An Egyptian man dragged naked through the streets of Cairo admits police were to blame, after earlier blaming protesters.

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini says the title race is not over, despite Manchester United's nine-point lead.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is making gradual but clear progress as he recovers from cancer surgery in Cuba, Venezuelan officials say.

Syria's embattled President Assad has accused Israel of trying to "destabilise" his country, in his first remarks on a reported Israeli air strike.

Italy captain Sergio Parisse says his side deserved their stunning 23-18 victory over France in their Six Nations opener.

A man is charged with murdering Sasha Marsden, the 16-year-old girl whose body was found in an alleyway in Blackpool.

Sergio Aguero salvages a point for Manchester City to leave them nine points behind Manchester United.

The Icelandic government announces a unilateral lowering of its mackerel fishing quota for 2013 by 15%.

Nigeria progress to the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations with victory over favourites Ivory Coast.

Italy blow the Six Nations wide open as they win at home against France for the second time in a row.

Paraguayan politician Lino Oviedo, who was running for president in the upcoming elections, has died in a helicopter crash north of the capital.

Police are continuing their efforts to free a five-year-old boy who was taken hostage in Alabama.

Sri Lanka's navy rescues 138 Bangladeshi and Burmese nationals from a sinking fishing boat in a 20-hour operation.

Police use a Taser stun gun on a man armed with two knives who was "acting aggressively" outside Buckingham Palace.

The family of Sasha Marsden, the 16-year-old girl who was stabbed to death in a Blackpool alleyway, say her death has left a gap in their lives.

Two brothers will go head-to-head as coaches for the first time later, at the superbowl in New Orleans.

The company which supplied halal food found to contain traces of pork DNA to prisons is named as McColgan's Quality Foods Limited of Co Tyrone.

The distress call of a young dolphin is used to lure to safety a large pod of the animals in danger of being stranded off Western Australia.

The Icelandic government announces a unilateral lowering of its mackerel fishing quota for 2013 by 15%.

Special services are being held in Brazil in memory of the 237 people who died in a nightclub fire in the city of Santa Maria a week ago.