President Santos of Colombia says Venezuela is no longer harbouring Colombian rebels - an accusation that led to a diplomatic break last year.

The trial of a former UN weapons inspector who is facing charges of unlawful sexual contact with a minor opens in the US state of Pennsylvania.

Colombian soldiers say one of the left-wing rebels wanted for the 2002 kidnap of former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt has been killed.

The winners of the first round of Peru's presidential election try to win over moderate voters ahead of the run-off on 5 June.

The tail section of an Air France plane which crashed over the Atlantic in 2009 has been found on the ocean floor, relatives of those killed say.

Toyota will suspend output at five European plants for several days as component supplies remain limited after March's earthquake.

Canada's embattled prime minister clashes with opposition leaders in the first of two televised debates, ahead of the general election on 2 May.

French troops in Ivory Coast discover several large arms caches they say would have been used by former leader Laurent Gbagbo.