Faisal Islam
Time for porcine solidarity among the PIIGS
Total failure, self-inflicted. The three little pigs need some huff and puff, and they will find more support than you might imagine in Germany.
Search results for ‘world war II’
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European Union awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
The European Union is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its role in creating a “continent of peace”. But in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the end of the war, is the timing ironic?
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Ad Wars: taxing questions for Obama and Romney
How does the rhetoric of the first presidential debate square with the ads that the Obama and Romney campaigns have been running? Brand consultant James von Leyden takes a look.
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Obama warns Iran before UN General Assembly
President Obama raises the stakes in the battle to thwart Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, telling the United Nations that time for diplomatic efforts to resolve the situation is not “unlimited”.
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David Cameron presses Sri Lankan president over war crimes
Amid confusion as to the exact direction of British foreign policy towards Sri Lanka, Channel 4 News has learned that the British Prime Minister in fact demanded accountability for alleged war crimes when the two leaders met.
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Warlord Charles Taylor blames conviction on US interference
The ex-Liberian president faces an 80-year term in a UK prison for aiding and equipping rebels in Sierra Leone’s civil war, and for his role in rape, murder, and the conscription of child soldiers.
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Liberian warlord Charles Taylor found guilty
The former Liberian president is found guilty of war crimes in Sierra Leone at a special court in The Hague.
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German city evacuated as WWII bomb defused
Firefighters say a massive British World War II-era bomb that triggered the evacuation of half of Germany’s western city of Koblenz has been successfully defused.
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Real-time WWII Twitter feed will create ‘living memory’
A Twitter account is reporting the events of world war two as it happened, minute by minute, for the next six years. Channel 4 News talks to the Oxford graduate behind @RealTimeWWII.
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Faisal Islam
Europe set for biggest bailout in world history
A day of riot and recapitalisation in this eurozone crisis. That’s the view from the G20 finance meeting in Paris. Protests against banks, in a week that I believe will end with the biggest bailout in world history, of the single currency, and also of the Eurozone’s banks.
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Tesco launches supermarket price war
Tesco wages a major price offensive on rival supermarkets, aggressively cutting as much as 20 per cent from the cost of everyday items.
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UN: Somalia is ‘world’s worst humanitarian disaster’
The head of the United Nation’s refugee agency describes the drought in Somalia as the “worst humanitarian disaster” in the world and urges Kenya to build more camps, after touring the region.
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China admits cyber warfare unit
China admits for the first time that it has an elite unit of cyber warriors in its army, as an intelligence source tells Channel 4 News the threat is real, potent, and will be utilised in warfare.
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Nazi war criminal released on age grounds
A German court finds 91-year-old John Demjanjuk guilty of helping to murder thousands of Jews at a Nazi death camp, but he is to be released because of his age.
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HMV profits warning amid high street turmoil
High petrol, cotton and wheat prices are being blamed for the turbulence on Britain’s high streets as music retailer HMV issues its third profits warning of 2011. Siobhan Kennedy looks at the numbers.
