Americas
Chavez to 'seed' clouds with rain
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says he will join a team of Cuban scientists on flights to "bomb clouds" to create rain amid a severe drought that has aroused public anger due to water and electricity rationing.
Inside Americas
Hollywood's most glamorous studio prepares to sell up
Sunday, 15 November 2009
The home of Tom and Jerry, James Bond and classic musicals is laden with nearly $4bn debt
Welcome to Club Bounce: Where the big – and beautiful – people go
Sunday, 15 November 2009
Overweight Americans, tired of discrimination, are fighting for 'size acceptance'. And they're taking their battle to the dancefloor.
Justice at Ground Zero for September 11 accused
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Five men set to leave Guantanamo Bay to face trial in a civilian court in New York
Obama seeks equal partnership in Asia
Saturday, 14 November 2009
US President Barack Obama pressed on with his mission to repair America's global standing, telling Asians he was determined to engage them as equal partners in the economy, diplomacy and security.
Crime Exchange: What we can learn from each other
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Our crime correspondent's swap with his counterpart on 'The Baltimore Sun' ends today with the two reporters revealing the transatlantic tips that could benefit both cities.
Palin uses book to get her revenge
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Memoir scornful of Republican Party officials and media strategy during failed election bid
Obama's lawyer makes quiet exit after Gitmo frustrations
Saturday, 14 November 2009
In the first major shake-up in the Obama inner circle, Greg Craig is resigning as White House counsel. He will be replaced by Robert Bauer, a leading Democratic lawyer and Barack Obama's personal attorney, whose own wife, Anita Dunn, stepped down this week from the pivotal job of White House communications director. Reports of the impending departure of Mr Craig, responsible for advising the President on legal issues involving the White House, have circulated here for months, but had been stoutly denied.
US targets Iran with bid to seize NY skyscraper
Saturday, 14 November 2009
In what could be one of the biggest counter-terrorism seizures in US history, federal prosecutors sought to take over four US mosques and a New York City skyscraper owned by a Muslim organisation suspected of being controlled by the Iranian government.
Crawford 'blackmailed by model'
Saturday, 14 November 2009
Cindy Crawford and her husband were the targets of an elaborate blackmail plot involving a photograph that shows their seven-year-old daughter bound, gagged and tied to a chair, the FBI has claimed.
Obama's advisers at war over Afghan conflict
Friday, 13 November 2009
President accused of dithering as leaked memo reveals bitter divisions over strategy in his inner circle
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