Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin predicts she could defeat President Barack Obama were she to run for the White House in 2012.

A Metropolitan Police officer is arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after the death of a woman in west London.

The kidnapping of British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler by Somali pirates was a mistake, according to a man claiming to speak for the kidnappers.

Accused Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout pleads not guilty to terrorism charges, a day after he was extradited to the US from Thailand.

A group of military officers in Madagascar say they have taken over the island, on the day of a controversial referendum about a new constitution.

A new comic series is launched starring a female version of Spider-Man, Spider-Girl.

Nigerian troops free 19 hostages - including seven foreigners - seized by militants in the Niger Delta oil region earlier this month, officials say.

The first Guantanamo detainee tried in a US civilian court is found not guilty of all but one of 286 terror charges over the 1998 bombings of US embassies in Africa.