Athens/Nicosia, Nov 25 (DPA) Forty-two elderly women, including a 95-year-old, were arrested in a raid on a gambling den on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, a media report said Wednesday.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:50:03 -0500

Stuttgart, Nov 25 (DPA) The parent company of German sports-car maker Porsche declared a massive loss Wednesday, but it said the manufacture of its iconic cars was still profitable.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:50:02 -0500

Paris, Nov 25 (DPA) Banks are continuing to hide huge losses from investors, imperiling the economic recovery, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, was quoted Wednesday as saying.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:50:05 -0500

London, Nov 25 (IANS) Tata Motors chief Ravi Kant has said green technologies being embraced by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) can help a key British manufacturing region avoid the fate of Detroit - home of the declining American auto industry.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:50:03 -0500

London, Nov 25 (IANS) Seventy one percent parents think their children are 'active enough' but only 10 percent children say they do the recommended exercise, according to a survey.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:50:01 -0500

London, November 25 : Brits have been tagged as the naughtiest people in Europe after a poll conducted by condom firm Mates.
ANI Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:50:01 -0500

London, Nov 25 : Students in Germany have shed their clothes and posed nude for a calendar shoot in protest against university fees.
ANI Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:30:04 -0500

Athens, Nov 25 (DPA) German coach Otto Rehhagel is enjoying proving his sceptics wrong after Greece's national team scored their 1-0 win in Ukraine Nov 18, sending them through to next year's World Cup finals.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:50:01 -0500

London, Nov.25 : Coach Rafa Benitez has been told his job at Liverpool is safe despite the team being knocked out of the Champions League for the first time in five-years.
ANI Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:30:08 -0500

Hamburg, Nov 25 (DPA) Switzerland, who have been solid but unspectacular at tournaments in recent years, could be a more serious threat under veteran coach Ottmar Hitzfeld at the World Cup.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:30:02 -0500

London, Nov 25 (IANS) The Indian Navy, along with the other major navies of the world, has been presented a special UN certificate for its anti-piracy activity in the dangerous Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:50:02 -0500

Tegucigalpa, Nov 25 (DPA) Honduras waited for 27 years to secure their return to a World Cup, and they hold great hopes for South Africa 2010.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:40:03 -0500

London, Nov 25 (IANS) The world's largest monkey species prefer mates with genes different from their own, for healthy and strong offspring, says a new study.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:40:02 -0500

London, Nov 25 (IANS) Intake of high amounts of salt is linked to much higher risk of strokes and cardiovascular disease, says a new study.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:10:02 -0500

London, Nov 25 (IANS) Middle-aged women who store fat on their waist are more than twice as likely to develop dementia when they get older, reveals a new study.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:30:05 -0500

London, Nov 25 (DPA) Andy Roddick said Tuesday that the knee injury which kept him from taking his place in this week's ATP World Tour Finals will be ready for an on-court test next week.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:30:03 -0500

London, Nov 25 (IANS) Scientists have isolated a protein that may help digestion.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:30:01 -0500

Washington, Nov 25 : A European research team has discovered a molecule that makes obese people develop diabetes.
ANI Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:50:21 -0500

London, November 25 : American First Lady Michelle Obama seems to have kicked aside controversy over her expensive French sports shoes and has ordered thigh-high leather boots from the same country.
ANI Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:50:19 -0500

Srinagar, Nov 25 : A five-member European Union (EU) delegation that arrived here on a two-day visit to assess the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, met various separatist leaders on Tuesday.
ANI Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:50:13 -0500

London, Nov 25 (IANS) Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp will feature together in a steamy shower sex scene in their upcoming film 'The Tourist'.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:50:02 -0500

London, Nov 25 (IANS) British singer Amy Winehouse has become such a big fan of actor Robert Pattinson, who plays a vampire in 'Twilight' series, that she is planning to throw a vampire-theme party on New Year's eve.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:40:03 -0500

