The mother of missing Swiss twins - whose father confessed to killing them before committing suicide - joins a police search for her daughters in Corsica.

Unidentified gunmen in Mexico open fire on a group of young people in a suburb of the capital, Mexico City, killing eight.

Six people are killed in an attack on a crowded night club in Guadalajara, Mexico's second city, where violence has surged in recent months.

Egypt's military vows to oversee a transition to civilian rule, as crowds continue to celebrate President Mubarak's resignation.

Eleven people die in a stampede at an election rally held by Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan.

The Cuban authorities freeanother prominent dissident, Hector Maseda, whose release was delayed last July when he refused to go into exile in Spain.

Texas congressman Ron Paul wins the straw poll at the CPAC summit of conservatives in Washington DC.

Cuba's communist government says it is liberalising the sale of sugar, in the latest measure to reduce the state's role in the economy.