Police in Mexico say they have arrested a leader and founding member of the notorious Zetas drugs gang. The suspect Flavio Mendez was detained in the southern state of Oaxaca. Mr Mendez is accused of controlling the traffic of drugs and illegal migrants in southeastern Mexico.

Some news just in: a vote by the parliamentary colleagues of the Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen on his leadership has ended in Dublin. The result of a secret ballot is expected to be announced shortly. They were voting into decide whether to retain him as party leader and therefore prime minister. Critics say even if he remains prime minister, he's lost the support of the country.

Finally, three bottles of Scotch whisky which were encased in Antarctic ice for more than 100 years have been returned to Scotland for analysis and found to be in good condition. Colin Blane reports.

It was a remarkable discovery. A conservation team, restoring a hut left behind by the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton, found five crates abandoned after his unsuccessful expedition to the South Pole in 1907. Two cases labelled Mackinlay's whisky were cut from the ice. The spirits inside preserved in the cold and dark. Researchers in New Zealand warmed the bottles gently over several days. The whisky was too valuable to be returned to Scotland on a commercial flight, and instead, three bottles were flown by private jet.

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突尼斯新的联合政府就在成立一天之后似乎就面临分裂的危险。已有三名与工会有着密切关系的部长辞职，其他部长也威胁辞职。我们的记者Wyre Davies在突尼斯报道。