Argentina's government wins control of newsprint supplies, amid a long-running feud between the president and a major media group.

The first members of a criminal gang said to control much of the drugs trade on Colombia's Eastern Plains hand themselves to the authorities.

Singer Diana Ross, country legend Glen Campbell and late Apple founder Steve Jobs are to honoured for their contributions to the music industry at February's Grammy Awards.

Leaders from around the world prepare to attend the funeral of former Czech President Vaclav Havel in Prague.

Wal-Mart removes a powdered infant formula from more than 3,000 shops across the US after a newborn baby who consumed it died from a rare infection.

A US federal judge rules that Texan financier Allen Stanford is mentally fit to stand trial for allegedly operating a $7bn (£4.5bn) Ponzi scheme.

North Korea says it will accept all South Korean delegations wishing to pay respects to late leader Kim Jong-il - but Seoul is restricting numbers.

Syrian state television says several people have been killed in two suicide car bombings outside security service facilities in the capital, Damascus.