International

• Monday, September 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  First bluetongue case in England; fears of more FAM

  

  Beleaguered British farmers suffering after several outbreaks of foot-and-mouth face a second threat as a new livestock virus, bluetongue, claimed the life of a Highland cow in Suffolk, east England.

• Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Climate change, a political call to action

  Tomorrow, on the eve of the 62nd UN General Assembly, the UN chief is hosting a meeting of world leaders in a call to take action against climate change, one of the most serious threats against humanity at large, but with specific consequences over thousands of millions of people living in developing countries.

• Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Farm Bill to determine WTO talks progress

  

  Fresh ideas are circulating in renewed World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks on farming tariffs and subsidies, two of the biggest roadblocks to a new accord on boosting global trade flows, the talks chairman said on Friday.

• Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Young Uruguayan striker scores twice for Ajax

  

  20 year old Luis Suarez, the Uruguayan international, hit two individual classic goals for Ajax of Amsterdam, in their exciting encounter against AZ of Alkmaar on Sunday.

• Friday, September 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  US Gulf Coast storm risk pushes oil to record

  

  The price of London Brent oil hit another all-time high Friday on US storm concerns at the end of a record-breaking week which saw New York crude soar beyond 84 dollars per barrel.

• Friday, September 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Organisations call on EU to abandon plans biofuel target

  

  37 environmental and human rights groups have called upon the Members of the European Parliament to drop support for a 10% mandatory biofuel target during next week's vote on the Thomsen report.

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

  Dollar falls to new low vs euro breaking $1.40

  

  The US dollar hit a new record low against the euro as investors sold the currency after the Federal Reserve's hefty interest rate cut.

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

  Bank of England urges legislative review

  Bank of England Governor Mervyn King has called for a legislative overhaul to help prevent a repeat of the Northern Rock banking crisis.

• 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.