A thoughtful, quietly-spoken German was almost in tears.

Congress Solutions International (CSI) once again proved integral in the successful conduct of the World Economic Forum Summit on the Global Agenda in Dubai, which strengthened the emirate's reputation as a premier venue for high-profile events.

On a normal day, Majken Friss Jorgensen, managing director of Copenhagen's biggest limousine company, says her firm has twelve vehicles on the road. During the "summit to save the world", which opens here tomorrow, she will have 200.

OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott has dramatically thrown out the Liberal Party's policy on climate change.

The Swiss people went to the polls today in a referendum on the banning of minarets in Switzerland.

European Union bureaucrats are to get an inflation busting and recession proof pay rise that is over three times the average rate for British workers hit by the economic slump.