Americas
Washington frolics in 'snowmageddon'
US capital gets a fairyland snowfall - and a monster snowball fight just blocks from the White House.
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Space shuttle launched as programme nears end new
Monday, 8 February 2010
Space shuttle Endeavour took off toward the space station today on one of the programme's last scheduled missions.
Chinchilla to become Costa Rica's first female president new
Monday, 8 February 2010
Costa Rica's governing party candidate swept to an election victory today that made her the first woman president in the Central American nation.
Gas blast at US power plant kills at least five
Monday, 8 February 2010
An explosion blew apart a power plant under construction as workers purged natural gas lines yesterday, killing at least five people and injuring a dozen or more in a blast that shook homes for miles, officials said.
Evacuees return to California homes covered in mud
Monday, 8 February 2010
Residents evacuated from foothill communities deluged by weekend mudslides north of Los Angeles were allowed to return home yesterday as crews moved debris and cleared catch basins in anticipation of more rain later in the week.
Long live rock! The Who at the Super Bowl
Sunday, 7 February 2010
Their generation? Bus-pass holders heading for the Zimmer. Yet tonight, resurgent in the US after five decades in the business, they play the Super Bowl.
Hitchens attacks Gore Vidal for being a 'crackpot'
Sunday, 7 February 2010
Former prot�g� takes America's great man of letters to task for adopting 9/11 conspiracy theories.
Rape on the rise in Haiti's camps
Sunday, 7 February 2010
Girls as young as 12 have been attacked as sexual violence plagues the quake's survivors
American Football: Emotion and heart drive the Saints on
Sunday, 7 February 2010
Super Bowl underdogs seek fairy-tale ending
Missionaries turn on their leader over 'kidnapping' of Haiti children
Saturday, 6 February 2010
Charity head from Idaho had debt problems and faced legal action
Tea and no sympathy for the 'devil' Barack Obama
Saturday, 6 February 2010
David Usborne: Behind the hillbilly image, the Tea Party movement has a serious message – and a dark side.
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