Zurich (Keydmedia Sports) - Lionel Messi won his second straight FIFA player of the year award Monday, with his mesmerizing play for Barcelona outweighing a disappointing World Cup.

Geneva/Nairobi. On 5 January 2011 (Keydmedia) - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supervisors at Dinsor hospital, in Somalia, were prevented from leaving the town by representatives of Al Shabaab. The MSF supervisors were due to attend a technical medical training workshop in Nairobi. As of today, the situation is unsolved.

Tehran (Keydmedia International) - At least 70 people have been killed and 32 have been injured when an Iranian passenger plane crashed near the northwestern city of Orumiyeh, West Azarbaijan province.

Mogadishu - (Keydmedia National) — Al-Qaida-linked militants in war-torn southern Somalia have banned unrelated men and women from shaking hands, speaking or walking together in public, residents said Saturday. People who break the rules could be imprisoned, whipped or even executed.

Mogadishu (Keydmedia National) - At least seven civilians have been killed and several others injured in heavy clashes between Somali government troops and al-Shabab fighters in Mogadishu.

Six people, including a child, were killed and 12 were injured at a shooting in Tuscon, Arizona. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head by a man who opened fire indiscriminately at a constituency meeting.

Jerusalem (Keydmedia International) - A U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks on Thursday quoted American officials as saying a key Israeli cargo crossing for goods entering the Gaza Strip was rife with corruption.

Washington (Keydmedia International) - A former US Senate candidate has refused to rule out involvement by Israel in the Washington-waged "secret war on terror groups."

Stockholm (Keydmedia International) - The Swedish National Veterinary Institute says as many as 100 jackdaw crows have been found dead on the streets of the town of Falkoping, Sweden.

Annapolis (Keydmedia International) - Two packages have exploded in the mailrooms of two Maryland state government buildings. There are no serious injuries.

Houston (Keydmedia International) - In yet another show of a deeply flawed justice system in the United States, a Texas man has been declared innocent after spending more than three decades behind bars.

Islamabad (Keydmedia International) - The governor of Pakistan's powerful province of Punjab, Salman Taseer, has been killed by his own bodyguard in the capital Islamabad, police sources say.