- Pyongyang says US man arrested for illegal entry
- Supreme Court confirms death penalty for Briton, execution imminent
- Interior Minister Hortefeux to unveil new airline security measures
- China executes British national accused of drug trafficking
- Obama vows to defeat extremists after foiled airline attack
- Christmas weekend makes box office history with help from 'Avatar'
- Putin links offensive arms with missile defence
- Interim leader visits wounded Camara in Morocco
- Nasser Al-Attiyah, a prince of a pilot
- Volkswagen's Race Touareg looking to keep 2009 title
- Chinese author sues Google for scanning 'Acid Lovers'
- Nobel laureate Ebadi's sister among scores arrested
- Racing the Dakar Rally
- First gay marriage goes ahead in Latin America
- Civilian deaths up 10 percent over last year, UN report says
- Parliament adopts law allowing referendum on southern independence
- Caught between shame and nostalgia, Tokyo recalls the 1980s 'bubble'
- Russia agrees to higher oil transit fees with Ukraine's Naftogaz
- Nation haunted by old demons of corruption and military rule
- Interim leader visits wounded junta chief Camara
- Talking politics at Tehran University
- Austria's Marlies Schild smashes opposition to bag slalom win in Lienz
- Two French women jailed on drugs charges freed on Christmas pardon
- Authorities slam West as crackdown on opposition continues
- China's execution of Briton triggers fury
- Up to 300 Al Qaeda militants hiding in country, foreign minister says
- Late goal from Torres gifts Reds a crucial victory over Aston Villa
- Government body rejects Sarkozy's 'carbon tax'
- Egypt asks Israel to ease restrictions on Palestinians' movements
- Obama cites 'systemic failure' in handling of terrorist incident
- Iran: "The Regime's Bloody Deadlock"
- Neighbourly friction
- UK: “Drug Brit executed in China”
- Looking back at 2009
- A look back at the year passed
- Searching the skies for Al Qaeda
- Students play key role in opposition protests
- Searching the skies for Al Qaeda (part 2)
- Universities: a microcosm of the crisis?
- Hashemi Rafsanjani, Former President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1989-1997)