Eurozone panics as debt crisis threatens to spread
Europe’s debt crisis threatens to spill over to Italy, Spain and beyond, throwing up a fresh challenge for EU finance gathered to solve the Greek fix.
Claire Rosemberg
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EU, Japan agree to work towards mega free trade deal
The European Union and Japan agreed to start talks towards a multi-billion-euro free trade deallinking the world’s third biggest economy to the globe’
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West tightens screws on Gaddafi
Western powers tightened the screws on Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday, reaching out to his opponents and warning time is running out.
Africa, EU on summit collision course
Africa squared up to fight for a better economic deal with the EU on Monday as Libya’s Moammar Gadaffi opened a summit in Tripoli.
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Sudan boycotts EU-Africa summit over Bashir row
Sudan announced it would boycott the African-European Union summit in Libya to "avoid embarrassment to Libya".
Europe gives France ultimatum in Roma row
Europe slapped down France on Wednesday over its controversial expulsion of Roma Gypsies, threatening legal action.
Tsunami alert rattles quake-hit Chile
A tsunami alert sent terrified Chileans running for higher ground on Wednesday, while a surge of troops finally brought order to Concepción.
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Mystery over Jim Morrison’s death divides biographers
Did Jim Morrison OD on a nightclub toilet or die of a drug-induced heart attack in a bathtub at home? Thirty-six years after the death in Paris of the <i>Doors</i> legend, biographers are locking horns over his final hours. The latest book on the life and times of Morrison says he was found slumped behind a locked toilet door on July 3 1971 in the Rock’n Roll Circus.
