Manchester City's Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure has been named the African Player of the Year for the second time.

A US Marine is reduced in ranks and forfeits $500 pay after admitting urinating on the body of a dead Afghan combatant.

The brother of Bernard Madoff, the disgraced Wall Street financier, is given 10 years in prison for his role in his brother's massive Ponzi scheme.

Hundreds of people to prepare for the end of the world, believing it will coincide with the end date of the long calendar of the ancient Mayans.

A 23-year-old Argentine woman is to marry the man convicted of the killing of her twin sister two years ago.

The Argentine government sends some 400 troops to the Andean resort of Bariloche after people begin looting from supermarkets.

Fans and celebrities pay tribute to Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar at a memorial near his home in California.

The new Libyan government in Tripoli is prepared to open all files relating to the Lockerbie bombing, the country's ambassador to the UK confirms.