TITLE: Finitely presented groups which are not residually amenable
QUESTION [7 upvotes]: What are examples of finitely presented  but not residually amenable groups?
Well, the examples that I want to have are simple f.p. groups as well as examples of non residually amenable groups arise from other reasoning then simplicity.
Thank you for all your references!

REPLY [5 votes]: Cornulier has a finitely presented sofic group which is not the limit of amenable groups:
http://arxiv.org/pdf/0906.3374