President Obama awards the Medal of Honor to a US marine Sgt Dakota Meyer who repeatedly put himself in harm's way to save both US and Afghan soldiers.

China's Premier Wen Jiabao says China must change its system of absolute power and introduce more democracy.

The lawyers of a man facing execution in Texas have made a last-minute plea to Governor Rick Perry saying his sentence was tainted by race issues.

Libya's interim council says its fighters have entered Sirte, one of the last Gaddafi-held places, following a one-day visit by the UK and French leaders.

Mexican gunmen kill the family of a policeman linked to the Monterrey casino blaze in an apparent revenge attack, after he allegedly named some participants.

The fossilised remains of a 20ft-long extinct species of crocodile are discovered in a mine in Colombia.

Prosecutors in Italy charge eight people in the southern town of Bari with supplying prostitutes for PM Silvio Berlusconi and his associates.

The six contenders for the right to stand for France's opposition Socialists at the 2012 presidential election hold a live TV debate.