Archaeologists in Peru find the bodies of dozens of children thought to have been sacrificed between 600 and 700 years ago.

Police in New York arrest a 27-year-old man suspected of plotting to bomb police cars, postal offices and other targets, the city's mayor says.

Los Angeles police say they are reopening an inquiry into the death of film star Natalie Wood, who died in mysterious circumstances in 1981.

The three most senior surviving leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime go on trial, more than 30 years after their alleged crimes.

At least 14 people die and over 40 others are injured in a fire at a gathering of eunuchs in the Indian capital, Delhi.

Protesters against Egypt's military rulers remain camped in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a third day, a week before elections are due to begin.

Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will try to win a seat in parliament in forthcoming by-elections, her party says.

Talks aimed at cutting US government debt are on the verge of failure, according to the BBC's North America Editor Mark Mardell