7 August 2008, 8:14 am
The ECB recognised on Thursday that eurozone economic activity was weakening, but stayed focused on inflation as president Jean-Claude Trichet signalled its main lending rate would stay at 4.25 percent for some time.... read more
7 August 2008, 7:50 am
Lionel Messi scored one goal and set up another as reigning Olympic football champions Argentina began the defence of their title with a 2-1 win over the Ivory Coast in Shanghai after a ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport threatened the Barcelona star's participation.... read more
7 August 2008, 7:44 am
Pakistan's ruling coalition said Thursday that it would seek the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf, posing the biggest threat to the key US ally since he seized power in a 1999 coup.... read more
7 August 2008, 7:36 am
Critics of China's human rights record made sure they were not forgotten on Thursday, a day before the grand opening of the Beijing Olympics, with protest actions the world over and in China itself.... read more
7 August 2008, 7:12 am
Osama bin Laden's former driver faces sentencing on Thursday before a US military tribunal after having been convicted of providing support to Al-Qaeda in the first US war crimes trial since World War II.... read more
7 August 2008, 7:07 am
US President George W. Bush arrived in Beijing Thursday to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games after raising fresh concerns about China's attitude towards human rights.... read more
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