Younger Castro steers Cuba to a new revolution
12 February 2012 12:00 AM
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How Whiteclay (population: 11) sells 5m cans of beer a year
12 February 2012 12:00 AM
It's 20 minutes' drive from a 20,000-strong Native American reservation, which is now suing brewers and the town's off-licences
US kidnap case solved by stolen baby, 23 years on
12 February 2012 12:00 AM
A woman who snatched a baby from a New York City hospital in 1987, then raised the child as her own for more than two decades, has pleaded guilty to a kidnapping charge at a federal courthouse in Manhattan.
State officials in the pocket of feared Mexican drug cartel
12 February 2012 12:00 AM
One of Mexico's most notorious drug cartels paid $4.5m (£2.85m) in bribes to officials in a state run by the country's main opposition party, a US court case has revealed.
US university hands out 400 degrees by mistake
12 February 2012 12:00 AM
A US university has revealed that hundreds of degrees given out over the past 10 years should never have been awarded, and may be revoked.
Guilty plea in Obama death plot
11 February 2012 08:28 AM
A man from Uzbekistan who pleaded guilty to plotting to kill US president Barack Obama with an automatic rifle claimed he was acting at the direction of an Islamic terror group in his home country.
Woman pleads guilty in NY newborn kidnap case
11 February 2012 08:16 AM
A woman who snatched a newborn baby from a New York City hospital in 1987, then raised the child as her own for more than two decades, pleaded guilty to a kidnapping charge yesterday as the girl's true mother wept in the courtroom.
War of words at the UN as Britain says Falklands claims are 'rubbish'
11 February 2012 12:00 AM
The Argentine Foreign Minister, Hector Timerman, last night accused Britain at the United Nations of using the dispute over the Falkland Islands to escalate the militarisation of the South Atlantic, by sending the latest offensive hardware to the islands as well as nuclear submarines with nuclear payloads.
Republicans shift right as Santorum draws level with Romney
11 February 2012 12:00 AM
Inevitability of victory by front-runner is suddenly in doubt as conservative rival surges in polls
Bristol Palin resorts to giving away copies of her memoir
11 February 2012 12:00 AM
The budding writing career of Bristol Palin, the daughter of the former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, appears to have fallen on desperate times after an advert promising free copies of her memoir to those who join her at a booksigning event was posted on a classified advertising website.
Police strike brings chaos to Brazil
11 February 2012 12:00 AM
Officers tell tourists to stay away from famous carnival as walkout turns violent
Women kept off the front line as US eases combat rules
11 February 2012 12:00 AM
The Pentagon has broadened the role of women serving in the US armed forces – but is still refusing to allow them to serve in front line combat.
Argentina in Falklands plea at UN
10 February 2012 05:50 PM
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed hopes that Argentina and Britain can avoid an escalation of their Falkland Islands dispute.
Army on stand-by as police strike threatens Rio Carnival
10 February 2012 03:58 PM
The streets of Rio de Janeiro were calm today, just hours after police officers went on strike and a week before glittering Carnival celebrations that typically draw 800,000 tourists were due to start.
The XX files: The hunt for victims of Guatemala's 36-year war
10 February 2012 12:00 AM
The discovery of a vast hidden archive may finally bring closure to those whose relatives 'disappeared' after being detained by the police or military
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