International

• Thursday, September 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  United Nations urges further action on landmines subject

  

  On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Anti-Personnel Mine-Ban Treaty, over a dozen United Nations officials have joined their voices to hail progress in reducing these weapons while urging greater action to eliminate them.

• Wednesday, September 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  PSV overcome Russians in tough encounter

  

  The Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven began this seasons Champions League campaign with a narrow but valuable 2-1 victory over the Russian champions CSKA Moscow.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Antarctic venture giving krill investors cold feet

  

  The leading Norwegian krill harvesting company Aker BioMarine is losing ground in the Oslo Stock Exchange. It looks like the investors who put their monies in the company when it was listed in June, are now getting cold feet.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Fed decision, weather among factors sending oil higher

  

  Oil soared to fresh record highs in New York Tuesday as traders viewed the half-point cut in interest rates by the Federal Reserve as an economic boost that would keep energy demand high.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  UN General Assembly opens session, climate is major issue

  

  The UN General Assembly opened its 62nd session Tuesday with a call by its new president to strengthen the organization's capability to deal with world issues - climate change above all.

• Monday, September 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Britons among Thai plane crash dead

  

  Up to 10 British tourists are feared to be among 90 people killed in a horrific plane crash in Thailand as it attempted to land during heavy wind and rain.

• Monday, September 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  UK: Farmers' auction off due to ban

  

  Britain's biggest sale of breeding lambs has been cancelled because of restrictions on animal movements.

• Monday, September 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  UK: Pioneering wave farm approved

  

  The Government will give planning approval for the world's first large scale wave farm off the UK coast.

• Monday, September 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  EU immigrant 'blue card' to attract skilled workers

  

  The European Union's top justice official is advocating for the bloc to open it's doors to 20 million more immigrant workers over the course of the next two decades.

• Monday, September 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  UK Government guarantees bank deposits

  

  Ministers took dramatic action in an attempt to end the crisis at Northern Rock as Chancellor Alistair Darling announced the Government would guarantee all deposits with the bank.