World Bank president James Wolfensohn and IMF managing director Horst Koehler are in sub-Saharan Africa until 25 February, in a demonstration of support for the region.

BBC: IMF policy comes under fire

He was killed while a demonstration he was covering in Nyololo Village in the central region of Iringa was being dispersed.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

In the Philippines, the overseas armies of construction workers, maids and managers whose remittances supply much of the country's foreign exchange are hanging on to their dollars in the hope that they will yield more pesos tomorrow a graphic demonstration of the loss of confidence which afflicts the entire region.

ECONOMIST: Asian currencies

Residents from the Italian region struck by a major earthquake in 2009 have skirmished with police at a demonstration in Rome.

BBC: L'Aquila quake victims demonstrate in Rome