Wisuth Setsawat, the owner of the Santika Club in Bangkok where at least 62 people were killed in a fire during New Year celebrations, is to be charged over the disaster.
In the Alta Verapaz region of northern Guatemala at least 33 people have died as thousands of tons of earth created a landslide. Officials fear that the death toll could rise to 140.
Following weeks of violent protests after the fatal policeshooting of a teenager in Athens last month, masked gunmen fired more than 20 shots at riot police in Athens this week, hitting one officer in the chest and groin.
As worldwide car sales are estimated to be down 40% in December, in another sign of the impact of the economic slowdown, Japanese carmaker Subaru has shown its US sales edge higher in 2008.
According to the Gwacheon National Science Museum in South Korea, it's brand new 7.2 meter radio telescope, which is to be activated this month, is to be used to search for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence.
Actor Pat Hingle, whose career included a recurring role as "Commissioner Gordon" in several Batman movies through the 1990's, has died at his home in Carolina Beach, aged 84.
Using brain scans, scientific researchers have discovered that about 10 percent of couples respond with as much romantic love after two decades of being together, as most people do within the first 15 months of a relationship.