London, Nov 25 (DPA) Roger Federer clinched the year-end world number one title a year after losing it to Rafael Nadal, regaining the honour with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 defeat of Andy Murray at the ATP World Tour Finals.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:30:04 -0500

London, Nov 25 (IANS) British actor Joseph Fiennes has dismissed rumours he is set to become a father, insisting his new wife is not pregnant.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:30:03 -0500

London, Nov 25 (IANS) Rihanna says she is unfazed by talks that she is a bisexual -- a rumour that surfaced after saucy online pictures of the pop star with a woman friend.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:20:02 -0500

London, Nov 25 (IANS) Oscar winner Halle Berry says she is more concerned about taking care of her skin rather than dabbing make-up for her public appearances.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:50:04 -0500

Rome, Nov 25 (IANS/AKI) The economic crisis has hit Italians where it hurts the most -- their stomachs. New research shows that Italians are consuming more rice and pasta and less fish, meat, cheese and even wine.
IANS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:10:01 -0500

London, Nov 24 (IANS) Hollywood actress Kate Hudson has revealed that she is a huge karaoke fan.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:20:04 -0500

London, Nov 24 (IANS) Singer John Mayer says he is tired of being labelled a womaniser.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:20:03 -0500

London, Nov 24 (IANS) Hollywood star Hugh Jackman has signed up to fight robots in a new Steven Spielberg movie.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:20:02 -0500

Bonn (Germany), Nov 24 (DPA) A 16-year-old girl who attempted to kill teachers and fellow pupils at her German co-ed high school was sent to youth prison Tuesday for five years.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00:04 -0500

London, Nov 24 (IANS) The doctor who discovered a Belgian patient presumed to have been in a deep coma for 23 years while being conscious all along has said the breakthrough highlights a 'locked-in syndrome'. The condition is described as one where patients are unable to show that they are conscious.
IANS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:50:02 -0500

Turkish President Abdullah Gul welcomed his Costa Rican counterpart Oscar Arias in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Wednesday. Gul received Arias with full military honors at the Cankaya Presidential R...
World Bulletin Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:36:18 -0500

Turkish energy minister said Wednesday he was thinking of making a visit to Greenpeace to discuss Turkey's plans on nuclear power plants. Asked about Greenpeace protests against Turkish government's n...
World Bulletin Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:36:03 -0500

These are just some of the scenes from Swiss-American author Christopher Reich's books – tales of international espionage and financial shenanigans that are bestsellers in the United States. One of...
Swiss Info Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:29:02 -0500

These are just some of the scenes from Swiss-American author Christopher Reich's books – tales of international espionage and financial shenanigans that are bestsellers in the United States. One of...
Swiss Info Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:28:59 -0500

The mansion at Corsiersur-Vevey by the shores of Lake Geneva was Chaplin's last home before his death in 1977. It has been chosen as the site for the museum over the star's homes in London and Los Ang...
New Kerala Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:24:29 -0500

WIESBADEN, Germany -- General Motors Co.'s top European official underlined the future importance of Opel's biggest German plant on Wednesday, while reiterating that there likely will be up to 9,500 ...
Miami Herald Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:22:24 -0500

South Africa next summer. These were French kids, born in France, but they were not celebrating France's morally-challenged victory over Ireland. They were celebrating – boisterously, a...
Independent.ie Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:19:35 -0500

WIESBADEN, Germany ? General Motors Co.'s top European official underlined the future importance of Opel's biggest German plant on Wednesday, while reiterating that there likely will be up to 9,5...
CTV Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:16:22 -0500

(AP Photo/Frank Augstein,File)FILE - In this Nov. 5 2009 file picture workers enter the Opel car plant in Bochum, western Germany. The new head of GM Europe has made clear that the company plans to ke...
Examiner Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:15:53 -0500

