Europe Intelligence Wire articles from December 2006

Europe Intelligence Wire archives from December 2006

Vallourec records surge in share prices (Vallourec: des tuyaux en or).
December 31, 2006... (From Le Monde) Vallourec, the French group specialising in the manufacturing of seamless steel tubes, has notched up the most impressive performance of 2006 on the CAC 40 index, which it joined on December 18. Having benefited from...

DON'T TRUST IN GORD.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) DAVID Cameron has cast Gordon Brown as the "dark side" of Labour as he stepped up the attack against the likely next Prime Minister. In his New Year's message the Tory leader, left, accused the Chancellor of playing...

DIVA LAS VEGAS.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: DAVID DULIN PULSATING Katie Price hit The Strip in Las Vegas to give fans a New Year treat. She posed in a sparkling swimsuit among the slot machines at one of the gambling hotspot's many casinos, above....

Under-18s smoke ban.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: TOM SAVAGE THE legal age for smoking is going up from 16 to 18 next October. The Government will announce this week that the minimum age for buying tobacco will be brought in line with that for alcohol....

MICHAEL CHARGED.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) POP star George Michael has been charged with being "unfit to drive" after he was found passed out in his car, police said last night. The singer will appear at Brent magistrates' court in London on January 11....

ALL ABAWD.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: ANDY LEA CELEBRITY Big Brother bosses are sexing up this year's show by making the house look like a Parisian brothel. They've come up with a new sleazy exterior area designed to send libidos soaring and...

Kim's a POP star.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: MIKE PARKER in Los Angeles EX-JAILBIRD Lil' Kim, right, is facing problems on two fronts over plans to join the show. Her parole officer is exploding. . . and so are her boobs! The sexy rapper's enhanced...

SADDAMNED TO ETERNITY.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: NEIL CHANDLER SADDAM Hussein's neck was snapped by the hangman's noose yesterday. The deposed Iraqi dictator shouted slogans and refused a hood as he was led to the gallows. He died at the end of a 15ft...

TYRANT 'FINALLY PAYS THE PRICE'.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: DAVID DULIN SADDAM'S supporters vowed to take revenge last night as opponents said the tyrant had "finally paid the price". Furious villagers close to his home town of Tikrit vowed to turn into "one big...

My hero son.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) THE British soldier who was killed after his vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq on Thursday was yesterday described by his grieving father as "a very courageous young man". Sergeant Graham Hesketh, of 2nd...

999 HELP! I'VE LOST MY TROUSERS.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: JENNIFER BRADLY AMBULANCE chiefs are begging party-goers to think before they dial 999 tonight - after a drunken man called for help finding his trousers. The plea follows several time-wasting calls in...

Boy shot in park.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) A TEENAGE cyclist was recovering in hospital yesterday after being shot three times in a park. The 17-year-old was with two friends when he was blasted in the leg, back and chest. The boy was cycling in Manchester's...

Sheikh shock.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: IAN WHYTE in Dubai X FACTOR winner Leona Lewis has received a GBP500,000 indecent proposal. The chart-topping babe is on a luxury break with her family in Dubai, courtesy of show boss Simon Cowell. But...

$200m WAR FOR PAPA'S NEW BAG.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: MIKE PARKER in L.A. A BITTER battle over James Brown's multimillion pound fortune cast a shadow over his funeral yesterday. As fellow stars and fans said farewell to the Godfather of Soul, his relatives...

THAT'S WHAT WE CALL A . . .Sword throat.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: DAVID DULIN WOULD you believe it - sword swallowers get sore throats! A researcher took 12 months to reach the amazing conclusion that the swordsmen's work can be a bit of a pain. Our amazing X-ray...

Good, bad & ugly.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: PAUL ROSS HAPPY New Year - and what a year it's been, as topsy-turvy as a top speed tear-up with Richard Hammond. And if 2006 is all a bit of a blur here's my handy guide to this year's winners and...

PAUL ROSS.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: PAUL ROSS IF ever I win the lottery I'll fly Upper Class on Virgin once a month tojust lurk in the lounge, swan around the ultra posh cabin then come straight back . I managed to blag an upgrade on our...

