A court has given a last-minute reprieve to a Georgia man due to be executed for the killing of an off-duty police officer.

The US Supreme Court rejects a final appeal by Troy Davis, who was convicted in 1991 of killing a policeman in Georgia.

The US Supreme Court grants a last-minute stay of execution to Georgia inmate Troy Davis, amid pleas from campaigners.

The BBC's Paul Reynolds assesses video footage of the interrogation in Guantanamo Bay of Omar Khadr - the first such video available.

A key 9/11 suspect attempted suicide days before his charges were dropped, his lawyer says.

The US drops charges against a Saudi held at Guantanamo, who was allegedly part of the 9/11 plot.

The BBC News website looks at five prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay facing charges relating to the 9/11 attacks.

An Eritrean Christian singer, held without charge for two years before fleeing into exile, takes asylum in Denmark.

An ex-ally of Georgia's leader recants accusations against him but opposition leaders say he is acting under duress.

The Vatican is set to publish a book which is expected to shed light on the demise of the Knights Templar. Secret Archive will reveal the truth behind the persecution of the Knights Templar

An increasing number of Evangelical Christians are fleeing Eritrea amid claims of religious persecution.

Pope Benedict XVI makes his first official visit to the Americas to canonise Brazil's first native-born saint.

Robin Hamman, a journalist for BBC English Regions and co-ordinator of the BBC Blogs Network, will be filing regular updates from the Le Web conference.

Ex-Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi and British lawyer David Mills go on trial in Italy on corruption charges.

An Eritrean Christian singer, held without charge for two years, has been freed, Amnesty International says.

The Zambian archbishop thrown out of the Catholic Church has long been a controversial and high profile figure.

BBC News Website political correspondent Nick Assinder gives his verdict on prime minister's questions.

An Afghan man being tried in Kabul could face the death penalty unless he reconverts from Christianity to Islam.

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Opinions are split in Europe's press over the three-year jail term handed down to historian David Irving for denying the Holocaust.