The number of deaths from measles has fallen by 79 percent worldwide since 2000, thanks mainly to mass vaccination campaigns, but nearly 400 children still die from the disease every day,

 The amount of private wealth held by households globally surged more than 14% to $152 trillion (£90tn) last year, boosted mainly by rising stock markets.

 Worldwide mobile phone market is expected to grow only 1.4 percent year over year in 2012, the lowest annual growth rate in three years, research firm International Data Corp. (IDC) predicted in a report on Tuesday.