ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Demonstrators set buildings ablaze and fireballs lit up the night sky in Greece's capital on Sunday amid widespread rioting before a historic parliamentary vote on harsh austerity measures designed to prevent the country from going bankrupt. The clashes erupted after more than 100,000 protesters marched to the parliament to rally against the drastic cuts, which will ax one in five civil service jobs and slash the minimum wage by more than a fifth.

BAE Systems CEO Ian King By Edited by Peter Cunliffe A BROAD spread of companies, from retailers to engineers, are due to give the market updates this week. Cuts in defence spending in Britain and the US are expected to take their toll on results at BAE Systems. Britain's biggest manufacturing company, which makes ships, tanks and aircraft, is forecast to report a 10 per cent fall in profits to ё2billion for 2011, with sales down ё2billion to ё20billion.

Davis Cup hero Dan Evans By Bob McKenzie DAN EVANS was lifted high by his team after carrying Great Britain on his shoulders with two remarkable victories that secured the Davis Cup tie few thought they would survive. Andy Murray has long asked others to step up when he is not around.

M&A activity is expected to hold up better in the UK than in almost every other country / GETTY By Edited by Peter Cunliffe TAKEOVER and merger activity is expected to hold up better in the UK than in almost every other country, says a leading report. According to the Global Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Predictor by accountants KPMG the first six months of this year will see a slowdown in corporate deals worldwide.

By JON KRAWCZYNSKI Associated Press One point guard has practically been a household name since he started playing professionally at 14, a lottery pick who has made the two-year wait for his flashy passes well worth it. The other went undrafted out of Harvard and unwanted in his first two stops in the NBA before a desperate team and a desperate coach gave him the chance he needed on the game's biggest stage. In their own different, yet equally dynamic ways, Ricky Rubio and Jeremy

German Economy Minister Philipp Roesler with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Three German ministers urged Greece to show through its actions that it wants to remain in the eurozone, with one suggesting that the country's exit from the single currency is no longer a scary prospect. German Economy Minister Philipp Roesler said in an interview with Germany's ARD television on Sunday that fears about a disorderly Greek default and

By Allan Hall Last updated at 12:09 AM on 13th February 2012 Health experts in Germany are baffled by a small village where cancer has hit almost every household. Wewelsfleth, which has a population of 1,500, has been labelled the ‘village of the damned' as new cancer cases are 50 per cent above average. Researchers from the University of Lubeck who investigated the phenomenon, which includes breast, lung, oesophageal, womb and stomach cancers, could

By Alex Gore Last updated at 5:59 PM on 12th February 2012 Comments (5) Share These astonishing pictures were painted at locations all across the world but rather than watercolour or acrylic, these artists use a different medium - light. Created by German photographers Jens Warnecke and Cenci Goepel the extraordinary pictures are 'painted' using only light and a digital camera set for a long exposure. The pair, both from Hamburg, have been working on the Lightmark project

By Kirsty Walker Last updated at 11:16 PM on 12th February 2012 Comments (0) Share Greek MPs last night voted in favour of a controversial austerity bill as rioters again took to the streets and set buildings alight. The punishing cuts to wages and pensions are fiercely stoking tensions in the near-bankrupt country. Yet if the bill was not passed, Greece would have been denied a ё110billion EU bailout package and finally run out of money.

BERLIN, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) - Hamburg wrapped a late win against Cologne thanks to striker Jose Paolo Guerrero while at the bottom competition Augsburg and Nuremberg shared points to close the 21st round of German Bundesliga on Sunday. Hamburg staged an offensively minded performance against passive Cologne but unable to open the scoring within the first half. After interval, Cologne found their way into the match but they also failed