An Australian supermarket contractor sparks outrage by advertising for cleaners, but stipulating, "No Indians or Asians please".

Brazil's Supreme Court approves the resumption on the Belo Monte hydro-electric dam in the Brazilian Amazon, a project opposed by environmentalists.

Mitt Romney is officially selected as the Republican presidential nominee at the party's national convention in Tampa, Florida.

A bomb disposal team detonates an American bomb from World War II discovered in the German city of Munich.

Mitt Romney's wife, Ann, paints a loving portrait of her husband at the Republican convention, on the day he became the party's White House nominee.

Hong Kong's financial market regulator is taking Ernst and Young to court, to force it to reveal information on a former China-based client, a move that is the first of its kind in the territory.

Government officials from Japan and North Korea meet in Beijing for their first direct talks in four years.

India's Supreme Court upholds the death sentence of Pakistani national Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, the sole surviving gunman of the 2008 attacks on Mumbai.