An opinion poll carried out for the BBC World Service is indicating that US-led efforts to tackle the al-Qaeda group are not regarded as being successful.
As the debate over the US$700 billion bank bailout rages on in Washington, one of the nation\'s largest banks, Washington Mutual Incorporated (WaMu) has collapsed under the weight of its enormous bad debts on the mortgage market.
The European Commission (EC) is imposing a ban on EU imports of Chinese baby food that contain any traces of milk, while other Chinese food will undergo tests.
Pakistan\'s government has pledged to take targeted action against militants, following a suicide bomb, which killed 53 people in the capital, Islamabad.
The Italian airline Alitalia has cancelled a number of flights from Rome\'s Fiumicino airport, increasing fears that the carrier may soon go into liquidation.
Police in north-east England said they have made a big dent in gang activities in that section of the country following the arrest of a Jamaican drug dealing gang.
