There are long queues for Niger's first presidential poll since a military coup ousted Mamadou Tandja a year ago.

A Somali man accused of spying for the CIA is executed by firing squad in the capital, Mogadishu.

India's environment ministry gives conditional approval to South Korean company Posco's plan to build a steel plant in the eastern state of Orissa.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the United States has no plans to suspend aid to Haiti despite the continuing crisis over the disputed presidential election in the Caribbean nation.

Mark Zuckerberg meets Jesse Eisenberg for the first time while recording Saturday Night Live.

Omani authorities say they have uncovered a spy network working for the United Arab Emirates, though the UAE denies any knowledge of it.

The Colombian navy says it has seized more than a tonne of cocaine, which was being smuggled on a speedboat from the jungle province of Choco.

Two of the most senior surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge appear in court in Cambodia to request release from pre-trial detention.