Medvedev fires mutinous finance minister

Medvedev fires mutinous finance minister
Europe thinks the unthinkable to solve crisis
Funding stand-off reveals US Congress divide
EU ban forces Syria to cut oil production
EU urged to probe Hungary mortgage move
French socialists sense change after Senate vote
BP plans gas pipeline to Europe from Azerbaijan
Anger rises in India over redrawn poverty line
Tokyo tackles taxation for tsunami reconstruction
Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai dies

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 10:17 AM PDT

Alexei Kudrin dismissed as Russian president seeks to show he still has authority despite humiliation of standing aside for Vladimir Putin

Europe thinks the unthinkable to solve crisis

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 11:30 AM PDT

Eurozone governments, many facing growing public disquiet, must now address three overlapping policy discussions for stepping up their response to the crisis

Funding stand-off reveals US Congress divide

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 10:28 AM PDT

Disaster relief bill shows the dysfunction in Congress, with lawmakers on Capitol Hill unable to resist adding a new fiscal fight to the mix

EU ban forces Syria to cut oil production

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 06:35 AM PDT

EU sanctions on exports are taking effect in Syria where the country's oil storage facilities are filling up as the regime of Bashar al Assad fails to find markets for its crude

EU urged to probe Hungary mortgage move

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 10:12 AM PDT

Austrian and Italian-owned banks say law aimed at helping holders of Swiss-franc mortgages breaches rules and could set a dangerous precedent

French socialists sense change after Senate vote

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 10:54 AM PDT

The leftwing party was exultant after the upper house vote, seeing the result as a sign that Nicolas Sarkozy is retreating ahead of presidential elections

BP plans gas pipeline to Europe from Azerbaijan

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 09:39 AM PDT

Scheme is a new entrant in the competition to construct a supply route to the Caspian Basin and reduce Europe's dependence on Russian gas

Anger rises in India over redrawn poverty line

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 09:00 AM PDT

New benchmarks suggest that a person living on more than Rs32 ($0.64) a day in urban areas would no longer be classified as being below the poverty line

Tokyo tackles taxation for tsunami reconstruction

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 07:42 AM PDT

The rich will pay most if planned tax rises to cover costs of this year's disaster damage are enacted

Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai dies

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 03:20 AM PDT

Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmental activist and human rights campaigner, has died of cancer aged 71