Muslim and Christian scholars and clerics agreed at a conference today that the West and Islam must use dialogue to repair ties frayed by the crisis over the Prophet Mohammed cartoons.

The Iranian government has hit back at an accusation by US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice that it has inflamed violent protests over caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Mohammad and demanded an apology.

Kaare Bluitgen thought his children’s book about the Prophet Mohammed would help bring ethnic Danes and immigrant Muslims closer together.

Fierce storms left more than 250,000 homes and businesses across northern Europe without power today as crews from Russia to Ireland began cleaning up the wreckage.

Danish toymaker Lego and US automotive systems maker Johnson Controls have developed a concept for a car full of fun features for children.