Americas
Obama's advisers at war over Afghan conflict
President accused of dithering as leaked memo reveals bitter divisions over strategy in his inner circle
Inside Americas
Military rivals fight for the ear of Obama
Friday, 13 November 2009
A long-standing feud between two of America's most senior soldiers lies at the heart of the President's inability to decide his Afghan strategy.
Mark Hughes in Baltimore: Why the courts can't keep up with crime
Friday, 13 November 2009
The latest episode of our crime reporter's job swap with his counterpart on the 'Baltimore Sun' looks at how justice works on either side of the pond
Grumpy old man to star in first Twitcom
Friday, 13 November 2009
Popular Twitter feed about irascible father snapped up by US network
End of the road for Route 66
Friday, 13 November 2009
Since its creation in 1926, many have argued over where the Main Street of America finally runs out. As the finish line is drawn at the Santa Monica Pier, Guy Adams arrives at the end of the trail.
CNN's anti-immigrant presenter steps down
Friday, 13 November 2009
Lou Dobbs earned wrath of minorities with attacks on Hispanics and Obama
Balloon boy hoaxers accept plea deal
Friday, 13 November 2009
The Colorado parents who reported that their six-year-old son had floated away in a helium balloon will plead guilty to some charges and serve probation so that the family can stay together, the attorney for the boy's father said yesterday.
Tyson in scuffle at LA airport
Friday, 13 November 2009
Police are investigating conflicting accounts of an airport scuffle between Mike Tyson and a photographer that resulted in both men being questioned and released on suspicion of battery.
Woman attacked by chimp reveals face on Oprah
Thursday, 12 November 2009
A woman who was attacked by a 200-pound chimpanzee revealed her heavily disfigured face on television last night, saying she is blind and has to eat through a straw, but isn't angry.
The Crime Exchange: 'We're just fighting a failed drug war'
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Our crime reporter's job swap with his counterpart from the 'Baltimore Sun' has provoked a passionate debate on both sides of the Atlantic
Hiroshima hails Barack, but he's too busy to visit
Thursday, 12 November 2009
It was a speech Tsutomu Yamaguchi had waited 64 years to hear. Watching television at home in Hiroshima in April, one of Japan's most famous A-bomb survivors heard an American president call for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
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