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US blames Pakistan agency in Kabul attack
Thursday, 22 September 2011
The most senior US military officer accused Pakistan of "exporting violence" to Afghanistan.
European debt crisis threat to global economy
Thursday, 22 September 2011
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said today that the European debt crisis and the political divisions in the United States were the biggest threats to the global economy.
Bachmann lacks ability to go distance, says aide
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Michele Bachmann's star is falling rapidly and she "does not have the resources or ability" to remain in the Republican presidential race beyond February's Iowa caucuses, according to her former campaign manager.
I'm a nice guy, says Jamaican gangster Christopher Coke
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Guy Adams: Spare a thought for the drug barons. They might murder, kidnap, and even dismember rivals with a chainsaw. But that doesn't mean they're all bad.
Iran releases American 'spy' hikers after two years in prison
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Patrick Cockburn: Two Americans convicted of espionage in Iran and given long prison sentences finally flew out of the country yesterday after prolonged negotiations.
Mexican drugs gang dumps 35 bodies on road
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Suspected drug traffickers drove two lorries to a main road and dumped 35 bodies as gunmen stood guard.
Obama: No shortcut to peace in Middle East
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
US President declares there could be no shortcut to peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
Judge refuses to stop US inmate's execution
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
A Georgia judge has refused to halt the execution of Troy Davis after a last-minute appeal by his attorneys.
Jamaican drug kingpin asks judge for leniency
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
A Jamaican drug kingpin who admitted his leadership in an international crime ring is asking a federal judge in New York not to sentence him to the maximum 23 years.
Gunmen dump 35 bodies on road in Mexico
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Suspected drug traffickers drove two trucks to a main avenue in a Mexican Gulf coast city and dumped 35 murder victims during rush hour while gunmen stood guard and pointed their weapons at frightened motorists.
Gay rights victory as don't ask, don't tell comes to an end
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Guy Adams: Despite the nuptial celebrations, there are still hurdles to full equality.
Revealed: the interior design tastes of Mayor Bloomberg
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Steve Foley: New York's multi-billionaire Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, guards his privacy with something close to obsession, refusing to publish details of where he holidays or even where he spends his weekends.
One of America's worst miscarriages of justice?
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Guy Adams: A last-ditch clemency plea from death row inmate Troy Davis has been rejected in Georgia.
Do the math, Obama tells Republican critics on tax
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
David Usborne: President's proposals to reduce budget deficit earn an immediate rebuke from opposition on Capitol Hill.
US military gay ban ended
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
After years of debate and months of final preparations, the military can no longer prevent gays from serving openly in its ranks.
Kevin Rudd loves it, the US hates it: Vegemite row blights UN trip
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
Australia's foreign Minister, Kevin Rudd, found himself embroiled in an unusual diplomatic row when American customs officers tried to confiscate his preferred breakfast treat – a jar of Vegemite sandwich spread.
Why the usual suspects lose out in ID parades
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
The classic image of the identity parade could soon be out of date.
Killer waits to hear verdict of final appeal
Monday, 19 September 2011
The life of Troy Davis, a convicted killer at the centre of one of the longest-running controversies in US legal history, lay in the hands of a five-member panel which met in Atlanta last night to hear a final appeal against his impending execution.
Message in a bottle found five years on
Monday, 19 September 2011
A message in a bottle thrown into the sea off Japan by a girl five years ago has been found by a US sailor in Hawaii.
Ideological war looms as Obama takes on the rich
Monday, 19 September 2011
Some call it class warfare, others a return to fiscal sanity. Either way, Barack Obama will attempt to call time on a golden era for the very wealthiest Americans today, by proposing that people who earn more than a million dollars a year should pay tax at the same rate as the middle classes.
Can the cult of Assange save cash-strapped WikiLeaks?
Monday, 19 September 2011
Roll up, roll up! The great WikiLeaks memorabilia auction has just begun. The laptop computer on which "Cablegate" was compiled is on offer for £6,000, while some signed versions of those famous diplomatic cables can be yours for just £2,100. And do I hear £240 for a sachet of prison coffee once purloined by an incarcerated Julian Assange?
America's homeless crisis washes up in Obama's birthplace
Monday, 19 September 2011
Some live in tents, others in cars – but Hawaii would rather their extreme poor lived on the mainland. Guy Adams reports from Honolulu on a crackdown the US doesn't want the world to see.
Faulty tail caused fatal air race crash that killed nine
Monday, 19 September 2011
The death toll from an air race crash has risen to nine as investigators determined that several spectators were killed on impact as a 1940s-model plane appeared to lose a piece of its tail before crashing.
Vote, vote, vote for Sue Sylvester, your Glee favourite!
Sunday, 18 September 2011
The villain of the musical comedy is to stand for Congress, cueing a satire on right-wing politics
Vintage plane crash at air race kills nine and leaves dozens injured
Sunday, 18 September 2011
Air crash investigators were yesterday examining how a 74-year-old pilot lost control of a Second World War aircraft leading to a crash which killed nine people and injured dozens more at an air race in Nevada.
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