A protest march is held in Rio against government plans to privatise the city's iconic Maracana stadium ahead of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

David Beckham crowns his five-and-a-half United States stint with silverware as LA Galaxy win the MLS Cup in his final game.

A road tunnel collapses west of Tokyo, trapping a number of vehicles, Japanese media reports say.

The fullest account yet of a massacre which took place during the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya in the 1950s has emerged in Foreign Office documents.

Slovenians are due to vote in a presidential run-off following days of protests over budget cuts and alleged government corruption.

Seven suicide attackers target a US base in eastern Afghanistan in an assault claimed by the Taliban, but officials say all of them are killed.

Supporters of Egypt's president welcome his call for a referendum on a draft constitution but opponents vow to fight on, saying it undermines basic rights.

Opposition groups hail their boycott of Kuwait's parliamentary election, with turnout falling to 39%, and call the new body unconstitutional.