A Europe-wide backlash against gipsies gathered pace as Italy announced it would wage a campaign to demolish shanty settlements. www.telegraph.co.uk | 9/2/10 5:17 PM

Touch screens and 3D at Europe's largest technology fair. www.telegraph.co.uk | 9/2/10 2:49 PM

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www.topix.net | 9/1/10 10:03 AM

Moamer Gaddhafi reportedly said that "Islam should become the religion of all of Europe". iafrica.com | 8/30/10 11:30 AM

The Irish Republic has its credit rating cut, reflecting fears that the rising cost of propping up banks will further weaken its finances. www.bbc.co.uk | 8/25/10 10:54 AM

The US Justice Department said it will appeal a judge's decision to block federal funding for stemcell research, risking an election year fight over hot-button issues of science and religion.

"I can confirm we plan to appeal," Justice Department spokesperson Tracy Schmaller said Tuesday, adding that the department was "likely to file this week."

She said the department would both appeal US District Judge Royce Lambert's temporary suspension of federal funding for stemcell research and seek a stay of the suspension while the appeal is pending.

www.france24.com | 8/25/10 10:46 AM

Britain's cost watchdog said it won't recommend Novartis's key oncology drug Gleevec as a follow-up treatment for certain stomach-cancer patients due to cost/benefit considerations. online.wsj.com | 8/25/10 10:46 AM

The London branch of French bank Societe Generale has been fined £1.575m for failing to provide accurate transaction reports. www.bbc.co.uk | 8/25/10 10:45 AM

Swedish consumer sentiment soared to its highest level in nearly 10 years in August, bolstering the ruling center-right government's chances at general elections next month. online.wsj.com | 8/25/10 10:32 AM

Britain's Financial Services Authority said it has fined the London branch of Société Générale $2.4 million for failing to provide accurate transaction reports to the regulator. online.wsj.com | 8/25/10 10:29 AM

German business confidence shows an unexpected rise in August to its highest level since June 2007. www.bbc.co.uk | 8/25/10 10:27 AM

A military court has convicted the Palestinian organiser of regular protests against Israel's West Bank wall, prompting the European Union to express concern on Wednesday.

The court at Ofer prison, near Ramallah, on Tuesday convicted Abdullah Abu Rahma, 39, for "participating (in), organising and inciting" protests in the West Bank village of Bilin, said the Committee against The Wall which he heads.

www.france24.com | 8/25/10 10:26 AM

A suicide bomber attacked a military barracks in eastern Mauritania early Wednesday but was foiled by troops who fired on his vehicle and blew it up, a senior military official told AFP.

The would-be bomber tried to ram his four-wheel drive vehicle into the barracks before soldiers fired on the vehicle, sparking a "big explosion" which caused heavy damage, the official said.

No other deaths were reported, though witnesses said three people were slightly injured.

www.france24.com | 8/25/10 10:26 AM

Swiss campaigners who won clearance to seek a referendum on reintroducing the death penalty withdraw their application only a day later. www.bbc.co.uk | 8/25/10 10:03 AM

Germany's cabinet approved a bank restructuring bill designed to provide a tool box for handling troubled banks without relying on state bailouts. online.wsj.com | 8/25/10 9:54 AM

An Afghan police recruit shoots dead two Spanish police officers and their interpreter in north-western Afghanistan, officials say. www.bbc.co.uk | 8/25/10 9:53 AM

Heineken said that cost cutting, asset sales and the purchase of Femsa Cerzeva helped lift its first-half net profit 42%. online.wsj.com | 8/25/10 9:51 AM

Spain's gross domestic product fell 3.7% in 2009, a steeper fall than the earlier estimate of 3.6%. online.wsj.com | 8/25/10 9:39 AM

Business confidence in Germany rose again in August, defying recent indications of a global slowdown that could dent demand for the country's exports. online.wsj.com | 8/25/10 9:36 AM

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is holding his first post-holiday cabinet meeting, amid questions on his leadership. www.bbc.co.uk | 8/25/10 9:27 AM

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni elected to bat after winning the toss against New Zealand in the last league match of a triangular one-day series on Wednesday.

The winner of the day-night game will clash with Sri Lanka in the final on Saturday.

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Dinesh Karthik, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Ishant Sharma.

www.france24.com | 8/25/10 9:26 AM

Interactive graphic on the plight of the 33 Chilean miners trapped 700 metres underground at a gold and copper mine in the Atacama desert who might have to wait up to four months to be rescued.

www.france24.com | 8/25/10 9:26 AM

Carrefour's newly renovated hypermarket outside Lyon, with ceiling-high shelves giving way to eye-level displays, marks the big French retailer's attempt to entice reluctant shoppers back into its biggest stores. online.wsj.com | 8/25/10 9:17 AM

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services trimmed its rating on Ireland by one notch, saying the projected fiscal cost to the Irish government of supporting the financial sector has increased significantly. online.wsj.com | 8/25/10 9:17 AM

