1. Chavez hails satellite launch

Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's president, has hailed the successful launch of his country's first satellite as an "act of liberation".

31/10/2008

2. China investigates tainted eggs

Chinese authorities have launched an investigation and recalled eggs tainted with the same industrial chemical at the centre of a baby milk scandal that left tens of thousands of babies ill.

29/10/2008

3. California declares fires emergency

A state of emergency has been declared in California as wildfires that have killed two people continue to spread.

15/10/2008

4. China dairy 'sought cover-up help'

The Chinese dairy company at the centre of an escalating scare over tainted milk asked for government help to cover up the extent of the problem, a report in state media has said.

01/10/2008