CIA chief confirms Afghan deaths 31.12.2009 17:55:32 GMT The CIA chief confirms seven officers - reportedly including a mother-of-three who was station chief - were killed in Afghanistan.
Finland shootings leave six dead 31.12.2009 16:33:38 GMT Police in Finland find the body of a man who killed five people in a shooting rampage in the southern city of Espoo.
New Year seen in around the world 31.12.2009 17:37:50 GMT Countries around the world hold celebrations and firework displays to welcome the new year, underneath a rare blue moon.
Tiger Woods loses AT&T as sponsor 31.12.2009 16:17:36 GMT Golf star Tiger Woods' fall from grace continues as the US phone giant becomes the latest to end its sponsorship.
Obama awaits plane bomb reports 31.12.2009 16:2:52 GMT US President Obama is to receive reports into security lapses that allegedly allowed a Nigerian man to smuggle a bomb onto a plane.
Degas painting stolen from museum 31.12.2009 16:55:47 GMT An artwork by Impressionist painter Edgar Degas is stolen from a museum in Marseilles, local authorities have said.
Ex-Indonesia leader Wahid mourned 31.12.2009 11:8:56 GMT Thousands of Indonesians gather to pay their respects to former President Abdurrahman Wahid as he is buried.
Russia 'plans to stop asteroid' 31.12.2009 9:18:23 GMT The Russian space agency has said it will hammer out plans to divert an asteroid that will pass near the Earth in 20 years' time.
US radio star Limbaugh taken ill 31.12.2009 7:31:49 GMT Right-wing US talk show host Rush Limbaugh is taken to hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii suffering from chest pains.
