BBC News with Zoe Diamond.
Turkey has recalled its ambassador to Sweden after the Swedish parliament narrowly voted to describe the mass killing of Armenians by Turkish forces during the First World War as genocide. Turkey's Prime Minister strongly condemned the vote. Jonathan Head reports from Istanbul.
This year has gone particularly badly for Turkey. Last week, the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington narrowly voted in favor of a resolution recognizing the genocide. Now the parliament in Sweden, one of Turkey's strongest supporters in the European Union has adopted a similar resolution. Turkey has responded by withdrawing its ambassadors to both United States and Sweden. But beside showing its displeasure, it's not clear what else it's willing to do. The present government has been working hard to burnish the country's international image and project its power in the region which is one reason for its recent efforts to restore relations with Armenia,an initiative that's now running out of steam.
The swearing-in ceremony of the new Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has been overshadowed by a series of strong aftershocks. Mr.Pinera's election ends two decades of left-wing dominance of Chilean politics. From Santiago, Gideon Long.
It couldn't have been a more dramatic prelude to the presidential handover. As Mr.Pinera arrived at the Congress building in Valparaiso, a huge tremor shocked the center of the country. In Santiago, building shocked and people split out into the streets in panic. In Valparaiso, the ceremony continued. And moments later, Mr.Pinera was handed the red-whiten-blue presidential sash. Thousands of people have been made homeless by last month's quake and around half a million houses have been destroyed. Mr.Pinera has already said that his government will be one of reconstruction. Seldom can an incoming Chilean president have faced such a massive and immediate challenge.