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/ 13 January 2011
The M&G’s <b>Faranaaz Parker</b> rounds up five odd things you may have missed this week, including solitary trips to Mars and Big Brother US.
Obama implored Americans to cleanse their corroded democracy to fulfill the hopes of a nine-year-old girl gunned down in the Arizona shooting.
Sarah Palin on Wednesday slammed as "blood libel" the charges that overheated political rhetoric contributed to a weekend shooting rampage in Arizona.
As Haitians mark the anniversary of the devastating earthquake in 2010, hope has given way to a crushing sense of bitterness and despair.
A judge has ordered Michael Jackson’s doctor to stand trial on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star’s drug overdose death.
As John Rooney walks out on to the beach by his hotel, his sunburned neck is already redder than a Manchester United jersey.
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/ 12 January 2011
It’s like a plot out of a spy novel: a powerful government issues a secret subpoena to an internet service for access to private information.
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/ 12 January 2011
Illinois was poised to become the first US state since 2009 to abolish the death penalty after the state senate approved the ban on Tuesday.
She didn’t pull the trigger, and she’s not the first to use the language of combat. But the Alaskan’s career will certainly suffer.
The family of the accused gunman in the Arizona shooting spree expressed sorrow on Tuesday over the "heinous events".
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/ 11 January 2011
Archeologists have unearthed the oldest wine-making facility ever found.
Former US House of Representatives Republican Leader Tom DeLay was sentenced to three years in prison on Monday.
Jared Lee Loughner was suspended from college and had been in trouble with the police. Yet he could buy a gun and kill six people.
After the shootings in Arizona, US left and right are at odds over effects of toxic politics.
A college dropout made his first court appearance on Monday on five federal charges, including the attempted assassination of Gabrielle Giffords.
A No Pants Gautrain Ride — coinciding with the 10th annual No Pants Subway Ride in New York — ended with 34 "indecent" people being handcuffed.
The defence chiefs of the United States and China on Monday sought to play down a growing military rivalry between the two countries.
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/ 10 January 2011
One of the strongest indicators of how professional you are is not how you host a meeting, but how you handle yourself at the dinner table.
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/ 10 January 2011
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour freed two sisters on Friday from a state prison on condition that one donate a kidney to the other.
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/ 10 January 2011
Nissan expressed confidence in how Renault is handling an international spy ring’s attempt to steal secrets about their shared electric car programme.
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/ 10 January 2011
Global food prices have reached an all-time high and food inflation is on the rise. Will South Africa also be affected?
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/ 10 January 2011
The shooting of Gabrielle Giffords may lead to the temporary hibernation of right-wing rage, but it is encoded in conservative DNA.
The US government on Sunday charged a 22-year-old man with attempted assassination in the Arizona shooting rampage.
US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was battling for her life on Sunday after an assailant shot her in the head and killed six others.
Even before the shooting of a US congresswoman on Saturday, the state of Arizona was in the throes of a convulsive political year.
A gunman shot a US congresswoman in the head, seriously wounding her, and killed six others in a shooting rampage at a public meeting on Saturday.
A US court has ordered Twitter to hand over details of the accounts of WikiLeaks and several supporters as part of a criminal investigation.
After first day in Congress, Republicans have outlined three bills aimed at limiting power of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Former winner Ernie Els rediscovered his putting touch to set the early pace in the second round of the Tournament of Champions.
The death of two million fish that washed up on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay appears to have been caused by a sudden drop in temperature.
Birds falling out of the sky in the US and Sweden are freak examples of the kind of mass animal deaths that have unusual but not apocalyptic causes.
Facebook is generating profits at a faster-than-expected rate and will have to disclose financial data similar to a publicly traded company.