1. Westwood wins European Tour

Lee Westwood hailed the "biggest moment of his career" after notching a European Tour double by winning the season-ending Dubai World Championship and the Race to Dubai money-list title.

22/11/2009

2. Westwood takes charge in Dubai

Rory McIlroy pledged to fight back on the last day of the Dubai World Championship after letting slip his advantage over Lee Westwood.

21/11/2009

3. Wenger shrugs off Van Persie loss

Arsene Wenger is brushing off any concerns that the loss of top scorer Robin van Persie to injury will affect Arsenal's progress in the English Premier League.

20/11/2009

4. Washington sniper executed

A man found guilty of carrying out a series of deadly sniper attacks across three US states in 2002 has been executed after his last-chance appeal for clemency was rejected.

11/11/2009

5. World leaders hope for climate deal

At least 40 world leaders have said they will attend climate change talks in Denmark next month, but there are still fears that there will be few tangible results after preparatory meetings ended with scant progress.

07/11/2009

6. Web addresses to go multilingual

The Internet will be more accessible to non-English speaking users with the introduction of domain names using Asian and Arabic scripts starting next year, a global regulator has said.

27/10/2009

7. World leaders condemn Iraq attacks

World leaders have joined their Iraqi counterparts in condemning Sunday's double bombing in Baghdad - the deadliest attack in Iraq in two years - and offered their condolences to the Iraqi people.

26/10/2009

8. White House hits out at Cheney

The White House has criticised Dick Cheney, a former US vice-president, for claiming that US President Barack Obama is "dithering" over US troop deployments to Afghanistan.

23/10/2009

9. Warning over North Korea 'threat'

South Korea's defence minister and his American counterpart have said that North Korea still poses a threat, despite its recent diplomatic overtures.

22/10/2009

10. Warning over Uighur executions

China's sentencing to death of six ethnic Uighurs over July's unrest will only "further enrage" the Uighur people, an exiled community leader has said.

13/10/2009

11. West to press Iran on nuclear plans

Saeed Jalili, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, is to meet the UN Security Council's five permanent members plus Germany for talks in Switzerland, with the possibility of a rare bilateral meeting between Iran and the US.

01/10/2009

12. World Bank urges climate action

The world's richest nations will need to spend up to $700bn annually by 2030 to tackle climate change and help developing nations adapt to the effects of global warming, the World Bank has said.

16/09/2009