Americas
Obama brightens up the White House
With modern tastes and a mission to promote diversity, the President's art collection signals a break with tradition. Arifa Akbar reports
Inside Americas
Michael Jackson: Bad! And very dangerous
Saturday, 4 July 2009
Given the child abuse allegations that have emerged in recent years John Niven questions the adulation of the 'King of Pop'.
Palin drops resignation bombshell
Saturday, 4 July 2009
Former vice-presidential candidate stuns party by quitting as Alaska governor
Coup leader willing to hold early election
Saturday, 4 July 2009
Honduras tries to fend off sanctions but rejects calls to re-instate ousted President
US nuns on the run from Vatican inquiry
Saturday, 4 July 2009
Church gets tough with liberal habits of American sisters
Judge blocks Catcher in the Rye sequel
Friday, 3 July 2009
A Swedish author whose new book was promoted as a sequel to JD Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye cannot publish it in the US.
Rabbit-obsessed woman sent back to jail
Friday, 3 July 2009
An Oregon woman obsessed with bunnies has been ordered back behind bars after police found her in a hotel room with more than a dozen rabbits.
Teenagers who mishear sex noises attack woman's lover
Friday, 3 July 2009
US police say a teenage girl overheard her mother's screams during sex and thought she was being assaulted, so she rounded up some friends to attack the woman's lover.
A grim life as Golden State runs out of gold
Friday, 3 July 2009
David Usborne: The grim economic outlook for US states risks crippling any chance of recovery.
Mother of Jackson children 'to seek custody'
Friday, 3 July 2009
Debbie Rowe, the mother of two of Michael Jackson's children, Prince Michael, 12, and Paris Michael Katherine,11, told a television station in Los Angeles last night that she intended to file for custody for both of them.
Bailiffs move into Madoff's $7m Manhattan home
Friday, 3 July 2009
The US government has seized possession of Bernard Madoff's $7m penthouse on Manhattan's exclusive Upper East Side, changing the locks and forcing his wife of 50 years, Ruth Madoff, to seek new accommodation.
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Who's who in the West Wing
Forget Josh Lyman and Toby Ziegler. The people closest to the 44th US President are far more exciting than the characters in the show
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