US prosecutors charge two Taiwanese nationals with attempting to export US military technology - for the alleged benefit of the Chinese government.

Four current and former security screeners at Los Angeles international airport are arrested and charged with drug-trafficking and bribery.

Chilean students take part in fresh protests for education reform, saying measures proposed by President Sebastian Pinera do not go far enough.

Anders Behring Breivik tells his Oslo trial that a psychiatric report finding him insane in relation to his 77 killings last July is a fabrication.

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is set to hear a Supreme Court verdict in a contempt of court case that could see him jailed.

A former Morgan Stanley executive pleads guilty to bribing a Chinese official in exchange for business and personal gains.

The Argentine Senate approves the nationalisation of the oil company YPF, a subsidiary of Spanish firm Repsol, which has sparked a spat with the EU.

International judges are set to give a verdict in the war crimes case against former Liberian leader Charles Taylor, after a historic five-year trial.