A book advising dentists on how to run their practices Mongolian warlord style wins the Diagram prize for oddest book title of the year.

The BBC Chinese Service makes its final radio broadcast in Mandarin after nearly 70 years - a casualty of the BBC World Service spending cuts.

US economy grows faster than first thought in the final months of 2010, according to the Commerce Department.

Brazilian prosecutors arrest five police officers after a video showed some of them apparently shooting a 14-year-old boy.

Supporters of Jordan's government clash with protesters setting up a camp in the capital Amman to demand political reforms.

The BBC Caribbean Service broadcasts for the final time, one of several World Service language services closed because of budget cuts.

Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson, best known for such plays as Burn This and Fifth of July, dies aged 73.

Protests are reported in the Syrian capital, Damascus, and other cities, with fresh reports of gunfire in the protest hub of Deraa.