Americas
Youth trapped on ice floe forced to shoot polar bear new
Jerome Taylor: The bear ventured too close while rescuers desperately tried to locate him from the air.
Inside Americas
The Crime Exchange: The trials of 'Baltimore's Boris'
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
In the latest instalment of our crime reporter's job-swap Mark Hughes looks at the combustible relationship between politicians and the police force.
Tensions grow as Chavez masses troops on border
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Threat of bloodshed as Venezuelan president tells his people to prepare for war with Colombia
Pushchair maker defends lack of EU recall
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Maclaren today defended its decision not to organise a European recall of children's pushchairs at the centre of a safety scare despite doing so in the US.
Frantic search for survivors begins after El Salvador floods
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
130 dead and 7,000 living in shelters as storm heads towards US coast
Fort Hood shootings: soldier now able to speak, say doctors
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Hasan had ‘communicated with radical imam in Yemen’, but motive still unclear
US hikers will stand trial for espionage, says Iran
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Students who crossed border 'by mistake' could be pawns in nuclear game
Brazilian university expels girl for wearing mini-dress
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
The Brazilian government sought an explanation on Monday from the private university that expelled a woman for wearing a short, pink dress to class, creating an uproar on the internet and throughout a nation where skimpy attire is common.
Case against Ohio bodies suspect expands overseas
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Authorities are investigating whether a suspected serial killer whose home and yard harboured the remains of at least 11 people is connected to any killings in places he lived while in the military, including Japan, California and the Carolinas.
Woman raped in McDonalds toilet, court told
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
A woman was allegedly raped at knifepoint by her former partner in the toilets of a fast food restaurant in Belfast city centre, the High Court has heard.
Obama hails a 'historic' US victory on healthcare reform
Monday, 9 November 2009
Speaker Pelosi praised for her work to secure passage of the President's keynote legislation
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