Morocco says it has dismantled a terrorist cell planning to set up a training camp in the northern Rif mountains.

A Chinese internet cafe worker who posted pro-democracy articles online is sentenced to eight years in prison, his lawyer says.

A Guatemalan indigenous activist who has been critical of the government says he was shot at after receiving threatening telephone calls.

A US court hands a 17-years sentence to a man accused of plotting to attack the Pentagon and the US Capitol with explosives-laden model aircraft.

The World Bank approves an $80m (£50m) grant and pledges lending for Burma, the second poorest country in Asia, for the first time in 25 years.

US coffee giant Starbucks says an increase in customers going to its outlets boosted revenue in the fourth quarter by 6%.

Japan protests to the US following an assault in Okinawa allegedly involving a member of the US military.

The Foreign Office spent £10,000 on "essential maintenance" to a stuffed anaconda called Albert, it has been revealed.