Learning lessons from other disasters

Learning lessons from other disasters
Iran’s Arak plant shows depth of distrust
China pledge cements era of market forces
Protesters flock to Commonwealth summit
EU agrees €135.5bn budget for 2014
Madrid in a mess over rubbish strike
German parties seek votes on EU issues
World Trade Center tower opens
Companies seek to overturn Obamacare fees
Sberbank urges reform after weak Russia GDP

Posted: 12 Nov 2013 08:29 AM PST

As agencies seek to avoid mistakes made after the 2004 tsunami and other crises, observers fear the international relief system remains inadequate

Iran’s Arak plant shows depth of distrust

Posted: 12 Nov 2013 11:18 AM PST

The weekend negotiations in Geneva failed to deliver a deal partly due to disagreements over building at the heavy water reactor at Arak

China pledge cements era of market forces

Posted: 12 Nov 2013 11:45 AM PST

A communiqué at the conclusion of the four-day meeting reinforced the reformist rhetoric of President Xi Jinping signalling an eventual end to state-mandated prices

Protesters flock to Commonwealth summit

Posted: 12 Nov 2013 07:49 AM PST

Sri Lankan president's record and his regime fall under the spotlight as human rights groups, critics and prominent visitors arrive in Colombo

EU agrees €135.5bn budget for 2014

Posted: 12 Nov 2013 07:08 AM PST

Plans to cut Brussels' spending by 6% leave some countries still convinced the budget reduction is insufficient in the continuing economic climate

Madrid in a mess over rubbish strike

Posted: 12 Nov 2013 09:32 AM PST

Walkout by 6,000 refuse collectors and street cleaners in Madrid leaves the city overflowing with rubbish as unions and city officials blame each other

German parties seek votes on EU issues

Posted: 12 Nov 2013 10:05 AM PST

Merkel's dominant CDU opposes the policy, put forward by conservatives and centre-left, for the right to hold referendums

World Trade Center tower opens

Posted: 12 Nov 2013 09:59 AM PST

The first tower in the $14bn redevelopment of the World Trade Center is having problems luring cost-wary corporations to take space in the development

Companies seek to overturn Obamacare fees

Posted: 12 Nov 2013 08:55 AM PST

Health companies want new fees waived amid fears that the promised benefits of US healthcare reform will be slow to appear

Sberbank urges reform after weak Russia GDP

Posted: 12 Nov 2013 05:46 AM PST

Herman Gref appeals for changes to reinvigorate the private sector and sees long-term potential of 6 to 7 per cent economic growth