The Brazilian government has deployed the army in the northeastern state of Bahia, where a police strike has sparked a wave of violence. The murder rate has more than doubled in the state capital Salvador since police stopped work on Tuesday to demand better pay.
The former military leader of Panama, Manuel Noriega, has been moved from his prison cell in Panama City to a hospital. Police said he had
hypertension
and had possibly suffered a stroke. Mr Noriega, who's 77, is serving a 20-year prison sentence for the murder of two political opponents.
The former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is to be moved to a prison for the first time since his arrest last April. Reports said he would be transferred to a hospital inside Cairo's Tora prison. Mr Mubarak has been detained in a military hospital during his trial.
In football, Mali have gone through to the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations, beating co-hosts Gabon 5-4 on penalties. Alex Capstick was at the stadium.
The majority at the Stade l'Amitie in
stunned
silence after the co-hosts were beaten in a penalty shoot-out, the cruelest way to lose in a quarter-final of the Africa Cup of Nations. They were hoping to reach the semi-finals for the first time. Some of their players are
in tears
as they leave the
pitch
,
in contrast to
the celebrations in a small corner of the ground, the Mali fans jumping up and down, waving their flags, chanting, singing, dancing because they've seen their team come from behind here and march on to the last four of the tournament.