AMERICAS

• US warns Burma to cooperate with UN

  Friday, 25th July,2008

  The US has warned Burma's military rulers they must cooperate with UN mediator Ibrahim Gambari or face increased pressure from the Security Council. read more...

• McCain to meet Dalai Lama for talks

  Friday, 25th July,2008

  Republican presidential candidate John McCain is to hold talks with the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, on Friday. read more...

• Most Americans believe Obama will win

  Friday, 25th July,2008

  A majority of Americans believe Democratic candidate Barack Obama will win the US presidential election against Republican hopeful John McCain in November. read more...

• Bin Laden's bodyguard 'released by US'

  Friday, 25th July,2008

  A Moroccan prisoner released from Guantanamo in 2004 was Osama bin Laden's top bodyguard, according to testimony in the trial of another alleged bodyguard. read more...

• Obama wows crowd of 200,000 in Berlin

  Friday, 25th July,2008

  US presidential hopeful Barack Obama has told crowds in Berlin that Americans and Europeans must tear down walls between estranged allies, races and faiths. read more...

• Dolly rain dwindles, leaving floods

  Friday, 25th July,2008

  Tropical Storm Dolly has dumped rain over Texas and Mexico after pummelling the coast as a category two hurricane a day earlier, leaving floods in its wake. read more...

• IOC sues website using Olympics logos

  Thursday, 24th July,2008

  The International Olympic Committee and its US arm file lawsuits against a California company for falsely conveying affiliation with Olympics. read more...

• Dolly batters northern Mexico with rain

  Thursday, 24th July,2008

  Hurricane Dolly has toppled trees and sent billboards flying in Matamoros in Mexico, and authorities south of the US border warned of possible flooding. read more...

• Pregnant man shows off miracle baby

  Thursday, 24th July,2008

  The world's first pregnant man Thomas Beatie has shown off the baby daughter he gave birth to three weeks ago after 40 hours of labour. read more...

• Will Smith tops rich list

  Thursday, 24th July,2008

  Will Smith, Johnny Depp and Eddie Murphy were the best paid Hollywood actors in the past year, according to Forbes magazine's special issue, Entertainment All Stars.
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• Hurricane Dolly slams into Texas

  Thursday, 24th July,2008

  Residents living near levees and rivers are warned to flee as hurricane brings winds of 160km/h to the US/Mexico border region. read more...

• Bin Laden's driver denies al-Qaeda link

  Thursday, 24th July,2008

  Prosecutors have played a video that shows a driver for Osama bin Laden denying any connection to al-Qaeda but also fretting that he is "finished". read more...

• Lucky escape for bullfight spectators

  Wednesday, 23rd July,2008

  A day of bull fighting in Colombia was interrupted by a stands collapse, during which nearly 100 people came crashing down.
  VIDEO: Bull fighting match stand collapses read more...

• NY police kill retired cop in shootout

  Wednesday, 23rd July,2008

  A retired police sergeant who fled a psychiatric hospital was killed by New York police officers during a gunbattle outside his home. read more...

• Viagra helps depressed women: study

  Wednesday, 23rd July,2008

  Erectile dysfunction drug proves effective at combating sexual dysfunction in depressed women, according to a study. read more...