ft.com
/
world
Search
Advanced search
Sign in
Site tour
Register
Subscribe
Welcome
Subscribe
Your account
Site tour
Sign out
Email address
Password
Forgot password?
Remember me on this computer
Sign in
"Remember me" uses a cookie. View our
Cookie Policy
.
Home
Video
Interactive
Blogs
Alphaville
beyondbrics
Portfolio
Special Reports
In depth
Today’s Newspaper
UK
Business
Economy
UK Companies
Politics & Policy
UK Small Companies
World
Africa
Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific
China
India
Japan
North Korea
Europe
Europe
Brussels
Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean
Business
Economy
Finance
Politics & Policy
Regulation
Society
Middle East & North Africa
Middle East & North Africa
Economy
Finance
Politics & Society
Gulf
Iran
UK
UK
Business
Economy
UK Companies
Politics & Policy
UK Small Companies
US & Canada
US & Canada
Economy
Politics & Policy
Society
Canada
The World Blog
Tools
Tools
Topics
Portfolio
FT clippings
Alerts hub
Email briefings
MBA rankings
Newslines
FT Lexicon
Mobile
Currency converter
FT ebooks
ePaper
Executive jobs
FT press cuttings
Social Media hub
Economic calendar
Week Ahead
Companies
Energy
Energy
Mining
Oil & Gas
Utilities
Financials
Financials
Banks
Insurance
Property
Financial Services
Health
Health
Health Care
Pharmaceuticals
Industrials
Industrials
Aerospace & Defence
Automobiles
Basic Resources
Chemicals
Construction
Industrial Goods
Support Services
Luxury 360
Media
Retail & Consumer
Retail & Consumer
Food & Beverage
Personal & Household Goods
Retail
Tobacco
Travel & Leisure
Tech
Tech
Science
Tech Blog
Telecoms
Transport
Transport
Airlines
Shipping
Rail
By Region
By Region
US Companies
UK Companies
European Companies
Americas Companies
Asia-Pacific Companies
African Companies
Middle Eastern Companies
UK Small Companies
Markets
Alphaville
FTfm
FTfm
Regulation
ETFs
Investment Strategy
Pensions
People
Opinion
Video
Markets Data
Markets Data
Bonds & Rates
Commodities
Funds
Director Deals
ETFs
Companies
Currencies
Investor Relations
Equity Indices
Interactive Charting
Data Archive
Portfolio
Economic Calendar
Trading Room
Trading Room
Clearing & Settlement
Developing Markets & Asia
High Frequency Trading
Markets Regulation
Trading Technology
Quick View
Carbon Markets
Exchanges Consolidation
Equities
Equities
US
UK
Europe
Asia-Pacific
Currencies
Capital Mkts
Commodities
Emerging Mkts / beyondbrics
Global Economy
Economic Calendar
Money Supply
Americas
China
EU
India
Middle East
UK
US
Lex
About Lex
Lex Biographies
Lex In depth
Best of Lex
Lex on Mobile
Lex by Email
Lex Video
Lexicon
Subscribe to Lex
Comment
Columnists
Columnists
Samuel Brittan
Christopher Caldwell
Janan Ganesh
John Gapper
Chris Giles
Brian Groom
John Kay
Edward Luce
Sebastian Mallaby
Jurek Martin
Wolfgang Munchau
David Pilling
Ingram Pinn
Gideon Rachman
Robert Shrimsley
Gary Silverman
Philip Stephens
Lawrence Summers
Gillian Tett
Martin Wolf
Analysis
Opinion
The A-List
Editorial
Blogs
Blogs
beyondbrics
Brussels Blog
Business Blog
Economists’ Forum
FT Alphaville
FT Data
FT Long Short
FT Photo Diary
Gavyn Davies
Martin Wolf’s Exchange
Material World
MBA Blog
Money Supply
Nick Butler
Tech Blog
The World Blog
Westminster Blog
Letters
Corrections
Obituaries
Management
Business Education
Business Education
All Rankings
MBA
MBA Blog
Masters in Management
Executive MBA
Executive Education
Features of the Week
Business School News
Women at Business School
Online Learning
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
Business Speak
Business Questions
Business Books
Business Books
Business Book of the Year Award
Business Travel
Recruitment
The Connected Business
Personal Finance
Property & Mortgages
Investments
Investments
How to...
