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Obama's high-stakes gamble on peace deal that eluded predecessors
Rupert Cornwell: He has invested much in succeeding where others have failed, but doing so could fatally harm his re-election bid
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Ex-Lehman boss accuses Fed of worsening crisis
Thursday, 2 September 2010
Dick Fuld, the former chief executive of Lehman Brothers, let loose his bitterness at the US government's failure to save his investment bank in 2008, saying that the company was "sound" even in the dying hours of the Sunday that sealed its fate.
Tesco's US operation accused of bullying staff
Thursday, 2 September 2010
Stephen Foley: European multinationals are exploiting America's weak labour laws to suppress unions, claims report by Human Rights Watch
Gunman shot after taking hostages at TV station
Thursday, 2 September 2010
A man who took three people hostage at the Discovery Channel's headquarters was shot dead last night after a four-hour stand-off with armed police.
Palin's man in Alaska secures surprise victory for Tea Party
Thursday, 2 September 2010
Chalk it up as a home win for Sarah Palin. In one of the biggest upsets of what has already been a hugely successful summer for political underdogs, a virtually-unknown lawyer from Alaska has won a surprise victory in the State's Republican primary, unseating a well-established but far less conservative incumbent in the process.
Hurricane threatens US holiday islands
Thursday, 2 September 2010
Visitors and some residents were evacuated from low-lying holiday islands off the North Carolina coast yesterday as Hurricane Earl bore down on the US eastern seaboard, churning up dangerous swells.
BP's media spend attacked in House
Thursday, 2 September 2010
BP said it has spent more than $5m (£3.3m) a week on advertising since the Gulf Coast oil spill – more than three times the amount it spent during the same period last year.
Farewell to Iraq, but no talk of mission accomplished
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
Rupert Cornwell: President avoids triumphalism of his predecessor during televised speech
Gunman takes hostages at Discovery Channel HQ
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
A man upset with the Discovery Channel's environmental programming took several people hostage at the company's headquarters today, officials said.
$2bn legal bill for unwinding Lehman
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
The man in charge of unwinding Lehman Brothers, the collapsed investment bank, says the bankruptcy could cost $2bn in legal fees in the US alone.
Depression and unpaid wages add to woes of trapped miners in Chile
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
There isn't yet a tunnel, let alone light at the end of it, but rescue workers in northern Chile have at last begun drilling the hole they hope will eventually provide an escape route for 33 miners who have been trapped half a mile beneath the surface for almost four weeks.
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