Iran’s president says move Israel
Iran’s conservative president has said that Israel should be moved to Europe.
“If European countries claim that they have killed Jews in World War II.
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South Korea fines Microsoft $32m
/0 Comments/in Microsoft Corporation /by ceadminMicrosoft has been fined 33bn won ($32m; £18.4m) following an antitrust ruling by South Korean regulators.
The US software giant was ordered to unbundle its messaging service from its Windows software by South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission
Blair faces Iraq war inquiry move
/0 Comments/in Tony Blair /by ceadminTony Blair faces a fresh move by senior MPs to set up a full Parliamentary inquiry into the UK role in the run up to the Iraq war and its aftermath.
Tory Ken Clarke and Lib Dem deputy leader Sir Menzies Campbell are among those backing the cross-party motion.
They are aiming to get 200 signatures and get a debate in the Commons
Ambassador turns on Blair over Iraq
/0 Comments/in Tony Blair /by ceadminThere are some diplomats who think that an ambassador’s desk should hold its secrets as much as the psychiatrist’s couch.
Not Sir Christopher Meyer, lately Her Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador in Washington.
Correspondents based in Washington knew Mr Meyer as an accomplished envoy, and an engaging and sharp-tongued informant
Former Cheney aide denies charges
/0 Comments/in Lewis Libby /by ceadminFormer White House aide Lewis Libby has pleaded not guilty to charges related to the leak of a CIA agent’s identity.
Mr Libby, who was chief of staff to Vice-President Dick Cheney, faces five counts of perjury, making false statements and obstructing justice.
He was one of the most powerful men in the US until he resigned last week
Charged aide quits Cheney office
/0 Comments/in Lewis Libby /by ceadminA top aide to the US vice-president has resigned after being charged with perjury over an investigation into the unmasking of a covert CIA agent.
Lewis Libby, chief-of-staff to Dick Cheney, was also charged with obstruction of justice and making false statements to a federal grand jury.
Bush aide Karl Rove was not charged but the investigation remains open
Iranian President’s controversial remark
/0 Comments/in Mahmoud Ahmadinejad /by ceadminMr Ahmadinejad told some 3,000 students in Tehran that Israel’s establishment had been a move by the West against the Islamic world.
He was addressing a conference entitled The World without Zionism and his comments were reported by the Iranian state news agency Irna.
“As the Imam said, Israel must be wiped off the map,” he said, referring to Iran’s late revolutionary leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
News Corp sued over ‘poison pill’
/0 Comments/in News Corp /by ceadminInstitutional investors have sued Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp claiming it reneged on a promise to protect shareholders when it moved to the US.
Investors allege the group failed to get their approval to extend measures to protect it against a takeover.
Last year, News Corp vowed not to extend this “poison pill” beyond a year if investors backed a move to the US
Peugeot Citroen hit with EU fine
/0 Comments/in Peugeot Citroen /by ceadminThe European Commission has ordered French car group PSA Peugeot Citroen to pay a 49.5m euros ($59m; £34m) fine for breaking competition rules.
Brussels found that the firm’s Peugeot and Citroen marques blocked the cross-border sale of new cars from the Netherlands, where prices are cheapest
Olympic Air in appeal against EU
/0 Comments/in Olympic Air /by ceadminAiling airline Olympic is to appeal against a European Commission ruling that it received illegal state aid and must repay it to the Greek government.
The announcement was made by the Greek Transport Minister Mihalis Liapis, who did not specify whether the government would also be appealing.
Brussels ruled last week that Olympic must repay up to 540m euros ($663m; £364m) to the Greek administration