Americas
Hillary plays hardball
The first sign of friction in the Obama camp as Mrs Clinton demands - and gets - a purge of her critics before accepting Secretary of State role
Inside Americas
Obama's green start
Sunday, 23 November 2008
Hope of early action on climate change as US president-elect prepares two bills to cut pollution and kick-start a clean energy revolution
Black asks Bush for pardon
Saturday, 22 November 2008
Request puts spotlight on President's absolute power
Mexico's anti-drug tsar is accused of taking bribes
Saturday, 22 November 2008
The senior official who until last July headed the Mexican government's drive against the country's drug barons was accused yesterday of himself accepting $450,000 (£300,000) from a powerful cartel. The news was received as further evidence the wealth of the country's drug gangs is buying them protection at some of the highest levels of government.
Florida teenager commits suicide live on internet
Saturday, 22 November 2008
The family of a Florida teenager who committed suicide while people watched via a live webstream expressed their bewilderment yesterday that no one had tried to intervene.
Hillary's quest for her 'legacy' job hits trouble
Friday, 21 November 2008
Fears that Clinton as Secretary of State would create rival centre of power to challenge Obama
Teenager commits suicide live on internet
Friday, 21 November 2008
A 19-year-old committed suicide after taking a drug overdose live on the internet, a medical investigator said today.
US attorney general collapses during speech
Friday, 21 November 2008
US Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the no-nonsense ally in President George W. Bush's war on terror, was hospitalised yesterday after he collapsed during a late-night speech and lost consciousness.
The phoney philanthropists
Friday, 21 November 2008
Their generosity was the toast of the arts world. But Gary Tanaka and Alberto Vilar had a guilty secret. Andy McSmith reports
First 'cyber-bully' trial opens
Friday, 21 November 2008
Teenage girl killed herself after housewife's campaign on MySpace, jury told
Car industry rescue splits Democrats
Friday, 21 November 2008
A power struggle is developing inside the Democrat party between West coast environmentalists and the union-sponsored representatives of the party's industrial heartland, in a battle that will affect the future of the cash-strapped US car industry and shape President-elect Barack Obama's efforts to tackle global warming.
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