Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the way to bring peace to his country, after the killing of Burhanuddin Rabbani, is to talk to Pakistan rather than the Taliban.

The Michael Jackson death trial hears his doctor did not reveal Jackson had used a surgical sedative, and the singer seemed lifeless when paramedics arrived.

Paris lauches electric car rental as it aims to clear its traffic-clogged boulevards, hoping to build on the success of the Velib cycle hire scheme.

Serbian authorities ban a gay pride parade in the capital Belgrade saying they fear it will end in the violence seen at last year's event.

Forces loyal to Libya's transitional authorities take the airport in Sirte, the birthplace of fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi.

A controversial ban on some foreign tourists has come into force in the cannabis-selling coffee shops of the Dutch border city of Maastricht.

Some 2,000 people march on New York's police HQ in the largest protest yet under the banner Occupy Wall Street, amid rumours of an appearance by Radiohead.

The second typhoon to hit the Philippines in less than a week slams into the north of the country with many areas still flooded by the earlier storm.