In the first round of historic talks between the two countries, the US vowed to continue giving Cubans safe haven, despite Cuba’s objections.
The talks aim to restore diplomatic ties and eventually normalise relations between the two, which have been locked in Cold War-era hostilities.
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa is officially the worst the world has seen as the death toll breaches 600, says the World Health Organisation.
A judge has dropped all sexual assault charges against ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, after the credibility of the accuser was questioned.
First she was portrayed as a model of virtue who was violated by a rich and powerful man. Then she was presented as a liar and a schemer.
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/ 28 December 2010
A blizzard pummeled the north-eastern United States on Monday, burying cities in knee-deep snow and leaving thousands camped at airports.
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/ 27 December 2010
The first widespread blizzard of the season slammed the north-eastern United States on the heavily travelled Christmas weekend on Sunday.
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/ 16 December 2010
Mark Zuckerberg, founder of the Facebook social networking site, was named <i>Time</i> magazine’s 2010 Person of the Year on Wednesday.
A man of Pakistani origin has been arrested on suspicion he bought the vehicle used in the failed car bombing in New York’s Times Square last weekend.
New York police doubled patrols of the subway system and sent police cars to transit hubs as a precaution following the Moscow subway bombings.