India's environment ministry has ordered the demolition of a block of flats in Mumbai that has been at the centre of a corruption scandal.

China's Ding Junhui secures his first Masters title with a 10-4 victory over Hong Kong's Marco Fu.

Chinese President Hu Jintao says the international currency system dominated by the US dollar is a "product of the past", ahead of a visit to Washington.

Former Haitian President Jean Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier makes a surprise return to Haiti, 25 years after he was overthrown by a popular revolt.

The climate secrets of the ocean's deepest spot - the Marianas Trench in the western Pacific Ocean - begin to be unlocked by scientists.

The condition of shot US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords improves from "critical" to "serous", hospital officials say.

Robert Ford, the first US ambassador to Syria since the killing of Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri in 2005, arrives in Damascus.

Sanctions preventing business links with military-ruled Burma should be dropped, says an informal regoinal meeting of Asean member states.