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UPDATE: French Feb New Car Registrations Up 11% On Year

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:36:00 +0100

PARIS -(Dow Jones)- Registrations of new cars in France rose by 11% in February compared with the same year-ago month to 175,182, reversing the 5.6% decline recorded in January, according to latest...

Merkel Congratulates Medvedev, Regrets Irregularities-AFP

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:35:00 +0100

BERLIN (AFP)--German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday congratulated Russian president-elect Dmitry Medvedev, her office said, but regretted irregularities in the run-up to the vote. ...

Palestinian PM Slams Israeli Gaza Operation -AFP

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:34:00 +0100

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP)--Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad Monday slammed Israel's bloody operation in Gaza as "an aggression without precedent since 1967" when the Jewish state...

Iran President: Iran Signs Seven Pacts With Iraq - AFP

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:32:00 +0100

BAGHDAD (AFP)--Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday Tehran and Baghdad have signed seven pacts in areas such as industry, trade and transportation. Ahmadinejad said he discussed...

2nd UPDATE: Nokia Wins UK Court Ruling Against Qualcomm

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:29:00 +0100

(Adds analyst and executive comment.) By Daniel Thomas Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON -(Dow Jones)- U.S. mobile technology firm Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) faced another blow in its legal...

VW Financial Chief: No Reason To Make Full Bid For Scania

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:27:00 +0100

STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Volkswagen AG (VOW.XE )Chief Financial Officer Dieter Poetsch said Monday there was no need to make a full bid for Scania AB (SCV-a.SK) after the German automaker became the...

Global Chip Sales Roughly Flat At $21.5 Billion In January: SIA

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:26:00 +0100

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Worldwide semiconductor sales were roughly flat in January versus a year ago, but fell 3.6% from December levels, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. ...

HSBC's Green: Focus For Investment, M&A In Emerging Markets

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:23:00 +0100

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- HSBC Holdings PLC's (HBC) focus for investment and mergers and acquisitions remains in emerging markets, Chairman Stephen Green said Monday. Green said the bank won't shy...

Nokia Introduces Nokia 6124 Classic Exclusively For Vodafone

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:22:00 +0100

Edited Press Release STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Nokia Monday announced the launch of the Nokia 6124 classic, which will be exclusively available from Vodafone in Vodafone markets in the second...

Oil drifts lower on OPEC and weak dollar support

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:21:47 +0100

LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices drifted lower on Monday, but drew some support from expectations OPEC would leave its output unchanged when it meets this week in Vienna. U.S. light crude...

French February New Car Registrations Up 11% On Year

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:20:00 +0100

5% Of Afghanistan Out Of Government Control: Intelligence Chief-AFP

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:20:00 +0100

KABUL (AFP)--Five percent of Afghanistan is out of government control although Taliban rebels operating in these areas have not set up parallel administrations, the country's intelligence chief...

UK Protesters Climb Crane By Parliament To Urge EU Vote - AFP

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:18:00 +0100

LONDON (AFP)--Campaigners calling for a U.K. referendum on a new European Union treaty staged a protest Monday after climbing a crane next to parliament in central London, witnesses said. Two...

Blow For Zimbabwe Challenger As VP Backs Mugabe - AFP

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:17:00 +0100

HARARE (AFP)--Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's deputy Joyce Mujuru has thrown her weight behind the veteran ruler's bid for a sixth term, dispelling speculation linking her to Mugabe's rival...

Equatorial Guinea President Calls Early Parliamentary Polls-AFP

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:16:00 +0100

MALABO, Equatorial Guinea (AFP)--President Teodoro Obiang Nguema dissolved parliament Monday and called new parliamentary elections for May 4, a year earlier than expected. "The Chamber...

Iran President: US-led Foreign Forces Must Leave Iraq - AFP

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:15:00 +0100

BAGHDAD (AFP)--Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on a landmark visit to Iraq, called Monday for U.S.-led foreign forces to leave the war-ravaged country. "Without the presence of...

Italian Car Market Slowed In Feb From Year Before -Study

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:11:00 +0100

MILAN -(Dow Jones)- New car registrations in Italy slowed in February against the same month of 2007, automotive research group Centro Studi Promotor said Monday, without giving any figures. ...

Bomb Explodes Outside Athens Office, No Casualties -AFP

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:10:00 +0100

ATHENS (AFP)--A bomb exploded outside the Athens office of the Greek environment and public works ministry early on Monday morning, causing minor damage and no injuries, a police source said. ...

Boeing faces questions after tanker loss

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:06:37 +0100

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co -- and its shareholders -- will be looking for answers this week as to how the plane maker and defense giant managed to lose a $35 billion tanker...

New Zambian Mining Act To Hike Royalty Fees - Official

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:06:00 +0100

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Zambia's new mining act, expected to be passed later this month, will hike royalty fees for companies mining base and precious metals to 3% from the current 0.6% as the...