DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - Efforts to find a middle ground on the tumultuous Middle East came into focus Thursday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meeting with Germany’s Angela Merkel at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting. more here…

A riot of sounds and colours marked the close of the seventh edition of the World Social Forum in Nairobi as thousands of delegates marched to Uhuru Park. more here…

President Thabo Mbeki arrived in Davos, Switzerland, on Friday to attend the annual World Economic Forum, the Department of Foreign Affairs said. The Forum — under the banner “Shaping the Global Agenda” — ends on Sunday. more here…

26/01/2007 The cyclo-cross world championships take place this weekend in Hooglede-Gits. Can anyone upset the Belgian armada Also, Unibet.com and Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team presented, Kam Po Wong back to Langkawi, and Procycling’s forum heats up. more here…

In what Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, termed as the first time ever that ordinary citizens have been able to address their heads of state directly at the Forum, young leaders of the grassroots movement OneVoice were given center stage during a plenary session packed with over 2,000 dignitaries and global business leaders. At the podium, … more here…

In what Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, termed as the first time ever that ordinary citizens have been able to address their heads of state directly at the Forum, young leaders of the grassroots movement OneVoice were given center stage during a plenary session packed with over 2,000 dignitaries and global business leaders. more here…

There’s no shortage of seven- and eight-figure salaries among the executives gathered at the World Economic Forum. But the sentiment that CEOs are worth every pretty penny — no matter how many that may be — is finding detractors at this year’s meeting. more here…

DAVOS, Switzerland — Israel’s foreign minister reached out to the Palestinian president in an emotional speech yesterday as she sat next to him at the World Economic Forum, saying lasting peace is the dream of her government and her people, and promising that a future Palestinian state is “not an illusion. It’s there, it’s achievable.” more here…