Americas

Who's Obama going to call when he wants to talk to Europe?

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Row over EU summit venue highlights confusion at heart of institution

Trial begins for US woman who pierced kittens

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

A northeastern Pennsylvania woman is on trial to face animal cruelty charges for marketing "gothic kittens" with ear and neck piercings over the internet.

Michael Jackson doctor 'facing manslaughter charge'

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Prosecutors investigating Michael Jackson's death plan to charge the singer's doctor with involuntary manslaughter rather than seek a closed-door grand jury indictment, a source said.

Military commander says gay ban should be lifted

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

The top military commander in the United States told Congress yesterday that not only is it time to review the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays serving in the military instituted by former President Bill Clinton but that getting rid of it entirely would be the "right thing to do".

Abdulmutallab provides 'useful intelligence'

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

The Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a US airliner on Christmas Day, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, is cooperating again with US authorities and has provided "useful intelligence," a law enforcement official said yesterday.

Era of 'Monopoly money' budgets is over, says Obama

Tuesday, 2 February 2010

President predicts $1.56trn deficit and asks America to 'save what we can, spend what we must and live within our means'

The choice: kudos in space, or education on Earth

Tuesday, 2 February 2010

America's abandonment of a manned return-mission to the Moon by 2020 raises the old question of whether it is better to put people into space, with all the huge safety costs that incurs, or to rely on relatively inexpensive machines, such as the robotic rovers that have performed so well exploring the surface of Mars.

US Baptists 'knew taking children out of Haiti was wrong'

Tuesday, 2 February 2010

Idaho church group accused of kidnap could be sent home for trial

Big Think: 'He's Not Corrupt, Just Wrong' says Spitzer on Geithner

Monday, 1 February 2010

Child rescue bid raises tough questions in Haiti

Monday, 1 February 2010

The arrest of 10 Americans for trying to take children out of Haiti has raised an uncomfortable question in this brutally poor and earthquake-devastated country: could some children be better off abroad under the grim circumstances?