Americas
Obama hoping Senate will accept health reform bill
Pre-breakfast vote should allow First Family to escape Washington snow for Hawaiian sun over Christmas.
Inside Americas
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
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.
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.
Victory for gay rights in a Catholic stronghold
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
David Usborne: Legalisation of same-sex marriages in Mexico is a first for Latin America.
The Big Moment: Probably some idiot amateur pilot, I thought. Then a second plane took aim
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
US terror attacks, 11 September 2001
Kim Peek, the inspiration for 'Rain Man', dies of heart attack
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
The autistic savant whose extraordinary genius for mental retention inspired the Oscar-winning film Rain Man has died, his parents confirmed yesterday.
Review of the Year 2009: Obama's America
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
A great presidency? The jury's still out
Balloon boy parents sentenced for hoax
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
The Colorado man who claimed his son had floated off in the sky in a runaway helium balloon was sentenced on Wednesday to 90 days in jail, most of that on a work-release basis, for staging the hoax.
Police chief criticises officer over gun at snowball fight
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Washington's police chief criticised a veteran detective yesterday for pulling a gun during a mass snowball fight. Authorities said the officer is on desk duty while the case is under investigation.
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