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Data ruling may shelter illegal file sharers

The agony of the recorded-music industry as it fights the ”world of free” on the internet may have become a little more painful in Germany this month, with a court ruling that…

Small companies think big at CeBIT

Peek behind the giant screen that shows the action replays at a soccer game, and chances are that you’ll see the badge of an Italian firm that is one of the five leaders of the…

German magazine mocks hunt for Madeleine

Images of Madeleine McCann, the British four-year old who went missing six months ago in Portugal, have been printed in a spoof supermarket advertisement by a German satirical…

Artificial snow attracts ire of Alpine environmentalists

Winter failed this year on the lower slopes of Europe’s Alps, prompting fresh orders for electric-powered machines that puff out artificial snow on to the pistes when the weather…

Swindler Jurgen Harksen tells all in new book

Convicted German confidence trickster Jurgen Harksen describes in a book published in Germany on Friday how he persuaded his rich victims to keep sending him money in South…

Coming to a shop near you… smart toys

Clever electronic features are the make-or-break feature in many new toys on display at the Nuremberg Toy Fair, which entered the second day on Friday of a six-day run. Baby…

Bus, railway blasts rock London

London’s entire underground railway network was closed down on Thursday after a series of explosions that caused a ”large number of casualties” and at least 33 deaths, police…

World reels after London blasts

Explosions rocked the London subway and a double-decker bus on Thursday, causing at least two deaths, injuring scores of riders and sending victims fleeing from blast sites.…

‘Absolute chaos’, say South Africans in London

South Africans in London spoke to the <i>Mail & Guardian Online</i> immediately after Thursday’s series of blasts that hit the city’s underground railway system and a…

British expats lose pension battle

British citizens retired overseas on Wednesday lost their high court battle for the right to have their state retirement pensions increased in line with inflation. A judge…