Markets mixed in volatile trade Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:55:12 -0000 Most world markets climb on a day of volatility amid persistent worries over the strength of financial institutions. Euro MPs stick to climate targets Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:36:30 -0000 Euro MPs refuse to dilute emissions targets, despite pressure to protect industry in the economic downturn. Hijacked tanks 'for South Sudan' Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:09:25 -0000 The BBC sees evidence suggesting a Ukrainian ship held by pirates off Somalia is carrying tanks bound for South Sudan.
NYT > Europe
News Media Feel Limits to Georgia’s Democracy Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:00:37 -0000 Georgia’s critics cite a lack of press freedom as an example of the shortfalls in the country’s democratic standards.
Russia Says Georgia Tries to Provoke New Conflict Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:20:42 -0000 Russia accused Georgia of “seeking to provoke new hostilities” even as Russian peacekeepers were dismantling checkpoints outside South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Discoverers of AIDS and Cancer Viruses Win Nobel Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:06:19 -0000 Three European scientists who discovered viruses behind two devastating illnesses, AIDS and cervical cancer, will share the Nobel Prize for Medicine.
L.A. Times - Europe
One-fourth of wild mammal species may face extinction Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 A survey, released in Barcelona at the World Conservation Congress, evaluates the status of the world's 5,487 mammal species. The prognosis is not good.
At least one-quarter of the world's mammal species in the wild are threatened with extinction, according to an international survey released Monday that blames the loss of wildlife habitat as well as hunting and poaching for the steep declines.
Nobel Prize awarded for AIDS, cervical cancer research Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 The awards recognize two French researchers who discovered the human AIDS virus and a German scientist who showed that human papilloma virus causes cervical cancer.
Two French researchers who discovered the human AIDS virus and a German scientist who showed that human papilloma virus causes cervical cancer were awarded Monday the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Tuesday's Talk Shows Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Paris Hilton is on 'The Ellen Degeneres Show.'
The Early Show The second presidential debate; Felicity Huffman discusses pet adoption. 7 a.m. KCBS 95587
UN News Centre - Europe
UNICEF chief spotlights plight of Roma children during visit to Albania Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 The head of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has highlighted the plight of Albania's Roma children, especially the poor rates of school enrolment among the minority community, during a two-day visit to the South-Eastern European country. UN mission in Georgia thrown into uncertainty by recent conflict - Ban Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Dramatic changes due to the Russian-Georgian conflict in South Ossetia have cast a veil of uncertainty over the future function of the 14-year-old United Nations mission entrusted with overseeing the ceasefire accord between the Government and Abkhaz separatists in north-western Georgia, according to the latest UN report on the region. Better security needed to protect displaced in Georgia – UN rights expert Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Effective security is the key to ensuring the return home of tens of thousands of people displaced by the recent conflict in Georgia, a United Nations human rights expert said today, warning about the ongoing climate of fear faced by civilians in the region.
Europe - International Herald Tribune
Europe seeks unified policy on bank crisis By CARTER DOUGHERTY AND NELSON D. SCHWARTZ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:40:48 -0000 Finance ministers gathered to seek common ground on bolstering the continent's financial system, raising the minimum level of guarantees for bank deposits to €50,000. Europeans handle crisis together and separately By Nelson D. Schwartz and Carter Dougherty Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:30:56 -0000 European governments pledged to safeguard bank deposits in a bid to stem financial panic, but they stopped short of a coordinated strategy. In a weak climate, U.S. dollar has muscle By Mark Landler Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:40:37 -0000 Stock markets are swooning, credit markets remain frozen, and some foreign officials are predicting that the U.S. will lose status as a financial superpower. And yet the dollar is surging. U.K. bank shares slide as investors await possible cash injection By DAVID CLARKE AND DOMINIC LAU Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:40:48 -0000 Shares in British banks collapsed Tuesday amid fears over their capital strength and speculation that the government would inject public money into the lenders. Bank of America, announcing weaker earnings, aims to raise $10 billion Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:18:05 -0000 The Bank of America Corporation, citing "recessionary conditions," halved its dividend on Monday and said it would sell at least $10 billion in new common stock to bolster its capital; it also said quarterly profit slid 68 percent. BankWest target of possible takeover Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:32:00 -0000 Commonwealth Bank of Australia said it had started exclusive talks with HBOS about that British bank's Australian operation.
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