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/ 13 December 2009
President Barack Obama’s hopes of sparking rapid political transformation in 2009 fell short, yet his administration still dreams of historic change.
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/ 13 December 2009
After a slew of sex scandals forced Tiger Woods to announce an indefinite break from golf, the star faces unease among his sponsors.
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/ 12 December 2009
United States President Barack Obama on Saturday defended a consumer watchdog agency that would strengthen the regulation of Wall Street.
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/ 12 December 2009
Tiger Woods said on Friday he would take an indefinite break from professional golf, admitting he cheated on his wife.
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/ 10 December 2009
The US must uphold moral standards when waging wars that are necessary and justified, Barack Obama said as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize.
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/ 10 December 2009
A humble US President Barack Obama said on Thursday that others may be "more deserving" of the surprise Nobel Peace Prize.
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/ 10 December 2009
United States President Barack Obama will confront the Afghan war ”head-on” when he accepts the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday.
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/ 10 December 2009
Tiger Woods is getting the cold shoulder on television, where ads featuring the golf star have disappeared since news broke of his philandering.
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/ 8 December 2009
An ambulance responded early on Tuesday to a call for medical assistance from the Florida home of Tiger Woods, US media reported.
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/ 8 December 2009
The rise of China as an economic superpower was the most read news story of the past decade, surpassing the Iraq War and the attacks of September 11.
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/ 7 December 2009
The former Alaska governor Sarah Palin revealed a hidden capacity for self-parody when she delivered a string of quips at a dinner for journalists.
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/ 4 December 2009
Drew Faust is the first sitting president of Harvard University to have visited South Africa.
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/ 4 December 2009
Morgan Morris profiles three South African leaders who are trying to find answers to a growing global problem.
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/ 3 December 2009
Beyoncé leads the field of Grammy contenders with 10 nominations, closely followed by teen country sensation Taylor Swift with eight.
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/ 3 December 2009
Tiger Woods apologised on Wednesday for ”transgressions” in his family life as a magazine posted what it said was evidence of an extramarital affair.
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/ 2 December 2009
Tiger Woods has suffered concussion, pulled out of his own charity golf tournament and seen the shredding of his good boy reputation.
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/ 2 December 2009
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he is ordering 30 000 more US troops to Afghanistan by next summer to counter a resurgent Taliban.
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/ 1 December 2009
Swiss authorities will not release Roman Polanski into house arrest at his luxury Alpine chalet before Friday, the government said on Tuesday.
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/ 1 December 2009
President Barack Obama has given orders likely to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan in a political gamble meant to forge an eventual US exit.
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/ 30 November 2009
Honduras’ disputed presidential election is likely to set Washington against emerging Latin American power Brazil.
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/ 28 November 2009
A couple who penetrated layers of security to enter a State Dinner at the White House met US President Barack Obama in the receiving line.
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/ 28 November 2009
District 9 combines familiar commercial elements like aliens and violence with a new setting — some sharp political subtext.
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/ 28 November 2009
Tiger Woods, the world’s best golfer and a leading force in sports marketing, was hurt in a car accident in Florida on Friday.
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/ 27 November 2009
Traditional car parks encourage sprawl, contribute to urban heat islands and offer little biodiversity.
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/ 26 November 2009
Barack Obama is leading a ”significant” change in US policy towards global warming, Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore says.
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/ 26 November 2009
Whistleblower website Wikileaks has published what it said were hundreds of thousands of pager messages from the day of the September 11 2001 attacks.
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/ 25 November 2009
The United States welcomed on Wednesday a Pakistani court’s decision to charge seven suspects in connection with the Mumbai attacks.
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/ 25 November 2009
The Washington Post is closing its bureaus in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York as it retrenches to focus on news in the capital.
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/ 24 November 2009
Humanity would need five Earths to produce the resources needed if everyone lived as profligately as Americans, according to a report.
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/ 23 November 2009
Zimbabwe activists Jenni Williams and Magondonga Mahlangu have been arrested more than 50 times, but still cling to hope for their country.
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/ 23 November 2009
Major Nidal Hasan, who has been charged with 13 murders over the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas, is paralysed from the neck down, says his lawyer.
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/ 22 November 2009
A sweeping healthcare overhaul cleared its first hurdle in the US Senate on Saturday, with Democrats casting 60 party-line votes.