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Facebook shares valued at $100bn Facebook prices its shares at $38 each ahead of one of the most eagerly anticipated share flotations in recent stock market history.
Moody's downgrades Spanish banks Ratings agency Moody's cuts the credit ratings of 16 Spanish banks, as shares in struggling lender Bankia fell another 14%.
Niger malnutrition crisis growing Months of warnings have failed to stop a major malnutrition crisis in Niger, affecting more than six million people, Save the Children says.
Disco singer Donna Summer dies US singer Donna Summer, famous for disco hits including I Feel Love and Love To Love You Baby, dies at the age of 63.
US relaxes some Burma sanctions The US says it has relaxed some sanctions on investments in Burma and named an ambassador to the country following political reforms.
French government takes pay cut France's new government holds its first cabinet meeting, announcing a 30% pay cut for President Hollande and his ministers.
Zimmerman found with bloody nose A Florida neighbourhood watch volunteer who shot an unarmed black teenager had a bloody nose and a cut on his head, according to police reports.
Mladic trial hit by legal hitch Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Ratko Mladic's war crimes trial is postponed on its second day because prosecutors failed to disclose evidence to the defence.
White births now minority in US Children from racial and ethnic minorities now account for more than half the births in the US, estimates from the latest census data say.
Kennedy wife 'died by hanging' Mary Kennedy - the estranged wife of Robert F Kennedy Jr, nephew of John F Kennedy - died of asphyxiation due to hanging, authorities say.
