Fear grips global stock markets Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:20:20 -0000 Stock markets in London, Paris and Frankfurt again register big losses amid fears of an economic slowdown. Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:42:42 -0000 Finnish ex-President Martti Ahtisaari wins this year's Nobel Peace Prize for three decades of mediation around the world. EU verifies Russia's withdrawal Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:17:06 -0000 Russian forces have fully withdrawn from buffer zones adjoining Georgia's breakaway regions, the EU says.
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Ukraine’s Leader Schedules Vote After Disbanding Parliament Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:06:50 -0000 The move raises uncertainties about Ukraine’s tilt toward the West at a time when the country has become a focal point of rising tensions with Russia.
A Slow, Wary Return for Georgian Refugees Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:58:46 -0000 Though government officials urged refugees to wait until their villages have been cleared of unexploded ordnance, it was impossible to stop them from heading home.
French Writer Wins Nobel Prize Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:00:44 -0000 Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio was praised by the Swedish Academy as an “author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy.”
L.A. Times - Europe
Q & A on Europe's crisis Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 The Times talks to Charles Goodhart, professor emeritus of banking and finance at the London School of Economics and an expert on European monetary policy.
Charles Goodhart is professor emeritus of banking and finance at the London School of Economics and an expert on European monetary policy. He spoke in his office Thursday with Times staff writer Henry Chu about Europe's handling of the economic crisis and the role of the European Central Bank, or ECB, which joined Wednesday with central banks around the world in lowering interest rates. It was the ECB's first rate decrease in five years, from 4.25% to 3.75%, after keeping the rate elevated to ward off inflation.
Le Clezio of France wins Nobel prize in literature Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 French writer Jean-Marie G. Le Clezio has sought out little-known peoples, and has had his own low profile.
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, a globe-trotting French author of books exploring indigenous and nomadic cultures in Latin America, Africa and Asia, on Thursday won the Nobel Prize in literature.
Iceland takes control of biggest bank amid industry collapse Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 With seizure of Kaupthing, the government now controls the debt-ridden industry.
Iceland's government seized control of Kaupthing Bank, the nation's biggest, completing the takeover of a financial industry that collapsed under the weight of foreign debt.
UN News Centre - Europe
Security Council renews UN observer mission in Georgia for four months Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 The Security Council today extended for another four months the 14-year-old United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) entrusted with overseeing the ceasefire accord between the Government and Abkhaz separatists in the country's north-western region. UN World Court to give opinion on legality of Kosovo's independence Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 The General Assembly voted today to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for a non-binding advisory opinion on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia. UN tribunal upholds 35-year jail term for leader of breakaway Croatian Serb state Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 The United Nations war crimes tribunal set up after the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today upheld a 35-year jail sentence of a former political leader of rebel Serbs in Croatia who was convicted for his role in a campaign of ethnic cleansing.
Europe - International Herald Tribune
Martti Ahtisaari of Finland wins Nobel Peace Prize By WALTER GIBBS AND ALAN COWELL Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:54:01 -0000 The prize was awarded to Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish president who has been associated with peace efforts and quiet, cautious diplomacy from Asia to Africa and Europe. U.K. reports new data loss for 100,000 military staff Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:54:01 -0000 A computer disk that reportedly carries personal details on some 100,000 serving British military personnel is missing, the Defense Ministry said Friday. Europe confirms Russian pullback By ELLEN BARRY Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:54:01 -0000 European leaders confirmed Friday that Russians had met an Oct. 10 deadline to withdraw troops from buffer zones outside South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Georgian refugees begin to return home By ELLEN BARRY Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:54:01 -0000 Emotions were mixed all over Georgia as families vacated tent cities, although government officials had urged refugees to wait until their villages had been cleared of unexploded ordnance. Nuclear aid by Russian to Iranians suspected By ELAINE SCIOLINO Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:54:01 -0000 Inspectors are investigating whether a Russian scientist helped Iran conduct experiments on how to detonate a nuclear weapon, according to officials. Libya to withdraw $7 billion of assets from Swiss banks Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:54:01 -0000 Libya will withdraw assets held in Swiss banks and end economic cooperation with Switzerland to protest against poor treatment of Libyan diplomats and businessmen, Libyan state news agency JANA said.
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