The Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has urged voters to ignore a boycott of the presidential election called by her rival Winston Tubman. In a radio address, she appealed to Liberians to cast their ballots on Tuesday and not to
succumb to
fear and intimidation. Mr Tubman withdrew from the presidential run-off on Friday, saying significant problems meant there couldn't be a transparent poll.
Reports from Nigeria say that an oil tanker seized by pirates off the coast of the Niger Delta last week has been released. The vessel, the Halifax, was attacked near Port Harcourt. There's no word on the condition of the foreign crew.
One of India's most famous folk singers, Bhupen Hazarika, has died in a Mumbai hospital. He'd been suffering from pneumonia. Joanna Jolly reports.
Bhupen Hazarika made his career interpreting the traditional music of Assam for a broader audience, which gave him a huge following in India and Bangladesh. Known as Bard of the Brahmaputra after the river that flows through Assam, he also recorded in Bengali and Hindi, singing the soundtrack for numerous Indian films. One of his biggest hits, Bistirno Dupare, was a Bengali version of Ol' Man River, made famous by the American civil rights singer Paul Robeson. Bhupen Hazarika, who's died at the age of 86.
A Canadian dentist has bought what must rank as one of the rarest of pop mementos - a yellowing tooth said to have been
extracted