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Facebook Halts Orders Before $100bn Flotation

date: 2012-05-17 09:33:12

Facebook has stopped taking orders for its shares ahead of its much-hyped stock market flotation on Friday - which could value the company at more than $100bn (£63bn).

source: news.sky.com

Greeks Fear The Worst Is Still To Come

date: 2012-05-17 09:33:12

Greek creditors are bracing themselves the possibility of heavy losses but it is the Greek people who fear they may be the biggest losers if they default on their debts.

source: news.sky.com

Spain borrowing costs set to rise amid Greece fears

date: 2012-05-17 05:54:00

Spain's borrowing costs look set to spike on Thursday when the country's treasury sells up to 2.5bn euros (£2bn; $3.2bn) of three- and four-year sovereign bonds. It could pay buyers about 5% on the longest bond - up from just over 4% at its last auction two weeks ago. The...

source: article.wn.com

Mladic trial: Prosecution to focus on Srebrenica massacre

date: 2012-05-17 04:18:00

A war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic is to resume, with the prosecution focusing on the Srebrenica massacre in 1995. Gen Mladic is accused of orchestrating the killings of more than 7,000 Bosnian Muslim boys and men in the town. In all, the 70-year-old faces 11 ...

source: article.wn.com

Charles Taylor Pleads For Shorter Sentence

date: 2012-05-16 18:31:45

Charles Taylor, the first African leader to stand trial and be convicted of war crimes, has told judges that he and his family are also victims of the wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

source: news.sky.com

Mladic Taunts Survivors At War Crimes Trial

date: 2012-05-16 18:31:45

Former Bosnian Serb army chief General Ratko Mladic, who is charged with masterminding some of the worst atrocities in Europe since the Second World War, has taunted survivors and relatives by running his hand across his throat in a gesture of defiance at the start of his trial.

source: news.sky.com

Robotic arm controlled by thought

date: 2012-05-16 17:05:51

A brain-implanted sensor enables two US patients who are paralysed from the neck down to control a robotic arm with the power of thought.

source: www.bbc.co.uk

Man held over Kenya club attack

date: 2012-05-16 16:32:07

A man is arrested on suspicion of helping to carry out an attack on a Mombasa nightclub, in which one person died, police say.

source: www.bbc.co.uk

Facebook to sell 25% more shares

date: 2012-05-16 16:23:57

Facebook says it will sell 25% more shares than first planned in its forthcoming flotation in response to strong demand.

source: www.bbc.co.uk

Activists storm Montreal classes

date: 2012-05-16 16:01:06

Student protesters in Montreal storm the University of Quebec, disrupting classes as they were due to resume after a boycott protesting rising tuition fees.

source: www.bbc.co.uk

Putin-Obama Mutual Snubs Spell ‘Reset’ Crisis – Analysts

date: 2012-05-16 14:47:00

The current diplomatic contretemps between Russia and the United States is a crisis for the reset policy in bilateral relations, which are still based on Cold War-era distrust, Russian analysts said. “Neither side is attempting sincere collaboration. We’re still ruled by mutual ...

source: article.wn.com

Obama bid raises $44m in April

date: 2012-05-16 14:04:50

US President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party raise a combined $43.6m in April, down from a total of $53m a month earlier.

source: www.bbc.co.uk

Merkel says she wants Greece in euro, would consider growth measures

date: 2012-05-16 11:48:00

German Chancellor Angela Merkel insists she wants Greece to stay in the euro and has left open the option of agreeing more measures designed to boost growth. "I want Greece to stay in the euro. I think that would be good for Greece and for all of us,» Merkel said in an interview...

source: article.wn.com

Charles Taylor Pleads For Shorter Sentence

date: 2012-05-16 18:31:45

Charles Taylor, the first African leader to stand trial and be convicted of war crimes, has told judges that he and his family are also victims of the wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

source: news.sky.com

Mladic Taunts Survivors At War Crimes Trial

date: 2012-05-16 18:31:45

Former Bosnian Serb army chief General Ratko Mladic, who is charged with masterminding some of the worst atrocities in Europe since the Second World War, has taunted survivors and relatives by running his hand across his throat in a gesture of ...

source: news.sky.com

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Robotic arm controlled by thought

date: 2012-05-16 17:05:51

A brain-implanted sensor enables two US patients who are paralysed from the neck down to control a robotic arm with the power of thought.

source: www.bbc.co.uk

Man held over Kenya club attack

date: 2012-05-16 16:32:07

A man is arrested on suspicion of helping to carry out an attack on a Mombasa nightclub, in which one person died, police say.

source: www.bbc.co.uk

Facebook to sell 25% more shares

date: 2012-05-16 16:23:57

Facebook says it will sell 25% more shares than first planned in its forthcoming flotation in response to strong demand.

source: www.bbc.co.uk

China TV blames Dalai Lama for Tibet immolations

date: 2012-05-16 10:00:00

ISOLDA MORILLO Associated Press= BEIJING (AP) — China has released a documentary accusing the Dalai Lama of orchestrating a wave of self-immolations by Tibetans, in its most elaborate attempt so far to shape ...

source: article.wn.com

Sierra Leone trial: Charles Taylor set to address court

date: 2012-05-16 07:26:00

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is expected to address the international court that found him guilty of war crimes in Sierra Leone. It is his last chance to speak at the tribunal in The Hague before ...

source: article.wn.com

Mum Shoots Dead Four Kids Then Kills Herself

date: 2012-05-16 03:30:14

A mother shot and killed her four children before turning a gun on herself in a small town in Florida.

source: news.sky.com

UN monitors attacked in Syria

date: 2012-05-16 03:30:14

source: www.guardian.co.uk

Home HIV tests backed by US panel

date: 2012-05-16 01:17:39

Over-the-counter HIV tests, which would allow people in the US to check in their privacy of their homes if they have the virus, move a step closer.

source: www.bbc.co.uk

Kenya nightclub attack kills one

date: 2012-05-15 23:56:00

One person has died after suspected grenades were thrown into a nightclub in the Kenyan city of Mombasa, police say.

source: www.bbc.co.uk

New Greek election as talks fail

date: 2012-05-15 19:24:00

DEBT-stricken Greece must hold fresh elections after last-ditch talks to form a government collapsed. The new election is likely to prolonging a tortuous crisis which could see Athens exit the troubled ...

source: article.wn.com

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