Fourteen Cambodians die when their tractor takes a shortcut through a field and hits an anti-tank mine leftover from the 1980s civil war.

A prominent Hollywood publicist is found shot dead behind the wheel of her crashed Mercedes on a Beverly Hills street.

The Dominican Republic detects its first case of cholera following the outbreak of the disease in neighbouring Haiti, where more than 1,000 people have died.

Thirty-three women stage a jobs protest down a mine, in an echo of last month's miners' rescue.

Kyrgyzstan's former president and 27 ex-officials go on trial for the deaths of 85 protesters during a mass uprising in April that unseated the president.

A US commission is investigating claims China Telecom rerouted sensitive US web traffic to the Republic.

Accused Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout pleads not guilty to terrorism charges, a day after he was extradited to the US from Thailand.

Israeli plans to withdraw troops from the northern half of a village, deemed by the UN to be inside Lebanon, create a dilemma for residents.