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Lockerbie plane bombing 2hr 47min ago

David Cameron tells Barack Obama he will release Lockerbie files

20 Jul 2010: PM resists inquiry into release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi as president demands all facts should come out
BP oil spill 2hr 57min ago

BP oil spill cleanup threatened by tropical storms

20 Jul 2010: A storm in Gulf of Mexico could massively disrupt effort to permanently stop flow of more oil
Ebooks 3hr 20min ago

Amazon's ebook milestone: digital sales outstrip hardbacks for first time in US

20 Jul 2010: Amazon US says it has sold 143 digital books for every 100 hardbacks in the last three months
Barack Obama 3hr 30min ago

Art for Barack, candles for Michelle: the special relationship in official gifts

20 Jul 2010: David Cameron present gifts to the Obamas – and reveals a very different side from previous prime minister
US immigration 3hr 52min ago

Barack Obama sends 1,200 National Guardsmen to seal Mexican border

20 Jul 2010: Attempt to stop illegal immigrants and drugs comes as critics warn Arizona law will lead to racial profiling
Afghanistan 4hr 5min ago

Hillary Clinton vows to defend rights of Afghan women

20 Jul 2010: US secretary of state tells foreign ministers meeting in Kabul women 'will not be sacrificed' in any peace deal with the Taliban
David Cameron 4hr 15min ago

Barack Obama welcomes David Cameron to the US

20 Jul 2010: US president meets PM in Oval Office to discuss Afghanistan, the Lockerbie bomber and the BP oil spill
Invasive species 5hr ago

States sue federal government over Asian carp threat to Great Lakes

20 Jul 2010: • Lawsuit seeks barrier to block exotic fish on Little Calumet river
• Move to protect $7bn fisheries from invasive species
Afghanistan 5hr 10min ago

Plan to begin Afghan security handover this year dropped

20 Jul 2010: • Petraeus not convinced by early transition of powers
• Kabul conference agrees to complete handover by 2014

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US blogs

More mosque madness

Michael Tomasky: Opposition to mosques in the US getting way out of hand
Sarah Palin, Manhattan expert

Michael Tomasky: That great urban planning expert from Wasilla, Alaska weighs in on the ground zero mosque
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US sport

George Steinbrenner: the biggest loser in baseball

Muhammad Cohen: The New York Yankees owner was a cruel and petty bully, who does not deserve the eulogies following his death this week
Is the MLS a retirement home for has beens?

Poll
Thierry Henry has signed for New York Red Bulls. Is the US a country for old men?
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Comment

Sarah Palin: getting the Humpty

Sarah Churchwell: Sarah Palin may irk language scholars. But her portmanteaus put her in esteemed company
Conrad Black: the saga continues

George Tombs: Release on bail will mean a welcome taste of freedom for Conrad Black – but it may not signal the end of his legal woes
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US economy

Helping homeowners – or the banks?

Dean Baker: Obama's policy to help homeowners relies on the flow of money from taxpayers to banks – and unsurprisingly, it isn't working
Obama's untold story

Michael Tomasky: Democrats are failing to convince voters that their efforts have made the economy stronger
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