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Stars including Beyonce, The Killers and The Ting Tings walk the red carpet in Liverpool ahead of the MTV Europe Music Awards.

Concerns about the state of the world economy send global stocks tumbling, losing their gains from earlier in the week.

US President George W Bush says he and Barack Obama will discuss key issues like the economy and the Iraq war "early next week".

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad offers his congratulations to Barack Obama on his US presidential win.

A suicide bomber kills at least nine people at a gathering of elders in the Pakistani tribal area of Bajaur, officials say.

Renewed violence has ended hopes of a deal to end Zimbabwe's political crisis, the main opposition party says.

South Africa holds the world's biggest legal sale of ivory for almost 20 years, including more than 51 tonnes of elephant tusks.

At least eight people die in a bomb blast that hit a minibus in Vladikavkaz in the Caucasus, Russian officials say.

Rebels in eastern DR Congo seize control of another town, forcing government forces and residents to flee, the UN says.

Former captain Sir Ian Botham is tipping England to "easily" win next summer's Ashes series against Australia.