Renegade police attacked Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa in anti-austerity protests on Thursday and surrounded the hospital where he was treated as he accused his opponents of trying to topple him in a coup.

A rain-soaked hillside crumbled and crushed an elderly couple in their home Thursday, and rescuers found more bodies buried by earlier landslides, raising the death toll from a series of slides in southern Mexico to at least 32.

The first meeting of the ASEAN Chiefs of Security Agencies (MACOSA) was kick-started in Hanoi on September 29 under the theme “From vision to action: Enhancing security cooperation among ASEAN members toward building the ASEAN Political-Security Community,”

 Job creation was as important as economic growth rate, while the economic recovery pace in different regions of the world was uneven, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said here on Tuesday.

Russian media unveiled a copy of a letter written by sacked Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov to President Dmitry Medvedev a day before he was fired, but the Kremlin responded on Wednesday that it was not the letter that led to Luzhkov’s dismissal.

Chinese President Hu Jintao on September 27 held talks with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, who is on a working visit to China , to discuss ways to enhance bilateral ties and coordination on international affairs.

Senior Officials of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) met at the two-day Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) in Sendai, Japan to discuss key reports and recommendations on enhancing trade and investment in the Asia – Pacific region.

The ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ASEAN BIS 2010) will be held in Hanoi from October 26-28 on the sidelines of the 17th ASEAN Summit.

Cambodia on Monday laid out plans to tackle graft in one of the world's most corrupt nations, in an attempt to reassure foreign investors.

North Korea has promoted leader Kim Jong-Il's youngest son to general, state media said Tuesday ahead of a rare party meeting widely expected to anoint him as eventual successor to his ailing father.

The leaders of China and Russia celebrated on Monday the completion of a cross-border oil pipeline, a symbol of growing ties between the two emerging economic powers, particularly in the energy sector.

Leaders of Venezuela's ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) on Sunday claimed victory in the legislative elections.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was due on Monday to meet Chinese leaders with energy cooperation high on the agenda as the Kremlin angles for even closer ties with the world's second-largest economy.

REVAVA SETTLEMENT, Palestinian Territories: Jewish settlers in the West Bank signalled their determination to renew building on Sunday as a settlement freeze expired, despite diplomatic efforts to defuse a crisis facing renewed peace talks.

As the international community continues to face new security challenges, UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday said the United Nations is "at the center of crisis management" in the world’s regions of conflict.