Greek PM George Papandreou presses fellow EU leaders to approve an 8bn-euro tranche of bailout money Greece needs to avoid bankruptcy.

About 2,000 Bulgarians protest against Roma and what they see as links to organised crime, amid ethnic unrest ahead of presidential elections.

Indigenous protesters in Bolivia resume their long-distance march against plans to build a road through their Amazon homeland, a week after their demonstration was broken up by police.

Egypt's ruling military council says it will amend part of a disputed election law following demands from protesters, reports say.

Texas governor Rick Perry says he would consider US military intervention in Mexico's drug conflict if he were to win the US presidency in 2012.

Brazil's central bank lowers its forecast for economic growth to less than half of last year's, partly blaming the slowing global economy.

An International Red Cross team visits the Libyan city of Sirte, still held by Gaddafi loyalists, and reports a desperate need for medicines as fighting continues.

About 400 people from the Occupy Wall Street protest movement are arrested as they try to march across New York's Brooklyn Bridge, police say.