The Brazilian economy grew at its slowest pace for three years in 2012, according to official figures, expanding by 0.9%.

Ten people are arrested in Hong Kong as new restrictions over taking baby milk formula out of the territory come into force.

Kenya poll run-up - peace prophets, toe-nail art and donkeys

An animal eradication scheme of unprecedented scope resumes on South Georgia island as researchers set out to kill all of its millions of rats.

More than 4,000 people flee over night from a border town into Uganda after rival rebel factions fought in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Work on a gas pipeline between Iran and Pakistan is to begin on 11 March, Pakistani officials say, despite US warnings of possible sanctions.

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez is "battling for his health and his life" following his latest cancer treatment in Cuba, the vice-president says.

Four men are paraded live on television before being executed in China for the murder of 13 Chinese fishermen on the Mekong river in 2011.

A haul of almost 100kg of dried caterpillars is found at Gatwick Airport in the luggage of a passenger travelling from Burkina Faso.

Rory Celllan-Jones on the hidden costs of free gaming

Ask BBC's David Willey about next pope's selection

The family of two people killed when a car driven by a Manchester City footballer crashed into them are to sue him, solicitors say.

Is Western policy shift on Syria too late for the rebels?

A Russian former banker who fled to London after being accused of alleged fraud has been granted political asylum in the UK, the BBC learns.

A Rwandan-born Dutch citizen has been sentenced to six years and eight months in jail for inciting genocide in 1994, but cleared of other charges.

Protests over plans to move surviving part of the Berlin Wall

A four-legged robot called BigDog now also sports an arm powerful enough to lift and throw breeze blocks.

Firefighters in California have been battling a blaze which has destroyed nearly 150 acres of land.

News photos over 24 hours: 1 March

At least 14 people are reported to have died in clashes to end a siege at a village in Malaysia's Sabah province by a Philippines clan, police say.