16. desember 2005

EU locked in crunch budget talks. UK officials struggle to come up with an acceptable new proposal on the EU budget before a leaders meeting. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 6:40:07 PM    comment [] House Passes Bill To Shore Up Pensions . The House yesterday approved a bill to strengthen the nation's private pension system, toughening funding requirements on employers who operate the plans and boosting payments that companies must make to the government's pension insurance agency. By Albert B. Crenshaw. [washingtonpost.com - Business] 6:36:25 PM    comment [] Radiation alert at Chechen plant. Russia investigates the discovery of "catastrophic" levels of radioactivity at a factory in Chechnya. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 6:34:34 PM    comment [] Under Pressure, Food Producers Shift to Healthier Products. Major food producers are under increasing pressure to make shifts in the way they sell their products to children. By MELANIE WARNER. [NYT > Home Page] 6:33:30 PM    comment [] Sinn Fein expels 'spy case' man. Sinn Fein expels one of three men acquitted last week of involvement in an alleged IRA spy ring at Stormont. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 6:30:14 PM    comment [] 'Wild dogs' murder youths jailed. Four teenagers are sent to jail for a "brutal and savage" attack on a Chinese takeaway owner outside his shop. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 6:29:22 PM    comment [] Virtual War: readers fire back. Letters Plus German Wiki, Dutch maths and Swedish nymphs [The Register] 6:27:42 PM    comment [] Poor nations unite at trade talks. More than 100 developing countries join forces at world trade talks in Hong Kong to press for greater access to the markets of rich nations. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 6:26:39 PM    comment [] Ministers at W.T.O. Conference Try to Salvage a Partial Agreement. Trade negotiators have begun holding closed-door meetings nearly around the clock to hammer out a narrowly worded, four-part deal by Sunday night. By KEITH BRADSHER. [NYT > Business] 6:25:00 PM    comment []

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