Americas
Yale set to return 4,000 Inca treasures to Peru
As Peru counts down to the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Machu Picchu by the American explorer Hiram Bingham, thousands of artefacts taken from the breathtaking lost city of the Incas could soon be returned to the country.
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Palin feels the force of a new critic – Barbara Bush
Monday, 22 November 2010
The Republican Party establishment is still in confusion over how to deal with the unorthodox power and popularity of Sarah Palin, but everyone appears to agree that it is too dangerous to be rude about her. Everyone that is, except Barbara Bush, former first lady and grande dame of the Bush family.
Obama questions security checks
Monday, 22 November 2010
President Barack Obama has asked security officials whether there's a less intrusive way to screen airline passengers than the pat-downs and body scans causing an uproar during the American Thanksgiving holiday season.
Peacekeepers 'brought cholera to Haiti'
Sunday, 21 November 2010
Nina Lakhani: United Nations reluctantly agrees to investigate convincing claims Nepalese troops imported disease.
Alcoholic energy drink faces ban after binge deaths
Sunday, 21 November 2010
David Usborne: Reports of students being hospitalised after drinking Four Loko force authorities to act.
Hands off, buddy
Saturday, 20 November 2010
US passengers are preparing a mass protest to challenge 'intrusive' airport security, reports David Usborne.
House veteran faces misconduct censure
Saturday, 20 November 2010
One of the most likable veterans in Congress would become the 23rd House member in US history to be censured if the House of Representatives goes along with a recommendation of its ethics committee.
GM speeds off the grid in its return to NYSE
Friday, 19 November 2010
General Motors executives rang the bell of the New York Stock Exchange and revved the engine of a Chevrolet Camaro to signal the flotation of the company's shares yesterday, and the stock duly responded with the equivalent of going from 0 to 60 in the early seconds of trading.
Simon Cowell is my inspiration, says Palin as she faces public vote
Friday, 19 November 2010
David Usborne: For a woman who has declared her heroes to be the authors of the US constitution, Ronald Reagan, and members of the Tea Party, the most obvious role model is not Simon Cowell.
What does the future hold for the Inuit people of Baffin Island?
Friday, 19 November 2010
As climate change makes the Canadian Arctic more accessible, it's not only the rich natural resources that are at risk of exploitation. Stanley Johnson fears for its Inuit people
US Air Force warns of Facebook security risk
Friday, 19 November 2010
The US Air Force is warning its troops to be careful when using Facebook and other popular networking sites because some new features could show the enemy exactly where US forces are located in war zones.
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1 Palin feels the force of a new critic – Barbara Bush
2 Hands off, buddy – we're Americans
3 Peacekeepers 'brought cholera to Haiti'
4 Yale set to return 4,000 Inca treasures to Peru
5 The 17-year-old jailed for having sex with a 15-year-old
6 Obama questions security checks
7 The full text of Barack Obama's victory speech
8 Genius and lust: Mailer's mistress sells off his stash of bedroom secrets
9 American Apparel faces bankruptcy as store chain unravels
10 Woman attacked by chimp reveals face on Oprah
11 Michael Oher: The American dream fulfilled
12 Haiti: Where is the UN? Where is the help?
13 Bettie Page, the model who sparked sexual revolution, dies in LA at 85
14 Erin Brockovich prepares for a real-life sequel
15 Hacienda Napoles: At home with Pablo Escobar, the drug baron who lived in a zoo
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