The top end ‘N-Series’ range of Nokia handsets has now strengthened further to include a new multimedia device known as the ‘Nokia N97’, which  will hit the European markets during the first half of the coming year (2009).

The N97, which offers a different feature pack, is Nokia’s second touch-screen device in as many months to regain lost ground in the touch-screen market.

The company’s president and CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo called ‘N96’ as the most powerful mobile computer the world has ever seen.

Brussels - European Jewish groups plan to train volunteers to protect their local comm

Madrid  - European socialists and social democrats on Monday advocated more government intervention in the economy.

The ongoing economic crisis demonstrated the failure of the "economy of egoism" advocated by conservative parties, Spanish Socialist Party deputy leader Jose Blanco told the council of the Party of European Socialists in Madrid.

Some 30 leading politicians, including Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and recently elected French Socialist Party leader Martine Aubry, were to discuss the first common programme of socialists and social democrats for European elections.

Berlin, Nov. 28 : Counter-terrorism officials and experts said the scale, sophistication and targets involved in the Mumbai attacks were markedly different from previous terrorist plots in India and suggested the gunmen had received training from outside the country.

The Washington Post quotes officials in India, Europe and the United States as saying the likely culprits included Islamist networks based in Pakistan that have received support in the past from Pakistan''s intelligence agencies.

Berlin  - Inflation in the 15-member eurozone slipped to below 3 per cent for the first time in more than 12 months in November, data to be released Friday is forecast to show, paving the way for the European Central Bank (ECB) to deliver a hefty rate cut next week.

Analysts expect the European Union's statistics office to say annual inflation in the eurozone dropped from 3.2 per cent in October to 2.7 per cent this month as falling oil prices have undercut inflationary pressures.

Brussels - The European Union should permanently re- settle up to 10,000 Iraqi refugees currently living in camps in Syria and Jordan into Europe, EU interior ministers meeting in Brussels decided on Thursday.

The council of EU ministers "invites member states to take in Iraqi refugees in a particularly vulnerable situation such as those with particular medical needs, trauma or torture victims, members of religious minorities or women on their own with family responsibilities," a joint statement said.