Reports from Ivory Coast say at least three people have died in clashes between demonstrators and police. Protests have been held almost every day since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved Ivory Coast's government and the electoral commission 10 days ago.

Video footage has emerged from Iran that's believed to show security forces violently raiding a university dormitory in Tehran a few days after last year's disputed presidential election. Students said seven people were killed in the raid, but there's no confirmation. Marcus George watched the footage.

At the gates of the dormitory compound, the film shows chaotic scenes. Dozens of riot police and plain-clothes militia attempt to enter a students' bombard them with petrol bombs. The police counter with tear gas and tentatively move forward. Later on in the film, there are scenes of police kicking and beating students to the ground and shouting obscenities at them. "Let your mother mourn for you," screams one. In the gloom, some militia trying to prevent further violence shouting to others, "Not to beat those lying on the ground."

Iran's interior ministry opened an investigation after the incident, but no findings have been published.

Bank of America, the largest US bank, has ended a public battle with the securities regulator over its takeover of the investment bankers Merrill Lynch in 2008. The bank has agreed to pay 150 million dollars to settle charges that it had misled shareholders over both the scale of Merrill Lynch's losses in the home loans crisis and over the size of Merrill’s staff bonuses. The bank had initially offered 33 million dollars in settlement.