) - The European parliament on Wednesday handed its Lux 2009 film prize to the story of an Iraqi-Kurd refugee hell-bent on swimming illegally to Britain from France. 'Welcome,' by French director Phi...
EU Business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:15:49 -0500

Vienna - Austrian police have uncovered what was likely one of the biggest international networks peddling illegal growth hormones for athletes, the police authority of Lower Austria province said Wed...
Earth Times Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:15:31 -0500

Paris - The French government is drawing up a law that will sharpen punishment for those found guilty of domestic violence, Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Wednesday. The new law will include pena...
Earth Times Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:15:28 -0500

Former Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme has been nominated to take office for a second time.Mr Leterme's previous period as PM was marked by political instability and fears that Belgium might break...
BBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:56:27 -0500

Centre-right politicians dominate the list of new EU commissioners from the 27 member states, who are expected to take office in late January.European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has rece...
BBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:56:26 -0500

General Motors (GM) has said that it will not be closing any of Opel's four plants in Germany as part of its restructuring plans.The US carmaker also said it would be cutting between 9,000 and 9,500 j...
BBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:56:25 -0500

BERLIN — France Telecom said Wednesday it would pay €1.5 billion to merge its Swiss subsidiary with Switzerland’s No. 2 operator, Sunrise, in an effort to challenge the state-run mar...
International Herald Tribune Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:53:30 -0500

) said Wednesday they have formed a 50:50 partnership to jointly own and operate two 50-Megawatt concentrating solar power plants in Spain. The plants, which are already under construction, will req...
Market Watch Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:50:11 -0500

The Centre may give sops to drug exporters for shipments to Africa and Latin America through a route that would avoid passing through Europe, while it prepares to drag the EU to the World Trade Organi...
Business Standard Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:47:34 -0500

European equities rose on Wednesday following gains in Asia and as investors in London shrugged off data showing Britain stuck in a record recession.In late morning European deals, London's FTSE 100 i...
Yahoo!7 News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:42:59 -0500

Thomson Reuters will be holding an event in London on December 10 looking at key political and economic risks to watch in Western Europe in 2010. Clients will have the chance to quiz expert Reuters co...
London South East Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:34:14 -0500

General Motors Co.'s top European official underlined the future importance of Opel's biggest German plant on Wednesday, while reiterating that there likely will be up to 9,500 jobs cut across the con...
Gadsden Times Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:30:43 -0500

General Motors' interim Europe chief completed a tour of Opel's four German plants on Wednesday pledging none would be shut down as the US giant slashes capacity at its loss-making unit. Nick Reilly g...
Breitbart Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:24:46 -0500

General Motors will keep open its Eisenach plant in Germany, GM's interim Europe chief Nick Reilly said on Wednesday after earlier giving assurances that its other three German sites would also be saf...
Breitbart Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:24:45 -0500

Less than a year after he stepped down amid a banking scandal, Yves Leterme became Belgium's prime minister for the second time on Wednesday. Leterme, a Flemish Christian Democrat who is currently for...
Breitbart Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:24:44 -0500

WIESBADEN, Germany (AP) - General Motors Co.'s top European official underlined the future importance of Opel's biggest German plant on Wednesday, while reiterating that there likely will be up to 9,5...
Breitbart Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:24:35 -0500

The move marks E.ON's entry into the thermal solar power market. If its cooperation with Spanish solar company Abengoa proves successful, Germany's largest utility by market value plans to pursue mo...
Morning Star Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:20:10 -0500

WIESBADEN, Germany (AP) -- General Motors Co.'s top European official underlined the future importance of Opel's biggest German plant on Wednesday, while reiterating that there likely will be up to 9,...
Tampa Bay Online Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:18:45 -0500

Kenan Sofuoglu, first Turkish world motorcycle champion, rejected a huge money because it comes from "gambling game" that is banned or "Haram" in Islam.
World Bulletin Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:59:00 -0500

