United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged tormented leaders in the North Africa and Middle East to listen to the wishes that belongs to their own folks, as riots spreads over the region. Thousands of people took to the streets of Cairo on Friday to call for an end to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian 30-year rule.

World leaders have notified that increasing food prices can lead to social turbulence and even "economic war". Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono asserted that with the world population rising, "the race for scare resources" can lead to conflict.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy insists Europe will never give up the euro, despite widespread fears for the currency's future. Economists have voiced worries that ongoing debt crises in Greece, Ireland, Spain and Portugal could spell the finish of the single European currency.

The Greek government said it'll take legal action against Siemens for allegedly bribing officials. The result is an eleven month parliamentary investigation that estimated the cost to Greek taxpayers of the alleged bribery at 2bn euros ($2.7bn, £1.7bn)