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Suu Kyi offers to work with Burma generals

16.11.09
Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has requested a meeting with the military regime's senior leader, adding to signs that lines of communication are opening up between her and the junta... more

Gunman gave away furniture on morning of shootings

06.11.09
Major Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, is an American citizen, born and raised in Virginia. His parents emigrated to the US from a Palestinian town near Jerusalem. Military officials said he is of Jordanian origin... more

Solid return gives Hewitt perfect start

04.08.09
Lleyton Hewitt was satisfied with his return to action as he began his summer hard-court campaign with a win at the ATP Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington DC... more

Shunned by Obama but it’s probably for the best

17.07.09
It’s taken a while, but President Obama has his technology team in place. What’s most striking to us in California is how few of them have any association with the foremost regional generator of tech innovation (which would, ahem, be us) ... more

Plumbers have the job prospects in a recession-hit world

13.07.09
White-collar workers are standing by helplessly as technology, cheap labour and the recession destroy their jobs. It's plumbers who now have prospects... more

Shame on the no-shows for Silvio Berlusconi's big day

09.07.09
In real life, when someone’s having a bad year, families tend to rally round. But the top table of world leaders isn’t like that, it seems ... more

VIDEO: Seven die in Washington Metro ‘thunder crash’

23.06.09
At least seven people have died in a “thunder crash” train collision — the worst disaster in the history of Washington DC’s Metro system... more

Racist emails target Barack Obama

17.06.09
A string of racist emails featuring slurs against Barack Obama have been circulating among the Republican Party, it has been revealed... more

Bank recruits American who called for Wall Street heads to roll

16.06.09
An American economist who recently called for Wall Street bank chief executives to be fired is joining the Bank of England's interest-rate setting monetary policy committee... more

Holocaust museum killer boasted of his anti-Semitic history

11.06.09
A white supremacist who shot a security guard dead at a Holocaust Museum in Washington DC has a long history of criminal and anti-Semitic behaviour, it emerged... more

Short shrift to the optimists who say the slump is over

04.06.09
So was that it? The great recession of 2008-09 is already over? To hear some in New York talk about it, yes, the worst of the storms have passed ... more

London architect designs symbol of the Obama era

15.04.09
A London architect has won the contract to design one of the world’s most high-profile new building projects... more

Globetrotting MPs: they get around

07.04.09
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Spitzer's back with $180m property deal

06.03.09
Disgraced former New York Governor and Wall Street clean-up king Eliot Spitzer is back in business... more

From Bracknell (and Kenya) to the White House: Barack's family visit

02.03.09
These are the first pictures of Barack Obama inside the White House with his British stepmother... more

Obama choir signs record deal as they fly into Heathrow

23.01.09
A Kenyan youth choir that performed at Barack Obama’s inauguration was preparing to sign up with a London music label in a ceremony at Heathrow airport... more

His father would be proud, says stepmother

20.01.09
Barack Obama's stepmother has told how he was "relaxed but emotional" shortly before he took the world stage to be sworn in as America's first black president... more

‘Yes, sir!’ and ‘Amen’ to an unimaginable triumph

19.01.09
As the Obamas take over the best address in town, black Washington’s churches are filled with rejoicing. But here, in the poorest parts of the city, no one expects a miracle... more

Washington goes into lockdown for security nightmare

19.01.09
The biggest security operation in history is being mobilised for Barack Obama's inauguration tomorrow... more

Stepmother flies to watch new president 'achieve his dream'

15.01.09
The British-based stepmother of Barack Obama headed for the White House to watch him being sworn in as America's new president... more

All around the world for £1.4 million

30.12.08
Globetrotting backbench MPs have received £1.4million of free trips in a year - flying first class, staying in five-star hotels and getting a daily cash allowance... more

Obama warned national poll lead is 'misleading'

04.11.08
Barack Obama's lead in the national opinion polls is unlikely to be reflected in the actual election result, an expert warned... more

Winner takes all: how the electoral colleges work

31.10.08
America's Founding Fathers designed a voting system that would stop small-fry states being bullied by their big neighbours... more

Lobbyist who rocked Washington jailed

05.09.08
A disgraced Washington lobbyist is to serve four more years in jail in a corruption scandal that rocked the city's power elite... more

Drivers face £5 toll on motorways into London

16.07.08
Toll lanes may be introduced on motorways around London under a £6 billion congestion-busting scheme announced... more

Tough times, but still they keep giving

14.07.08
New York's billionaires, it seems, have not really noticed the downturn. They still spend their summers on lavish yachts in Europe, and are still flying in their own planes... more

Legally ginger: Miss Geri Halliwell goes to Washington

25.03.08
It may not be as memorable as her trademark Spice Girl Union Jack outfit, but Geri Halliwell took a more classic approach to her role as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador... more

DVDs of the week

30.10.07
Bruce Willis is brill in Die Hard 4.0, Oasis are really dreary, and French comedy Poltergay is camper than a poodle on roller skates.... more

Intriguing but unconvincing

09.10.07
The more director Noah Lee Margetts and the actors tell us in Cats-Paw, the less convincing it all seems.... more

Italian is still in fashion

30.10.06
It's remarkable that up-market Italian Quirinale has survived as long as it has, but this is one of the few institutions in the Westminster Village that deserves to stay in fashion.... more

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