Manchester United FC are sure of their place in the UEFA Champions League first knockout round but manager Sir Alex Ferguson is still keen a young lineup defeat eliminated Besiktas JK in their quest...
UEFA Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:57:26 -0500

Defender Lorenzo De Silvestri believes the character ACF Fiorentina showed in their 1-0 win against Olympique Lyonnais that sealed the Viola's last-16 place will be crucial to any future success in th...
UEFA Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:57:26 -0500

Vodafone Greece has announced that it will launch a commercial HSPA+ upgrade to its mobile network in partnership with China’s Huawei Technologies by the end of December, boosting theoretical peak d...
TeleGeography Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:53:21 -0500

France Telecom (FT) and TDC have announced that they have reached an agreement to combine their respective Swiss subsidiaries, Orange Communication (Orange Switzerland) and Sunrise Communications. FT ...
TeleGeography Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:53:20 -0500

The new €200 charge on second homes has yielded €48.3m to local authorities this year so far. The Joint Committee on Environment and Local Government heard this morning that the money g...
RTE Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:51:26 -0500

Germany's cabinet today approved a 12-month extension of a popular scheme allowing firms to cut working hours which has helped keep a lid on unemployment in Europe's biggest economy. The scheme, know...
RTE Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:51:24 -0500

London, Nov.25 : Coach Rafa Benitez has been told his job at Liverpool is safe despite the team being knocked out of the Champions League for the first time in five-years.
New Kerala Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:48:21 -0500

Athens, Nov 25 : German coach Otto Rehhagel is enjoying proving his sceptics wrong after Greece's national team scored their 1-0 win in Ukraine Nov 18, sending them through to next year's World Cup fi...
New Kerala Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:48:18 -0500

DataCert, Inc ., the leading global provider of legal operations management solutions, hosted an IP Focus Group on November 17 in Basel, Switzerland. This event, which featured presentations by ind...
Market Wire Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:45:51 -0500

In an embarrassing change of course, the budget airline easyJet has pulped almost 300,000 copies of its in-flight magazine because of a monumental row over its use of a Holocaust memorial as a locatio...
Independent.ie Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:43:40 -0500

Two British men who were passengers in a car involved in a fatal accident in Cyprus and jailed for manslaughter lost their High Court bid to avoid extradition to the holiday island to serve their se...
The Independent Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:43:00 -0500

WIESBADEN, Germany - General Motors Co.'s top European official underlined the future importance of Opel's biggest German plant on Wednesday, while reiterating that there likely will be up to 9,500 jo...
Canadian Business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:37:21 -0500

By ELAINE GANLEYASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER PARIS -- The Great Debate gets under way Wednesday, led off with a grand question: "For you, what does it mean to be French?" This is neither a pompous acad...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:32:22 -0500

A Catholic religious order is to supply a 161m euros (£145m) package of measures as reparation for child abuse in Ireland.The Christian Brothers said the decision had been taken in response to t...
BBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:26:11 -0500

This is neither a pompous academic exercise in France's elite schools nor a TV game show. It is the French government's effort to clarify - with citizen participation - the nation's values, increasing...
Associated Press Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:22:30 -0500

ZANKA, Hungary (Reuters) - They called it the "Plattensee" (flat sea), and for Germans from both sides of the Berlin Wall, Hungary's Lake Balaton was close, cheap and mostly free of spies.
Reuters Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:21:48 -0500

ROME, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Italy's Interior Minister Roberto Maroni on Tuesday urged the European Union (EU) to help Mediterranean countries deal with illegal immigration, local media reported. Addres...
SINA Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:48:54 -0500

Italy's Interior Minister Roberto Maroni on Tuesday urged the European Union (EU) to help Mediterranean countries deal with illegal immigration, local media reported. Addressing a summit of Mediterran...
People's Daily Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:48:34 -0500

