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Turks and Caicos PM quits after corruption inquiry
The premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands has resigned after an investigation found “clear signs of corruption” in the British overseas territory.
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Obama's $1 trillion card
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Plan to aid US banking system triggers buying frenzy on stock markets worldwide.
Obama praises space shuttle in call
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
The astronauts aboard the linked shuttle-station complex took a congratulatory call from the White House today and told President Barack Obama and schoolchildren all about their adventures in space.
JFK fathered son in wartime fling, claims woman
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
“In the spring of 1945, I realised that I was pregnant. I told John and he offered to marry me. But it was out of the question.”
Shamed AIG executives return bonus money
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Three-quarters of the AIG top executives who got millions in bonuses have agreed to pay the money back.
No black box to find cause of crash that killed 14
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Safety experts said finding the cause of a plane crash in the United States that killed 14 is likely to be significantly complicated by the absence of black boxes, key radar data or any mayday call from the single-engine aircraft.
'Deathbed' confession to 32-year-old murder is premature
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Lying in his bed for what he was convinced were his final moments, James Brewer, a stroke victim, felt compelled to confess to a crime that had weighed on his conscience for more than three decades.
US details $1trn toxic asset plan
Monday, 23 March 2009
The United States tried to persuade private investors today to take on huge sums in banks' toxic assets, while the IMF warned of a drastic rise in unemployment that might threaten democracy in some countries or even provoke war.
Seven children killed in Montana plane crash
Monday, 23 March 2009
A total of 14 people were killed after the plane nose-dived as it approached an airport.
Obama: I won't let Treasury Secretary quit his job
Monday, 23 March 2009
President seeks to end criticism of aide at centre of row over Wall Street bonuses
Sylvia Plath's son commits suicide in Alaska
Monday, 23 March 2009
Nicholas Hughes, the son of poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, has killed himself. His death was 46 years after his mother committed suicide and almost 40 years to the day after his stepmother, Assia Wevill, did the same. He was 47.
Who's who in the West Wing
Forget Josh Lyman and Toby Ziegler. The people closest to the 44th US President are far more exciting than the characters in the show
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With Barack Obama now President, we take a look back at an historic and memorable race for the White House.
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