Europe Intelligence Wire articles from July 2008, page 2

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Family vigil for man set on fire.
July 31, 2008... (From Manchester Evening News) THE FAMILY of a man who ran nearly half a mile screaming in agony after he was abducted and set on fire are keeping a vigil at his hospital bedside. Police have launched an investigation to find out...

Cabbies turned into gentlemen of the road.
July 31, 2008... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: paul r taylor CABBIES in Manchester are being given etiquette lessons in a bid to improve their image. They are being taught how to treat customers with courtesy and respect - from basic...

Half of drivers who cause jams will escape congestion charge.
July 31, 2008... (From Manchester Evening News) HALF of the drivers causing hold-ups in Greater Manchester will not be hit by the planned congestion charge, new figures show. The Transport Innovation Fund bid submitted by Greater Manchester's 10...

Pirate video factory based in a garden shed.
July 31, 2008... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: chris osuh ACOUNTERFEITER who ran a {lsquo}sophisticated' pirate video factory from his garden shed has been landed with a GBP10,000 bill. Michael Kilcourse, 44, was fined GBP7,500 and...

Euro stars are ordered to make it a Barn-stormer.
July 31, 2008... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: chris bailey CITY'S star names will be told to show no mercy to their part-time opponents in tonight's UEFA Cup tie. The Blues lead Faroe Islands minnows EB/Streymur 2-0 from the first leg...

Chain reaction.
July 31, 2008... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: JAMES ROBSON UNITED will finally land Dimitar Berbatov once Andrei Arshavin completes his expected move to Tottenham Hotspur. Despite Spurs chairman Daniel Levy being infuriated by United's...

Double dealing Salford.
July 31, 2008... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: Neil Barker YOUNG stars Stefan Ratchford and Adam Sidlow have today signed new contracts with the Salford City Reds. Ratchford has agreed a three-year deal while Sidlow has signed a...

Snubbed Hayles will find it hard to watch.
July 31, 2008... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: TREVOR BAXTER ROB Hayles has been denied a chance to add to his Olympic medal collection. And his selection snub will make it hard for the 35-year-old Hayfield-based rider to watch next...

Fast forward Tom!
July 31, 2008... (From Manchester Evening News) TOM Lancashire didn't take up running to follow in the footsteps of British Olympic heroes. And he's not going to Beijing promising to bring home a shock medal. But the Bolton United Harrier isn't...

Gleeson is back home at County.
July 31, 2008... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: GUY NELSON MIDFIELDER Stephen Gleeson is set to join Stockport County for a third time. Boss Jim Gannon has agreed a loan deal with Wolves that would see the 20-year-old Irishman at Edgeley...

Alexander warning to Macc stars.
July 31, 2008... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: paul handler MACCLESFIELD boss Keith Alexander has warned his senior players their places are under threat after a lacklustre performance in their friendly with Stockport. Rising stars...

Can you join the United legends?
July 31, 2008... (From Manchester Evening News) OLE Gunnar Solskjaer has challenged Manchester United's Premier League and European champions to prove they are true Old Trafford legends. The Norwegian will make an emotional farewell on Saturday when...

Rich pickings without the goal glutton.
July 31, 2008... (From Manchester Evening News) WATCH out Premier League - United have the firepower to take on all-comers, even without Cristiano Ronaldo. That is the view of former Reds striker Andy Ritchie, who believes Sir Alex Ferguson's men can...

{lsquo}Cat' can join the cream - Bruce.
July 31, 2008... (From Manchester Evening News) Byline: Neil Barker WIGAN boss Steve Bruce believes his young new signing Lee Cattermole has leadership qualities. The England Under-21 ace has switched to the JJB from Middlesbrough for around...

factory gates.
July 31, 2008... (From Manchester Evening News) CITY'S {lsquo}factory gates' are to remain firmly closed to all but the players. And the lockout is set to become the norm as new boss Mark Hughes seeks to change attitudes in the camp. The Blues boss...

