news.bbc.co.uk - The Canadian Space Agency announces astronaut Chris Hadfield will become the first Canadian commander of the International Space Station in 2013. More...(Americas)
news.bbc.co.uk - A growing number of New York sky-scrapers switch off their lights at night to help reduce the number of migratory birds hitting the buildings. More...(Americas)
news.bbc.co.uk - US authorities indict 11 German and Chinese executives for conspiring to illegally import $40m worth of honey from China. More...(Americas)
news.bbc.co.uk - Tablet computers to rival Apple's iPad are creating a stir as one of Europe's largest technology shows, the IFA, gets under way in Berlin. More...(Americas)
news.bbc.co.uk - An explosion has torn through an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the oil rig blast in April that caused a huge oil spill. More...(Americas)
news.bbc.co.uk - Dell withdraws its bid for 3Par after rival Hewlett-Packard raises its offer for the data storage company to $2.1bn. More...(Americas)
news.bbc.co.uk - Areas along the US East Coast declare states of emergency as Hurricane Earl churns towards the region, forecast to brush land on Thursday night. More...(Americas)
news.bbc.co.uk - Burger King is being sold to private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal valued at $3.26bn (£2.1bn), it has been announced. More...(Americas)
news.bbc.co.uk - Jennifer Mascia gave World News America a first person account of her extraordinary childhood and her surprise at finding out about her father's mafia past. More...(Americas)
news.bbc.co.uk - President Obama urges Mid-East leaders not to let the chance of a peace deal slip away, ahead of a new round of talks. More...(Americas)
news.bbc.co.uk - Police shoot dead a gunman who took three hostages at the Discovery Communications HQ near Washington and free his prisoners. More...(Americas)
news.bbc.co.uk - President Obama urges Mid-East leaders not to let the chance of a peace deal slip away, ahead of a new round of talks. More...(Americas)
news.bbc.co.uk - A gunman who took three hostages at the Discovery Communications HQ in the US is shot and his prisoners are free, police say. More...(Americas)
news.bbc.co.uk - A man with a gun has taken at least one hostage inside the Discovery Communications offces in Silver Spring, near Washington DC. More...(Americas)
news.bbc.co.uk - A man with a gun takes a "small number" of hostages inside the Discovery Communications HQ in Silver Spring, near Washington DC. More...(Americas)
news.bbc.co.uk - A man with a gun takes a hostage inside the Discovery Communications headquarters building in Silver Spring, Maryland. More...(Americas)
news.bbc.co.uk - President Barack Obama condemns the "senseless slaughter" of four Israeli settlers, as he opens a new round of Mid-East diplomacy. More...(Americas)
news.bbc.co.uk - Two Yemenis arrested in Amsterdam on suspicion of planning a terror attack are released, prosecutors in the Netherlands say. More...(Americas)
news.bbc.co.uk - The former head of Lehman Brothers, Dick Fuld, blames regulators for the collapse of the Wall Street investment bank. More...(Americas)
news.bbc.co.uk - Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski accepts defeat in her re-election bid, and the Republican party nomination goes to a newcomer backed by the Tea Party. More...(Americas)
news.bbc.co.uk - President Obama hails the end of US combat operations in Iraq, saying the US has paid a "a huge price" to "put Iraq's future in its people's hands". More...(Americas)