the brutal slaying of our colleague and we call on them now to further publicize their progress,” Nina Ognianova, of the Committee to Protect Journalists, said in a statement. A Russian investigator said...
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