http://en.redtram.com/ dw-world.de Copyright (c) 2008 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:13:54 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 162532 | Sarkozy heads for talks in Russia http://en.redtram.com/go/152534002/top100/ 152534002 French President Nicolas Sarkozy is heading to Moscow for talks with the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev about the crisis in Georgia. He is joined by the European Union foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, and the European Commission head, Jose Manuel Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:44:59 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152534002/top100/ 162532 | German FM Steinmeier to face Chancellor Merkel in 2009 election http://en.redtram.com/go/152533237/top100/ 152533237 Germany's centre-left Social Democrats have named Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier as their candidate to run against conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel in next year's federal election. Steinmeier, who is also vice-chancellor of the coalition government, said the SPD chairmanship would go Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:37:37 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152533237/top100/ 162532 | Tokio Hotel wins MTV award http://en.redtram.com/go/152533236/top100/ 152533236 At the MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles, Germany's Tokio Hotel has won the new artist honours. Tokio Hotel's singer Bill Kaulitz, taking the award, thanked the band's fans all over the world. US singer Britney Spears made a Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:37:36 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152533236/top100/ 162532 | Germany takes three medals on first day of Beijing Paralympics http://en.redtram.com/go/152533232/top100/ 152533232 Germany has won three medals on the first day of the Beijing Paralympics. Target shooter Manuela Schmermund took silver in the 10-metre air-rifle discipline. Swimmer Maria Goetze won silver in the 200 metres backstroke event. The women's favourite for Judo, Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:37:35 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152533232/top100/ 162532 | Democrats retain veto in Hong Kong http://en.redtram.com/go/152506352/top100/ 152506352 Despite a low voter turnout, Hong Kong's pro-democracy opposition has won enough seats in Sunday's Legislative Council elections to retain a say in constitutional reforms. Of the 30 seats at stake, pro-democrats won 23, above a threshold of 21 that Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:51:18 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152506352/top100/ 162532 | Hurricane Ike reaches Cuba http://en.redtram.com/go/152506331/top100/ 152506331 Hurricane Ike has reached Cuba, where a million residents have been evacuated inland, and it's expected to transverse the Caribbean island from east to west over the next two days. Already it's been blamed for 39 deaths on Haiti and Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:51:12 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152506331/top100/ 162532 | US government takes over Fannie and Freddie http://en.redtram.com/go/152506332/top100/ 152506332 The US government has taken control of ailing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to help quell a year-long credit crunch in housing markets that has pushed economies toward recession. The two government-chartered companies own or guarantee nearly half Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:51:12 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152506332/top100/ 162532 | Sarkozy on Russia-Georgia shuttle http://en.redtram.com/go/152506333/top100/ 152506333 French President Nicholas Sarkozy as due to lead an EU delegation to Moscow this Monday, four weeks after brokering an uneasy ceasefire between Russia and Georgia over breakaway South Ossetia. Sarkozy will also visit Tbilisi. The West accuses Russia of Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:51:12 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152506333/top100/ 162532 | UNITA to contest Angolan poll result http://en.redtram.com/go/152506330/top100/ 152506330 Angola's largest opposition party UNITA says it will legally contest the results of the weekend's parliamentary election. The electoral commission says the ruling MPLA party of President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos has 82 percent, with two-thirds of the votes counted. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:51:12 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152506330/top100/ 162532 | UN - Darfur food aid at risk http://en.redtram.com/go/152506329/top100/ 152506329 The United Nations has threatened to suspend food deliveries to parts of Sudan's Darfur region because of hijackings of convoys by small armed gangs. More than 100 vehicles have been hijacked this year, according to the UN's World Food Programme. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:51:12 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152506329/top100/ 162532 | Canadian PM calls snap elections http://en.redtram.com/go/152506290/top100/ 152506290 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called a snap election for 14 October in a bid to strengthen his leadership after two-and-a-half years in power. Opinion polls suggest that Harper's Conservative Party government has a large lead over the opposition Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:51:06 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152506290/top100/ 162532 | FM Steinmeier to challenge Merkel in 2009 http://en.redtram.com/go/152506292/top100/ 152506292 Germany's centre-left Social Democrats have picked Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier to run against conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel in next year's federal election. Steinmeier, who is also vice chancellor in Merkel's grand coalition, said the post of SPD party chairman would Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:51:06 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152506292/top100/ 162532 | Paralympics - three medals for Germany http://en.redtram.com/go/152506293/top100/ 152506293 Germany has won three medals on the first day of the Beijing Paralympics. Target shooter Manuela Schmermund took silver in the 10-metre air-rifle discipline. Swimmer Maria Goetze won silver in the 200 metres backstroke event. The women's favourite for Judo, Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:51:06 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152506293/top100/ 162532 | Serena Williams wins US Open http://en.redtram.com/go/152506294/top100/ 152506294 In tennis American Serena Williams has won the US Open women's final by beating Jelena Janikovic of Serbia in two sets, 6-4 and 7-5. Monday's men's final will be between reigning champion Roger Federer and Andy Murray of Britain. In Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:51:06 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152506294/top100/ 162532 | Israeli police recommend Olmert indictment http://en.redtram.com/go/152506295/top100/ 152506295 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's lawyers have dismissed as irrelevant an announcement by police that Olmert should face criminal charges for bribery and other counts. Olmert has denied any wrongdoing in a series of investigations against him but has already Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:51:06 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152506295/top100/ 162532 | German City Puts Positive Spin on Population Problem http://en.redtram.com/go/152450734/top100/ 152450734 Four years ago, the German city of Bielefeld appointed a demographics commissioner to be proactive on population issues experts say will cause problems in future -- fewer babies, more seniors, and more immigrants. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:17:41 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152450734/top100/ 162532 | Report: Steinmeier to Run for Chancellor Next Year http://en.redtram.com/go/152450735/top100/ 152450735 Germany's Social Democrats meet Sunday amidst a deep leadership crisis. But the party has agreed to announce Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier as its candidate for chancellor next year, say media reports. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:17:41 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152450735/top100/ 162532 | Germany Hit Liechenstein for Six in World Cup Qualifier http://en.redtram.com/go/152450732/top100/ 152450732 Three-time world champions Germany breezed to a 6-0 victory over lowly Liechenstein in a Group 4 match to ease into their World Cup qualifying campaign. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:17:41 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152450732/top100/