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Gaddafi vows defiance as powers meet

Gaddafi vows defiance as powers meet


Gaddafi vows defiance as powers meet

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 01:45 PM PDT

Britain, France and the US – the three main protagonists in the conflict against Col Gaddafi – said it is now up to the Libyan people to chart their future

Hopes for global recovery take a hit

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 11:19 AM PDT

The global manufacturing recovery appears to have come to a grinding halt in August, according to a series of surveys across Asia and Europe

US and Bahrain secretly extended defence deal

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 08:33 AM PDT

The agreement governing fifth fleet's home port, due to expire next month, was renewed and now lasts until 2016

Video appears to show Syrian official quitting

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 04:52 AM PDT

Hama's attorney-general accuses the country's regime of 'committing atrocities towards unarmed civilians' but state media says claims were made at gunpoint

Italy cobbles together austerity compromise

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 10:49 AM PDT

Deal relies heavily on renewed crackdown on tax evasion to achieve goal demanded by European Central Bank of balanced budget by 2013

Germans pour salt on to nuclear storage wound

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 10:49 AM PDT

Lower-Saxony's decision to bury nuclear waste in Gorleben's salt caves has led to a bitter standoff and search for a different site

Development stalls in North Korea’s border zones

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 09:50 AM PDT

Hopes Pyongyang was warming to Chinese-style reforms are fading as work on two special economic areas grinds to a halt

US signals intention over Canadian tar sands

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 10:36 AM PDT

The report seemed to confirm that environmental concerns over the $7bn Keystone XL pipeline are being trumped by economic benefits

Restaurants in Greece refuse to pay VAT rise

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 09:41 AM PDT

Steep rise in duty on hospitality sector is part of fiscal package agreed in return for the country's second European Union financial rescue

Swiss economy continues robust growth

Posted: 01 Sep 2011 08:04 AM PDT

Economists said concerns that growth would slow in the coming months were justified, as exporters suffer increasingly from the soaring currency

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