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Up to half the food aid in Somalia is routinely diverted to corrupt contractors and militants, a leaked UN report says.

Thousands of Greek workers are expected to bring the country to a halt with a second strike in a month over austerity measures.

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

Barack Obama warns that the crisis in quake-hit Haiti is not over, as he meets the country's President, Rene Preval.

Chilean tycoon Sebastian Pinera will be sworn in as president, with a major post-earthquake rebuilding effort ahead of him.

Former rebels in DR Congo, now in the army, are running mafia-style extortion rackets in mines, campaigners say.

Two missile strikes by US drone aircraft kill at least 12 suspected militants in north-west Pakistan, security officials say

Police say 49 people are to be charged with murder following communal violence that left scores of Nigerian villagers dead.

Italy signs a deal with Google to put online the contents of its two national libraries, including works by Dante and Galileo.

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