US GOES WHOLE HOG FOR OUR KT.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: TOBY McDONALD AMERICA will see in 2007 with Scotland's biggest music star. KT Tunstall will be playing live from New York at the bells. Last year she celebrated Hogmanay in Edinburgh as a fresh-faced...

GLOBAL WARMING.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: NEIL CHANDLER MIDNIGHT will see millions of Brits downing drinks to celebrate the New Year. And revellers across the globe will also be toasting the start of 2007 with a drop of their own favourite...

MOTT-O-METER - WHO'S HOT AND WHO'S NOT.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: JOE MOTT HOT James Brown HE invented funk. Enough said. UGLY BETTY - the new TV show's main character reminds me of someone I was once close to. That's not a compliment. VICTORIA BECKHAM - I've never...

THIS FLESH MADNESS.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: JOE MOTT I BEGGED and pleaded to be allowed to use that picture of Tony Blair and his pendulous breasts holidaying on Miami Beach. The image makes me think of doner kebabs and houmous as his teats...

MR KNOW IT ALL JOE.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: JOE MOTT AS you prepare for your New Year festivities tonight, please sp are a thought for those less fortunate than yourself - orphans, starving kids , Americans and Geri Halliwell. Count yourself...

TOO SKINT FOR VEGAS.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: JOE MOTT NADINE Coyle and her bloke Jesse Metcalfe are having a proper glitzy New Year in Las Vegas. I was at a pre-Christmas party with them and Jesse told me about some bash he's throwing in Vegas to...

Kate is a bit Jeep 'n nasty.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: JOE MOTT KATE Moss is the prettiest girl I've ever seen in my life. But it's all ruined when she opens her mouth, mind. She talks like a five-year-old Cockney oik with adenoids. Here she is arriving for...

MOTT SHOT.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: JOE MOTT LAST week I told you what the stars would be doing for Christmas. Here's what I think their New Year's Resolutions will be: Paul McCartney: To re discover porn - it' s cheaper. Pete Doherty: To...

We live in terror.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) THE problems in Corby are now so bad residents are queueing up to leave its trouble-hit estates. Jennifer Hanger, 60, who lives on the Danesholme Estate, said: "I have grandchildren living on the Kingswood Estate,...

My bits will stay undie cover ..SO KEEP YOUR GBP200k.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: ANDREW THRELFALL and MICHAEL BOOKER ACTRESS Vicky Entwistle has turned down GBP200,000 to show off her amazing new bod in the nude. Alads'mag tabled the cash after the star lost three stones with a new...

We're clean crazy.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) TV'S QUEENS of clean Kim and Aggie led houseproud Britons to splash out a record GBP1.5billion on sprucing up their homes. Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie o Channel 4's How Clean Is Your House? are credited with...

Last trip for Ford.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) THE body of former US President Gerald Ford was flown to Washington yesterday to be honoured in his nation's capital. He was taken from a church in his home of Palm Desert, California, where thousands of mourners...

ALI'S HORROR HAS TO GORE ALI'S HORROR HAS TO GORE.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) THE trailer for violent gangster flick Smokin' Aces has been banned from BBC's Film 2006 because it's too gory. Instead, host Jonathan Ross, 46, will interview cast members rather than show footage from the film...

Indiana is back for No.4.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) FILMING on the fourth Indiana Jones movie is set to start next year. Harrison Ford, 64, will again star in the GBP90million film, which will be coproduced by George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. Star Wars beauty...

SUGAR AND SPITE.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: MICHAEL BOOKER STARS who helped net GBP1.2million for Comic Relief in a celebrity version of The Apprentice are at war over who raised the most cash. BBC chiefs were stunned when the tasks they set for...

PALS FEAR EL'S BLUES.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) PALS of troubled ex-EastEnder Elaine Lordan fear her TV comeback on Soapstar Superstar could push her over the edge. Elaine, 40, right and inset, plans to showcase her singing skills on the ITV1 talent series which...

