A chronology of key events

A chronology of key events

A few days before it announces bold spending plans for the run-up to London 2012, Sport England reveals a big rise in the number of people regularly playing sport.

Profile of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, who has been arrested on corruption charges.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has won a bid to suspend parliament. Here are a selection of comments sent in by Canadian readers.

The transfer to Yemen from Guantanamo Bay of Osama Bin Laden's former driver could mean the beginning of the end for the controversial detention facility, writes the BBC's Kim Ghattas.

MPs back government plans to set up new select committees for English regions despite concerns over their cost and political make-up.

Aunohita Mojumdar in Kabul explains why the American aid community is so pleased with Barack Obama's election triumph.

The BBC's Musonda Chibamba profiles the four Zambian presidential candidates standing in Thursday's polls to succeed the country's late President Levy Mwanawasa.

With proposals for a new Wales Fisheries Zone around the coast, BBC Wales goes to sea with a patrol boat.

Plans to allow ministers to order coroners' inquests to be held in private are dropped from the Counter-Terrorism Bill.

What are the key remaining sections of the UK government's 2008 Counter-Terrorism Bill?

Major tuna-fishing nations back calls for a temporary closure of the Mediterranean tuna fishery.

Major UK banks are being told they need to seek up to £50bn to boost their balance sheets, the BBC learns.

Key quotes from the two US presidential candidates at the forum on national service.

Poet Laureate Andrew Motion says the task of writing verse for the Royal Family is "entirely thankless" and gave him a case of writer's block.

Two million people will be out of work by Christmas if interest rates are not cut, a Bank of England policymaker warns.

Tens of thousands of South Koreans, included many monks, protest against an alleged pro-Christian bias in the government.

The candidate backed by Zimbabwe's opposition MDC is elected speaker of parliament, after MPs were sworn in.

A military judge bars a "bullying" US general from advising at the second war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay.