BBC News – World

• In pictures
  Powerful earthquake damages New Zealand city of Christchurch […]
• Nine die in New Zealand air crash
  Nine people, including four foreigners, are killed when a light aircraft crashes after taking off from Fox Glacier in New Zealand, say reports. […]
• Netherlands coalition talks fail
  Talks to form a coalition government in the Netherlands collapse as the leader of the far-right Freedom Party Geert Wilders walks out. […]
• Coulson 'safe' over phone claims
  Downing Street's head of communications, Andy Coulson, is safe in his job despite phone hacking claims surrounding the News of the World newspaper, says a senior government source. […]
• Earl downgraded to tropical storm
  A weakened Hurricane Earl is downgraded to a tropical storm as it continues up the US east coast towards Canada. […]
• Hurricane Earl skirts US East Coast
  A weakened Hurricane Earl has passed North Carolina and is continuing up the east coast of the US. […]
• Police question Pakistan players
  Police question the three Pakistan players accused of corruption, while the ICC says that trio implicated have a disciplinary case to answer. […]
• Castro warns of nuclear war
  Fidel Castro warned of nuclear war arising from the dispute that has pitted the United States and Israel against Iran. […]
• The real deal?
  Questions over halal meat as market booms in France […]
• 'Plan B' for trapped miners
  A new drill has arrived at the Chilean mine site for an alternative rescue plan, in which a team will drill a separate shaft from a different part of the mountainside. […]