Global currency wars pose "a real threat" to economic recovery, the head of the IMF, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, warns.

Heavy US reliance on private security in Afghanistan helps to line the pockets of the Taliban, a US Senate report says.

Jailed China dissident Liu Xiaobo wins the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, in a move Beijing condemns as contrary to the organisation's principles.

China issues a strong protest after Norway's Nobel Committee awards its 2010 peace prize to jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.