The ease with which the plane bomber could operate exposes the vacuity and recklessness at the heart of the US response to 9/11
The Detroit bomber reminds us that the war with fundamentalism goes on. But the facts offer room for hope.
Upcoming accounts could offer new insights on issues ranging from Iraq and Guantánamo to Hurricane Katrina.
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/ 31 December 2009
US intelligence chief Admiral Dennis Blair faced tough questions about his future on Wednesday as the Obama administration fended off criticism.
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/ 30 December 2009
Internet postings purportedly written by a Nigerian charged with trying to bomb a US airliner on Christmas Day suggest a religious and lonely man.
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/ 30 December 2009
President Barack Obama on Tuesday blamed ”human and systemic failures” for allowing a botched Christmas Day attack aboard.
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/ 29 December 2009
Bags were painstakingly checked, babies were frisked, and in-flight screens showing a plane’s location and flight path had to be switched off.
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/ 29 December 2009
A wing of al-Qaeda claimed responsibility on Monday for a failed Christmas Day attack on a United States-bound passenger plane.
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/ 29 December 2009
Charlie Sheen’s wife accused the actor of threatening her with a knife in a Christmas Day emergency phone call to police, a recording revealed.
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/ 28 December 2009
President Barack Obama, on vacation in Hawaii, is under pressure from opposition Republicans who have been critical of his response to the scare.
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/ 28 December 2009
The explosive that nearly brought down Northwest Airlines flight 253 is powerful, allowing terrorists to use only small quantities to cause damage.
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/ 28 December 2009
The Obama administration said on Sunday it was investigating whether al-Qaeda was involved in a Christmas Day attempt to blow up a passenger jet.
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/ 27 December 2009
Passengers on Saturday told of the moment when Umar Abdul Mutallab tried to set off a bomb as their plane commenced its descent on Christmas Day.
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/ 26 December 2009
A Nigerian man with possible links to al-Qaeda militants was in custody on Saturday after he tried to ignite an explosive device on a US plane.
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/ 26 December 2009
Actor Charlie Sheen, star of the hit comedy television series Two and a Half Men, was jailed on Friday on domestic violence charges.
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/ 26 December 2009
A Nigerian man linked to al-Qaeda tried to set off an explosive device aboard a US passenger plane as it approached Detroit on Friday.
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/ 25 December 2009
A Chicago man could be unwrapping the hundreds of Christmas gifts spread around his apartment for days, even weeks.
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/ 25 December 2009
Disney has joined in making jokes at the expense of Tiger Woods as a poll shows his popularity sinking to levels usually reserved for politicians.
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/ 24 December 2009
A couple who riveted America with a bogus claim their son had floated away in a balloon received a 90-day jail term for the father on Wednesday.
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/ 24 December 2009
United States President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he has terminated trade benefits for Guinea, Madagascar and Niger.
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/ 23 December 2009
Swiss watchmaker Tag Heuer showed support for embattled Tiger Woods on its website on Tuesday.
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/ 22 December 2009
Senate Democrats moved closer on Monday to passing landmark healthcare legislation by Christmas after scoring a win in the first big test vote.
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/ 22 December 2009
In a case that has polarised public passions, director Roman Polanski did not win his freedom on Monday for a 32-year-old sex offence.
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/ 21 December 2009
Titanic director James Cameron’s Avatar, a 3-D extravaganza hyped as a leap in cinematic prowess, ruled the worldwide box office.
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/ 21 December 2009
In poorer, isolated towns the right-wing protest movement is flourishing. Republicans as well as Obama must take note.
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/ 19 December 2009
A global warming deal worked out by US President Barack Obama and four other countries, including SA, faces mass opposition at Copenhagen.
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/ 18 December 2009
The heads of leading banks in the US were summoned to the White House this week for a "frank and candid" discussion with President Barack Obama.
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/ 18 December 2009
There’s an enormous Christmas tree in Washington that stands more than 12m high. Here’s a list of big presents you could put there.
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/ 17 December 2009
Tiger Woods’s wife will divorce the disgraced billionaire golf star, media reports said on Wednesday.
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/ 16 December 2009
The United States committed ,7-billion on Wednesday to help fight HIV infection in Kenya.
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/ 15 December 2009
President Barack Obama on Monday talked tough with US bank chiefs, demanding they boost lending to create jobs.
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/ 14 December 2009
US President Barack Obama says that his decision to pour more US troops into the war in Afghanistan is the most difficult of his presidency so far.