Transitional year for Remy Cointreau.
July 31, 2008... (From Les Echos) Remy Cointreau, the French beverages group, saw its share price fall by 5.17 per cent to 32.13 euros yesterday following its forecast for business year 2008/09, to March 31. The group does not foresee a rise in its...

Mondadori France burdened by investment costs.
July 31, 2008... (From Les Echos) Mondadori France, the French subsidiary of Italian publishing company Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, saw gross operating profit down by 21 per cent to 21.5m euros for the first half of 2008, owing, notably, to the cost of...

Atos Origin appointment: Arnaud Ruffat.
July 31, 2008... (From Les Echos) Atos Origin, the French IT services group, has announced the appointment of Arnaud Ruffat to head its subsidiary responsible for French operations. In his new post, Mr Ruffat will replace Didier Zeitoun, who has headed...

NeoReader for Apple's iPhone -- Easy Access to Mobile Content on the Go.
July 31, 2008... (From Hugin) ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwire - July 31, 2008) - NeoMedia Technologies (OTCBB: NEOM), the global leader in camera-initiated transactions for mobile devices, announced today that their mobile barcode scanning application --...

Banks decrease discount window borrowing to $17.3 bln as of Wednesday.
July 31, 2008... (From AFX Europe (Focus)) WASHINGTON (Thomson Financial) - In the latest week, banks decreased their borrowing from the Federal Reserve's discount window while primary dealers had no outstanding borrowing as of Wednesday. ...

Back to his old self, Radovan Karadzic faces his accusers over war crimes.
July 31, 2008... (From Guardian Unlimited) At two minutes past four this afternoon, a tall man with swept-back silver hair stepped into a blue and yellow courtroom in The Hague, defendant in case IT-95-05/18 at the international war crimes tribunal. ...

The cost of curiosity.
July 31, 2008... (From Guardian Unlimited) So Gary McKinnon , the hacker who cracked the computer systems of the Pentagon and Nasa from his bedroom in north London more than seven years ago, is to be extradited to stand trial in the US. That was the...

Murray eases into Cincinnati quarters.
July 31, 2008... (From Guardian Unlimited) Andy Murray overcame the searing heat to produce some scorching tennis as he saw off Dmitry Tursunov 6-3, 6-3 to clinch a place in the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Masters. Aside from some brief wobbles...

Nasa probe finds water ice on Mars.
July 31, 2008... (From Guardian Unlimited) Nasa scientists have confirmed there is water on Mars. The US space agency's Phoenix lander has identified water ice in a soil sample analysed in its on board mini-laboratory. Previous orbiting missions had...

Northern Rock axes 1,300 jobs.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Owen McAteer Business Editor NORTHERN Rock dealt another blow to the region?s economy last night by announcing 1,300 redundancies ? with unions warning the final figure could be even higher. ...

Bridegroom?s unusual choice for ?best man?
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) WHEN a bridegroom chooses a best man for his wedding he normally looks to one of his best friends. In the case of Sergeant Richard Cox, that close friend just happens to be a woman ? and also his...

Inquiry after door falls on tragic toddler.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Mark Summers POLICE are investigating after a toddler died in a tragic accident. Charlotte Kirkup, who was 14months old, of North Brancepeth Close in Langley Moor, a few miles from Durham City,...

Move to put up 32 wind turbines.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Chris Fay PLANS for a third ten-turbine wind farm have been announced by developers in an area which could see a total of 32 machines erected. E.ON UK is hoping to build its latest wind farm north...

?It?s like the pits all over again?
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Owen McAteer What effect will more than 1,000 workers suddenly being out of work have on the North-East?s wider economy? Business Editor Owen McAteer spoke to Dr Hugh Metcalf, acting deputy director...

A bunch of five for Mr Brown.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Robert Merrick Political Correspondent LABOUR was plunged into fresh turmoil last night after Foreign Secretary David Miliband refused ? five times ? to back Gordon Brown surviving as PrimeMinister...