European stocks clambered off early lows on better-than-expected corporate earnings results from Heineken and Paddy Power. online.wsj.com | 8/25/10 8:46 AM

Standard & Poor's has dealt a fresh blow to the Irish economy by cutting the nation's credit rating to AA-, the lowest since 1995. www.telegraph.co.uk | 8/25/10 8:26 AM

Nazi concentration camp inmates Bertrand Herz and Elie Wiesel , with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Barack Obama, carry white roses as they visit the camp at Buchenwald near in the eastern German city of Weimar.

www.topix.net | 8/25/10 8:20 AM

French engineers are set to drain a lake that has formed under a glacier on Mont Blanc, and which threatens to flood a valley below. www.bbc.co.uk | 8/25/10 7:33 AM

Despite excitement over a royal wedding, a growing group of activists says that the time for monarchy has passed.

www.nytimes.com | 8/25/10 6:56 AM

The EU's top court is set to throw a spanner in the works of plans for a single EU patent. In a leaked opinion paper, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) says the proposed unified patent court is incompatible with the EU Treaties.

www.euractiv.com | 8/25/10 6:44 AM

The European Parliament's silence during the summer recess has been broken by liberal group ALDE, which called for a parliamentary debate on the Roma situation in Europe in early September, following France's move to expel members of that minority to their countries of origin, Romania and Bulgaria.

www.euractiv.com | 8/25/10 6:35 AM

Early elections in Italy look increasingly likely as Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi struggles to cope with factional rivalry inside his center-right coalition. online.wsj.com | 8/25/10 6:25 AM

The European Commission plans to assess the macro-economic impact of sport to help design policies that contribute more effectively to the overarching goals of the 'Europe 2020' strategy for growth and jobs.

www.euractiv.com | 8/25/10 6:24 AM

A move by Iceland to unilaterally extend its catch limit of Atlantic mackerel to levels far higher than per usual in response to an increased presence of mackerel in its waters has been condemned by the EU's fisheries chief.

www.euractiv.com | 8/25/10 6:20 AM

Upcoming talks between EU ministers will seek to calm fears that banks will face double taxation as countries begin to adopt anti-crisis plans.

www.euractiv.com | 8/25/10 6:18 AM

Poland's plans to give away tens of millions of carbon emissions permits to new power stations are drawing criticism from environmentalists, but the EU's climate chief says she is not worried.

www.euractiv.com | 8/25/10 6:18 AM

Prime Minister David Cameron’s wife, Samantha Cameron, gave birth to the couple’s fourth child, a daughter, on Tuesday.

www.nytimes.com | 8/25/10 5:30 AM

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance on Tuesday joined critics of France’s efforts to deport Roma who overstay their visas and to demolish illegal Roma camps.

www.nytimes.com | 8/25/10 5:30 AM

The British government and the Roman Catholic Church worked together to cover up the suspected involvement of a priest in a 1972 bombing, a new report said.

www.nytimes.com | 8/25/10 5:30 AM

Mr. Kaplan, a state supreme court judge, helped craft the indictment of the Nazi war criminals who were tried at Nuremberg while an officer in the Army.

www.nytimes.com | 8/25/10 5:20 AM

The Scottish Cabinet has met on an island as part of a summer tour of the country.

www.topix.net | 8/25/10 4:19 AM

U.S. securities regulators have charged two Spanish investors with trading on secret information about BHP Billiton PLC's bid to acquire Saskatchewan-based PotashCorp.

www.topix.net | 8/25/10 4:19 AM

Police found 1.8 kilograms of the substance Uranium-238 in a garage in the capital Chisinau where it was under guard and in a special container, according to the interior ministry.

www.topix.net | 8/25/10 4:18 AM

The Scottish fishing fleet has called for a freeze on any further reduction in days allowed at sea to avert financial collapse.

www.topix.net | 8/25/10 12:04 AM

Global regulators and bankers are weighing the merits of creating a system that would impose losses on bond holders of failing banks before taxpayers have to rescue them. online.wsj.com | 8/24/10 11:24 PM

Cairn Energy said it found natural gas off Greenland's western coast, bolstering hopes the area holds untapped hydrocarbons. online.wsj.com | 8/24/10 11:13 PM

Russia's rock-music-loving President Dmitry Medvedev hosted U2 frontman Bono at his residence near the Black Sea resort of Sochi, praising him for writing music "that unites generations." www.telegraph.co.uk | 8/24/10 11:05 PM

Swiss death penalty campaigners can begin collecting signatures to force a referendum on its return, the government says. www.bbc.co.uk | 8/24/10 10:59 PM

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday called on Lebanon to consider building a nuclear power plant in the energy-starved nation.

"I call on the Lebanese government to seriously consider ... building a nuclear power plant for the peaceful purpose of generating electricity, which would be more cost-efficient than the plan the government has endorsed," Nasrallah said in a speech broadcast via video link.

www.france24.com | 8/24/10 10:46 PM