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Carlyle lines up New York flotation
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
The founders of Carlyle Group have become the latest of their generation of private equity pioneers to prepare the ground for their retirement, announcing yesterday that they plan to float their company on the US stock market.
Nevada gunman dies after killings
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
A gunman with a rifle opened fire at a restaurant in Nevada's capital today, killing three people including two uniformed National Guard members and himself, and wounding six others in a hail of gunfire during the morning breakfast hour, authorities and witnesses said.
Video: Giant crocodile captured in the Philippines
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
A huge crocodile, measuring 21-foot in length, has been captured in the Philippines.
Video: 9/11 conspiracy theories continue
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Some people still think the US was behind the attacks and footage was faked.
'Monster' wildfire destroys nearly 500 homes in Texas
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
The blaze consumed as much as 25,000 acres along a line that stretched for 16 miles, Forest Service officials said.
Another blow to UN in Haiti with claims of sex attack by peacekeepers
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Mobile phone video claiming to show rape stokes anger at agency's mission
9/11: beyond words
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
The 9/11 attacks may be impossible to quantify, but key words and figures help to explain their magnitude
9/11: Can we count the real cost?
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Stephen Foley: We know the death toll, but putting a figure on the financial cost of the terrorist attack is a puzzle.
Sickly lottery loser sues for cut of $99m office jackpot
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Edward Hairston's timing could not have been worse. After paying into a work lottery syndicate for more than eight years, he thought his luck was finally in when the group won $99m (£62m) – only to learn that his co-workers had cut him out, he alleges, when he was off sick.
Romney woos Tea Party with pledge to cut back state
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Mitt Romney, the US presidential hopeful, tried to win over doubters from the conservative Tea Party movement, telling them he was the Republican candidate to beat back the "heavy hand of government" and create jobs.
Crash and burn: accident sparks California wildfire
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Authorities say that a plane crash that sparked a fire near a central California mountain community killed two people.
'Black Widow' breaks chicken-eating record
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
The "Black Widow" of eating contests has gobbled down 183 chicken wings in 12 minutes to break her own world record set last year in Buffalo, New York. Sonya Thomas took home first place at the 10th annual National Buffalo Wings Festival on Sunday. She beat Joey "Jaws" Chestnut, who came in second with 174 wings.
9/11 health issues
Monday, 5 September 2011
This week, as the ten year anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the Lancet medical journal launches a landmark issue focussing on the effects of 9/11 from a health perspective.
9/11: Chronicle Of A Catastrophe Foretold
Monday, 5 September 2011
John Carlin writes the first of our series of features to commemorate the disaster and the events that followed.
Video: 9/11 fireman's miracle escape
Monday, 5 September 2011
9/11 fireman's miracle escape: Mickey Kross recalls the moment the Twin Towers fell on top of him.
Man held for biting pet snake
Monday, 5 September 2011
A man is in custody after being accused of biting a python in what police in California said was apparently an unprovoked attack on a friend's pet snake. The suspect, David Senk, 54, was arrested on suspicion of unlawfully maiming a reptile, Sacramento police said. The snake was badly injured and needed stitches after surgery to its wounds.
Security high for 9/11 milestone
Monday, 5 September 2011
A nationwide warning about al-Qa'ida threats to small aircraft has been issued by the FBI and US Homeland Security, in the run-up to the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. They say there is no specific orcredible terrorist threat for the 10-year anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, but have stepped up national security as a precaution. A five-page law enforcement bulletin issued on Friday said that al-Qa'ida was considering ways to attack aircraft as recently as early this year. AP
Palin passes-up another chance to join the fray
Sunday, 4 September 2011
She looks like a candiate. She sounds like a candidate. She's still touring key primary states in a vast, personalised camper van. But as the race for the Republican presidential nomination stutters into something like full gear, Sarah Palin still hasn't announced whether she intends to join the fray.
9/11 ten years on: The children left behind
Sunday, 4 September 2011
They lost a parent in the most traumatising of circumstances. Joanna Moorhead hears some of their stories, of grief, pride and hope.
21 killed in Chile air crash
Sunday, 4 September 2011
All 21 people aboard a military plane that crashed in the Pacific Ocean near Chile's remote Juan Fernandez islands are dead, the government said.
How photographers captured aftermath of the 9/11 attacks
Sunday, 4 September 2011
David Usborne: Three photographers share the unexpected ways they captured the aftermath.
Brazil's super-rich take to high seas
Sunday, 4 September 2011
The luxury yacht market is booming in South America's biggest country. Bradley Brooks reports from São Paulo.
Louisiana prepares for 20 inches of rain as Lee storms in
Sunday, 4 September 2011
Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Lee were falling in southern Louisiana and pelting the US Gulf Coast yesterday as the storm's centre trudged slowly towards land.
Obama backs down over plans to impose cleaner air laws
Saturday, 3 September 2011
Environmental campaigners accuse President of caving to big business
Assange leaks 251,287 raw US cables, sparking global outcry
Saturday, 3 September 2011
The first time information from the 251,287 US diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks was made public, the howls of rage came from Washington.
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