Cast get their skates on to portray classical fairy tale.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) WORLD-CLASS ice stars were on display at the opening of a sumptuous production in the grounds of a stately home in the region yesterday. The Imperial Ice Stars, a 23strong cast of Olympic, world, European and...

Doctor wrote that soldier was ?a professional liar?
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Joe Willis AN Army doctor described a young soldier as a ?professional liar? weeks before the 21-year-old was found dead. Lance Corporal Derek McGregor was found hanged at Gaza Barracks,...

Bluebird restorers unveil completed shell of boat.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Neil Macfarlane A GLIMPSE of the partlyrestored Bluebird of speed hero Donald Campbell will be unveiled today. Engineers have been working to restore the legendary craft since 2001, when it was...

Witness in tears over death of peacemaker.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Neil Hunter AN eyewitness to a man?s alleged murder left court in tears after telling a jury how she saw him kicked and fall to the ground. Marie Leadbetter fled sobbing from the witness box after...

Psychopathic killer?s bid for parole quashed.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Graeme Hetherington A PSYCHOPATHICmurderer has been ordered to remain behind bars for at least another 12 years after having his hopes of an early release quashed. Reginald Wilson, who beat a...

Stepping out in Liam?s memory.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: David Roberts THE father of a teenage boy whose battle with cancer touched the hearts of football fans worldwide is embarking on a charity trek in his memory. Thousands of Liverpool fans left...

Chic comes round in cycles.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Lauren Pyrah IT may be hard to believe, but the coolest accessory for any self-respecting fashionista this summer is more likely to be found in Halfords than Harrods. That?s right ? the must-have for...

Teenager relives her sea rescue.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Graeme Hetherington A TEENAGER has relived the moment she was swept out to sea and nearly drowned. Jasmin Rafferty spent 24 hours in intensive care after being pulled from the North Sea by a...

Party is film?s closing scene.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Andy Walker A LAVISH garden party was held yesterday to celebrate the filming of scenes from a GBP10m blockbuster movie at an 18th Century stately home. The director and stars of the latest...

Fresh proposal to clear bin mountain.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Rachel Wearmouth THOUSANDS of wheelie bins stored at a cost to taxpayers could be used for a complicated green waste programme. A report published this week outlines proposals that will boost...

Awheel delight as Mary turns 90.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Gavin Havery AS a little girl growing up in a Scottish village, Mary Copland had always dreamed of being able to ride in the gleaming Morgan sports car driven by a wealthy neighbour. Yesterday,...

Long-term risks to children if parents smoke.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Barry Nelson Health Editor THE very real danger of exposing children to secondhand smoke was outlined to a North-East audience yesterday. Tanith Muller, one of the UK?s leading experts in the...

Can you take the Mickey?
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) A HOME is needed for a cat that had to have a leg amputated. Mickey is a ten-monthold ginger Tom who became so emaciated he got his leg trapped in his collar. The right front leg was so damaged it had to...

GBP6m sporting dream at university ground.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Mark Tallentire A GBP6M sports academy is being planned for the NorthEast, with the aim of producing world-beating athletes for the London 2012 Olympics. The Centre for Sports Excellence would be...

The legacy of Liam.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: David Roberts When two teenage boys were killed on railway tracks near Darlington in March 2005, the town was the seventh worst place in the country for railway trespassing. This month, it has risen...

Festival off to a flier.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Lucy Richardson A LEGENDARY indie group and a world famous circus will be just some of the star attractions at this year?s Stockton International Riverside Festival. Now in its 21st year,...

Liberal Democrats target four N-E Labour seats.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Robert Merrick THE crisis engulfing Gordon Brown has doomed four of the region?s Labour MPs to defeat at the hands of the Liberal Democrats, their leader claimed yesterday. Nick Clegg announced...

Swimmers to make a splash for charity.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) SWIMMERS are being urged to take the plunge for charity in Durham City?s GBP12.3m new pool. Durham City Council and the Rotary Club of Durham are organising a swimathon in the eight-lane 25-metre pool in...

