Americas
Hollywood mourns the ultimate celebrity
Guy Adams: Tributes have been pouring in for Elizabeth Taylor, who died yesterday.
Inside Americas
A modern-day Pompeii? The exodus from Motor City
Thursday, 24 March 2011
Rupert Cornwell: Long battered Detroit has suffered a new blow, with the release of the 2010 census showing its population shrunk by 25 per cent over the last decade, equivalent to one person leaving the city every 20 minutes.
Could Fox's firebrand go solo? Beck ponders domination
Thursday, 24 March 2011
Stephen Foley: Could Glenn Beck, the weeping, wailing superstar of American right-wing broadcasting, be about to walk out on Murdoch's Fox News?
US soldier faces up to 24 years in jail over 'Afghan Abu Ghraib'
Thursday, 24 March 2011
One of the five US soldiers accused of being part of a "kill team" which plotted to take the lives of unarmed civilians to help pass the time during a deployment in Afghanistan pleaded guilty last night to three counts of premeditated murder.
Biofuel policy is causing starvation, says Nestlé boss
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Stephen Foley: Soaring food inflation is the result of 'immoral' policies in the US which divert crops for use in the production of biofuels instead of food, according to the chairman of one of the world's largest food companies.
Video: Petraeus upbeat on Afghanistan
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
The commander of Nato forces says handover to Afghans is going to plan.
Florida pastor burns Koran in 'execution'
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
A fundamentalist pastor who drew international attention to his tiny Florida church by threatening to mark the anniversary of 9/11 by burning copies of the Koran has finally followed through on his promise, several months late and with only a small handful of parishioners in attendance.
Castro: I quit party post five years ago
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Fidel Castro said yesterday that he resigned five years ago from all his official positions, including head of Cuba's Communist Party, a position he was thought to still hold.
Guatemala: First lady divorces to run for office
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Guatemala's first lady is ending her eight-year marriage so she can seek to succeed her husband as president.
Video: Obama: 'Gaddafi needs to go'
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
President Obama says it is US policy for Gadaffi to go and the transition will take days, not weeks.
The food fad that's starving Bolivia
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Quinoa is hailed as a 'superfood' in the West. But those who grow it can no longer afford it.
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4 A modern-day Pompeii? The exodus from Motor City
5 Picture of Helen Keller as a child revealed after 120 years
6 US soldier faces up to 24 years in jail over 'Afghan Abu Ghraib'
7 The 17-year-old jailed for having sex with a 15-year-old
8 BP to start drilling off Libyan coast
9 London? Paris? New York? No, Vancouver is the best place in the world to live, says new survey
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11 English women are 'ugly' says Burger King boss
12 South Park duo to make Broadway musical about Mormons
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