France - calls for more sanctions on Iran

Published on Jan 3, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ France is calling on the EU to follow the US and harden its stance on Iran after the country tested a long-range missile on Monday.

Iran also warned the US not to order one its aircraft carriers back to the Persian Gulf, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. It did not name the vessel but the carrier the USS John C Stennis was seen in the Arabian Sea last week.

Britain - Stephen Lawrence murder: Dobson and Norris found guilty - BBC News

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Two men have been convicted of the racist murder of black London teenager Stephen Lawrence 18 years after the attack.

Gary Dobson, 36, and David Norris, 35, were found guilty by an Old Bailey jury after a trial based on new forensic evidence.
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Police admit failing Lawrence family

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The Metropolitan Police's Acting Assistant Deputy Commissioner Cressida Dick
admits that Stephen Lawrence's family 'waited too long for justice' and
there are people involved in his murder that have not been brought to
justice.

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Doreen Lawrence: not a reason to celebrate

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The mother of Stephen Lawrence, Doreen Lawrence, says she cannot celebrate the convictions of Gary Dobson and David Norris for murder, while her son lies buried.

Greece - Blunt warning from Athens on euro future

Published on Jan 3, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ Greece will have to leave the eurozone if it fails to reach a deal on a second, 130 billion euro bailout with its international lenders.

That unusually stark warning from government spokesman Pantelis Kapsis seemed to be aimed at building support among the Greeks for tough austerity measures.

Kapsis told Skai TV: "The bailout agreement needs to be signed otherwise we will be out of the markets, out of the euro. The situation will be much worse."

Britain - BP chases Halliburton for billions over oil spill

Published on Jan 3, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ BP says it wants contractor Halliburton to pay all the clean up costs and expenses from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill -- that is around 32 billion euros.

Halliburton installed the cement cap on the Deepwater Horizon well that failed leading to the United State's biggest offshore oil spill.

BP is locked in legal battles with Halliburton and Transocean, the owner and operator of the rig.

France - Firms sold 'industrial product' to breast implant company

Published on Jan 3, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ At least two companies have admitted supplying products meant for industrial not medical use to the French firm at the centre of a health scare over breast implants.

PIP, which was shut down in 2010, has denied the allegations. Its lawyer insisted the substances used were not dangerous and said the firm's boss, who is wanted by Interpol, would break his silence.

But the German firm Brenntag, the world's largest chemicals distributor, said it supplied PIP with industrial-grade silicone. It is in contact with French health authorities.

China - City carved out of ice in Harbin

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Harbin in China creates an to host its annual festival of snow sculptures.

Iran - test-fired a surface-to-surface cruise missile in a naval drill

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Iran has test-fired a surface-to-surface cruise missile in a naval drill, after the country threatened to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for one-sixth of the world's oil supply.

Spain - jobless reaches record high (23%) since crisis began

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http://www.euronews.net/ Unemployment in Spain rose for the fifth month in succession in December to a new record since the crisis began.

The government says more than 4.4 million people were out of work; the national statistics body puts the figure at nearly five million.

Labour Ministry said the figures confirmed the deterioration in the country's economic situation over the second half of the year.

The overall percentage was not given but last month the new prime minister put the figure at 23 percent, more than twice the European Union average.