Queen Elizabeth Land - which at 169,000 sq miles is almost twice the size of the UK - was previously unnamed.

The 62,160 capacity Mineirгo will host three games during the 2013 Confederations Cup and six during the 2014 World Cup.

President Giorgio Napolitano has already indicated that the most likely date for the election is February 24.

A man with a pistol fatally shot three people on Dec 21 in rural western Pennsylvania, one of them in a church.

Obama pressed lawmakers to extend tax rates on household income up to $250,000, extend unemployment benefits.