| Obama unveils $50bn building plan |
| President Barack Obama announces a $50bn infrastructure plan as part of efforts to jump-start the faltering US economy. |
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| Fresh exodus from Pakistan floods |
| Hundreds of thousands of people flee towns and villages threatened by fresh floods in Pakistan's deluged southern Sindh province. |
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| SA public sector strike suspended |
| South African trade unions suspend a nationwide strike which has paralysed schools and hospitals for 20 days. |
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| France faces pension plan strike |
| France faces disruption in a strike over pension reform on Tuesday, when MPs will also debate a ban on full face veils and a new security bill. |
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| NZ quake 'damaged 100,000 homes' |
| Almost two-thirds of the 160,000 homes in and around Christchurch were damaged by Saturday's earthquake, New Zealand's prime minister says. |
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| Suicide attack on Pakistan police |
| At least 17 people, including schoolchildren, are killed in a suicide bombing at a police station in north-west Pakistan - the latest in a spate of attacks. |
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| Chinese pilots lied about records |
| China is checking the qualifications of all its commercial pilots, after it emerged that more than 200 of them lied about their experience. |
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| France support for Iran 'adulterer' |
| France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says he will 'do anything' to help save an Iranian woman sentenced to death on an adultery conviction. |
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| Travolta extortion case dismissed |
| Charges against two people accused of trying to extort money from actor John Travolta, following the death of his son in the Bahamas, are dropped. |
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| Red Planet 'may not be lifeless' |
| Carbon-rich organic molecules, which serve as the building blocks of life, may be present on Mars after all, say scientists. |
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| Malaysia jails 'Lizard King' snake smuggler |
| Malaysian wildlife trafficker Anson Wong, nicknamed the "Lizard King", is jailed for trying to smuggle 95 boa constrictors in his luggage. |
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| Colombian confirmed as world's shortest man |
| A 70cm (27-inch) tall Colombian is named the world's shortest living man by Guinness World Records. |
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| BP well 'poses no further risk' |
| The official in charge of cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says the well which caused the damage is no longer a risk to the environment. |
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| Tropical storm Earl hits Canada |
| Tropical Storm Earl reaches Nova Scotia, on the eastern Canadian coast, with hundreds of thousands of people experiencing power cuts. |
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| Miners' families mark first month |
| Relatives of 33 trapped miners in Chile hold a ceremony to mark their first month underground. |
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| Guatemala sees rescue hopes fade |
| Guatemalan officials say they have given up hope for dozens buried by mud as they tried to rescue other trapped people. |
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| Vicar jailed for sham marriages |
| A Sussex vicar found guilty of carrying out hundreds of sham marriages is jailed for four years. |
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| SA ex-police chief Selebi appeals |
| Jackie Selebi, the former South African police chief convicted of taking bribes from a drug dealer, is allowed to appeal against his 15-year jail sentence. |
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| Japan convicts whaling activists |
| A court in Japan gives one-year suspended jail sentences to two anti-whaling activists from Greenpeace for stealing whale meat in 2008. |
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| N Korea to free South Korea crew |
| North Korea says it will release the crew of a South Korean fishing boat seized in waters east of the Korean peninsula one month ago. |
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| Spain dismisses Eta 'ceasefire' |
| The Spanish government says an Eta ceasefire is "insufficient" and calls on the Basque separatist group to renounce violence forever. |
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| Germany extends nuclear lifespan |
| Germany's government agrees to extend the life span of the country's nuclear power plants by an average of 12 years, officials say. |
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| Lebanon PM retracts Syria charge |
| Lebanese PM Saad Hariri says he was wrong to accuse Syria of assassinating his father - former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri. |
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| Israel settlement ban 'will end' |
| Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman vows his party will block any attempt to extend the partial freeze on settlements in the West Bank. |
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| Afghan journalist knifed to death |
| The body of a prominent Afghan broadcast journalist is found near his home in the capital, Kabul, police say. |
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| Lessons for Mumbai tiffin workers |
| Tiffin carriers in the Indian city of Mumbai learn English and basic computer skills to improve their business prospects. |
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| Labour MPs call for hacking probe |
| Labour MPs demand the police investigation into alleged phone-hacking by News of the World reporters is reopened, at an urgent Commons session. |
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| Former head jailed for sex abuse |
| A former boarding school head teacher is jailed for 21 years for sexually abusing and beating pupils. |
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| BA boss reveals takeover ambition |
| British Airways and Iberia draw up a shortlist of 12 airlines which the firms hope to buy or merge with. |
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| Buzz lawsuit to cost Google $8.5m |
| Google proposes paying $8.5m (£5.5m) to settle a class-action lawsuit brought over its Buzz social network, launched earlier this year. |
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| Union warns BA of fresh strikes |
| Union leaders warn BA faces fresh strike action by cabin crew unless a settlement is reached to end the long-running dispute. |
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| Live text - US Open day eight |
| Robin Soderling is in action at the US Open ahead of a night session that includes Roger Federer, after Caroline Wozniacki earlier saw off Maria Sharapova. |
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| Capello insists Rooney will play |
| England manager Fabio Capello insists striker Wayne Rooney will play in the Euro 2012 qualifier away to Switzerland on Tuesday. |
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| Woods set to learn Ryder Cup fate |
| Tiger Woods will find out on Tuesday if he has made the United States Ryder Cup team to play Europe at Celtic Manor. |
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| Saatchi gallery deal hits setback |
| Charles Saatchi's plan to donate his gallery to the British public hits a stumbling block after talks with Arts Council England break down. |
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| Clooney slays box office rivals |
| George Clooney's The American is top film at the North American box office over a lacklustre Labour Day weekend. |
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| American Pie star gets probation |
| American Pie actor Chris Klein pleaded no contest to drink-driving following and will serve four years probation. |
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| India's illegal betting syndicates |
| The role of the gambling syndicates that can make millions from the outcome of a single game has been highlighted by the allegation that three Pakistani cricket players were involved in a betting scam. |
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| Life for Roma expelled from France |
| Nick Thorpe has been visiting some of the families in western Romania, who were sent back from France. |
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| Clear up begins in parts of Pakistan |
| The BBC's Orla Guerin has returned to the Pakistan town of Nowshera, which was one of the first areas to be hit by the rising waters. |
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| Eta ceasefire 'insufficient' |
| The Spanish government says an Eta ceasefire is "insufficient" and calls on the Basque separatist group to renounce violence forever. |
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| Obama announces US infrastructure plan |
| President Obama has announced plans to spend tens of billions of dollars on a huge infrastructure project to create jobs and boost confidence in the American economy. |
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| Hokey Cokey world record bid |
| They put their right feet in, they put their right feet out and broke the world Hokey Cokey record. |
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| Further landslides hit Guatemala |
| Emergency services in Guatemala say up to 100 people are feared to have been buried by landslides on the main highway linking it with Mexico. |
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| Trapped miners speak to families |
| The group of miners in Chile trapped underground for a month have been talking to their families on a video link. |
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| One-minute World News |
| Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day. |
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| Reluctant return |
| Roma angry and disillusioned after being thrown out of France |
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| Unswung 60s |
| What does Mad Men tell us about this most mythologised decade? |
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| Brilliant ideas |
| The secrets behind some of the UKâ??s newest inventions |
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| Zero tolerance? |
| US Muslims are free but that's not enough, argues Michael Goldfarb |
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| Foreign fall-out |
| Case of condemned female 'adulterer' creating problems abroad for Iran |
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| Cloak and dagger |
| How the BBC learned that Eta was calling a ceasefire |
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| Hero's welcome? |
| Russia's returning spies will find it difficult to adjust |
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