Egypt's election commission reinstates ex-Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq as a candidate in the country's presidential poll, a day after barring him.

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.

Influential Japanese politician and backroom power-broker Ichiro Ozawa is found not guilty in a funding scandal.

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.

The brother of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai steps down from the board of China Everbright International, a Hong Kong-listed company.