A communist-era dissident in Albania dies three weeks after setting himself on fire in a protest over delays in government compensation.

Cuba accuses the US of helping Cuban dissidents access the internet as part of a campaign to undermine the communist government.

Activists and ex-political prisoners in Paraguay demonstrate against plans to repatriate the remains of former military ruler Gen Alfredo Stroessner.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is due to arrive in Burma on a key visit to discuss trade and the process of reform.

Anti-terror officers on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi shoot dead one suspected militant and arrest another in the district of Poso, police say.

Rebels in Syria say they have launched a major offensive to capture the key airbase of Taftanaz in the north of the country.

A bomb attack in the north-west Pakistani city of Buner kills a local anti-Taliban politician and at least three other people, police sources say.

US presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney head to a number of battleground states that will hold the key to Tuesday's election.