Americas

American charged over Mumbai attacks

The terror attacks in Mumbai that paralysed the city and killed 166 people have been linked to an American.

Inside Americas

Stephen Foley: Ben Bernanke v Ron Paul. Round Seven

Monday, 7 December 2009

Ben Bernanke has just stepped up his fight against Ron Paul's plan to "audit the Fed".

Lesbian bishop sparks new church row

Monday, 7 December 2009

Archbishop warns election of Mary Glasspool could divide Anglicanism in two

US admits it has no idea of Bin Laden's whereabouts

Monday, 7 December 2009

The United States has no real idea where Osama bin Laden, the al-Qa'ida leader, may be hiding, and has not had the benefit of any substantial intelligence on his possible whereabouts "for years", the US Secretary of Defence, Robert Gates, conceded yesterday.

Morales set for landslide re-election

Monday, 7 December 2009

President Evo Morales looked set for an easy re-election in Bolivia last night after exit polls suggested he had won back power with more than 62 per cent of the vote. Mr Morales' closest challenger, the center-right candidate Manfred Reyes, won about 23 per cent. Mr Morales focused his campaign on helping Bolivia's impoverished indigenous peoples. AP

Drug supplier to sport's big cheats is back in business and 'clean'

Sunday, 6 December 2009

If America had a Hall of Fame for sporting disgrace, Victor Conte would occupy its most prominent berth. For almost a decade, the San Francisco-based nutritionist supplied performance-enhancing drugs to some of the world's most notorious cheats, from the steroid-enhanced baseball slugger Barry Bonds to the Olympic athlete Marion Jones and the British sprinter Dwain Chambers.