Make the Most of It
Markets Insight
Pensions
Tax
Banking & Savings
Banking & Savings
Isas
Insurance
Money Matters
Money Matters
Top Tips
Deals
Advice & Comment
Advice & Comment
Adventurous Investor
Ken Fisher
John Redwood
Merryn Somerset Webb
My First Million
Q&A
Serious Money
Terry Smith
Trader’s Diary
Your Questions
Calculators
Life & Arts
Arts
Arts
Collecting
Design & Architecture
Film & Television
Music
Theatre & Dance
Visual Arts
FT Magazine
FT Magazine
FT Magazine Slideshows
Food & Drink
Food & Drink
Jancis Robinson on Wine
Lunch with the FT
Restaurant reviews
Rowley Leigh on Cookery
Recipes
House & Home
Style
Books
Books
Essay
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Pursuits
Pursuits
Crossword
Sudoku
Travel
Travel
UK
North America
Europe
Asia & Australia
Africa
Americas
Luxury
Adventures
Winter Sports
Family
City Breaks
Columnists
How To Spend It
Highlights
Editorial: Plus ça change
Opinion: Open society can defeat savagery
Editorial: Lessons from Woolwich
FT Photo Diary
EUROPE
May 24, 2013
French court eases pressure on Lagarde
©AFP
IMF chief not made official suspect in Tapie case
Judges grill Lagarde over €400m pay-off
French authorities raid Lagarde’s flat
French police step up Lagarde probe
US & CANADA
May 24, 2013
Republicans resist end to ‘war on terror’
Party divided on move to close Guantánamo prison facility
Obama rewrites rules for drone strikes
The World
Obama’s new policy on drones
ASIA-PACIFIC
May 24, 2013
Scandal and crime claims threaten IPL
Betting allegations put tournament’s future in doubt
Betting scandal deepens in Indian cricket
Indian Premier League faces brand battle
ASIA-PACIFIC
May 24, 2013
Pakistan seeks $4bn-$5bn Saudi loan
Sharif looks to avert a balance of payments crisis
‘Exhausted’ Karzai insists he will retire
Pakistan PM Sharif makes economy priority
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
May 24, 2013
Hizbollah’s Syria role fuels sectarianism
Fears grow that Sunni-Shia violence could spread in Lebanon
EU urged to put Hizbollah on terror list
Friends of Syria demands fighters withdraw
FT investigation
©Reuters
Qatar and the Syrian revolution. How the tiny gas-rich Gulf state seized control of the uprising
Global Insight: Syria conflict
©AP
Geneva meeting on Syria delays harder choices Obama is not keen to make
©EPA
ASIA-PACIFIC
May 24, 2013
Kuroda promises to stabilise bond market
Volatility delivers blow to Japan’s turnround
Global Market Overview
Stocks ease back after volatile week
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
May 24, 2013
Algeria gets jitters over absent president
Ailing Bouteflika’s failure to return from France causing crisis
Algerian president suffers ‘minor stroke’
Algeria
A giant afraid of its shadow
©AFP
EUROPE
May 24, 2013
Swedish police defend response to rioters
Stockholm hit by fifth night of disturbances
Sixth night of violence in Sweden
Analysis
Fire in the people’s home
AFRICA
May 24, 2013
Belmokhtar claims Niger attacks role
Statement in militant’s name says his men were involved
UN approves Mali peacekeeping force
Mali media strike against editor’s arrest
©AFP
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
May 24, 2013
Problems mount for ‘Kirchnerismo’
Argentina remains mired in woes following populist nationalism
Comment
Argentine soyabean farmers return to market
Obituary
Argentine ex-dictator Videla dies in jail
US creditors reject Argentina’s debt offer
More news
Malaysia on edge amid political stand-off
Vietnam names new finance minister
German business sentiment picks up
Spanish princess faces fraud probe
US bridge fall highlights funding gap
Comment
©AP
Disasters used to bring the US together, now they expose political faultlines
Multimedia
Brussels blog
©AFP
Will Slovenia be next week’s Brussels target?
