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Americans' confidence in the banking system is growing shaky and credit is tighter than ever. Meanwhile, some people are looking to their neighbors to get loans: anybody can be a lender or a borrower thanks to peer-to-peer lending website.

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The United States is potentially facing the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, but not everyone is suffering. The luxury auto show at The World Financial Center in New York offered up the chance to take a peek at the most fancy cars in on the planet.

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The Petit Trianon, Marie-Antoinette's hideaway in the grounds of Versailles, is about to reopen after a year-long renovation that restores it to the way it was the day the queen left on October 5, 1789.

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All Blacks flyhalf Dan Carter, one of the best players in the world, has signed a six-month contract with French Top 14 club Perpignan, which welcomed him with enthusiasm.

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Oliver Stone's much-anticipated biopic, "W," will be released on October 17 in the US. Three weeks before the election, the American Filmmaker reflects on the production.

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Nineteen tourists and Egyptians kidnapped in the Sahara desert have been located in good health in Sudan. Egyptian tourist officials stress that the country is still safe for visitors.

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Sixty years after the end of the war, looting and restitution of Jewish cultural artifacts is still a topic of controversy. An exhibition in Berlin's Jewish museum tells the story of looting carried out by the Nazis throughout Europe and what happened to the spoils.

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In northern Uganda civil war between the Government and the rebel Lords Resistance Army has killed tens of thousands of people. At the peak of hostilities 1.6 million people were displaced into squalid camps throughtout the North.

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Israeli President Shimon Peres has asked Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Monday to form a new government, after scandal-plagued Prime Minister Ehud Olmert officially stepped down.

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Israeli media on Tuesday raised fears of a growing trend of attacks by Palestinians from east Jerusalem after a man rammed his car into a group of soldiers, injuring 13 people before being shot dead.

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In the midst of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, the price of gold made its largest one-day jump in history. One small mine in Colorado is taking advantage of historically high prices.

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French lawmakers in the National Assembly voted Monday in favour of keeping French troops in Afghanistan after 10 soldiers died in a Taliban ambush last month. Prime Minister Francois Fillon announced France will beef up its mission with helicopters, drones and other military means. Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper quoted a "secret" NATO report at the weekend saying Taliban fighters who ambushed the French soldiers on August 18 were better armed than their enemy. Fillon quipped there was no need for "lies

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Calvin Klein evaluates the fashion industry and gives advice to young designers. Klein was in Paris for a lecture before students, many fashion students, at the American University of Paris, only days after his 40th anniversay in the fashion industry.

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After laying dormant for more than 30 years a radical Christian militia known locally as 'God's Army' has risen again to defend its communities against Muslim separatists who are once more spreading fear and terror in the southern Philippines.

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Until the 1990's, Tarragona in Spanish Catalonia produced only mediocre wines but now it's competing with the likes of Rioja on the international stage. That's partly down to the commitment of the local winemakers - among them Spanish singer Joan Manuel Serrat.

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Pakistan blames Al-Qaeda linked Taliban militants for the massive suicide truck bombing at the Marriott Hotel that killed at least 60 people and injured more than 260.

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French lawmakers vote on Monday on whether to keep their troops in Afghanistan. France has 3,000 troops in the country but after the loss of 10 soldiers in an ambush in August, they are considering their position.

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A suicide bomber detonated a truck packed with explosives at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on Saturday, killing at least 60 people in a brazen attack in the heart of the Pakistan capital. Images.

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The Morgan Library in New York is exhibiting an exceptional collection of original drawings and prints of a famous little elephant who has captured children's imaginations since 1931.

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Chinese supermarkets pulled milk and a wide range of other dairy products from shelves on Friday, after traces of a plastics chemical were found in well known Chinese brands.

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The much hyped exhibit, « Salvador Dali: A Surrealist in Istanbul¿ begins in the Turkish capital on Saturday.

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Indian police shot dead two alleged Islamic militants during a fierce gun battle in a Muslim area of New Delhi on Friday, including a leader of a shadowy group behind a spate of deadly bombings.

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Voters lined up Friday to cast their ballot in Swaziland - Africa's last absolute monarchy. But the constitution bars political parties and pro-democracy supporters are demanding change.

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Development has changed much of Afghanistan for the better since the Taliban fell in 2001. But one disabled Afghan now living in the United States returns home to find that not everyone is enjoying the benefits.

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Four children have died and more than 6,000 are ill after consuming contaminated milk powder. Chinese authorities have vowed to fullyinvestigate the scandal which is the latest in a litany of problems surrounding the country's food quality and safety.

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They¿re colourful, controversial and a bit cheesy, but Indian soap operas are wildly popular among viewers in Afghanistan. Yet their tales of forbidden love and family feuds are raising conservative eyebrows, with many in the government and religious leadership calling for the shows to be banned.

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World central banks took unprecedented action Thursday to flood desperately tight money markets with dollars as investors worried who the next victim of the global financial turmoil could be.

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Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said Russia can withstand the current financial turmoil but, according to market experts, it's not going to be an easy ride.

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Sturgeon, the fish that produces caviar eggs, are an endangered species in their native Caspian Sea but lovers of the delicacy need not fear: Israel is coming to the rescue. At the Kibbutz Dan, caviar production is now a multi-million dollar business.

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The growing competence of Iraq's armed forces has boosted Baghdad¿s confidence as it negotiates a long-term security pact with Washington - but their ability to fight without US help is still in doubt.

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After letting Lehman Brothers go bankrupt, the US authorities have decided to save insurance giant AIG. But this doesn't mean an end to the financial crisis.

Chinese authorities seek to reassure the public after admitting that 6,000 babies have fallen ill and three died after drinking milk powder contaminated with a toxic chemical.

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Voting started on Wednesday in Israel where the governing Kadima party is picking a new leader to replace scandal-plagued Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

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In a move aimed at averting a new global economic shock, the US Federal Reserve agreed Tuesday to an unprecedented 85-billion-dollar rescue loan for American International Group. The deal sealed in an agreement with AIG on the brink of collapse gives the US government a stake of 79.9 percent in the insurance behemoth in exchange for the loan.

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American Artist Shepard Fairey has created a stylized image of Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama that has made its way from T-shirts to sidewalks across the country. AFPTV met him in is Los Angeles studio.

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World stock markets tumbled for a second straight day on Tuesday, with investors unnerved by the risk of a full-blown global financial crisis despite huge cash injections from central banks.

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The Lebanese port city of Sidon is living an ecological nightmare. The city's dump releases toxic gases, chemicals seep into the ground water and waste tumbles into the sea, washing up in the port and along the coast.

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Israeli Foreign Minister and contender for the Kadima party leadership Tzipi Livni has a 20 percent lead over her closest rival ex-defence minister Shaul Mofaz, according to the survey broadcast by private television channel 10 two days before the actual vote on Wednesday.

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Belief in the power of evil spirits is strong in some areas of northern Angola. After a family misfortune such as death or an illness, it is often the children who are blamed - accused of witchcraft.

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European Union and Roma community leaders held their first summit together Tuesday in Brussels to seek ways to end the discrimination and poverty suffered by one of Europe's biggest minorities.