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/ 30 October 2009
The US issued a record -million fine against BP for failing to correct safety hazards after a 2005 explosion killed 15 at its Texas City refinery.
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/ 30 October 2009
”We’re caught in the middle,” Abdul Rahim tells US Marines as they try to induce his fellow Afghan villagers to turn on Taliban fighters.
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/ 29 October 2009
Hillary Clinton’s Pakistan charm offensive rolled into a wall of suspicion at one of the country’s top universities on Thursday.
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/ 29 October 2009
Carnage in Pakistan and America’s bloodiest month in Afghanistan are sharpening President Barack Obama’s dilemma on troop deployments.
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/ 28 October 2009
How would you react to someone who tried to sell you a car that runs on fresh air?
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/ 27 October 2009
The victim in the Roman Polanski child sex case has renewed calls for the case against the director to be dismissed.
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/ 26 October 2009
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged member nations Monday to reach a compromise ahead of a climate change summit in December.
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/ 25 October 2009
President Barack Obama declared swine flu a ”national emergency” on Saturday, as the United States reels from millions of cases of infection.
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/ 25 October 2009
The mother of a boy who was wrongly believed to have been carried away inside a weather balloon has admitted the incident was a hoax, reports say.
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/ 24 October 2009
The death of three people at an Arizona spiritual retreat has cast a spotlight on the modern-day popularity of an ancient Native American ritual.
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/ 24 October 2009
An informant in the Galleon Group insider trading scandal had a history of sending tips to the firm, according to a court document.
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/ 23 October 2009
Nicolas Sarkozy is finding it much tougher to deal with Washington than he had anticipated and is recalibrating his policies accordingly.
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/ 23 October 2009
United States President Barack Obama’s high-priority Middle East peace drive has run into predictable quicksand.
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/ 23 October 2009
The United States has formally asked Switzerland to extradite film director Roman Polanski, the Swiss Justice Ministry said on Friday.
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/ 23 October 2009
Report on crude oil futures blames global governments for ignoring the supply problem, writes Ashley Seager
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/ 22 October 2009
Richard Goldstone challenged the US on Thursday to justify its charge that findings of a report accusing Israel and Hamas of war crimes were flawed.
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/ 21 October 2009
The US on Tuesday said it ”strongly supports” a West African arms embargo against Guinea.
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/ 20 October 2009
Prosecutors say a scientist who worked on the cutting edge of moon exploration has been caught trying to sell classified secrets.
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/ 20 October 2009
The United States Senate finance committee was set to pass a Bill last week to extend insurance to tens of millions of Americans.
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/ 19 October 2009
Ten individuals of African descent have previously
been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. But none had an opportunity as unique as Barack Obama’s.
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/ 17 October 2009
As pictures of a runaway balloon were beamed live across the United States, suspicion turned to anger at the family’s version of events.
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/ 16 October 2009
An important lesson President Jacob Zuma is learning during the resurgence of service delivery protests is that a charm offensive can go only so far.
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/ 15 October 2009
The International University of the People is designed to offer access to education for the masses, writes Harriet Swain.
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/ 13 October 2009
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met top Russian officials on Tuesday hoping to win Moscow’s support for tougher sanctions against Iran.
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/ 13 October 2009
A key US congressional panel was set to cast judgement on healthcare reform on Tuesday.
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/ 13 October 2009
The Pentagon is speeding up delivery of a bomb designed to destroy hidden weapons bunkers buried underground and shielded by 4 535kg of concrete.
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/ 13 October 2009
Two decades after he arrived in the US, Derreck Kayongo is still bowled over by one subtle display of American wealth: the endless array of soaps.
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/ 12 October 2009
India and the US began a massive joint military exercise on Monday, underscoring their deepening security ties they view as crucial in South Asia.
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/ 12 October 2009
Even if he is pushing the United States in the right direction, it is unlikely to be far or fast enough in a political culture resisting reform.
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/ 10 October 2009
Giving US President Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize so early in his presidency could hinder rather than help his diplomatic efforts.
World leaders have urged Barack Obama to seize on the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to intensify his diplomatic efforts to forge peace.
United States President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his calls to reduce the world’s stockpile of nuclear weapons.