Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh urges troops to confront his tribal opponents, in an audio message hours after he is injured in an attack.

A bottle of nearly 200-year-old champagne is sold for 30,000 euros ($43,900; £26,700) in Finland - in what is said to be a new world record.

Relatives of a policeman jailed in Zimbabwe for using a toilet reserved for President Robert Mugabe appeal for his release.

Representatives of 18 rainforest countries meet in Congo-Brazzaville to strengthen co-operation between the three main forest regions in the world.

The UN Security Council condemns Sudan's takeover of Abyei and demands it withdraw its troops from the region, also claimed by South Sudan.

Identical twin Franciscan friars who were rarely separated die within hours of each other at the age of 92.

A judge in Florida says thousands of Colombians can sue Chiquita in a case linked to paramilitary torture and killings

Two giraffes in an Illinois zoo are to share an enclosure after the female stopped refusing contraceptives which would prevent the pair breeding, local media report.