Sebastian Pinera is sworn in as president of quake-hit Chile, as a 7.2-magnitude aftershock strikes the centre of the country.

US Vice-President Joe Biden says Middle East peace talks must resume, despite a row over Israeli settlement plans.

A Stockholm court rules a Swedish man can be extradited to Poland for trial over the theft of a sign from Auschwitz.

Greek public and transport services grind to a halt and clashes break out during a third strike over austerity measures.

First results from Iraq's election show PM Nouri Maliki's grouping leading in two southern provinces, officials say.

Defeated Sri Lankan presidential candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka is to be put on military trial next week, officials say.

Mexican Carlos Slim overtakes Bill Gates as the world's richest man, according to the Forbes "rich list", with a fortune of $53.5bn.

Survivors of violence in central Nigeria on Sunday have been telling the BBC what happened.

Afghanistan does not want other countries' "proxy wars" fought on its soil, President Hamid Karzai says in Islamabad.

Bank of America has apologised to a woman in Pennsylvania after one of its contractors entered her house and confiscated her parrot.

An Israeli supermarket chain uses spoof surveillance footage, parodying that of the alleged assassins of a Hamas commander in Dubai, in a TV advert.

Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini receives support from the club's director general following the Spanish giants' Champions League exit.

Sir Alex Ferguson challenges Wayne Rooney to surpass Cristiano Ronaldo's 42-goal season for Manchester United.

Beijing's silent invasion of electric bicycles

A look at Mexican Carlos Slim - the world's richest man

Profile of Colleen LaRose, charged with terror offences

Challenges ahead for new president in quake-hit Chile

'Open carry' activists do weekly shop with a gun

Why the UK fears politics and force are out of synch

An opposition leader criticises a wave of arrests in The Gambia, saying detainees do not know why they are being held.

The UN's food agency blacklists three contractors named in a UN report alleging that food aid in Somalia is being diverted.

Brazil's President Lula is criticised for comments that appear to compare Cuban dissidents on hunger strike to common criminals.

Oil giant BP announces a $7bn (£4.7bn) deal that will allow it to begin exploring for oil off the coast of Brazil.

Burma's leaders formally annul the National League for Democracy's 1990 election win, as more details of new poll laws emerge.

Japan voices opposition to a proposed ban on international trade in bluefin tuna, after the EU backs the plan.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych secures a coalition in parliament and one of his loyalists is confirmed as PM.

Ex-Bosnian President Ejup Ganic, who faces war crimes allegations, has been given bail by London's High Court.

Hamas releases a British journalist it had held for a month in Gaza, saying at a news conference that it suspects him of being a spy.

At least one person is killed in clashes between police and separatists in southern Yemen.

The chief minister of India's Gujarat state, Narendra Modi, is summoned to appear before an inquiry into riots in 2002.

The Foreign Office says a five-year-old boy from Oldham kidnapped in Pakistan has not been released.

In Havana, one of the last bastions of the committed smoker, Matt Frei experiences Cubans' love affair with the cigar.

Water has been rapidly disappearing in Cyprus since the 1970s, yet despite the warnings, Cypriots don't seem to be taking the shortage as seriously as they should.

Joe Biden is in the region to encourage talks between the Palestinians and Israel. What can be achieved?