Mali rebels push further south / China trys to quell coup rumours / Harry Potter tour opens.

Mali coup leaders appeal for help / Nineteen suspected Islamists arrested in France / The Fentanyl drug problem in Estonia.

Mali's neighbours deliver a stark choice to the country's mutineer leaders, as they prepare to cut the country off / The famine situation in Chad...

Blasts near Arab summit in Baghdad / BRICS propose rival World Bank / The death of Banjo pioneer, Earl Scruggs.

Fighting in Syria goes on as Arab countries meet in Baghdad to push for a ceasefire / 3 million-year-old toe bones discovered in Ethiopia / Gas leak...

UN urges implementation of Syria peace plan / Human Rights Watch says Afghan women are being jailed for fleeing domestic abuse / Gao Zhisheng allowed...

Annan peace plan: US says Syria's President Assad will be judged on actions/ Pope meets with Raul Castro in Cuba/ The world's most extensive face...

Syria accepts Annan peace plan / Nuclear security summit pledges greater co-operation / Al-Jazeera 'won't show' video of Toulouse killings.

Pope Benedict addresses Cuba and appeals for a 'renewed and open society'/ France puts Dominique Strauss-Kahn under formal investigation/ West...

Obama urges Hu Jintao on North Korea / Merkel may allow boost to euro firewall / Pope Benedict's visit to Cuba.