Americas News

Mexican President Felipe Calderon has called for the US to share responsibility in the battle against drug traffickers.

Haiti will need $11.5bn to rebuild after the devastating earthquake in January, its government and aid agencies say.

Tiger Woods reveals he will make his return to competitive golf at the Masters in Augusta starting on 8 April.

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says he once held secret talks with a top leader of the Colombian rebel group Farc.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denies US-Israel relations are in crisis amid a row over Jerusalem settlements.

An American playboy is charged over the deaths of two English tourists in a hit-and-run crash, a lawyer claims.

US regulators send a national broadband plan to Congress in a bid to lead the world in the provision of super-fast internet.

Oprah Winfrey must defend a case filed against her by the former headmistress of her girls' school in South Africa, a judge rules.

A bill which would provide $11bn for healthcare for US rescue workers who fell ill after working at Ground Zero passes a preliminary stage.

A worker on New York's Staten Island ferry is suspended for marking the boat's pilothouse with a shamrock stamp.