A light plane has crash landed into the grounds of an Auckland secondary school.

A light plane has this afternoon crashed in grounds at a southeast Auckland college, though early reports suggested nobody was seriously injured.

US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and 39 relatives of United Flight 93 victims turned shovels of dirt at a groundbreaking ceremony for a national memorial.

ANDORRA LA VELLA (AFP) - A bridge collapse in Andorra Saturday killed at least three workers, left seven badly hurt and one missing, feared buried under the rubble, the government said.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Families of the 228 people who died when an Air France jet airliner crashed off Brazil's northeast coast in June held a private memorial service Saturday at an ocean overlook in Rio de Janeiro.

President Barack Obama has urged fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives to "vote yes" on the broadest US health care overhaul in a half-century.

Pakistan's top designers and models are taking part in the country's first-ever fashion week.

During her years as a top model, French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gave psychoanalysis nary a thought.

Families of the 228 people who died when an Air France jet airliner crashed off Brazil's northeast coast in June held a memorial service in Rio de Janeiro.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on the G20 to consider a tax on financial transactions to make banks more accountable to society.

Iran has decided to reject proposals from major powers for the supply of nuclear fuel, a leading member of parliament says.

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The African Union (AU) said on Saturday it would not re-admit Madagascar until a newly agreed power-sharing government was in place and fresh elections in the pipeline.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police detained more than 100 people for "disturbing public order" during a rally this week to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

COLOMBO (AFP) - A top French envoy on Saturday asked Sri Lanka to end its state of emergency and probe war crimes ahead of a key European Union ruling on trade concessions to the troubled island.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called on the G20 to consider a tax on financial transactions among other measures to make banks more accountable.

ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) - Hosts Britain urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding on Saturday despite fading hopes for an accord at key UN talks next month.

A Russian military plane crashed into the sea in Russia's Far East region, leaving all eleven crew members missing and presumed dead, officials have said.

MOSCOW (AFP) - A Russian military plane crashed into the sea during a training exercise in Russia's Far East region, leaving all 11 crew members missing and presumed dead, officials said on Saturday.