Ratings agency Moody's cuts the Irish Republic's debt rating to junk status saying the country is likely to need further official funding.

Police in Guatemala arrest two men in connection with the killing of Argentine singer Facundo Cabral on Saturday.

Brazilian club Corinthians have had a £35m (40m euro) bid for Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez rejected.

Former occupants of the White House and other US dignitaries gather at a California church to honour late US First Lady Betty Ford.

Police fire tear gas as thousands of Greek Cypriots march on the presidential palace in protest at the deaths of 12 people in Monday's blast at a navy base.

Financial constraints, maritime regulations and campaigns by activists will not stop Japan sending its whaling fleet back to the Antarctic, a senior official tells the BBC.

US kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard describes her captivity in a memoir, which moves to the top of a bestseller list on its first day of release.

The United States deports to Guatemala a former soldier accused of taking part in the killings of at least 162 people in 1982.