Friday, January 13th, 2006

Israel: Life after sharon

Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains unconscious, but three ministers – Agriculture Minister Yisrael Katz, Education Minister Limor Livnat and Health Minister Danny Naveh have resigned from the Israeli Government on the orders of the leader of right-wing Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu.

However, they defied their leader by delaying overnight while fourth minister, who is Foreign [...]

Volkswagen: No! to Proton

Before Proton Waja Campro is scheduled to launch tomorrow, Volkswagen (VW) announced of not going into collaboration with Proton.

Volkswagen’s CEO Bernd Pischetsrieder hinted on difference of ideas with Proton, however not exluding the possibility on VW providing support to a few projects of Proton.
"We had a very specific idea how we wanted to proceed there. [...]