Russia and Georgia hold talks in Geneva aimed at re-establishing security after their five-day conflict over South Ossetia.

A powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake shakes the city of David, Panama, close to the border with Costa Rica.

Dominique de Villepin is ordered to stand trial in connection with a political smear campaign against President Nicholas Sarkozy.

A missile fired by a suspected US drone kills at least five people in north-western Pakistan, security officials say.

A new centre-right government takes office in New Zealand after winning a general election on 8 November.

The Senate's longest-serving Republican Ted Stevens loses a knife-edge race against Democratic rival Mark Begich.

Ex-Khmer Rouge admirer says sorry, 30 years on

Chinese plants shut as global financial crisis hits

Surgeons in Spain claim a major breakthrough by giving a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells.

How navigation systems track and treat traffic jams

The Chinese government allows the US to station officials in three cities to help ensure the safety of Chinese food products for export.

Theo Walcott will miss England's friendly against Germany in Berlin after dislocating his right shoulder.

New Argentina boss Diego Maradona will not lose any sleep if Terry Butcher refuses to shake his hand at Hampden.

Jury selection begins in the trial of a US woman accused of using MySpace to bully a 13-year-old girl who later killed herself.

US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke defend the $700bn bank bail-out plan.

The EU threatens to withhold aid to Kenya unless it sets up a tribunal for post-poll clashes.

Eastern and Central European workers have not distorted labour markets in older EU member states, a new EU report says.

A wild tiger cub attacked by Indian villagers dies two days after vets gave it a rare blood transfusion.

EU lawmakers back a scheme to offer free fruit and vegetables to schools across the EU in a drive to curb child obesity.

Awakening Council move hailed as a success in Iraq

Police in Zimbabwe stop medical staff marching to protest about the failing health system.

Why the world famous rodent remains so popular

A top Spanish judge, Baltasar Garzon, pulls out of investigations into alleged civil war and Franco-era atrocities.

Chinese companies are told they need permission to fire more than 40 workers, in a sign of worry over rising unemployment.

More than 20,000 Georgians are still unable to return home following August's war in the area, Amnesty International says.