Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika is taken to hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest.

Mexican troops shoot dead one of the alleged masterminds behind an arson attack on a casino that killed 52 people last year, officials say.

The Supreme Court in Chile has approved a plan to build a hydroelectric complex in the Patagonian wilderness, dismissing concerns by environmentalists.

A "white powdery substance" and drug paraphernalia were found in Whitney Houston's hotel bathroom on the day she died, says the full coroner's report.

A Grad rocket lands in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, an army spokeswoman says, but no injuries are reported.

Syrian troops launch fresh assaults on rebels, activists say, as a UN envoy travels to Damascus to discuss implementing a peace plan.

Mali's separatist rebels declare an end to fighting, as West African military leaders meet to discuss possible intervention.

Nicolas Sarkozy has unveiled his economic manifesto for re-election as president of France, with the first round of voting on 22 April.