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Iraq: The war logs 3hr 11min ago

Iraq war logs: British legal threat as UN calls on Obama to look at torture claims

23 Oct 2010: Involvement of UK troops in deaths could have been contrary to international law
Iraq: The war logs 9hr 21min ago

Iraq war logs: UN calls on Obama to investigate human rights abuses

23 Oct 2010: • Demand follows massive leak of military documents
• UK lawyer warns crimes may have involved British forces
Iraq: The war logs 10hr 11min ago

Iraq war logs: Obama must investigate torture claims, says UN envoy

23 Oct 2010: Manfred Nowak says US is obliged to examine claims that military handed over Iraqi detainees knowing they might be killed
United States 21hr 28min ago

Shark kills bodyboarder in California

23 Oct 2010: 19-year-old dies after attack in Santa Barbara
Iraq: The war logs 1 day ago

Iraq war logs: disclosure condemned by Hillary Clinton and Nato

22 Oct 2010: Officials say lives could be put at risk by WikiLeaks's release of 400,00 secret US army field reports
Pakistan 1 day ago

US offers Pakistan $2bn arms deal to fight Taliban and al-Qaida

22 Oct 2010: Clinton announces 30% rise in arms funding to focus on offensives against terror havens along Afghanistan border
Mel Gibson 1 day ago

Mel Gibson film cameo cancelled after protests from cast and crew

22 Oct 2010: New setback for troubled actor as Warner confirms he won't appear as a tattoo artist in The Hangover 2
Pakistan 1 day ago

US to cut aid to Pakistan military units over human rights abuses

22 Oct 2010: Obama administration to agree separate aid package for counter-terrorism operations
Greenslade 1 day ago

Soros donates $1m to the fight against Fox News

22 Oct 2010:
Philanthropist George Soros has given a $1m donation to Media Matters, a website that monitors conservative media in the US
Barack Obama 1 day ago

Barack Obama video supports gay teenagers

22 Oct 2010: It Gets Better Project receives backing of US president amid concerns over spate of gay American teenagers killing themselves
United States 1 day ago

Firing of Juan Williams for Muslim comments attacked by US rightwingers

22 Oct 2010: Sacked NPR man Juan Williams cheered on by US rightwingers including Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh and Mike Huckabee
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae 2 days ago

US taxpayers warned Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may need $363bn bailouts

21 Oct 2010: Federal Housing Finance Agency regulator says government-backed funds may need further aid over bad mortgage losses

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Barack Obama video supports gay teenagers

It Gets Better Project receives backing of US president amid concerns over spate of gay American teenagers killing themselves
America's Toughest Sheriff rallies Tea Party troops against illegal immigrants

Arizona's Joe Arpaio brings his round-'em-up-and-deport-'em politics to Las Vegas on latest stop of Tea Party Express
Democrats target black vote as Tea Party collects converts

Majority of African-Americans still back Obama, which could be crucial in midterms, but in Kentucky some are switching sides
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Tea Party Express yourself

Lloyd Marcus: The 'A' team aboard the campaign bus is an eclectic mix of talent, but you can be sure they're coming to a town near you
Barack Obama becomes first US president to autograph an iPad

Richard Adams: Even Barack Obama can't avoid the iPad as a supporter's high-tech chutzpah is rewarded with a presidential signature
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NFL Talkboard: Week seven

Paolo Bandini: Have your say on all the week's big stories in the NFL, plus take part in our Pick Six predictions game
San Francisco coach Mike Singletary gets serious after the pants saga

Ahead of the NFL match at Wembley, Mike Singletary tells Paolo Bandini about his controversial debut as San Francisco 49ers head coach
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Iraq war logs: military privatisation run amok

Pratap Chatterjee: The Wikileaks logs provide ample evidence of private security contractors entirely unaccountable for lethal rogue actions
WikiLeaks Iraq war logs: Why Iraq has the right to know the full death toll

Hamit Dardagan and John Sloboda: The Iraq war logs show the US withheld details of thousands of civilian deaths. This was wrong, and counterproductive
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US economy

US intensifies trade row with China

Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner calls for cap on trade surpluses before G20 meeting in thinly veiled attack on Beijing
Timothy Geithner's letter to G20 finance leaders

Following is the text of the main points of a letter sent to G20 finance leaders meeting in South Korea, a copy of which was seen by Reuters
- Geithner calls on G20 nations to avert global currency war
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Tomasky Talk: US midterms 2010: Florida

Michael Tomasky looks at the potential Republican wins in Florida, where Tea Party favourite Marco Rubio is the frontrunner in a three-way senate race, and Democrat Alex Sink is neck-and-neck with Rick Scott in the contest for governor