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Kremlin Rules: An Investment Gets Trapped in Kremlin’s Vise

Added Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:30:37 GMT
The fall of one of Russia’s most prominent foreign investors points to the official corruption that afflicts the country.

At Trial, Former Serb Leader Seeks to Represent Himself

Added Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:03:12 GMT
A lawyer for Radovan Karadzic said on Wednesday that his client would defend himself in any war crimes trial if he is handed over to the United Nations tribunal at the Hague.

Extremist Cleric in Britain Moves Closer to U.S. Trial

Added Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:53:26 GMT
An Egyptian-born Muslim cleric fighting extradition on terrorism charges failed in his bid to take the case to Britain’s highest appeals court in the House of Lords on Wednesday.

Société Générale Trader Insists He Wasn’t the Only One

Added Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:50:49 GMT
Lawyers for Jérôme Kerviel say other traders at the bank were involved in unauthorized deals and assert that the practices were tolerated as long as they were profitable.

France to Let Companies Scrap 35-Hour Week

Added Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:42:15 GMT
The major economic reform was supported by President Nicolas Sarkozy’s Union for a Popular Movement, but was opposed by the opposition Socialists.

World Briefing | Europe: Web Sites Attacked in Ex-Republics

Added Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:54:28 GMT
Government Web sites in two former Soviet republics, Lithuania and Georgia, came under cyber attacks over the weekend.

World Briefing | Europe: Switzerland: Libya Trips Discouraged

Added Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:53:39 GMT
Switzerland warned its citizens not to travel to Libya, saying the country had been retaliating since the Swiss police arrested the son of the Libyan leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.

World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Pair Sentenced in Faked Death

Added Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:52:25 GMT
A court in northern England imposed jail terms on a canoeist and his wife who faked the canoeist’s death to pay off $500,000 in property debts with fraudulent life insurance and pension claims.

World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Venezuela Offers to Host Bases

Added Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:51:15 GMT
President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela said his country would be willing to host Russian bases there, the Russian news agency Interfax reported.

The Double Life of an Infamous Serbian Fugitive

Added Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:02:43 GMT
Radovan Karadzic had transformed his appearance so successfully that he was able to walk about freely.

Karadzic Arrest Is Big Step for a Land Tired of Being Europe’s Pariah

Added Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:46:55 GMT
The arrest of a wartime Bosnian Serb leader was an unlikely transformation in a country that had appeared to be on a path toward virulent nationalism and isolation.

War Crimes Arrest Bolsters Other Courts

Added Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:17:42 GMT
The arrest of Radovan Karadzic on Monday gave badly needed credibility to international war crimes tribunals that have struggled for years to bring fugitives to justice.

With Karadzic’s Arrest, Europe Sees Triumph

Added Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:31:16 GMT
Among European Union leaders, the arrest of Radovan Karadzic was viewed as a vindication of the continent’s favored political doctrine: soft power.

Russia and Venezuela Will Coordinate on Energy

Added Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:49:24 GMT
President Hugo Chavez called for a partnership to counter what he called an American threat against his country.

Britain Plans Pullout of Most of Its Iraq Force

Added Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:18:30 GMT
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told Parliament that Britain planned a “fundamental change of mission” at the turn of the year.

BP Will Withdraw Its Engineers in Russia

Added Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:27:37 GMT
BP is fending off a corporate raid by its Russian partners backed by Russian regulatory authorities, part of the strategy of which is to expel expatriate staff members from their joint venture.

Dinko Sakic, Who Led WWII Death Camp, Dies at 86

Added Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:02:23 GMT
Mr. Sakic was found guilty of killing more than 2,000 Serbs, Jews and Gypsies at the concentration camp named Jasenovac.

World Briefing | Europe: Italy: Immunity Bill Gets Final Approval

Added Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:44:49 GMT
The Senate approved a bill that effectively grants Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi immunity from prosecution during his term, the ANSA news agency reported.

World Briefing | Europe: Greece: Shades of Nero’s, Um, Glory

Added Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:43:42 GMT
German archaeologists say they have discovered the ancient chariot track at Olympia where the Emperor Nero of Rome bribed his way to Olympic laurels.

World Briefing | Europe: Greece: Suit to Prohibit Use of ‘Lesbian’ Dismissed

Added Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:59:02 GMT
A Greek court has dismissed a request by residents of the island of Lesbos to prohibit the use of the word lesbian to describe gay women.

Sarkozy Ekes Out Victory on Constitutional Changes

Added Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:49:18 GMT
The changes will limit presidents to two five-year terms, eliminate presidential power to issue collective pardons and make certain appointments subject to parliamentary approval.

Rotterdam Journal: Rebuilding a Dutch Tradition, One Windmill at a Time

Added Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:03:44 GMT
Projects to develop more windmill farms in the Netherlands, to generate electricity, have stirred up interest in restoring the older mills that dot the Dutch countryside.

Russia Scorns Methadone for Heroin Addiction

Added Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:26:30 GMT
Though heroin abuse is widely linked to Russia’s H.I.V. epidemic and the spread of criminality, the issue of methadone treatment is all but taboo.

