Canada's opposition parties join forces to try to topple PM Stephen Harper and his minority Conservative government.

A businessman accused of using stolen money to donate to the Liberal Democrats is found guilty of theft

I am a Western Liberal. If it were a club I'd be a card-carrying member. I think I think the right things about the world we live and the people I meet.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg says the government must do more to help families and businesses.

A guide to how MSPs voted during business in the main chamber of the Scottish Parliament.

EU ministers agree to reform farm policy by moving more subsidies away from production and liberalising the dairy market.

Five senior officials from Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party resign amid attempts to revive a defunct liberation movement, Zapu.

A Swedish former supporter of the Khmer Rouge returns to Cambodia with a message of contrition.

The US Religious Right may be preparing to go into opposition as Barack Obama takes power but the liberal new president will probably be setting the agenda, the BBC's Matthew Wells finds.

A chronology of key events

A businessman whose company gave the Liberal Democrats £2.4m used stolen money to fund the donation, London's Southwark Crown Court hears.

The Liberal Democrats calls for two railway stations in Oxfordshire to be reopened.

The BBC's Nick Bryant gives 10 quick and easy lessons from the US elections.

Baroness Scott beats Lembit Opik, the best-known Liberal Democrat MP, to the post of party president.

A look at the new president of the Liberal Democrats, Baroness Ros Scott.

The Liberal Democrats have elected Baroness Ros Scott as the new party president.

What is an election? It depends which country you live in. But the true meaning of the word can only be realised where there is real democracy, says Clive James.

Welsh Lib Dem leadership candidate Kirsty Williams answers our questions on politics, women, food and drink.

Liberal Democrat peer Lord Lester has resigned as a government adviser on constitutional affairs, the party says.

Teenagers should not be rewarded for attending classes and handing in schoolwork when due, Liberal Democrats say.