Honduras row endangers EU talks
A spat over recognition of Honduras' government threatens a forthcoming EU-Latin American summit.

KKK leader murdered woman recruit
A Ku Klux Klan leader admits murdering a woman recruit, a day after an initiation rite in Louisiana in 2008.

NY Picasso sale sets $106m record
Pablo Picasso's Nude, Green Leaves and Bust sells for a record-breaking $106m at auction in New York.

Prison for Letterman blackmailer
A former CBS producer is sentenced to six months for blackmailing TV host David Letterman over his affairs.

Cuba moots plan to open its tourism industry to foreigners
Cuba unveils plans to allow foreigners to develop golf courses and marinas to boost the nation's tourism industry.

Air chaos gives time to reflect on the beauty and pain of travel
As flights slowly begin to take off again in Europe after days of travel chaos, Matt Frei, presenter of BBC World News America, reflects on the beauty and pain of travel - both by air and by ground.

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Wozniacki beaten at Italian Open
World number two Caroline Wozniacki makes an early exit at the Italian Open with a third-round defeat by Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez.

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Woods prepared for rankings blow
Tiger Woods admits his status as world number one is under threat at the Players Championship in Florida.

Honduras investigates coup
A special commission in Honduras has begun to probe last year's military-backed overthrow of President Manuel Zelaya.

Argentine to head Unasur group
South America's new Unasur bloc picks former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner as its first secretary-general.

Nightmare slays film competition
Horror remake A Nightmare on Elm Street tops the north American box office after taking $32m (£21m) in its opening weekend, figures reveal.

Japan PM scraps US base move
Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama says it is not "feasible" to move a controversial US base out of Okinawa.

More charges for Videla
Former Argentine military leader Jorge Rafael Videla is charged with an additional 49 counts of murder and torture.

Senate begins Wall Street battle
Republicans and Democrats in the US Senate have begun debating the biggest reforms to financial regulations since the 1930s.

Senate panel grills Goldman boss
Goldman Sachs' chief executive has denied his bank contributed to the US financial crisis by betting some of its own investment products would fail.

US Senate bars bank reform debate
US Republican senators block moves to debate a bill proposing the most sweeping financial regulation reforms for 60 years.

Obama's court contenders
Who will fill the vacancy on the US Supreme Court?

Waiting for the LA earthquake
Waiting for the earth to move again in LA

Living with leprosy
Educating a new generation about leprosy in the US

Fighting for Peru land rights
How property rights may help Peru's Amazon peoples

Panama claims on Noriega
Why both friends and foes want Noriega back

Petty theft and party anthems
Kid Sister brings a fresh voice to the hip-hop scene

Divided state
Readers share views on Arizona's immigration bill