Sun 4 Oct 2009
Eight foreign soldiers and two Afghan troops have been killed in a fire-fight in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
Sun 4 Oct 2009
Polls open in Greece in a snap general election that many expect to result in a change of government.
Sun 4 Oct 2009
Former Japanese finance minister Shoichi Nakagawa, who quit over apparent drunken behaviour, has been found dead, police say.
Sun 4 Oct 2009
Aid workers in Sumatra are increasingly pessimistic about finding more survivors, four days after a devastating tremor.
Sun 4 Oct 2009
Pope Benedict XVI is to open a three-week gathering of African bishops with a Mass in St Peter's Basilica in Rome.