Tue 28 Apr 2009
Venezuela recalls its ambassador to Lima after Peru grants political asylum to an opponent of President Hugo Chavez.
Tue 28 Apr 2009
A court in French Polynesia hears claims from former workers at Mururoa nuclear test site, who are seeking compensation.
Tue 28 Apr 2009
The deadly swine flu virus can no longer be contained, says a WHO official, as the health agency raises its alert level.
Tue 28 Apr 2009
South Korean officials say they have found a suspected case of swine flu in a woman who recently returned from Mexico.
Tue 28 Apr 2009
Pope Benedict XVI is to travel to central Italy to visit survivors of the earthquake that killed nearly 300 people.