The Pakistan Cricket Board is hoping international cricket will return to the country in 2012.

A stench of death filled a Philadelphia basement where four adults were held captive in an alleged benefits scam, a policeman tells a court.

US telecoms giant AT&T has said it will not pursue its $39bn bid to buy T-Mobile USA after running into government objections.

European countries agree to provide 150bn euros to an IMF scheme which could help eurozone countries in debt, but Britain refuses to take part.

Mexico City closes one of the world's biggest landfill dumps, where most rubbish will now be recycled or turned into compost and green energy.

The US International Trade Commission rules that Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC infringed one of Apple's patents.

The US calls on North Korea to pursue a "path of peace" following the death of leader Kim Jong-il, as it holds urgent talks with regional powers.

Washington asks Tehran to free "without delay" a US man of Iranian descent who confessed on state TV to working a CIA spy.