9.18.10 – Benedict tells Britain In a strongly worded speech delivered in Parliament, Benedict XVI bluntly told politicians not to ‘silence’ religion and discourage public celebration of its most important festivals. And in a thinly-veiled attack on controversial equality legislation, he said laws which forced Christians to act against their consciences were wrong
9.17.10 – (Reuters) – A Russian government agency has registered the web address Putin-2012.rf in a sign Prime Minister Vladimir Putin plans to run in a presidential election he would seem almost certain to win.
9.17.10 – The German government plans to enlist imams educated at German universities to improve the integration of young Muslims in the future. The program, however, threatens to create a conflict between Germany and Turkey and with Muslim organizations.
9.17.10 – Millions of Britons face a return to the militant 1970s as public sector unions gear up for an Autumn and Winter of Discontent.
9.17.10 – The Pope has condemned 'aggressive secularism' and compared atheism to the forces of Nazism. Speaking in front of the Queen after his arrival in Britain he made it clear he would not be cowed by a militant secularist lobby determined to undermine his visit.
9.16.10 – Unemployment fell 8,000 to 2.47million over the quarter as 286,000 more people secured job, according to the Office for National Statistics.
9.16.10 – Benedict XVI flew into Edinburgh International Airport from Rome this morning, where he was met by the Duke of Edinburgh. But his visit has been overshadowed by ill-judged comments from one of his aides, Cardinal Walter Kasper, who compared Britain to a 'Third World country'. He has been dropped from the entourage after the attack.
9.15.10 – The widening gulf between earnings in the private and public sectors was laid bare yesterday. State workers receive an average of £7,000 a year more in pay and pension contributions than their counterparts in private companies, official figures showed.
9.13.10 – By working together the unions said the country would be crippled by strikes, civil disobedience and other forms of peaceful protest against Government cuts.
9.12.10 – French lawmakers on Friday approved government plans to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62 by 2018, a key item on President Nicolas Sarkozy's agenda to overhaul the costly pension system.
9.10.10 – The Chancellor said the 'lifestyle choice' of sitting at home claiming money from the state was 'going to come to an end'. Whitehall sources told the Daily Mail that cuts to out-of-work benefits could include hugely controversial moves to set time limits on handouts.
9.6.10 – The ruling limits the amount of time junior doctors spend on wards during the day but has led to almost a quarter dropping out of NHS training after two years
9.4.10 – The industrial courts granted an estimated £1billion in payouts to those who claimed they had been wrongly dismissed or suffered discrimination.
9.2.10 – Being French and Muslim doesn't mean a girl can't have fun. PARIS, France — The youngest of six children, all born in France to Moroccan parents, Mariame Tighanimine was in her last year of high school when the 2004 act was passed prohibiting the "conspicuous" display of religious symbols (including the veil) in French state schools.
9.1.10 – A Russian mini-submarine may have found billions of pounds worth of lost Romanov gold on the floor of the lake Baikal in Siberia, it was revealed yesterday.
9.1.10 – Britain is facing a pandemic of bed bugs that could leave millions of homes infested, pest experts warned today.
8.31.10 – New report says public spending cuts could mean unemployment soars to one in ten in some parts of the country as the labour market remains weak.
8.23.10 – British workers are too poorly educated to rival immigrants for jobs, a report warned yesterday. Declining standards are leading companies to fill jobs with foreign workers as managers believe British candidates do not have the skills to match those from outside the UK.
8.22.10 – Separating "protection" from "corruption" in European private security companies. GRAZ, Austria — Private security companies have flourished in southeastern Europe, filling a void left by the dismantling of communist institutions. But weak oversight has meant that they are as often linked with crime as with its prevention.
8.21.10 – A convicted killer who many believe is the real Lockerbie bomber has been freed from prison in Sweden, prompting calls for a new investigation into Palestinian links to the atrocity.
8.17.10 – In a recent article, Andrei Areshev, deputy director of the Strategic Culture Foundation, wrote, "At the moment, climate weapons may be reaching their target capacity and may be used to provoke droughts, erase crops, and induce various anomalous phenomena in certain countries."
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