Americas
Journalists caught in the nuclear crossfire
Two US reporters fear they face punishment by a bellicose North Korea as tensions escalate with the West
Inside Americas
Neighbours who beat 'rape' man escape charges new
Thursday, 4 June 2009
Philadelphia's police commissioner says there will be no charges against neighbors who beat a man sought for questioning in the rape of an 11-year-old girl.
Five refugees killed as van rolls in US
Thursday, 4 June 2009
Five people were killed and 12 others injured when a van loaded with Burundian refugees seeking work crashed on an Arizona highway.
Jolie dethrones Oprah as most powerful celebrity
Thursday, 4 June 2009
Birth of twins helped actress take No 1 spot on 'Forbes' list
In video: Watch the speech
Thursday, 4 June 2009
Funeral home cut legs off corpse to fit in coffin
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
US authorities revoked the licences of a funeral home and its director after he admitted one of his employees cut the legs of a 6ft 7in man without the family's permission so the corpse would fit in a coffin.
Catcher in the Rye: The Sequel (or why JD Salinger is heading for the courts)
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
Hermit author sues to block publication of novel about Holden Caulfield in a nursing home
Jaci Stephen: 'The Rolling Stones and their subwoofers arrived in my apartment'
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
Way Out West
Obama's 'I'm not Bush' tour of the Middle East
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
As he sets off for Saudi Arabia and Egypt, the President is under pressure to make good his pledge to mend a fractured relationship
Police arrest man over killing of abortion doctor
Tuesday, 2 June 2009
51-year-old suspect with strong right-to-life views had history of mental illness
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Who's who in the West Wing
Forget Josh Lyman and Toby Ziegler. The people closest to the 44th US President are far more exciting than the characters in the show
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On the campaign trail
With Barack Obama now President, we take a look back at an historic and memorable race for the White House.
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