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Officials say explosion on US plane was terror attack
Saturday, 26 December 2009
Authorities believe a small explosion aboard a flight to Detroit was an attempted act of terrorism.
Italian Americans outraged at reality TV 'slur'
Saturday, 26 December 2009
They put up with The Godfather, Goodfellas, and several decades of gangster movies. They endured the cult success of The Sopranos, albeit through gritted teeth. But tolerant as they have reluctantly tried to be of fictional portrayals, one thing Italian Americans definitely won't stomach is a reality TV programme which appears to suggest that their community consists entirely of Mafiosi, bimbos and buffoons.
Obama hails progress of healthcare bill
Saturday, 26 December 2009
President takes break in Hawaii after legislation clears major hurdle
US Senate passes landmark health care measure
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Senate Democrats passed a landmark health care bill in a climactic Christmas Eve vote that could define President Barack Obama's legacy and usher in near-universal medical coverage for the first time in US history.
Jail term for father whose balloon trick fooled world
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Couple also told to pay $42,000 to cover costs of emergency services
Revenge attack on family of soldier killed in drugs raid
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Five die in latest episode in Mexican drugs war that has left 14,000 dead
Man held after Virginia gun siege
Thursday, 24 December 2009
A disabled man was in custody today after a gunman who took several hostages at a rural post office in Virginia finally surrendered.
Colombian governor killed by kidnappers
Thursday, 24 December 2009
At the end of a day of anguish and frustration, President Alvaro Uribe soberly told Colombians that kidnappers had slit the throat of a southern governor during the country's first major political abduction since he took office in 2002.
Obama hoping Senate will accept health reform bill
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Pre-breakfast vote should allow First Family to escape Washington snow for Hawaiian sun over Christmas.
Dozens injured as US jet overshoots Jamaica runway
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
An American Airlines flight from Miami overshot a runway and broke in two during a heavy rainstorm in Kingston, Jamaica early today, injuring dozens of people.
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