华盛顿加强努力，劝阻巴勒斯坦在下周的联合国大会上申请成为联合国正式成员国。美国国务卿希拉里·克林顿表示，各方逐渐开始认同，唯一真正的答案是进行谈判。在BBC采访中，美国驻联合国大使苏珊·赖斯(Susan Rice)表示，单方面申请成为独立的国家将使进行真正的对话的前景遭到挫败。

"There's no shortcut. There's no magic wand. If there were, we would have waved it by now; we'd be there. So this is, as a practical matter, a diversion, and it's worse than a diversion; it actually is going to set back prospects for the two parties to come to the table."

“这个问题没有捷径，没有魔杖。如果有的话，我们现在已经挥舞了。实际上，这是转移前进方向的举动，比转移前进方向更加糟糕，实际上会使双方进行对话的前景遭到挫败。”

The BBC's UN correspondent says Washington wants to avoid being forced to veto such a bid for fear of tarnishing relations with the Muslim world.

BBC联合国记者表示，华盛顿希望避免以防毁坏与穆斯林世界的关系而投否决票。

This is the World News from the BBC.

这里是BBC世界新闻。

Denmark's first female prime minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, has claimed victory in a general election with the centre-left taking power after a decade in opposition. Thomas Buch-Andersen reports.