The body of US chess champion Bobby Fischer has been exhumed in Iceland for tests to see if he is the father of a nine-year-old girl from the Philippines.

Reclusive chess genius Bobby Fischer was buried today in a private ceremony at a churchyard in southern Iceland, a television station reported.

Controversial former world chess champion Bobby Fischer has died at the age of 64 in his adopted home of Iceland.

Chess legend Bobby Fischer landed in Denmark for a brief stopover today on the journey to his new home, Iceland, after being released from nine months in a Japanese detention centre.

Rock star Bono and writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez have signed a statement that has appeared in American newspapers - defending Argentina's debt restructuring offer.