World Cup on track despite quake
New Zealand mark a year until the start of the Rugby World Cup, less than a week after Christchurch was devastated by a 7.1-magnitude earthquake.
On patrol with the 101st Airborne
Quentin Sommerville goes on foot patrol with some of the men of the US Army's 101st Airborne division near the village of Zerok in Afghanistan.
Spain confirms its labour reforms
Spain's government says it will keep labour market reforms agreed in June which make it cheaper to sack workers.
Rodney King tying the knot with his juror
Nineteen years after his brutal beating by four LA police officers, Rodney King is marrying a juror from the case.
Police search Sarkozy party's HQ
French financial police search the headquarters of President Nicolas Sarkozy's party over the inquiry into the L'Oreal party funding scandal, reports say.
Planes nearly collide over London
A business jet and a passenger plane carrying 232 people came close to a mid-air collision over London in 2009, a report reveals.
Pakistan attacks claim lives
Roadside bomb hits tribal region along Afghan border amid suspected US drone attacks in North Waziristan.
Castro: Cuban model no longer works
Revolutionary leader doubts own actions during 1962 missile crisis and criticises Iran's president.
Japan-China boat spat escalates
China warns Japan that their wider relationship will suffer if Tokyo mishandles a dispute about a Chinese fishing boat seized in disputed waters.
Clinton: Sudan a ticking time bomb
US secretary of state calls southern independence "inevitable" and warns that the north may not accept the vote.
South African film goes global
White Wedding is a South African film which is about to make a debut internationally.
British hostage freed in Pakistan
A British journalist held captive by militants in north-west Pakistan since March is released.
Japan-China row over ship seizure
Beijing says ties could be adversely affected by arrest of a trawler's captain near disputed East China Sea islands.
Iran human rights lawyer detained
A prominent human rights lawyer in Iran, Nasrin Sotoudeh, is detained by the authorities on security charges.
New bank ratio 'to be set at 7%'
Central bank governors and senior regulators are to impose tighter restrictions on the level of assets banks must hold, the BBC has learnt.
Cameron tribute to 'amazing dad'
David Cameron pays tribute to his late father, describing him as a "amazing man" who had "touched a lot of lives".
Mexico crime 'like an insurgency'
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Mexican drug violence is looking increasingly like an insurgency, a comment strongly rejected by Mexico.
Don Johnson payout upped to $51m
A judge more than doubles an award made by a jury to Don Johnson over profits owed from a TV show to $51.2m (£33.2m).
Erdogan raps rivals ahead of poll
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticises the tactics of his opponents, in a BBC interview ahead of Sunday's constitutional referendum.
Downward spiral
Are drug cartels turning Mexico into 1980s Colombia?
