Italy - Cruise ship captain Schettino in custody as horror stories emerge. 'Like the Titanic.'

Published on Jan 15, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ 'Like the Titanic.'

That is what many are saying as the Costa Concordia's captain is held on suspicion of multiple manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship with passengers still on board.

Officials believe he brought his vessel too close to the island of Giglio. Speaking before his arrest, Francesco Schettino disagreed, saying the rock was not shown on his maritime chart.

France - Nicolas Sarkozy breaks silence after Standard & Poor´s downgrade

Published on Jan 15, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ Nicolas Sarkozy has called on French people to resist and fight in the face of the crisis, two days after France saw its credit rating downgraded by a leading agency, Standard & Poor's.

USA - New Gingrich: 'I have the best chance to beat Barack Obama'

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Despite lagging in fourth place in some polls, former US House Speaker New Gingrich, says he is more qualified than front-runner Mitt Romney to defeat President Barack Obama in a general election.

Myanmar - France promises rewards for reformist pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi

Published on Jan 15, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ The French foreign minister, meeting Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Rangoon, has said the EU will respond with 'concrete measures' to recent government reforms.

Alain Juppé met the veteran activist at her lakeside home where she spent almost two decades under house arrest.

Later he was due to bestow Suu Kyi with the French Legion of Honour.

Juppé's visit to Myanmar or Burma, the first ever by a French foreign minister, follows those of his American and British counterparts.

France - Huan Huan and Yuan Zi, Two three-year-old giant pandas arrive from China

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Two three-year-old giant pandas, Huan Huan and Yuan Zi, arrive from China to start a new life in a French zoo.

USA - Bafta hosts a tea party in Beverly Hills for nominees

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Ahead of the Golden Globe Awards nominees walked the red carpet at a tea party hosted by The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta).

Syria - UN chief Ban Ki-moon tells Ban Ki-moon to stop the killing

Published on Jan 15, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ Stop killing your people.

That is the message from United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon to Syrian Ban Ki-moon.

The UN says his crackdown has claimed more than 5,000 lives during a 10-month-old uprising.

Ban was speaking in Lebanon at a conference on democratic transitions in the Arab World.

Hungary - Far-right Jobbik party burns EU flag and demands exit from bloc

Published on Jan 15, 2012 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ Far-right activists in Hungary have burned the EU flag, calling for the country's exit from the bloc.

Some 2,000 demonstrators from the extremist Jobbik party gathered outside the European Commission offices in Budapest.

They are angry that cash-strapped Hungary is under pressure to ditch new legislation that Brussels says may violate European laws and principles.

"Not only us but many other countries now believe they could be better off outside the EU and then they would not have got into this situation," said protester Gyorgy Lillik, 63.