A fight between prisoners at a jail in a city in northern Mexico near the US border leaves 20 inmates dead, the authorities say.

Haitian lawmakers approve Prime Minister Garry Conille's cabinet, giving the island nation an operating government after months of delay.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi promises to punish rioters after a peaceful mass rally against austerity in Rome descends into street battles.

Sonic Youth co-founders Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon have separated after 27 years of marriage, while plans for the future of the band are uncertain, their record label says.

Police arrest 45 people in New York's Times Square as Occupy Wall Street protesters move uptown, on a day of anti-austerity demonstrations worldwide.

A man who spent 26 years in jail for a murder he did not commit has fulfilled his dream by making his professional boxing debut and winning.

Israel publishes the names of 450 Palestinian prisoners who are to be released in the first phase of an exchange for the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit.

French left-wing voters choose between Francoise Hollande and Martine Aubry for the Socialist Party's candidate in next year's presidential race.