Overall
, the 16 countries using the euro grew more than expected by 1%, faster than the United States.
World News from the BBC.
Sierra Leone's Human Rights Commission has called on South Africa to hand over uncut diamonds allegedly given to the supermodel Naomi Campbell by the former Liberian President Charles Taylor.
It said the diamonds could be sold to raise funds for the thousands affected by Sierra Leone's civil war. Last week, the international court trying Mr Taylor heard that the diamonds had been passed to the South African police.
Immigration officials in Canada have begun
process
ing several hundred people believed to be migrants from Sri Lanka who arrived in a cargo ship at a naval base on Vancouver Island. They are reported to have been at sea for three months. A BBC correspondent says that after giving the new arrivals medical checks, the authorities will try to establish whether any of them are people traffickers or members of the Tamil Tigers.
President Obama has signed legislation aimed at stemming illegal immigration from Mexico and curbing illegal drug running across the border. The measure will provide around 1,500 extra border guards and agents and more unmanned aerial patrol drones.
A crate of Scotch whisky
trap
ped in Antarctic ice for more than a century has finally been opened. The crate was recovered from the hut of the renowned polar explorer Ernest Shackleton. Whisky experts opened it to reveal 11 bottles of Mackinlay's Scotch, carefully wrapped to protect them from the