Americas
Bomb plot 'ringleaders' were freed from Guantanamo Bay
Obama orders tougher airline security as Cuban prison returns to haunt him
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Obama blames 'flaws' for plane bomb escape new
Wednesday, 30 December 2009
Information passed on by the father of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was not properly shared.
Charlie Sheen 'held four-inch blade' to wife's neck during row
Wednesday, 30 December 2009
Emergency call recorded moments of terror at climax of five-hour argument
The Big Moment: It was a dismal, dank day. Famously inarticulate, Bush spoke in elevated terms
Wednesday, 30 December 2009
Aseries of articles from The Independent archive recalling key events of the past decade: Bush becomes 43rd President – 20 January 2001
Comedy Store feud is no laughing matter
Wednesday, 30 December 2009
A bitter family legal battle threatens to undermine the future of Hollywood's most famous stand-up venue. Guy Adams reports from Los Angeles
Bomber warns: there are more like me in Yemen
Tuesday, 29 December 2009
Al-Qa'ida claims responsibility as inquest into airport security begins
Palin's daughter loses fight for secret custody hearing
Tuesday, 29 December 2009
The daughter of former vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin has lost her bid to keep a bitter custody dispute over her year-old son confidential.
Charlie Sheen 'threatened wife with knife'
Tuesday, 29 December 2009
Charlie Sheen's wife told police the actor pinned her on a bed, put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her in a Christmas Day fight that began when she said she wanted a divorce.
Crime rate continues dramatic fall
Tuesday, 29 December 2009
Crime in America's largest city has fallen by 11 per cent compared with last year, and by 35 per cent since 2001. Murders in New York are down 11 per cent. The only major crime that is rising is felony assault, which is up 2 per cent. The figures were released yesterday by the New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The figures reflect a nationwide trend. FBI crime figures for the first half of 2009 show crime falling across the United States.
US admits security failures after attack
Monday, 28 December 2009
US Homeland Security Secretary conceded that the security system failed when a man with a powerful explosive hidden on his body was allowed to board a fight to Detroit.
Wealthy, quiet, unassuming: the Christmas Day bomb suspect
Sunday, 27 December 2009
The inside story of the privileged student who embraced al-Qa'ida and tried to blow a transatlantic jet out of the sky - and the lessons for us all
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