Kosovo's parliament re-elects Hashim Thaci as prime minister, despite allegations that he has been involved in organ-trafficking.

The leader of a group opposing illegal immigration is sentenced to death for the 2009 murder of a nine-year-old girl and her father in the US state of Arizona.

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key declares a national state of emergency as the death toll from Tuesday's earthquake in Christchurch rises to 75.

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is being investigated for allegedly misusing public funds in 2004 to promote low-interest loans.

Japan posts a trade deficit in January for the first time in 22 months, data from the Ministry of Finance shows.

Scientists name a new dinosaur species discovered in Utah "thunder-thighs" because of the huge thigh muscles it would have had in life.

Peruvian President Alan Garcia suspends relations with Libya over the use of force against civilians in anti-government protests there.

Thai police are investigating the deaths of a retired couple from Lincolnshire, found dead while on holiday in the northern city of Chiang Mai.