Bush: Denies Iraq is in civil war
US President George W Bush has said he does not believe Iraq has descended into civil war but urged the nation's leaders to confront sectarian violence.
Ireland: Sports bodies behind anti-racism
Northern Ireland sporting bodies are getting behind a fresh drive to stamp out racism.
UK: Students demonstrate against tutor
Students from the University of Leeds have demonstrated against a lecturer who claims black people have a genetically lower IQ than white people.
UK: Arrests follow racist chanting
Eleven people have been arrested for disorder and racist chanting at a Staffordshire football ground.
US: Witness killed for US jail gang
The first witness in the trial of four alleged members of a racist prison gang in the US has told how he killed as part of his initiation to the gang.
UN: Racism warning to Guatemala
The UN Development Programme has urged Guatemala to overcome what it called "historically racist attitudes" towards indigenous peoples.
Serbia: Milosevic burial being blocked
Slobodan Milosevic's son, Marko Milosevic, has accused Serbia of blocking his father's burial in the country.
Hamas: Coalition wanted
Officials from the Islamic militant group Hamas held a meeting on the possibility of forming a Palestinian coalition government.
India: 13 villagers killed by rebels
Rebels in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand have killed at least 13 people in a remote village, police say.
Bagdad: 3 bombs kills 36
Three car bomb attacks have killed at least 36 people in Baghdad, bringing the total killed in the day to more than 55, according to Iraqi officials.