Climate Film Draws a Rebuke

Added Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:21:18 GMT
Britain’s television watchdog ruled that “The Great Global Warming Swindle” unfairly portrays several scientists and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Man in the News: A Leader Turned Ghost

Added Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:06:28 GMT
The capture of Radovan Karadzic, the wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs and one of the world’s most wanted men, ended a 13-year manhunt for the genocide suspect.

Putin Orders Restored Oil Flow to Czechs

Added Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:40:44 GMT
The Czech Republic’s flow of oil from Russia was reduced after the Czechs signed an agreement with the U.S. to base a missile defense radar on their territory.

1,600-Year-Old Bible to Go Online

Added Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:01:46 GMT
More than 1,600 years after it was written in Greek, one of the oldest copies of the Bible will become accessible online for the first time this week.

World Briefing | Europe: Greece: British Teenager Is Accused of Killing Baby

Added Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:58:13 GMT
A Greek prosecutor accused a British teenager of killing her newborn son after giving birth in a hotel room on Crete, the police said.

World Briefing | Europe: Portugal: Prosecutor Clears Parents of Missing Girl

Added Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:55:45 GMT
Portugal’s public prosecutor closed the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, 3, saying that there was no evidence against her parents and a third person who had been considered suspects.

Lodz Journal: Where Racing Is Fast and Police Aren’t Furious

Added Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:44:21 GMT
Police officers in Lodz, Poland, have tried to deal with illegal street races by helping to organize them.

Kremlin Rules: An Investment Gets Trapped in Kremlin’s Vise

Added Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:30:37 GMT
The fall of one of Russia’s most prominent foreign investors points to the official corruption that afflicts the country.

Société Générale Trader Insists He Wasn’t the Only One

Added Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:29:14 GMT
Lawyers for Jérôme Kerviel say other traders at the bank were involved in unauthorized deals and assert that the practices were tolerated as long as they were profitable.

In Settlement, Nokia Will Pay Royalties to Qualcomm

Added Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:29:36 GMT
Under the terms of the agreement, Nokia can use all of Qualcomm’s patents in its mobile phones and network equipment, and in return it agreed not to use its patents against Qualcomm.

Toyota Ahead of G.M. in Auto Sales

Added Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:36:05 GMT
Based on sales for the first half of 2008, Toyota appears to be on its way to surpassing G.M. as the largest automaker.

Auto Parts Maker Warily Embraces Offer From Rival

Added Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:31:10 GMT
The German auto parts giant Continental warily embraced a takeover approach from the Schaeffler Group, but it rejected the current offer as inadequate.

Schmidt Named Top Editor at Herald Tribune

Added Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:30:09 GMT
The New York Times said William Schmidt, an assistant managing editor at The Times, has been appointed the top editor at The International Herald Tribune.

France to Let Companies Scrap 35-Hour Week

Added Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:42:15 GMT
The major economic reform was supported by President Nicolas Sarkozy’s Union for a Popular Movement, but was opposed by the opposition Socialists.

G.E. and Abu Dhabi Fund Form Financial Partnership

Added Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:11:22 GMT
General Electric said it would partner with Mubadala Development Company, an Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund, to create an $8 billion commercial finance fund.

Chief of BP’s Russian Venture Faces Visa Snag

Added Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:58:54 GMT
Russia’s immigration service denied Robert Dudley, chief executive of TNK-BP, BP’s Russian venture, permission to work in the country, increasing the chances of his ouster.

As Travel Costs Rise, More Meetings Go Virtual

Added Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:58:50 GMT
As travel costs rise and airlines cut back service, companies large and small are rethinking the face-to-face meeting -- and business travel as well.

Networks Fight Shorter Olympic Leash

Added Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:07:16 GMT
A plan for 3,600 hours of coverage may collide with efforts to stifle news.

Advertising: Reading Device Enlisted to Help French Papers

Added Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:47:06 GMT
Through a project called Read & Go (yes, in English), a new device allows users to download the contents of the newspapers over France Télécom’s wireless network.

Western Olympic Ads Cheerlead for China

Added Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:53:06 GMT
Global corporations are appealing to nationalism in an advertising blitz the likes of which China has never seen.

Ping: Inside Nairobi, the Next Palo Alto?

Added Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:46:43 GMT
A relatively small number of places — all in wealthy countries or in China and India — create nearly every important technological advance. But some people in Nairobi, Kenya, are hoping to change that.

In Dispute With BP, Kremlin’s Hand Is Seen

Added Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:33:10 GMT
Critics say that Russian shareholders have enlisted an improbable ally in their attempt to force BP to fire the chief executive of TNK-BP.

For Global Trade Talks, the Stakes Have Risen

Added Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:11:22 GMT
If negotiations fail at the Doha round of trade talks, one casualty will be the credibility of the World Trade Organization itself.

W.T.O. Rules Against China for Its Tariffs on Auto Parts

Added Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:12:57 GMT
China violates global trade rules by requiring automakers operating there to buy components from local suppliers or face penalties, the World Trade Organization ruled on Friday.

Farnborough Air Show: Signs That Private Jet Sales Are Slowing in U.S.

Added Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:03:26 GMT
The American market, traditionally the world’s biggest for business jets, has slipped amid worries about the U.S. economy, while other markets, like Russia, South Asia and the Mideast, are growing.