Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Several of Thursday’s papers made late changes to their front pages to report on the discovery of a dead swan in Scotland carrying a bird flu strain.
The Guardian leads with the discovery, saying it triggered a number of emergency responses.
The Sun says a massive public protection operation will swing into action if the swan proves […]
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Israel’s cabinet has given its blessing to sweeping cuts in both social services and defence in an attempt to stabilise a gaping budget deficit.
The 10bn shekel ($2.2bn; 1.4bn) cutback takes the government’s 2004 budget to 257bn shekels.
The move, agreed on Tuesday morning after a marathon 18-hour meeting, follows a similar alternative capital finance insurance integrated […]
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