Theatre focus on sunbed dangers.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Barry Nelson Health Editor NORTH-EAST teenagers and shoppers will be targeted with a piece of hard-hitting street theatre today to highlight the dangers of youngsters using sunbeds. The drama,...

Opposition grows over quarry plans.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Nicola Fenwick A QUARRY company is facing mounting opposition in the run-up to a crucial meeting to determine whether it can expand its operations near the site of ancient earthworks. Tarmac is...

Dickens? descendant with story to tell.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) A LARGER-THAN-LIFE Dickensian figure was in the North-East last night, reading extracts from one of the great Victorian author?s best-known novels. But it was not just any reading, as it was a ?performance?...

Blow as asylum bail plea snubbed.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Lauren Pyrah A MOTHER-OF-TWO who is seeking asylum was denied bail yesterday ahead of her expected removal date next week. Despite a campaign by the community in Darlington to prevent their...

Siemens? success means job hopes.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Stuart Arnold ENGINEERING company Siemens VAI is to create up to 50 jobs after revealing its blast furnace business will double its order book over the next two years. The firm, which develops,...

Charity stallholders aid police DVD haul.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Mark Tallentire A GRASS cutter has been jailed for his part in a pirating scam involving more than 1,000 DVDs. David Ames, 37, of Hambleton Green, in Gateshead, was sentenced to eight months in...

African children are singing for Joyce.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) A SOUTH African children?s choir will sing in venues around north Durham this weekend. The African Children?s Choir was invited by Joyce Shaw, who taught them during a three-month stay in South Africa in...

Hear all sides.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) PATHS PLEA ASa member of the Ferryhill Trekkers I would like to draw attention to the condition of paths dedicated to the people of Ferryhill who use these as part of their outdoor activities. One of them is...

MPsupports plea for alcohol-free zones.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Rachel Wearmouth A RUINED children?s play area has led a former cabinet minister and a town councillor to call for an alcohol free zone in a Wear Va lley town. MP for North-West Durham Hilary...

Speedy starter Masta Plasta can blast a way to victory.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Colin Woods (JANUS) MASTA PLASTA? S (2.50) electrifying early pace is sure to have many of his rivals in trouble during the first four furlongs of Glorious Goodswood?s Audi Stakes. There probably...

Yorkshire in Kruis control.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Graham Hardcastle DEON Kruis recorded his best Yo rkshire bowling figures to put the Tykes in charge of their County Championship clash against basement rivals Surrey on the first day at Headingley...

Durham suffer hangover.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Tim Wellock WILL Smith apart, the Durham batsmen struggled to re-focus on four-day combat yesterday as they left themselves on the back foot in the top-of-the-table battle at Trent Bridge. Until...

NO HEADLINE.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Scott Wilson IT says much about Newcastle United?s moral bankruptcy that it has taken a multinational sportswear conglomerate to prove that Joey Barton?s recent actions have been utterly unacceptable....

Barton stays at home.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Jack Leslie DISGRACED Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton did not join his team-mates on a trip abroad yesterday, despite being welcomed back to the club after his prison term. It was also revealed...

Johnson aiming high.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Paul Fraser IN-DEMAND winger Adam Johnson last night ruled out a move to the Championship, but he did concede that a lack of first-team opportunities could force him to leave Middlesbrough. ...

Cats ready to answer call of the wild.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Scott Wilson BY his own admission, Roy Keane was something of a ?wild child? during his three seasons with Nottingham Forest. So given El-Hadji Diouf ?s history of spitting and Pascal Chimbonda?s...

Pools beaten at York.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Andy Richardson HARTLEPOOL narrowly lost out to a well-drilled Yo rk City of the Blue Square Premier League at Kit Kat Crescent last night. Willie Boland wasn?t risked but Ben Clark?s recovery...

ECB to decide Champions League participants.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Mark Webster THE participation of English sides in this winter?s lucrative Champions League tournament will be determined by discussions within the England andWales Cricket Board over the next few...

