Mother of a soldier held in custody in the US for allegedly leaking data to WikiLeaks asks William Hague for help because she fears her son's mental health is deteriorating... more
A US Army private suspected of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the WikiLeaks whistleblowing website is charged with aiding the enemy, a crime that can carry the death penalty... more
The daring selection of Novecento pays off handsomely for Róisín McBrinn, the second former resident assistant director at the Donmar Warehouse... more
Wife who arranged the murders of her husband and a stepson over an insurance payment becomes the first woman to be executed in America for five years... more
The US state of Virginia plans to carry out its first execution of a woman in nearly a century amid appeals from the European Union and claims by Iran of western double standards... more
The two surviving daughters of French multiple-child killer Dominique Cottrez have paid tribute to their mother, calling her 'the best there is'... more
The Queen was welcomed to Bermuda by the Governor, Sir Richard Gozney, as she arrived for a thanksgiving service to mark 400 years of Britain's settlement... more
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
The American who sneaked into the home of detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was in a Bangkok hospital today after being spared seven years in prison.... more
Police set up road blocks as vast crowds headed for Chicago's Grant Park in the hope of celebrating the election of the first black President of the United States... more
Barack Obama addressed his final rally of a campaign last night in Virginia, one of the most symbolic and critical states in his quest to win back the South and pave his way to the presidency ... more
A splendid neuroscientist from Virginia has come up with a refreshingly positive theory researched on rats and primates, but let's not split hairs that after a wobbly patch of pregnancy head, mothers do in fact have supercharged brains, for life.... more
This stage adaptation of Vernon God Little falls short in some areas by straying too far from D B C Pierre's terrifying, black comedy novel, says Nicholas de Jongh.... more
Virginia rapper, singer and producer Pharrell Williams turned himself into a one-man jukebox at his rare solo show at the Brixton Academy perfoming many of his farmed-out hits.... more
One man band Sparklehorse extinguished any atmosphere created by his sumptuous songs with an aloofness that didn't do him or his music any favours.... 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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