Americas

Missionary returns to US after Haiti kidnap probe  new

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

One of two Baptist missionaries still held on kidnapping charges in Haiti was released and flew to Miami, but the US group's leader remained in custody.

Dear Jackie... how America mourned JFK

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

They arrived from every corner of the country. They were from men women and children, of every race, age, class and calling. Half a century on, they have come to life again, expressing Americans' grief, shock and collective sense of bereavement at the news of John F Kennedy's assassination.

Oscars Babylon: Tales from the Academy awards

Sunday, 7 March 2010

The red carpet is rolled out again ready for the orgy of self-congratulation. But not everything in the history of the Oscars is a cause for back-slapping

Best Picture award is least predictable of tonight's gongs

Sunday, 7 March 2010

Could this be the year for boldly going where no Oscar has gone before? On a night of potential firsts, James Cameron's Avatar has a shot at breaking one of Hollywood's longest-standing taboos and becoming the first science-fiction film to win Best Picture.

Starbucks sticks to its guns

Sunday, 7 March 2010

When most Americans step into a Starbucks, they do not expect a Wild West experience – frothing cups sent skidding down the counter, horses tied up on the street or pistols slung in the holsters of fellow latte-sipping patrons. But when it comes to gun barrels and biscotti, it turns out they would be wrong. They do go together.

US may not give 9/11 attackers civilian trial

Saturday, 6 March 2010

Security concerns may lead Obama to reverse key stand for human rights

Canadian government backs off plan to alter national anthem

Saturday, 6 March 2010

Canadians basked in glory hearing their national anthem played a record 14 times at gold medal ceremonies at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. But they raised an outcry when the Conservative government surprised everyone by announcing it was considering changing a lyric to "O Canada."

Pentagon gunman shot dead

Saturday, 6 March 2010

A Californian man killed in a shootout with guards at the Pentagon had driven cross-country and arrived at the military headquarters' subway entrance armed with two semi-automatic weapons.

The Big Question: Is healthcare reform going to break the Obama presidency?

Friday, 5 March 2010

Bush 'would not have invaded had he known about WMD'

Friday, 5 March 2010

Blair would have gone in anyway – but Bush was more cautious, says Karl Rove