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Iraq Less than 1min ago

Iraq withdrawal: Barack Obama formally brings war to an end

1 Sep 2010: Seven years after the invasion, US president thanks troops for 'job well done' – but cautions against triumphalism
United States 5hr 7min ago

US salmonella scare: farm inspections reveal manure, mice and maggots

31 Aug 2010: Calls for main egg producers to be better regulated after two firms at centre of scare revealed to have breached basic hygiene
Iraq 5hr 10min ago

Iraq withdrawal: power vacuum to stay as neighbours vie for political foothold

31 Aug 2010: Months of fruitless negotiations to form a government reveals Iranian influence isn't as great as thought but still worries region
Netherlands 6hr 21min ago

Dutch police hold two Yemenis on suspicion of plotting terrorism

31 Aug 2010: Men arrested after flying to Amsterdam from Chicago suspected of conducting a terrorist 'dummy run' to test airport security
Middle East 8hr 5min ago

Obama hosts Israeli-Palestinian peace talks amid fears over settlement ban

31 Aug 2010: Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmood Abbas en route to Washington for dinner with US president
Netherlands 9hr 3min ago

Schiphol arrests: US officials suspect terror 'dry run'

31 Aug 2010: Men flew to Amsterdam from Chicago but were then arrested over suspicious items and last-minute travel itinerary changes
Hewlett-Packard 15hr 40min ago

Hewlett-Packard pays $55m to settle 'kickbacks' case

31 Aug 2010: US government claims HP defrauded it by paying other companies to recommend its products to federal agencies
US foreign policy 1 day ago

Iraq troop withdrawal: Obama hails end of combat role, but violence is on rise

30 Aug 2010:
Baghdad foreign minister says withdrawal without Iraqi government in place is 'embarrassment' for US
US housing and sub-prime crisis 1 day ago

US homeowners flock to Florida event in desperate bid to save properties

30 Aug 2010:
More than 20,000 American borrowers to hit Palm Beach as Naca's five-day mortgage modification marathon gets under way
Israel 1 day ago

Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad signals make or break for two-state solution

30 Aug 2010:
Talks in Washington – the first direct negotiations between Israel and Palestine for 20 months – 'can and must' succeed, says PM
Television 1 day ago

Emmy awards 2010: Archie Panjabi flies flag for UK

30 Aug 2010: Panjabi wins best supporting actress award for role in The Good Wife as Mad Men takes best drama series gong
Hurricane Katrina 2 days ago

Barack Obama heads to New Orleans to mark Katrina's fifth anniversary

29 Aug 2010:
President meets survivors and checks on the muliti-billion dollar programme to rebuild the devastated city

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US blogs

Sickening and shameful

What's happening in Murfreesboro, Tennessee is disgusting.
Burn your books (actually, don't)

The 20 most challenged books in America. Not quite what you'd think.
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US sport

Roger Clemens pleads not guilty to perjury and obstruction charges

Former pitcher Roger Clemens, who won the Cy Young award seven times, has entered a not-guilty plea to six charges relating to his testimony on steroid use
Bobby Thomson obituary

Giants baseball player whose winning shot was 'heard round the world'
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Comment

Vietnam, unlikely US ally

Mark Tran: Increasingly, America finds itself aligned with its old adversary in order to offset China's assertion of regional hegemony
Obama haunted by Bush's Iraq vaunt

James Denselow: The US president has managed a dignified exit from a war he opposed. But there's no hiding how disastrous it's been for Iraq
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US economy

Home truths for complacent economists

Dean Baker: Tax credits disguised the fundamental weakness of the US housing market. The reality reveals bleak prospects for growth
Global markets fall as investors are braced for poor US economic results

Nations fear US is heading for a double-dip recession with poor US employment figures expected on Friday
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Video: US troop withdrawal: reaction from Iraq

Iraqi citizens and officials offer their reactions to the news that the US is to end combat operations in Iraq