Authorities in Peru press criminal charges after accusing real-estate companies of tearing down a pyramid thought to be 4,000 years old.

France apologises to Bolivia for refusing to allow President Evo Morales' jet into its airspace, blaming the incident on "conflicting information".

The inventor of the computer mouse, Doug Engelbart, who also developed early versions of email, word processing and the internet, dies aged 88.

The world's largest rat eradication campaign has now laid toxic bait on a further 580 sq km of South Georgia, reaching its target.

A sex film is accidentally shown on a big screen in a public square in China's Jilin province to the surprise of passers-by, Chinese media report.

US carmaker Chrysler says that it will recall nearly 840,000 vehicles over potential faulty safety components, including head rests and airbags.

South Korea offers working-level talks with the North on reopening the jointly-run Kaesong industrial zone, a rare symbol of North-South co-operation.

News Corp defends Rupert Murdoch after a secret recording is broadcast of him railing against the police investigation into alleged phone hacking.