World News: Newborn baby boy found in rubbish bag on plane

An airport security officer found a newborn baby in a rubbish bag apparently unloaded from a plane that landed in the Philippines from the Middle East, officials said.

Security officials brought the boy, who was covered in blood and wrapped in tissue paper, to an airport clinic, where doctors and nurses examined him and cleaned him, wrapped him in cloth and gave him a bottle of milk, airport officials said.

"After he was cleaned, he let off a soft cry," airport nurse Kate Calvo said. "He was healthy, his vital signs were OK according to our doctors."

A security officer noticed something moving in a rubbish bag that was reportedly unloaded from a Gulf Air plane that arrived from Bahrain and found the baby inside, an airport statement said.

The baby was later turned over to social workers posted at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

Gulf Air officials were not immediately available for comment.

Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman said she was angered by what happened, adding that police were ordered to search for the infant's mother, who could be criminally charged.

Ex-president out of hospital

Former Argentinian President Nestor Kirchner left hospital after undergoing angioplasty on a coronary artery.

Mr Kirchner said to reporters as he left the Buenos Aires clinic accompanied by his wife and Argentina's current president, Cristina Fernandez: "I'm perfect."

Turkish voters back reforms

Turks approved sweeping changes to their military-era constitution today - a referendum hailed by the government as a leap toward full democracy in line with its bid to join the European Union. With most votes counted, 58 per cent had backed the changes.

Attempt to kill whale fails

Authorities in Brazil said an attempt to kill a beached right whale using lethal drugs was unsuccessful.

Scientists were trying to end the whale's suffering because it is too weak to survive back at sea. Vets are now considering whether to try different drugs.

The animal became stranded last Tuesday at the Praia do Sol beach.

Biologiststs and volunteers are splashing water on the whale to make it more comfortable.

Japan releases ship's crew

Japan freed 14 crew members of a Chinese ship after their vessel collided with two Japanese patrol boats near disputed southern islets, but still holds the captain in custody. The Japanese coast guard said that authorities had finished questioning the 14 men over the collision.

Mexico: Marines captured Sergio Villarreal Barragan, a presumed leader of the embattled Beltran Leyva cartel who appears on a list of the country's most-wanted fugitives, in a raid in the central state of Puebla, the government said

Guinea: Presidential campaigning was suspended after violence between supporters of rival candidates flared in the capital, Conakry, leaving one person dead and 54 injured.