Cleaners and businesses work to reopen in the Lebanese capital's downtown area after an opposition sit-in.

The BBC's Stephanie Holmes explores the background to the trial of Robert Pickton, one of Canada's most notorious serial killers who targeted women on the edges of society.

New York clinic opens to treat residents suffering from so-called "World Trade Center" cough.

A new post-9/11 Emergency Management Office in New York begins operating from downtown Brooklyn.

Sony's PlayStation 3 launch in downtown San Francisco was a glossy entertainment affair befitting what is the only PlayStation shop in the world

Former Spice Girl Emma Bunton is to record a version of 1960s hit Downtown for Children In Need.

How the Super Bowl is helping to boost Detroit's revival

Residents of the US Gulf Coast have emailed the BBC News website describing the situation in their region as Hurricane Rita arrives.

Pictures of a mass protest held by anti-disengagement protesters in downtown Tel Aviv.

BBC News Online's Kevin Anderson is keeping a weblog recording his thoughts as he travels across America.

Investigating the drugs trade between Jamaica and Bristol is a delicate matter, BBC correspondent Steve Brodie discovers.

America's Cart series cuts the Miami downtown race from its 2004 schedule.

Russian pop duo Tatu have been banned from filming in downtown Tokyo by Japanese police, it is reported.

The sound of nightlife in downtown Buenos Aires is not so much heels clicking to a tango but the trundle of carts loaded up with trash.

While thousands of delegates flood into Johannesburg for the World Development Summit, the city is getting a cultural boost from a new arts, The Turbine Hall.

Beirut residents have finally taken the newly refurbished city centre to their hearts after years of suspicion about its redevelopment.

New York will never build on the site of the Twin Towers, says State Governor George Pataki. Plans for a combined commercial and memorial area may now be shelved. How do you think the space could best be used?

As its economy slows in response to myriad economic woes, the premier east Texas city is grappling with how to fill its empty office buildings.

The opening ceremony at the Winter Olympics is greeted in emotional style at the Port 'O' Call bar in downtown Salt Lake City.