US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a stinging rebuke to Israel over new settlements in East Jerusalem.
Clinton rebukes Israel over homes
The cost of rebuilding Chile after its monster earthquake will be at least $30bn, the country's new president announces.
Chile puts quake damage at $30bn
Nasa Moon astronauts tell the BBC President Barack Obama's decision to cancel the US lunar programme is "catastrophic".
Apollo men decry Moon cancellation
Police in the Irish Republic release three of the seven Muslims arrested over an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist.
Three freed in Irish 'Vilks plot'
Wolves in Alaska are suspected of killing a woman jogger in what would be the first such attack in the US in half a century.
Alaska wolves 'killed' US teacher
The Pope once unwittingly approved housing for a priest accused of child abuse, his former diocese in Germany says.

Pope's diocese 'rehoused abuser'
Five same-sex couples tie the knot in Mexico City under Latin America's first law that explicitly approves gay marriage.
Same-sex couples marry in Mexico
Winnie Mandela, former wife of Nelson Mandela, denies giving an interview accusing him of letting down black South Africans.
Winnie denies maligning Mandela
Twin suicide bomb attacks on the Pakistani city of Lahore kill 45 people, before other, smaller blasts cause confusion.    
Bombs kill 45 in Pakistani city
More than 2,000 atheists from around the world meet in Melbourne, Australia, to celebrate their lack of religious belief.
Atheists meet in Melbourne to celebrate lack of faith
A South African sex worker goes to court, saying she was unfairly sacked from a Cape Town massage parlour.
Sex worker goes to court over 'unfair dismissal' in South Africa
England will begin the second day of the first Test on 374-3 against Bangladesh in Chittagong, with captain Alastair Cook 158 not out.
Live - Bangladesh v England
Returning legend Michael Schumacher vows to improve after Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg leads Friday practice in Bahrain.
Schumacher keen to 'raise game'
Weekend polls may loosen Sarkozy grip on Elysee Palace
Crocked monsieur
Bulldozers menace remote beauty of Indian state
Paradise lost?
New York's 9/11 dust victims split on compensation deal
Toxic shock
German campaigner tells of childhood Catholic abuse
'Murdered soul'
Legal battle in Israel over Franz Kafka manuscripts
On trial
Why Kerala has India's biggest alcohol problem
State of drinkers
Mogadishu's mayor tells residents to leave parts of the Somali capital, as fierce fighting against insurgents continues.
Mogadishu residents told to leave
The wife of Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor - on trial in The Hague for war crimes - has a baby girl.
Charles Taylor's wife gives birth
Former US President George W Bush's advisor, Karl Rove, says he is proud of waterboarding as he believes it prevented attacks.
Rove 'proud' of US waterboarding
New York City is to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to rescue workers who say their health was damaged by dust at Ground Zero.
New York agrees 9/11 dust payout
The US calls Burma's new election laws a setback for dialogue, as a UN envoy condemns 'gross' human rights violations.  
Burma election laws a 'setback'
Oil demand in China rose by an "astonishing" 28% in January year-on-year, the International Energy Agency says.
China oil demand is 'astonishing'
Portugal's parliament backs an austerity budget aimed at cutting its deficit to the level permitted for countries using the euro.
Portugal passes austerity budget
A long-serving Conservative MEP, expelled in a row over the party's new allies in Europe, has joined the Liberal Democrats.
British ex-Tory MEP joins Lib Dems
Israel charges two of soldiers over the use of a Palestinian boy as a human shield during its offensive against Hamas in Gaza. 
Israel charges over human shield
A human rights organisation in Egypt accuses the interior ministry of manipulating the legal system to target a blogger.
Protests over Egypt blogger case
The third season of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament is under way amid heavy security in Mumbai.
IPL under way amid security fears
Russia's state-owned nuclear company says the country will build at least 12 nuclear reactors in India. 
Russia signs India nuclear deal
In Havana, one of the last bastions of the committed smoker, Matt Frei experiences Cubans' love affair with the cigar.
Cuba: The smoker's paradise 
Water has been rapidly disappearing in Cyprus since the 1970s, yet despite the warnings, Cypriots don't seem to be taking the shortage as seriously as they should.
Parched Cyprus 'at war' with nature
Joe Biden is in the region to encourage talks between the Palestinians and Israel. What can be achieved?
Can US broker Middle East peace?