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New efforts are made to bring to justice, men wanted for mass murder in Bosnia; and an inquiry in Rwanda, into that country’s genocide, points a finger of blame at France. … Read More »
The Melbourne underworld figure accused of drug trafficking and murder, Tony Mokbel, enjoyed the dubious title of highest-profile Australian in trouble in the EU this month.
His court battles in Athens against extradition appeared to be over; his ticket home in handcuffs virtually assured.
The Australian wool industry rated a poor second in the trouble stakes, under attack once again over the practice of mulesing sheep. … Read More »
An event unlikely to help confidence in the financial business at a difficult time, fraud by a trader inside France’s second main bank, La Societe Generale, has cost it EU4.9-billion( $US7-billion, A$8-billion; dcerates.com, 24.1.08). … Read More »
Visitors to Rome’s famous Spanish Steps may have had a little trouble walking them yesterday (16.12.08) after up to a million multicoloured balls cascaded down, filling the Piazza di Spagna and La Barcaccia fountain. … Read More »
The heads of five of the world’s largest international broadcasters (BBC World Service, Deutsche Welle, Radio France Internationale, Radio Netherlands Worldwide and the Voice Of America) have called upon all governments to honour press freedom. … Read More »
The European Union is working to launch a multinational fire fighting force by the start of the Summer fire season - hoping to head-off a crisis like the devastating fires in Greece last year … Read More »
An-end-of year survey of citizens showed that support for being in the European Union is at its highest level in a decade. … Read More »