Staying safe in Haiti while keeping up appearances

Hundreds of disabled athletes gather for the opening of the 10th Winter Paralympics in Vancouver, Canada.

Nasa Moon astronauts tell the BBC President Barack Obama's decision to cancel the US lunar programme is "catastrophic".

Argentina's central bank governor Mercedes Marcó del Pont looked closer on Friday keeping her job after a rift in the opposition which had vowed to vote against her in Congress.

Argentina's central bank governor Mercedes Marcó del Pont looked closer on Friday keeping her job after a rift in the opposition which had vowed to vote against her in Congress.

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.

New York's 9/11 dust victims split on compensation deal

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a stinging rebuke to Israel over new settlements in East Jerusalem.

If there are lessons to be learned from Lehman, it is not simply that its management succumbed to temptation, it is that institutions with bank-like characteristics should be subject to proper oversight

The cost of rebuilding Chile after its monster earthquake will be at least $30bn, the country's new president announces.

Mexico: The experience of one blood-stained town on the US border highlights flaws in the battle with billion-dollar drug cartels, on which the stability of the state could depend

The Obama administration is set to nominate Janet Yellen, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, as vice-chairman of the central bank

A US woman is charged with murder over the killing of a truck driver's assistant who won $17m in a lottery in 2006.

Five same-sex couples tie the knot in Mexico City under Latin America's first law that explicitly approves gay marriage.

How quickly are the global gender gaps closing?

US retail sales recorded a surprise rise in February, as wary consumers braved harsh winter storms and showed renewed interest in spending

US retail sales showed a surprise rise in February as consumers braved extreme bad weather to get to the shops

A report into the collapse of US bank Lehman Brothers criticises senior executives and auditor Ernst & Young for serious lapses.

Representatives from the F.B.I. and the Department of Homeland Security painted a grave picture of drug traffickers trying to recruit federal officers to work for them.

Plunging domestic demand for oil and foreign cars unexpectedly narrowed the US trade gap in January, official figures showed, lifting hopes for stronger economic growth in the first quarter