A COURT in Ethiopia yesterday sentenced two Swedish journalists to 11 years in prison on charges of supporting terrorism after the two illegally entered the country with an ethnic Somali rebel group in a case that has been criticised by media rights groups.

Britain's chancellor George Osborne will today endorse sweeping European supervisory powers over banks and financial institutions in response to the economic crisis.

Around 200 people have responded to an international public appeal launched by Interpol to identify a man shown sexually abusing children in images posted on the internet.

INTERPOL sought public help yesterday in identifying a suspected paedophile, revealing a technique to unscramble digitally altered images to show the face of a man seen in internet photos sexually abusing young boys in Vietnam and Cambodia.

Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson conceded defeat in parliamentary elections today.

SWEDISH Prime Minister Goran Persson and an ex-minister are suing Ryanair for using a picture of them in an advertisement for cheap flights with the caption “time to flee the country?”, their lawyer said yesterday.

ENVIRONMENTALLY progressive Scandinavian nation Sweden has announced one of its most ambitious goals yet: to completely end its dependency on petroleum - and do it in the next 15 years.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad expressed condolences, Sweden’s Prime Minister said it was a “painful example” of challenges facing the world and the premier of tiny Mauritius pointed out that vulnerable islands could face the same fate as New Orleans.

The UN summit marking the 60th anniversary of the United Nations opened today with an appeal for collective action to prevent conflict and genocide and to protect human rights.

A Swedish judge who admitted soliciting prostitutes at a brothel was today fired by a disciplinary board.

In a stirring speech, King Carl Gustaf called on Sweden’s nine million people today to draw together amid the uncertainty over the nation’s death toll in the Asian tsunami.

Sweden greeted the new year with a national day of mourning today, flying flags at half mast and lighting candles for 3,500 of its citizens still missing in Thailand.

More than 1,000 Swedish tourists may have been killed by the devastating tsunamis, Prime Minister Goeran Persson said today.

BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair last night congratulated George Bush on his election victory and said he intended to maintain his strong relationship with the president in his second term.

As US President George Bush's re-election was confirmed, France, Germany and other European countries he alienated during his first four years promised today to work with the new administration.

Improving transatlantic ties between Europe and the US was a key issue for many leaders today whomever US voters send to the White House.

An Irish database of child pornography, which helped catch scores of paedophiles around the world, has found its perfect home at Interpol, its founder claimed tonight.

Animal-loving actress Pamela Anderson has written to the Swedish Prime Minister to urge him to ban fur farming in the Scandinavian country.

ENGLAND'S David Dixon gladly swapped the stifling heat of Singapore for the wind and rain of the Madeira Island Open yesterday.

Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson has expressed his concern about the wording of the proposed EU constitution.

Swedish Prime Minister Goeran Persson yesterday appointed a new foreign minister to replace Anna Lindh, who was stabbed to death last month while shopping with a friend in a Stockholm department store.

Prime Minister Goeran Persson today appointed a new foreign minister to replace Anna Lindh, who was stabbed to death last month while shopping with a friend in a Stockholm department store.

IT will be another ten years before Sweden considers adopting the euro, Prime Minister Goran Persson said yesterday.

Swedish Prime Minister Goeran Persson’s future was on the line today after his humiliating defeat in the euro referendum.

Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, who died today, was touted by many in Sweden as future prime minister.

Swedish premier Goeran Persson has said Sweden’s tradition of openness has been damaged by the killing of foreign minister Anna Lindh.

Anna Lindh, Sweden’s popular foreign minister who was stabbed repeatedly in an exclusive Stockholm department store, remained in a critical condition today, following eight hours of surgery.

Undaunted by polls predicting defeat in Sunday’s euro referendum, Swedish Prime Minister Goeran Persson said the race would be tight, but stopped short of promising a victory.

WAR in Iraq may be convincing Swedes that a united Europe is needed, a bank said yesterday, as it published the first poll for weeks showing advocates of joining the euro zone ahead of their opponents.

Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson is suing a pharmaceutical company after claiming it used his name commercially.

The European Union has urged China and the US to find a quick solution to the spy-plane stand-off, warning delay will only deepen the crisis.

The Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson is in Ireland today for talks with the Taoiseach.

The European Union has congratulated Ariel Sharon after his sweeping election victory and urged him to keep the peace process alive.