A mayoral hopeful in Mexico promises to eat, sleep most of the day and donate his leftover litter to fill potholes.
South Africa faces its future
As Nelson Mandela's health declines, his country struggles to realise his dreams, writes Nastasya Tay in Johannesburg.
Facebook authorised to reveal some surveillance request data
Facebook has revealed that it received between 9000 and 10,000 requests for user data from US authorities in the second half of last year, as it seeks to shield itself from a growing scandal.
Cry freedom, in a town like Alex
Nelson Mandela's legacy looms large, but many fear it is being squandered, writes Nastasya Tay.
Murdoch split: the denial that unleashed the story
As far as denials of burning hot stories go, the first one to come out of Tony Blair's office was not that prudent.
Outer reaches
Richard Branson is the entrepreneurial action man with a plan to put ordinary, albeit wealthy, people into space. Jane Cadzow spends some time in his orbit.
The price of life
For Eritreans, fleeing one of the world's harshest dictatorships is not impossible. Evading capture by human traffickers and brutal Bedouin gangs is the hard part. By Ruth Pollard.
Grim milestone: shootings in America surpass death toll of troops in Iraq
As America marks the six-month anniversary of the massacre of 20 children and six adults in the hamlet of Sandy Hook in Newtown, Connecticut, gun control advocates have noted that another milestone has been reached - more Americans have died by the gun since then than the total number of US troops killed in Iraq.
Murdoch's friends shocked by divorce news
Rupert Murdoch and his third wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch, had been living as a married couple until a few weeks ago.
Life goes on under the gaze of Uncle Sam
There was as much shrugging as shock over Washington's latest leak.