Americas
Victory for gay rights in a Catholic stronghold
David Usborne: Legalisation of same-sex marriages in Mexico is a first for Latin America.
Inside Americas
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
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.
$2.5bn pay packet for fund manager
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Huge return for investor who bought bank shares when everyone else was selling
Jorge Munoz: The Angel of Queens
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Every night, after he's finished his day job as a school bus driver, one New Yorker brings salvation to the hungry and homeless – in the form of hot meals. David Usborne reports
Waterfall puts Chavez in a froth
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Being angry about the devil is a standard refrain for Hugo Chavez. In 2006 he declared that George Bush was Lucifer incarnate, and just last week he told the Copenhagen climate summit that in Barack Obama's presence he could "still smell sulphur". At home, though, the devil has been ousted by a holier enemy: the Venezuelan leader has turned his ire on a dead American Angel.
Obama hails healthcare vote
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
President Obama hailed a US Senate vote that moved a bill on his healthcare reform closer to passing yesterday, and congratulated lawmakers on defying special interests.
Actress Brittany Murphy 'dies of natural causes'
Monday, 21 December 2009
The Clueless star apparently collapsed in her Holywood bathroom.
Healthcare reform reaches US Senate
Monday, 21 December 2009
Concessions secure 60th vote but scheme is shadow of what was promised
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