as a trick talk of introducing a new fiscal agreement for the eurozone within existing treaties. A letter sent to the president of the European Council by Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy said the current structure of

monetary

union has failed. It sets out an ambitious agenda for tougher rules and automatic penalties for those who break them.

Airport authorities in Bahrain say they've

intercepted

a suspect device sent from Britain. They say an investigation involving British counter-terrorism officers has been launched to find out if the device is a bomb.

Thousands of people have been protesting in the Libyan capital Tripoli against former rebels who helped liberate the city from the forces of Colonel Gaddafi. The demonstrators want the militias disarmed. From Tripoli, Caroline Hawley reports.

The militiamen who fought their way into Tripoli in August and

ousted

Muammar Gaddafi are no longer welcome after clashes between rival groups. In a city with no proper police force, awash with weapons, there's anger at increasing lawlessness. This woman says the other night there was so much fighting she thought Gaddafi's forces had returned.

"We are suffering now. Before, everything was OK, but now everything is upside down."

Reining in the militiamen is a major challenge for the new Libyan government.

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The former anti-drug czar in Honduras Alfredo Landaverde has been shot dead in the capital Tegucigalpa. Mr Landaverde, who was travelling in a car with his wife, was shot by unidentified gunmen on a motorbike. He'd been an outspoken critic of police corruption. In October, he accused 25 senior police officers of being in the pay of drug cartels.