09.06.2009 - News
Five of 13 Christian Democrat MPs quit party

Five MPs have quit the Christian Democrats, the fourth biggest grouping in the Czech lower house. Mirolsav Kalousek, Jan Husák, Ladislav Šustr, Vlasta Parkanová and Pavel Severa all said they were leaving the party on Tuesday...

09.06.2009 - Shell settles lawsuit over killing of Nigerian activists
Europe's largest oil company agreed on Monday to a $15.5 million payout to settle a lawsuit over alleged complicity in human rights abuses under the former military regime in Nigeria during the 1990s...

09.06.2009 - Porsche woos Qatari investor in hopes of shedding debt burden
DW-WORLD: Porsche to ask for German government funding German luxury carmaker Porsche is to request German government funding to plug huge financial holes, a Porsche spokesman said on Wednesday. (04...

09.06.2009 - Russia seeks WTO membership with regional bloc
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Moscow would only join the WTO, if the three former Soviet bloc countries are accepted as a single applicant. Putin was quoted by the ITAR-Tass news agency after a meeting of the Eurasian Economic Community in Moscow as saying that he, along with the prime ministers of Belarus and Kazakhstan would "notify the WTO of their intention to start negotiations on the accession of the tripartite customs union to the organization and the end of national negotiations...

09.06.2009 - All four suspects in terrorism trial set to confess
Police arrested three of the men in Germany in 2007. The fourth man was seized in Turkey...

09.06.2009 - 'Of Kids & Parents' nominated for prestigious UK translation award
09.06.2009 - President Klaus’ hopes dashed as eurosceptics take a beating in the European elections
09.06.2009 - Green party leader resigns over poor showing in the European elections
09.06.2009 - Writers in exile find refuge in Germany with PEN grants
09.06.2009 - Africa hopes for better times as investors size up business opportunites
09.06.2009 - Cartoonists Robert Crumb and Aline Kominsky-Crumb discuss working together – and much more
09.06.2009 - Terrorism suspect tells German court he will confess
09.06.2009 - German retailer Arcandor files for insolvency
09.06.2009 - Suspected terrorist to make confession in German trial
09.06.2009 - Authorities recover further bodies from Air France jet crash
09.06.2009 - German exports plunge amid economic slowdown
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09.06.2009 - US judge puts brakes on Chrysler sale to Fiat
09.06.2009 - European oil giant Shell settles lawsuit over killing of Nigerian activists
09.06.2009 - Euro-zone ministers agree to cut budget deficits next year