AZ Alkmaar's first taste of UEFA Champions League football will end in disappointment, but there was more than just despondency in the home dressing room after a goalless draw against Olympiacos FC sa...
UEFA Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:32:23 -0500

The passing skills and vision of Xavi Hernández left FC Internazionale Milano at sixes and sevens on Matchday 5 and the Italian champions could be grateful, eventually, that the scoreline was only 2-...
UEFA Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:32:23 -0500

ZANKA, Hungary (Reuters) - They called it the "Plattensee" (flat sea), and for Germans from both sides of the Berlin Wall, Hungary's Lake Balaton was close, cheap and mostly free of spies.No one k...
West Australian Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:31:59 -0500

While France and Italy appear poised to prohibit distinctive dress by Muslim women, the burkha or chador, which has been defined by French President Nicholas Sarkozy as a “symbol of the subjugat...
Spero News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:28:22 -0500

Hamburg, Nov 25 : Switzerland, who have been solid but unspectacular at tournaments in recent years, could be a more serious threat under veteran coach Ottmar Hitzfeld at the World Cup.
New Kerala Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:25:10 -0500

Greencore, the Irish food and property development group, today reported pre-tax profits, before exceptional items, of €23.5m for the year ending September 25, 2009 which compares with €55.3m in 2...
Finfacts Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:18:53 -0500

(CNSNews.com) – The Danish government has invited 191 world leader to attend the climate change conference in Copenhagen next month, including three controversial figures who are forbidden to tr...
CNS News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:15:45 -0500

THE HAGUE - Bank group ABN Amro reported a third quarter loss of a billion euros (1.5 billion dollars) Wednesday, including a 32 million-euro loss for the Dutch state that gave it a three-billion-euro...
Inquirer Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:11:13 -0500

Large sums promised to developing countries to help them tackle climate change cannot be accounted for, a BBC investigation has found.Rich countries pledged $410m (£247m) a year in a 2001 declar...
BBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:04:32 -0500

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares rose for the second time in three days on Wednesday, as miners advanced as commodity futures were higher, UBS spoke out to ease bank-capital-level worries, and ...
Market Watch Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:58:58 -0500

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares rose for the second time in three days on Wednesday, as miners advanced as commodity futures were higher, UBS spoke out to ease bank-capital-level worries, and ...
Market Watch Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:58:46 -0500

Canberra - Looking to work overseas? Head to Canada, Australia or Thailand, according to an annual global survey which found recession-hit Britain was one of the worst locations to live for expatriate...
IOL Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:58:05 -0500

PARIS: China is optimistic that its trade with France could recover from its slump during the global finacial crisis, a Chinese diplomat said Tuesday. Commercial counselor of the Chinese embassy in P...
China Daily Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:34:18 -0500

Liverpool tried desperately last night to put a brave face on their first Champions League exit at the group stages for six years.Chief executive Christian Purslow insisted manager Rafael Benitez's po...
Irish Examiner Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:32:53 -0500

Dubai Financial Market (DFM) received yesterday a high-level financial delegation from China and Germany. The visit aimed at strengthening financial and investment relations and is part of a financial...
AME Info Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:31:53 -0500

"The agreement will be signed if there are no obstacles," he said. According to Pawlak, the agreement guarantees stable natural gas deliveries to Polish gas monopoly PGNiG (PGN.WA) from Russia's OAO ...
Morning Star Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:28:19 -0500

(RTTNews) - Consumer confidence in Sweden rose further for the seventh consecutive month in November, the National Institute of Economic Research said Wednesday. The confidence index climbed to 11.4 ...
Quote.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:26:43 -0500

(RTTNews) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed into law a federal bill on energy-saving and energy-efficiency, besides making amendments to several pieces of legislation.The bill, approved ...
Quote.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:26:38 -0500

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at midnight Qualcomm sidestepped a potential regulatory battle over its market power in cell phone technology yesterday, when the European Commission announced that it wa...
Sign on San Diego Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:12:50 -0500