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LONDON -- Pope Benedict XVI makes the first state visit by a pontiff to Britain starting September 16. During the four-day tour he will meet the Queen, the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, and beatify Cardinal Newman.
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CANBERRA -- Julia Gillard will stay as Australia's prime minister after winning the backing of two key independent MPs. Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott backed Gillard after Bob Katter, backed opposition leader Tony Abbott.
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BERLIN -- Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government has agreed to extend the life of Germany’s 17 nuclear power stations by an average of 12 years of production time despite objections from the influential green lobby.
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LOS ANGELES -- George Clooney's hitman tale "The American" shot to the top spot at U.S. and Canadian box offices with $16.4 million over the weekend. Revenge romp "Machete" and heist thriller "Takers" duelled for second-place.
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MADRID -- The Spanish government has dismissed as "insufficient" a ceasefire by Eta, saying the Basque separatist group must renounce violence forever. At the weekend Eta said it would no longer carry out "armed actions".
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CHRISTCHURCH -- The 7.1-magnitude earthquake that damaged buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines around the New Zealand city of Christchurch also ripped a 22 kilometre-long, four metre-wide fault line in the earth’s surface.
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