1. Defiant North Korea in rocket success

    North Korea successfully launches a long-range rocket to put a satellite into space, as neighbours accuse it of a disguised missile test.

  2. Big decline in UK unemployment

    The number of people out of work fell by 82,000 between August and October, to 2.51 million, official figures show.

  3. Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar dies

    Sitar player Ravi Shankar, who popularised Indian music around the world, dies in hospital in the United States at the age of 92.