China Marketing coup for Hu back in China The red-carpet treatment that Hu is receiving in the US is getting widespread media coverage in China. It is being described as a marketing coup 20/01/2011
USA Chinese leader quizzed on human rights on US visit Warm words and thorny topics have marked the start of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s four day state visit to the US. He and his host Barack Obama 20/01/2011
no comment Moncef Marzouki welcomed home Tunisian opposition figure Moncef Marzouki is welcomed by supporters in the streets of Sidi Bouzid. 20/01/2011
no comment Obama welcomes China's Hu Jintao Chinese leader Hu Jintao has been warmly received at the White House. Hu is on a four-day trip to the US. 20/01/2011
no comment Lunar New Year: 230 million Chinese travel This year, China says about 230 million people were expected to head home by train during the Lunar New Year holiday season. 20/01/2011
no comment Australia's flood aftermath Flooding has hit four Australian states. Authorities say it may take months or even years to rebuild infrastructure damaged by the worst flooding in 20/01/2011
Ireland More cabinet resignations in Ireland There is further political intrigue in Ireland where a further four of the prime minister’s cabinet have resigned. The ministers of health 20/01/2011
France Diabetic child commits suicide in France In what doctors are describing as an extremely rare case of infant suicide, a nine-year-old chronic diabetic has thrown herself from a fifth-floor 20/01/2011
Iran Google gets through to Iran For the first time ever, Iranian internauts can download three Google products: the Chrome navigator, Google Earth, and the Picasa image manager 20/01/2011
United Kingdom Erotic Picasso work tops Sotheby's auction One of Picasso’s most sensual works is to be auctioned by Sotheby’s after almost 80 years out of the public eye in Europe. “La Lecture” or 20/01/2011
Switzerland Swiss take second bite at banker Elmer The Swiss authorities have rearrested rogue banker Rudolf Elmer just hours after he was found guilty of breaching Swiss bank secrecy laws and given a 20/01/2011
Italy Berlusconi fights back over under-age sex probe Silvio Berlusconi’s image as a charismatic tycoon may have been wrecked by the latest scandal to engulf him but the Italian Prime Minister has gone 20/01/2011
Tunisia Interim president seeks to reassure Tunisians “First and foremost, we want a complete break with the past.” With these words Tunisia’s interim president Fouad Mebazza spoke to the nation on 20/01/2011
USA Hu charms White House but faces tougher Congress A 21-gun salute and an honour guard greeted China’s president before he went in to a state dinner at the White House with the Obamas. This was the 20/01/2011
Germany Germany to probe Gorch Fock voyage Two inquiries are underway in Germany into claims of harsh treatment and an alleged mutiny on the country’s most prestigious training ship, the Gorch 20/01/2011
