Bush bail-out plan accepted at second attempt President Bush’s multi-billion bail-out plan has been adopted by the US Congress. Eyeing the stock markets and their election chances in November 03/10/2008
US election from a European perspective The McCain-Obama US election race has captured the European imagination, and the time is right to take a look at the American election from a 03/10/2008
The Iraqis who seek refuge in Syria Syria has become the land of refuge for Iraqis fleeing their country’s troubles. 1.5 million Iraqis are living here, mostly in Damascus. But life is 03/10/2008
Rollercoaster week for European equities Europe’s stock markets finished the week with a major rally – up 3% – and financial companies were the strongest performers. The region’s 03/10/2008
US jobs figures far worse than expected More gloomy economic statistics from the US. A total of 159,000 people lost their jobs in September. That is much worse that economists had 03/10/2008
Crude prices rise Oil prices perked up again on Friday, though they did record their biggest weekly drop since 2004. Energy traders remain worried a recession will 03/10/2008
Peter Mandelson, the Great Survivor Peter Mandelson is the Great Survivor of modern British politics. It is unlikely that any other politician would have beaten the odds as he has done 03/10/2008
Bush bail-out plan accepted at second attempt President Bush’s multi-billion bail-out plan has been adopted by the US Congress. Eyeing the stock markets and their election chances in November 03/10/2008
Internet computer games like this one – where players take part in a school massacre – have helped prompt the Council of Europe to issue a series of 03/10/2008
The European Commission wants to step up the amount of time-off work women are entitled to after having a baby The commissioners in Brussels want new mothers in all 27 nations to have at least 18 consecutive weeks on full-pay in the hope that it will become 03/10/2008
Snap polls in US say Biden won TV debate As one paper summed it up: anyone who thought there would be blood on the tracks from a train wreck will have been disappointed. Both the Democrats 03/10/2008
Russian soldiers killed in S.Ossetia blast A number of people have been killed in a car explosion near a Russian base in Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia. Initial information about 03/10/2008
Outcry over Dutroux house sale It has become known as the House of Horrors. Twelve years ago the bodies of two young girls were found buried, the victims of notorious Belgian 03/10/2008
Mandelson proves he is the Comeback Kid One of Britain’s most controversial politicians is returning to government for a third time. Peter Mandelson leaves the European Commission, where he 03/10/2008
ATV: the next step Europe’s ATV – the Jules Verne – ended its first mission with a controlled break-up over the Pacific. Its developers are already thinking about the 03/10/2008
Diplomat's sculptures on show in Beirut Patrick Renauld is a sculptor who is also a European diplomat. Now head of the European Commission’s delegation in Jordan, he came back to Beirut for 03/10/2008
Chaplin in Lisbon Geraldine Chaplin has paid a visit to Lisbon to see the exhibition dedicated to her father, “Chaplin in Pictures”. The exhibition, which includes 03/10/2008
Newman - icon and champion of the poor He was a screen legend, a philanthropist, a racing driver, and a devoted husband. Paul Newman, who died in September aged 83, starred in more than 60 03/10/2008
Palin/Biden debate judged a draw Lively, but polite is the conclusion after the eagerly-awaited vice-Presidential debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden. In an event littered with 03/10/2008
US bail-out vote looms As a darkening economic picture drags money markets down, pressure is piling on the US House of Representatives to follow the Senate and approve 03/10/2008
Mandelson's shock return to government One of Britain’s most controversial and divisive politicians is to make a dramatic return to power, as Prime Minister Gordon Brown tries to save his 03/10/2008
Republicans and Democrats each claim debate win Both Republicans and Democrats are claiming victory in the key television debate between vice- presidential candidates Sarah Palin and Joe 03/10/2008
US vice-presidential candidates' first and only debate The two US vice-presidential candidates have gone head to head in their first and only TV showdown. Millions of Americans were expected to tune in 03/10/2008
Europe clashes over how to tackle financial crisis Europe’s handling of the global financial crisis continues to divide the bloc ahead of an emergency summit on Saturday. France has denied it was 03/10/2008
Russia and Ukraine agree on gas deal Russia has spared Ukraine from a steep price rise in gas for the time being despite a row over arms sales to Georgia. Russian prime minister 03/10/2008
Body parts found next to Fosset's plane Body parts have been found next to the wrecked plane of missing American adventurer Steve Fosset. Rescue teams confirmed the plane was the one 03/10/2008