Google unveils a new product - Google Buzz - in an effort to combat the huge growth and popularity of social network Facebook and social media system Twitter.
The Haitian Health Minister gives the go-ahead for baby Landina Seignon to be evacuated after doctors warned her condition was "deteriorating".
The US Defence Secretary Robert Gates calls for a United Nations security council resolution "within weeks" as Iran steps up its nuclear ambitions.
The British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates from their yacht in the Indian Ocean say they are not being treated well and begged for help. Benjamin Cohen reports.
As Iran's atomic energy organisation starts work on producing higher-grade nuclear fuel, the country says it plans to build 10 new enrichment facilities during the next year.
Unions in Greece call a series of strikes after the country's finance minister announced plans to increase the retirement age, raise fuel taxes and cut public sector pay.
