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Doctor-turned-bomber who was recruited by Americans to hunt down Bin Laden's right-hand man was in fact working for al-Qa'ida
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Schwarzenegger in denial about final year new
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today will seek to put a fresh spin on a host of familiar money problems facing California as he delivers his final State of the State address.
Native tribes fight Cape Cod wind farm
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Ten-year battle to build US's biggest wind turbines approaches endgame
Ex-Time Warner boss apologises for 'worst deal of the century'
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Jerry Levin encourages banking chiefs to follow his lead after admitting AOL blunder
Panic over false bomb alert before Obama sworn in
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
As the United States prepared 12 months ago for the historic inauguration of Barack Obama as the nation's new president, top-level officials of the incoming team and of the departing administration of George Bush were jointly trying to deal with a potentially devastating terror threat, which, in the end, proved not to be real.
US agencies should have thwarted jet bomb plot, says Obama
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
A fuming President Barack Obama bluntly asserted last night that the American intelligence community had failed to "connect the dots" ahead of the thwarted Christmas Day bombing of a jetliner on approach to Detroit and that the system that is meant to prevent terror attacks had fallen down, "in a potentially disastrous way".
Death of heiress investigated by police
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
The death of Casey Johnson, a Hollywood socialite who was heir to one of the world's largest business empires, is being investigated by police in Los Angeles.
Sandro, Argentina's Elvis, dies aged 64
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Argentina is coming to terms with the news that the national treasure who brought the swinging Sixties to much of South America had died at the age of 64 after suffering fatal complications related to heart and lung surgery.
Confusion reigns as US security is stepped up
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Black-listed nations accuse US of knee-jerk racism.
Republicans quick to lash Obama over terrorism
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
US President Barack Obama has summoned his top national security advisers to a White House meeting today, aimed at plugging holes in airport security laid bare by the Christmas Day attack – and fending off charges from Republicans he is neglecting the terrorist threat.
US lifts ban on foreigners with HIV imposed by Reagan
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
The United States yesterday lifted a 22-year ban on HIV-positive foreigners travelling to its shores, a restriction described by President Barack Obama as "rooted in fear rather than fact".
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