Andre Venter: Europeoutside inBehind the Times- August 6, 2003 Telepolis Newshttp://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/co/15391/1.html Italy's lotto rises to $70m- August 6, 2003 The Italian lottery jackpot grows to a European record of $70m as yet another draw fails to secure a winner. BBC News Europe World Editionhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/europe/3129911.stm EU gives 'last chance' to Microsoft- August 6, 2003 The EU executive says the US software giant has a final chance to comment before action is taken against 'market abuses'. BBC News Europe World Edition Any bets on whether they'll succeed (I mean the EU in managing to bring MS to actually comply) I'd say the chances are slim.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3128621.stm Scorching Weather Brings Damage and Death to Europe- August 6, 2003 Unusually high temperatures and a summer-long dearth of rain have wrought serious damage to crops and weather-related deaths throughout Europe. By Frank Bruni. New York Times: Internationalhttp://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/05/international/europe/05CND-EURO.html?ex=1375502400&e... Ryanair- August 5, 2003 Ryanair profits grow by 12%. Europe's largest low-cost airline reports a 44m euro profit but suffers an increase in the percentage of empty seats on its flights. BBC News News Front Page UK Edition I don't know how Ryanair can fly me to London for 29 Euros or less and be profitable. Actually... I don't care, I just hope they will continue. ";-" Paolo Valdemarin: Paolo's Webloghttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/1/hi/business/3124883.stm More UK war graves vandalised- August 2, 2003 Vandals damage the graves of British and Commonwealth soldiers in the latest of a spate of attacks on World War I cemeteries in northern France. BBC News Europe World Editionhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/uk_news/3116091.stm UK bans iPod gadget- August 1, 2003 A gadget that lets you send songs from Apple's iPod music player to an FM radio has fallen foul of UK laws. BBC News Technology World Editionhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/technology/3115345.stm An open letter to Silvio Berlusconi- August 1, 2003 The Economist publishes an Open Letter to the Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and asks some inconvenient questions... hebig.orgbloghttp://www.hebig.org/blogs/archives/main/001105.php |