Month: January 2011

January 10, 2011

The Social Network wins National Critics award

The Social Network has moved a step closer to Oscar success after bagging four awards…

January 10, 2011

Scots-Chinese deal as Vice Premier Li Keqiang visits UK

Scotland and China have sealed a major green energy deal, as Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang began a…

January 10, 2011

Car spy case: Renault’s Patrick Pelata remains upbeat

Renault's chief operating officer says the impact of industrial spying on the carmaker could have been much…

January 10, 2011

Facebook document ‘reveals profits and suggests IPO’

The strength of Facebook's profitability has been indicated in a document circulated on behalf of the social…

January 10, 2011

Giffords shooting: Suspect Jared Loughner charged

US authorities have charged a 22-year-old man over Saturday's Arizona shooting in which a congresswoman was seriously…

January 10, 2011

Fourteen killed in Tunisia unemployment protests

The number of people killed in unrest over unemployment in Tunisia over the past 24 hours has risen to 14, officials say. The deaths occurred in the towns of Thala, Kasserine and Regueb, in the west and centre of the country. An interior ministry…

January 10, 2011

French hostages executed during rescue mission, ministry says

Two French citizens who were kidnapped in Niger's capital were executed by their abductors during an attempted rescue mission, the French Defense Ministry said Sunday. "During this rescue operation, the two hostages were killed, probably executed by…

January 10, 2011

Passenger plane crashes in Iran, killing 72, official says

Seventy-two people died and 33 were injured Sunday night when an IranAir passenger jet en route from Tehran to the northwest city of Orumiyeh crashed as it attempted to make an emergency landing in a snowy field, an official said. In all, 105 people…

January 9, 2011

Trichet urges more action on euro crisis

Jean-Claude Trichet has called on eurozone leaders to step up their efforts to combat the region's debt…

January 9, 2011

In-form Federer makes history in Qatar

  Roger Federer became the first tennis player to win the Qatar Open three times as he ended the reign of Nikolay…