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1.Obama hails 'historic' health bid (news.bbc.co.uk)
US President Barack Obama says the weekend's congressional vote on healthcare reform is a "historic" opportunity.
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2.Colombia rights activist killed (news.bbc.co.uk)
The killing of a Colombian human rights activist sparks calls for an urgent investigation into his death.
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3.US moots official data 'YouTube' (news.bbc.co.uk)
Countries should be judged on their willingness to open up public data, the US technology chief tells the BBC.
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4.US renews offer of Iran dialogue (news.bbc.co.uk)
President Obama says the US offer of dialogue with Iran still stands, in a New Year message to the Iranian people.
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5.9/11 dust pay-out deal 'too low' (news.bbc.co.uk)
A US judge says a planned $657m deal for 10,000 people who worked at Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks is insufficient.
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6.Farc drugs baron jailed in the US (news.bbc.co.uk)
A judge in New York sentences a leading Colombian Farc rebel to 20 years in prison for importing tons of cocaine to the US.
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7.Davy Crockett's Parker dies at 85 (news.bbc.co.uk)
Actor Fess Parker, famous for playing American pioneer Davy Crockett in Disney's 1950s TV series, dies at the age of 85.
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8.Srebrenica gay theory irks Dutch (news.bbc.co.uk)
Dutch officials reject a US general's claim that troops failed at Srebrenica because of poor morale over gay soldiers.
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9.Cheesecake, open up! New York police say sorry to elderly couple (news.bbc.co.uk)
New York's police chief has delivered a cheesecake to an elderly couple in Brooklyn, to apologise for dozens of mistaken police visits to their home.
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10.'Jihad Jane' denies terrorism charges (news.bbc.co.uk)
A self-styled "Jihad Jane", held in the US in connection with an alleged plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist, denies four charges.
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11.Castro supporters heckle marchers (news.bbc.co.uk)
Hundreds of Cuban government supporters heckle the "Ladies in White" protesters marking the 2003 crackdown on dissidents.
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12.New US-Russia nuclear deal 'soon' (news.bbc.co.uk)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says there is "substantial" progress on a new nuclear disarmament deal with Russia.
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13.Haiti 'orphans' return to parents (news.bbc.co.uk)
All but one of the 33 children who US missionaries tried to take out of Haiti after January's quake are returned to their parents.
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14.Polanski lawyers file new appeal (news.bbc.co.uk)
Lawyers for Roman Polanski file an appeal over alleged judicial misconduct in his 1970s US trial for sex with a 13-year-old girl.
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15.Erotic films must incur full tax (news.bbc.co.uk)
A Belgian sex shop owner attempting to cut the VAT bill for his film screenings under cultural exemptions is told by the European Court of Justice that solo viewings are excluded.
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16.US man admits 1968 Cuba hijack (news.bbc.co.uk)
A US man who hijacked a US flight and diverted it to Cuba in 1968 pleads guilty to kidnapping and aircraft piracy.
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17.EU's foreign chief in Gaza visit (news.bbc.co.uk)
The EU's foreign policy chief visits the Gaza Strip as militants there fire a rocket into Israel, killing one person.
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18.US consumer prices show no rise (news.bbc.co.uk)
US consumer prices showed no increase between January and February, according to Labor Department figures.
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19.MEPs hear torture exports claims (news.bbc.co.uk)
Amnesty International tells MEPs European firms are exporting items used for torture, in spite of EU rules.
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20.Kosovo police take over key site (news.bbc.co.uk)
Nato forces in Kosovo hand over the Gazimestan monument, a site of great historical importance for Serbs.
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21.Lloyds predicts a profitable 2010 (news.bbc.co.uk)
Lloyds Banking Group says it expects to make a profit this year - having made heavy losses due to bad loans in 2009.
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22.Church in trouble (news.bbc.co.uk)
Sex abuse scandals involving the Catholic Church
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23.Rio Tinto signs China mine deal (news.bbc.co.uk)
Rio Tinto signs a big West African venture deal with China, days before four of its officials go on trial in Shanghai.
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24.In pictures (www.bbc.co.uk)
Images that captured the American Dream
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25.Taliban arrests halt UN contacts (news.bbc.co.uk)
Ex-UN envoy in Afghanistan says Pakistan's arrest of Taliban leaders halted a channel of secret UN communications.
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