Archive for October, 2007

BBC lay offs delayed

When the BBC announced they’ll cut their 1,800 of their workforce, they probably expected the unions to strike back. They did - as Guardian reports - with a threat for a strike unless BBC talk to them first.
As a result, BBC will delay the lay offs with two weeks (i.e. till November 5) while they […]

“The killer of dissident reporter Anna Politkovskaya is known to Russian authorities but has not yet been charged…”. That’s the statement of the chief investigator on the case that appeared in an interview on Monday. Here’s a bit more from Reuters:
“We have so far not charged the killer but we know who he is,” […]