Xbox on the ears for Matt's Mr Toad.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: DAVID DULIN NEWLY-WED Matt Lucas might be heading for his first tiff with hubby Kevin McGee - over what to do on New Year's Day. Little Britain star Matt could be forgiven if he wants to watch himself...

Peter's a cab hand. . .
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) TEETOTAL Peter Kay always dreads New Year's Eve - because he ends up being taxi driver to sozzled family and friends. The 33-year-old comic says he loves being able to drive himself home because he's alcohol free....

Cops in DNA bid.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) DETECTIVES hope DNA technology could help find the killer of a 13-year-old girl found dumped on a manure heap in 1964. Schoolgirl Anne Dunwell was strangled with her stockings and left naked near her home in...

POWDER KEG.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: MIKE PARKER in L.A. WILD A-list celebrities are risking death by "clearing their plates" at glitzy parties. They're tucking into platters of hard drugs worth up to $30,000 a time. As many as eight...

A hit on a plate.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) THESE are the main drugs the rich and famous are mixing at their plate parties: Cocaine: Produces a short but intense high. Oxycontin: Also known as "hillbilly heroin", gives users a "relaxing" high of four to six...

GREAT GAMES IN STORE.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: PAUL VALE SONIC & THE SECRET RINGS SONIC jumps on the Wii for his first solo outing since 1991. Scheduled for a spring release, the game has the blue hedgehog entering the world of the Arabian Nights...

TOP 10.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: PAUL VALE 1 FIFA 07 (PS2, PSP, Xbox 360, PC, DS, GBA) 2 Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (PS2, Xbox 360, PSP, Xbox, PC, DS) 3 Need For Speed: Carbon (PS2, Xbox 360, PSP, Xbox, PC, DS, GBA) 4 Call Of Duty 3 (PS2,...

Gord's tasty target.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) A RESTAURANT given a money-spinning makeover by top telly chef Gordon Ramsay is under police protection. Morgans has enjoyed a surge in customers since it featured on Channel 4's Kitchen Nightmares. But now police...

FIRST AMONG SEQUELS.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) IT looks like 2007 is set to be the year of the blockbuster - with Hollywood bosses spending more than ever to tempt us back into the cinema. The past year has been a mixed one for Tinseltown with audiences...

Who's it going to be?
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) PUNTERS are piling in to bet on the identity of the next Doctor Who. They're laying down their cash after reports saying David Tennant will quit halfway through the fourth series. Favourite is David Morrissey, who...

Orgies, murders and 26 women eaten by hogs.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: MIKE PARKER in Los Angeles THE full grisly details of how a pig farmer allegedly slayed 26 prostitutes and fed their bodies to his animals will emerge this week. Police say Robert "Willie" Pickton...

Dani's latest loo-k. . .
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) EX-GLAMOUR babe Dani Angrisani is flushed with success - after opening a boutique in a public loo. Dani, 29, a former FHM High Street Honey, has converted the eyesore into a trendy shop selling top designer gear....

Babe on another Lou-ser.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: EDITED BY SUSAN HILL SAUCY Louise Appleton gets her claws into yet another man - this time village vet Hari Prasad. And as our picture shows, the dark-haired hunk looks pretty pleased with himself after...

Sonia's nicked for Fowler play.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: EDITED BY SUSAN HILL THE mystery over Pauline Fowler's sudden death takes a dramatic turn when Sonia is arrested for her murder. The battleaxe died in the Christmas Day episode hours after a bustup with...

OH BROTHER. . .
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: EDITED BY SUSAN HILL SCORNED babe Tracy Barlow convinces lover Charlie Stubbs she's got a man in her bed - but it's really her brother Peter. And, as our dramatic pictures show, the bad-boy builder...

HOLLYOAKS.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: EDITED BY SUSAN HILL THE bizarre relationship between posh babe Jessica Harris and bisexual cross-dresser Kris Fisher takes another turn when they both realise they have feelings for each other. But...

Love is blazing for Eva.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) A FIRE which destroyed the Hawaiian home of Lost beauty Evangeline Lilly has fanned the flames of her romance with co-star Dominic Monaghan. They are now living together at his house just three miles away on the...

