San Diego, with its famous beach culture, is the epitome of laid-back California. Now it has smart restaurants and hip hotels, while new flights make it easier to get to, says Jo Fernàndez... more
US Navy Seals killed when their helicopter was shot down 60 miles south-west of Kabul in Afghanistan were on their way to rescue American soldiers from Taliban fighters, it emerges... more
America is 'hot on the trail' of al Qaeda's deputy leader after gaining important leads about the terror group's top figures from material found in Osama Bin Laden's house, senior US officials said... more
US sends special radar-equipped warship to the Mediterranean Sea in first step to developing broad anti-ballistic missile system to protect Europe against a potential Iranian nuclear threat... more
Oil services and engineering group AMEC says its business trading was near the top of expectations in a year when it has been buoyed by contract wins
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The 33 miners trapped in Chile face the greatest trauma of their two months underground when they are winched to the surface in a capsule, experts warn... more
Reaction to George Osborne’s Budget was, and should be, positive. It was bold in design and delivery, and on the tax aspects difficult to fault. But the savings side remains a worry. Can he really deliver what he claimed he will?... more
David “Danny” Blanchflower launches a scathing attack on new Chancellor George Osborne and Lib-Con plans to start cutting the deficit this year.... more
A Haitian woman in London tells of her relief at hearing how her parents escaped unharmed when their house was flattened by the earthquake that devastated the country... more
A US Navy warship arrived off the coast of Somalia as negotiations began to rescue the captain of an American cargo ship who was seized by Somali pirates... more
So what will Stephen Hester will do at RBS? Those seeking clues will naturally take an interest in how the former head of Abbey house-cleaned this rather dusty property company during three years of boom and one year of bust... more
A computer geek who hacked into top secret US military networks will be extradited to America within a fortnight to face trial after he lost his last-ditch legal appeal... more
You hear Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla's installation, Clamor, before you see it as the sound of military marching tunes bashed out by a brass band fills the gallery.... more
Film-making duo Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla have taken a special interest in an island off the Puerto Rican mainland but the films they have produced are imeasurably tedious.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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