West Bank Refugees welcome Palestinian bid for UN membership Hundreds of Palestinian refugees gathered in a show of support for President Mahmoud Abbas’ bid for full UN membership. In Lebanon, there are an 23/09/2011
All Blacks wary of France threat Hosts New Zealand will be looking to make it three wins from three games when they face France in their crucial World Cup Pool A clash at Eden Park 23/09/2011
USA Israel extends hand of peace to Mahmoud Abbas Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in responding to President Mahmoud Abbas told the UN General Assembly that the programme of settlements in 23/09/2011
USA Abbas applies for UN recognition of Palestine The Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has formally presented a request for the United Nations to recognise Palestine as a sovereign state. The 23/09/2011
Spain Bullfighter's homage and regret To ask what the definitive closing of arenas in Catalonia means for a master bullfighter, euronews spoke to Juan Mora in Madrid. Isidro Murga 23/09/2011
Barefoot diva Cesária retires Cesária Évora, the legendary singer from the Cape Verde islands off the coast of West Africa, has announced her retirement due to ill health 23/09/2011
France Strauss-Kahn to meet French accuser Former IMF chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, will come face-to-face with a French woman who accuses him of attempting to rape her. Strauss-Kahn 23/09/2011
Deficit crisis: Obama challenges the Republicans In this edition of Business Weekly we focus on the bitter political feud between Democrats and Republicans in the US over a solution for the 23/09/2011
Afghanistan Emotion at Afghan peace negotiator funeral Afghans have buried the country’s chief peace negotiator Burhanuddin Rabbani after he was assassinated earlier in the week. There was chaos and 23/09/2011
A pledge to stop a double-dip recession - but how? A major effort to stop the world falling back into recession is being pledged by finance ministers and central bankers from the biggest economies 23/09/2011
Serie A under the spotlight Italian prosecutor Rosario Cantelmo has announced that over 150 matches in Italy, Spain and South America are being investigated for alleged 23/09/2011
Rouble's slide continues Russia’s rouble continues to lose value against other currencies. With an economy highly dependent on exports of oil the falling price of crude is 23/09/2011
Yemen Saleh back in Yemen - fears of more bloodshed Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh has returned home after medical treatment abroad calling for a ceasefire to end five days of fierce fighting in 23/09/2011
Turkey pledges support for Palestinian statehood bid President Mahmoud Abbas can rely on the support of Turkey when it comes to his UN bid for recognition of a Palestinian state. The country’s Prime 23/09/2011
Mideast : clashes continue between Israelis and Palestinians While the United-Nations debate on the Palestinian statehood question, Israelis and Palestinians clash in West-Bank and East-Jerusalem. 23/09/2011
Corruption allegations swirl around Sarkozy The repercussions of a bombing in the Pakistani city of Karachi in 2002 continue to be felt in France. Eleven French engineers died in the attack 23/09/2011
Afghanistan Kabul: high emotion at Rabbani funeral There were chaotic scenes in Kabul at the funeral of the Afghan government’s chief peace negotiator Burhanuddin Rabbani. The former Afghan 23/09/2011
The 'terrible beauty' of La Biennale de Lyon The last line from WB Yeats’ powerful poem Easter 1916 is the starting point for La Biennale de Lyon. “A terrible beauty is born” is the banner 23/09/2011
Singapore Briton buys the world's oldest bottle of bubbly At 170 years of age it is the oldest known bottle of champagne in the world. Now, having been bought for 30,000 euros at auction, it is also the 23/09/2011
Eight Greek banks downgraded by Moody's Moody’s ratings agency has downgraded the credit ratings of eight top Greek banks – including the largest lender National Bank of Greece. It said 23/09/2011
Nevermind still strikes a chord 20 years on ‘Here we are now’, and it was, as Kurt Cobain sang, ‘contagious’. Twenty years to the day since Nirvana released Smells Like Teen Spirit, the record 23/09/2011
WTO warns against protectionism The World Trade Organisation has said that global trade is slowing and it has cut its estimates for growth this year from 6.5 percent to 5.8 percent 23/09/2011
Europe shares rally after torrid week It was another extremely choppy Friday for Europe’s financial markets capping a torrid week’s trading. Share indexes finished the day up having 23/09/2011
Abbas submits bid to UN for full "state" recognition Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has formally submitted a bid to the UN Secretary-General for recognition of Palestine as an independent sovereign 23/09/2011
Greece Greece gripped by more anti-austerity strikes Greece has been paralysed by another strike to protest against the latest austerity measures aimed at avoiding financial collapse. The government 23/09/2011
Germany Pope meets Muslim leaders in Germany Pope Benedict has been meeting religious leaders, on the second day of his visit to Germany. He told Muslim representatives in Berlin on Friday 23/09/2011
Kelly unbeatable at Trestles Kelly Slater has continued his surfing dominance by winning his fifth Hurley Pro at Trestles title. Slater maintained his lethal form throughout 23/09/2011
Australia bounce back Australia rebounded from their shock defeat against Ireland last week, to beat the United States 67 – 5. The Wallabies got 11 tries including a 23/09/2011
West Bank Israeli security increased ahead of Abbas' UN speech Israeli security has been stepped up across parts of Jerusalem and the West Bank, ahead of today’s planned statehood speech by Palestinian President 23/09/2011
West Bank What land for the Palestinians? The Palestinian push for United Nations recognition of independent statehood still has not resolved what land it would be on. Since the start of 23/09/2011