A scrap book..
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) MOTOR-MAD Will Shiers hiked across America for a decade to make a photo book of hundreds of abandoned cars. He crossed 49 states for Roadside Relics, a record of how Yanks dump old motors. Some of the cars are...

X PISTOLS.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: DAVID DULIN in Dubai THEY set pulses racing and almost defy gravity. Now the world's top extreme sports athletes could be heading to the UK. Skateboarders, aggressive inline skaters, BMX and Moto X...

Ricky bid for Fame.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) RICKY Gervais wants to crack America's comedy circuit - by taking his stand-up show to the US. The Office creator, 45, is already a big name there, having won Golden Globes for his TV comedy series. Now he wants to...

Scots big spenders.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) SCOTS splash out more on glamorous clothes and treats than any other Britons, says a new survey. It found 99% of people north of the border would happily spend GBP5,000 a year on smart things - despite a reputation...

The last Emperor.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: NEIL CHANDLER CLOSE your eyes, kids! The fluffy penguins who have become your movie heroes could be wiped out by global warming. The antics of the cuddly birds have made Happy Feet a box office smash and...

TEXT MANIACS.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) LOVED THE 12 BABES OF XMAS! WUD LUV 2 UNWRAP ALICIA! tigerman Wot an xmas treat seein Rebbeca Loos in her undies. She is lookin sexier than ever. Cosmo Great 2 see Price is Right babe Natalie Pike in DSS. She just...

I won't live in dump.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) MY husband is determined to sell up in the New Year and buy a dump. Apparently he's found a barn he wants to renovate. It'll mean leaving our gorgeous home and living in a caravan for a year. I just don't want to...

I'VE DISCOVERED HIS SECRET.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) DON'T go jumping to conclusions. One thing's for sure - Jon didn't go to see his family. Although it seems he lied to you, perhaps he felt that was the only way he could see his son over Christmas. If he'd told you...

Office kisses led to a row.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) MY boyfriend and I had a big row just before Christmas. He accused me of being a control freak because I complained about him kissing another girl at his office party. The next day he went to the travel agent and...

LOVER BETRAYED ME.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) I'VE been horribly let down by my lover. He's told my husband all about our affair and left me totally exposed. Now my husband is refusing to speak to me. He's making my life hell. He's stolen my car keys, taken...

Easy to nick dumb Bel.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: MARK FORSYTH OWNING a Vauxhall Belmont is cause for concern in itself but a new report suggests the social stigma of owning an Astra with a boot is surpassed by its chances of getting nicked. Turns out...

Harmison's first ball at Brisbane was the worst delivery since the birth of Ann Widdecombe.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) AS the dear old Queen would say, 2006 was an "annus horribilis" for English sport.Roughly translated that means our sportsmen made horrible arses of themselves. In honour of the footballers' abject surrender at the...

SEASON'S BLEATINGS FOR JOSE.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) CHRISTMAS is a time when our thoughts turn to those less fortunate than ourselves. Spare a moment, then, to consider the troubles of Mr Jose Mourinho. With Petr Cech a long-term casualty and John Terry out after a...

A HAPPY NEW BEER TO THESE.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) JUST to prove I'm note lager to some of the success stories of the past 12 months. Here's to Steve Coppell and Reading for working a minor miracle in their first few months in the Premiership. Keep it up in 2007...

CHAMP'S JELLE WOBBLE.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: EXCLUSIVE by PHIL GIRVAN RAY VAN BARNEVELD has blasted BDO Lakeside world champion Jelle Klaasen in the countdown to his title defence. Fellow Dutchman Klaasen, 22, caused a massive upset when he beat...

CIRCUS IN DOUBT.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) IT is the place where Phil Taylor has been crowned King of Darts and where Andy Fordham had to quit because of the heat - but now the future of the Circus Tavern is set to come under scrutiny. Darts bosses will meet...

Davies deal shout.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) GUILDFORD HEAT boss Mike Davies wants to try to keep future British Olympic stars in the BBL by offering cricket-style central contracts. The shock league leaders, now known as Poujoulat Heat after a recent...

