Cypriot tennis ace Marcos Baghdatis defended himself in the face of a controversy on Friday after the release of a video in which he appeared to chant anti-Turkish slogans at a party. Australian media showed a video of the Cypriot singing songs with friends, a broadcast which was also posted on the video-sharing Web site
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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Researchers should study more children and pregnant women in trying to figure out if cell phones or other wireless devices could damage health, the U.S. National Research Council advised on Thursday. A few studies have indicated a possible link between mobile telephone use and brain tumours, although far more show no connection.
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LONDON (Reuters) – The British government wants the Internet industry to help combat militant Islamism on the Web in the same way it cooperates in fighting sex crime against children, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said. In her first major speech on countering Islamist radicalisation, Smith drew an analogy between the militant recruitment of impressionable youngsters
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LONDON (Reuters) – The keenly awaited refinancing of British soccer club Liverpool FC is set to be closed before the end of February, a source familiar with the deal has said. The 300 mln pound ($589 mln) debt refinancing, expected to be completed by the end of November, has been delayed amid turmoil in the
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PARIS (Reuters) – France could tax new computer, television and mobile phone sales by 1 to 2% to help fund its state-owned TV channels, Les Echos newspaper reported. Asked about the newspaper report, Secretary of State for Consumer Affairs Luc Chatel told LCI television: “We are at the reflection stage … We will study different
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Foreign Ministers of ten Mediterranean countries, members of the EU, continue their deliberations in Paphos where the 5th Informal Meeting is taking place. Today, the Foreign Ministers will discuss during their working plenary session, illegal immigration, the natural disaster response mechanism and Kosovo. On the sidelines of the Meeting, several bilateral meetings are taking place
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LONDON, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Gordon Brown will tell Chinese leaders on Friday that Britain is open to investments from Beijing’s huge sovereign wealth fund and wants to boost bilateral trade, British officials said. The global credit crunch has opened up great opportunities for cash-rich sovereign wealth funds in oil-producing and Asian nations,
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TOKYO, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei average recovered from an early dive to end 0.6 percent higher on Friday, lifted by expectations that President George W. Bush will propose measures to boost the flagging U.S. economy. Industrial robot maker Fanuc Ltd, one of the biggest drags on the Nikkei in the morning, reversed course
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Comparative data on harmonised consumer price inflation (HICP) rates in the European Union show that Cyprus’s year-end inflation (December 2007/December 2006) was the 13th highest in Europe, at 3.7%. In other words, Cyprus was about half way between Latvia, which was the highest at a year-end inflation rate of 14%, and the Netherlands, which was
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…stands by forecast for USD 20 mln profit in ‘08  Ocean Tankers Holdings Pcl (OCT) lifted 2007 net profit by 112.67% to USD 3.7 mln or EUR 2.55 mln from USD 1.7 mln or EUR 1.2 mln in 2006 on the back of a sharp increase in turnover as the Group’s shipping fleet increased
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