Turkish drama moves from courts to politics

Turkish drama moves from courts to politics
Victory for French online taxi operators
Anglo Irish case begins with focus on loans
Australian town plans flight from drought
Ham baguettes give way to hamburgers
West steps up bid to woo Ukraine
Brazil metro chaos renews World Cup fears
UN condemns Vatican on paedophile clergy
Tunisia battles to contain unemployment
German school leavers spurn apprenticeships

Posted: 05 Feb 2014 11:22 AM PST

Corruption allegations gain more attention when opposition leader takes floor in parliament to read out excerpts from businessmen's purported conversations

Victory for French online taxi operators

Posted: 05 Feb 2014 09:36 AM PST

Decree that forced online companies to delay picking up customers for at least 15 minutes to protect traditional licensed cabs is suspended

Anglo Irish case begins with focus on loans

Posted: 05 Feb 2014 12:31 PM PST

Case is first in which senior financial executives come before court in trial concerned directly with events that triggered bursting of Celtic Tiger bubble

Australian town plans flight from drought

Posted: 05 Feb 2014 11:36 AM PST

Outback town near some of the world's largest underground mines has drawn up contingencies to evacuate 3,000 residents after two years with almost no rain

Ham baguettes give way to hamburgers

Posted: 05 Feb 2014 12:06 PM PST

Rising burger sales in the land of 'haute cuisine' will spark soul-searching in a haven of fine food but a new 'home-made' law may not reverse the trend

West steps up bid to woo Ukraine

Posted: 05 Feb 2014 10:37 AM PST

The US, EU and international lenders scramble to find an aid plan if Ukraine resolves its political crisis, as the hryvnia falls to five-year low

Brazil metro chaos renews World Cup fears

Posted: 05 Feb 2014 10:05 AM PST

Tensions are growing among organisers of the World Cup in Brazil after São Paulo's metro line was disrupted, apparently by protesters

UN condemns Vatican on paedophile clergy

Posted: 05 Feb 2014 09:44 AM PST

The Vatican has not done enough to deal with paedophile clergy according to a UN report described by a senior US abuse campaigner as 'on target'

Tunisia battles to contain unemployment

Posted: 05 Feb 2014 08:05 AM PST

Joblessness is around 16.7 per cent – it is thought to be much higher among young people – and was one of main drivers of revolution in 2011