Buck up for a cu.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) SUPERFAN Brian Buck will be asked to cut the tape on the opening of Birmingham's comeback season . . . as a reward for getting writer's cramp! Six-times world champion Ivan Mauger, local MP Khalid Mahmood and...

McEwen the No.1.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) PETERBOROUGH want club legend Doug McEwen to take over as their new coach. Canadian star McEwen is the English Premier Leagu outfit's top target after parting company with Kevin King on Friday. King had shocked the...

BACK FOR THE FUTURE.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) PATRICK WEAVER was at the races last week making a note of horses that it should pay to follow KEMPTON/Wednesday DOCTOR DAVID kept tabs with Poquelin and Liberate for a long way and should win a novices' hurdle when...

ROSE BLOOMS.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: PATRICK WEAVER MICK FITZGERALD missed out on one of the most impressive winners of the season by going north to Haydock yesterday. He got no response from either Ship's Hill or Crozan and had a wasted...

Culhane family in the dog house.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: PATRICK WEAVER TONY CULHANE has a day off today to take in the full effect of being charged in connection with 33 races that took place between July 2003 and April 2004. He and two of his in-laws, Gary...

ASK THE ANORAK.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) HOW many clubs have won Rugby's Premiership since it was started for the 1997/98 season? Eric Leonard, Morecambe Newcastle, Bath, Leicester and, most recently, Sale. WHEN was the last time England lost all the Tests...

WHAT A LOAD OF BAILS.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: From MARTIN ROGERS in Melbourne KEVIN PIETERSEN last night furiously snapped back at Australia coach John Buchanan and insisted suggestions he is not a team player were "ridiculous". Pietersen was left...

5 FOR FUN.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) 1.Who played in FA Cup Finals for Watford, Liverpool and Newcastle? 2. Crewe's Dario Gradi is the longest-serving manager in football. But which club did he take charge of from 1978 to 1981? 3.Which country provided...

RAINSTORMS TO FREDDIE RESCUE.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) SYDNEY rainstorms could save Freddie Flintoff's England from a humiliating 50 Ashes whitewash by Australia. The fifth and final Test down Under begins on Tuesday and heavy rain and thunderstorms are forecast for...

Brian will get England flying.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: NEIL FISSLER AUSTIN HEALEY says new head coach Brian Ashton will save England from a humiliating Six Nations wooden spoon. Healey says that under former head coach Andy Robinson England would have...

JEN READY TO PUSH BUTTON.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: TED MACAULEY JENSON BUTTON'S race team boss reckons the British driver is in the fast lane for Formula One glory. It took the Frome Flyer 113 races to win his first Grand Prix, but Honda team planner...

WOODY TELLS CAPELLO: LET IT BE.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: EXCLUSIVE by HARRY PRATT JONATHAN WOODGATE is pleading with Real Madrid to leave him alone for the rest of the season. Middlesbrough's on-loan star fears Real's appalling defensive form could see them...

Samuel staying.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) LLOYD SAMUEL has vowed to reject a loan move in a bid to reclaim his Aston Villa starting spot. Defender Samuel, 25, has recovered from a long-standing thigh injury and faces a major battle to force his way back...

Gaz told: Stay on at Saints.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: CARL ELDRIDGE WONDERKID Gareth Bale has been warned: "Don't do a Theo Walcott and spend your life on the bench." Saints' teen sensation is a transfer target for several Premiership clubs including...

GAFFER GIGGSY.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) Byline: EXCLUSIVE by CARL ELDRIDGE RYAN GIGGS reckons his football education under his boss Sir Alex Ferguson will help him make the giant leap from being a player to the manager's hotseat. Giggs, 33, has set...

Bart's taking mic.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) WARREN BARTON admits he still owes SKY TV bosses GBP250 - almost 10 years after he booted one of their pitchside mics. Barton volleyed and broke it after scoring for Newcastle in a Premiership thriller at Anfield....

SON GUNS FOR TEDDY.
December 31, 2006... (From The Daily Star) TEDDY SHERINGHAM will redouble his efforts to help West Ham out of the relegation mire - so he doesn't have to face his SON as an opponent. Sheri's kid Charlie is proving to be a chip off the old block, banging in...