Interactive graphic
©Getty
The world’s biggest clothing exporters
Video
©Rex features
Riots shatter Sweden’s image
More stories
Middle East
Hizbollah vows to keep fighting in Syria
Spat over Saudi coronavirus patent claims
Friends of Syria demands fighters withdraw
Bahrain opposition withdraws from talks
US
Hagel says sexual assault is scourge on military
Dish/Sprint: a most anticipated blockbuster
US raise flag over SoftBank’s Sprint bid
Apple hearing unlikely to solve tax bind
Asia
Bangladesh factory probe finds ‘violations’
The global garment trade
Abe will not help by rewriting history
Obama and the one-sided drone war
Europe
Sixth night of violence in Sweden
UK to oppose EU renewable energy target
Germany shows way on and off the pitch
Quality European shares still look cheap
Africa
African Union to vote on Kenyatta trial
Suicide bombers hit Niger army and mine
Ugandan newspaper raided over plot claim
Tunisia has finally turned up the heat on the Salafis
Americas
Wanted: a Brazilian Mark Zuckerberg
Latin America cements ‘Pacific Alliance’
Petrobras looks to issue bonds in euros
Embraer in $8bn SkyWest aircraft supply deal
Offers
FINANCIAL TIMES JOBS
Global executive jobs
Register today for free job alerts
JOIN THE BUSINESS ELITE
More people at the top read the FT*
*FT has grown in every major readership survey
FT Subscription
Subscribe to the FT today
Subscribe now for complete and unrestricted access
EDITOR’S CHOICE
THE World
©Reuters
Obama’s new policy on drones
world podcast
©AFP
Russia’s role in world politics
LATEST POSTS FROM THE WORLD BLOG
Smart Reads May 24, 2013
Obama’s new policy on drones
FT podcast: World Weekly with Gideon Rachman
Gnomes, streakers and Aussies invade Chelsea
Ai Weiwei: the Greatest Hits edition
WORLD NEWS ON TWITTER
Follow @ftworldnews
More
FT Twitter
accounts
IN DEPTH
Japan - war on deflation
Cyprus bailout
Bitcoin
Great tax race
Mali intervention
More in depths
FINANCIAL TIMES JOBS
Enter job search
Search
Director of Finance
Raven Housing
Head of Whole Government Accounts
HM Treasury
Business Innovation Director
Virgin Unite
Register for free to receive the latest executive jobs by email
LATEST HEADLINES FROM CNN
Arwa Damon: Freeze-frame moments
Jessica Lynch, others: Where are they now?
Photos: Enduring images
When the tornado hit, they were ready
Troubled youth run 'old skool' bistro
TOOLS & SERVICES
Multimedia
Video
Blogs
Podcasts
Interactive graphics
Audio slideshows
Picture slideshows
Tools
Portfolio
FT Lexicon
FT clippings
Currency converter
MBA rankings
Newslines
Today's newspaper
FT press cuttings
FT ebooks
FT ePaper
Economic calendar
Updates
Alerts Hub
Daily briefings
FT on Facebook
FT on Twitter
FT on your mobile
Share prices on your phone
RSS feeds
Quick links
Mergermarket
How to spend it
Social Media hub
The Banker
The Banker Database
fDi Intelligence
fDi Markets
Professional Wealth Management
This is Africa
Investors Chronicle
MandateWire
FTChinese.com
Pensions Week
Services
Subscriptions
Corporate subscriptions
Education subscriptions
Syndication
FT Fine Wine Plan
Conferences
Annual reports
Executive job search
Non-Executive Directors' Club
Businesses for sale
Contracts & tenders
Analyst research
Commercial Property listings
Company announcements
FT Collection