New look but same old story for England.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Myles Hodgson ENGLAND?S decision to make changes in a desperate effort to bounce back against South Africa backfired badly with another inept batting display in the third Test. Having slumped to...

Cats get their man as Steed signs on.
July 31, 2008... (From The Northern Echo) Byline: Scott Wilson IT started as a tentative triple inquiry, but with Steed Malbranque signing a four-year deal at the Stadium of Light last night, Sunderland boss Roy Keane has completed one of the most...

'Pop' was a drop short!
July 31, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Memories of life in Great Holme Street, Leicester, were revived for keen reader Ethel Heathcote when a street scene picture was published on July 12. She mischievously recalls: "I used to fetch my grandad's...

Spain again for voss.
July 31, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Kirby Muxloe teenager Jamie-Leigh Voss has again qualified for the final of the Andalucia Junior Under-16 Championship in Spain early in the new year. The 14-year-old hit a two-over-par 76 in a fierce wind to...

Norfolk test for county line-ups.
July 31, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Leicestershire golfers return to Anglian League action with clashes against Norfolk on Sunday. The firsts travel to King's Lynn and the seconds are at Kirby Muxloe. County captain Phil Thomason (The...

Clubs close in on glory as foursomes reach a climax.
July 31, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Lingdale meet Glen Gorse, and Scraptoft take on Melton Mowbray in the semi-finals of the County women's foursomes championship on Monday. In the quarter-finals, Lingdale ended four up against Market...

Ford leads way as county stars survive tough test.
July 31, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Three County golfers reached the knock-out rounds of the English Amateur Championship this week after battling through testing windy conditions over hard, bouncy courses at Woodhall Spa. They played one round...

Time to get your entries in.
July 31, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Entries are now being taken for the Leicester Mercury Challenge Cup competition, an 18-hole medal event, which takes place at The Leicestershire on Thursday, August 21. Open to members of all clubs in the...

Oh no, you can't top the carnival.
July 31, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) The Queen is crowned. The floats are ready. The final flourishes have been added to hundreds of dazzling costumes. Come Saturday morning, the lip-smacking aroma of jerk chicken and goat curry will drift across...

Alison takes charge at jail.
July 31, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Leicester Prison has a new governor at the helm - a woman who was born just a few hundred yards away from the jail. Alison Clarke arrived as governor at the Welford Road jail last month, 10 years after she...

Action promised over 'neglected' area.
July 31, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) Traders in a "neglected" part of the city have been promised that action will be taken to improve it. The response came as Belgrave Gate business owners told city council and police officials at a meeting...

A siriously swish spot for a little people-watching.
July 31, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) If you like a bar with clean lines, modern furnishings and plenty of windows for people-watching, Leicester's newest watering hole could be just your thing. Sirius is housed in a large space in Belvoir Street...

More polish products appearing on shelves.
July 31, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) The Co-operative has introduced a host of Polish products at selected branches. It said that since Poland joined the EU in 2004 there has been an increasing demand for products such as stuffed cabbage,...

Distraught owner's plea to find lost dog.
July 31, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) The distraught owner of a dog that was stolen more than three weeks ago is appealing for him to be returned. Bobby, a four-year-old black and white Jack Russell, disappeared from the back garden of his owner...

Travel scheme is a nice idea but too costly.
July 31, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) There are a number of merits to the idea being proposed by the UK Youth Parliament for free or subsidised travel for 11 to 18-year-olds and it is good to see Leicester City Council giving the suggestion serious...

Music fans head for festival.
July 31, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) A invasion of cowboys is heading for the wild, wild west of Leicestershire this weekend. About 5,000 people - some from as far away as Australia - are expected to attend the Leicestershire Country Music...

Plea made to run.
July 31, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) A charity which helps families of premature babies is calling on runners to join its team in next year's London marathon. Bliss - which will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2009 - is looking for people...

Charity sky diving.
July 31, 2008... (From Leicester Mercury) A charity is calling on people to spread their wings and register for a sky diving attempt. The Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) is inviting people from Leicestershire to sign up for a tandem...