Public believes baseball hero is as much a liar as accuserAmerica: Brian McNamee is a self-confessed liar who has been misleading journalists and investigators for years about his role…Sat Feb 16 2008 - 00:00
Democrats anxious at prospect of contest dragging onAmerica : With Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in a dead-heat after Super Tuesday as Republicans start to unite around John…Sat Feb 09 2008 - 00:00
Obama and Clinton face long battle for nominationHillary Clinton and Barack Obama face weeks or even months of further campaigning after Super Tuesday left them in dead heat, …Thu Feb 07 2008 - 00:00
Politics turning personal on both sides out on the stumpUS: "The personal is political" was the battle cry of women's rights campaigners in the 1960s, but in the 2008 race for the …Sat Feb 02 2008 - 00:00
Bush seeks help from Congress on economyUS: US president George Bush has used his final State of the Union address to ask Congress to work with him during his declining…Wed Jan 30 2008 - 00:00
Kennedy support a powerful boost for ObamaBarack Obama has won the endorsement of Senator Edward Kennedy, a powerful boost for his presidential campaign ahead of Super…Tue Jan 29 2008 - 00:00
Fuming McCain lets off some steamUS Election: John McCain was standing in front of a giant pizza with his name on it in Orlando's American Pie restaurant, surrounded…Tue Jan 29 2008 - 00:00
Obama bandwagon souped up for Super Tuesday by winDemocrats face a week of intense campaigning ahead of Super Tuesday as Barack Obama seeks to parlay his thumping win in South…Mon Jan 28 2008 - 00:00
Down and dirty Bill Clinton dents Obama campaignAmerica: Bill Clinton told his audience at Walterboro Elementary School in South Carolina that he was there to answer questions…Sat Jan 26 2008 - 00:00
Markets rally after wobble as US Fed slashes ratesThe US Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by 0Wed Jan 23 2008 - 00:00
Bush seeks $145 billion package to avert US recessionUS president George Bush has warned that the United States could face an economic downturn and called for a $145 billion "shot…Sat Jan 19 2008 - 00:00
Romney win in Michigan leaves race wide openUS: Mitt Romney's victory over John McCain in Michigan's Republican primary has made the party's race for the presidency more…Thu Jan 17 2008 - 00:00
Race becomes issue in US election fightUS: Race has moved to the centre of the Democratic presidential contest as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama exchanged sharp …Tue Jan 15 2008 - 00:00
Women make the difference, pollsters make the mistakesIf Hillary Clinton was the big winner in New Hampshire on Tuesday night, the biggest losers were the pollsters, almost all of…Thu Jan 10 2008 - 00:00
Personality and populist politics charm votersUS Election: In both parties electors rejected the political establishment and chose candidates for their personal style and…Sat Jan 05 2008 - 00:00
Obama ahead in almost all voter groupsUS Election: It was clear as soon as the Iowa caucuses began on Thursday night that they were good news for Barack Obama and…Sat Jan 05 2008 - 00:00
Race issue unlikely to halt Obama's marchUS Election: When former Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley ran for governor of California in 1982, he was ahead in the polls right…Sat Jan 05 2008 - 00:00
First billion-dollar electionFundraising: The 2008 presidential election is almost a year away, but it is already on course to be the most expensive in US…Sat Dec 29 2007 - 00:00
Assassination shifts focus in election from domestic affairs to foreign policyAmerica: If Hillary Clinton and John McCain become their party's nominees for president, their success may have less to do with…Sat Dec 29 2007 - 00:00
Democratic result in Iowa likely to have knock-on effectNew Hampshire: With only five days between the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primaries, candidates will have little chance…Sat Dec 29 2007 - 00:00
Bush succession race hits the first hurdleUnited States: The early primaries are likely to cull the crowded field, writes Denis Staunton in WashingtonThu Dec 27 2007 - 00:00
No rest for voters as airwaves campaign goes onAmerica: After months of relentless campaigning, America's presidential candidate will take a short break over Christmas, giving…Sat Dec 22 2007 - 00:00
Bush lawyers knew about 'torture' tapes, says paperUS: The White House has describes as "pernicious" a report that the Bush administration may have misled the public about its…Thu Dec 20 2007 - 00:00
Mitchell shocks US with drugs in baseball reportAMERICA : In a distinguished public career, George Mitchell has been a federal judge and Senate majority leader and an international…Sat Dec 15 2007 - 00:00
Former press magnate Conrad Black is jailedFormer newspaper magnate Conrad Black, once renowned for his lavish lifestyle and flamboyant public persona, has been sentenced…Tue Dec 11 2007 - 00:00
Clinton sees peace process as model for solving other conflictsAmerica: At the end of an hour-long meeting in Washington yesterday with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, …Sat Dec 08 2007 - 00:00
Taking of prints at airports in US extendedUS: Foreign visitors arriving at Washington's Dulles airport yesterday had all 10 fingerprints scanned as part of an enhanced…Thu Dec 06 2007 - 00:00
Bush demands honesty on nuclear issueUS: Struggling to maintain international pressure on Iran after this week's admission by US intelligence agencies that Tehran…Thu Dec 06 2007 - 00:00
Iran a threat despite intelligence report, insists BushUS: President George Bush has urged the international community to maintain pressure on Iran despite a United States intelligence…Wed Dec 05 2007 - 00:00
'Fun part starts' as Hillary sheds gloves in IowaUS: Shaken by the loss of her lead in Iowa, Hillary Clinton has made a dramatic tactical shift, a bandoning the lofty indifference…Tue Dec 04 2007 - 00:00
Poll has Obama in Iowa leadUnited States: A new poll puts Barack Obama ahead of Hillary Clinton in Iowa, which holds the first presidential caucus on January…Mon Dec 03 2007 - 00:00
American Jewish lobby weighs in on partition of JerusalemAmerica: If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunningSat Dec 01 2007 - 00:00
Annapolis puts Golan Heights talks on agendaUS: Negotiations between Israel and Syria over the Golan Heights could move centre-stage in a follow-up to this week's Annapolis…Fri Nov 30 2007 - 00:00
A glimpse of the reality of waterboardingAmerica: Hours before the Senate confirmed Michael Mukasey as attorney general, despite his failure to say that waterboarding…Sat Nov 10 2007 - 00:00
$4m raised in one day by 'crank' candidateUS: Dismissed by Republican rivals as a libertarian crank and scarcely registering in opinion polls, presidential candidate …Wed Nov 07 2007 - 00:00
Mukasey likely to be new attorney generalUS: The US Senate judiciary committee has approved the nomination of Michael Mukasey as US attorney general, making his confirmation…Wed Nov 07 2007 - 00:00
Ex-narcotics officer changes sides in war on drugsAmerica: As a narcotics officer in West Texas, Barry Cooper was a star, arresting more than 800 people in eight years, mostly…Sat Nov 03 2007 - 00:00
Californians return home as fires die downUnited States: Thousands of Californians returned to their homes yesterday as firefighters reported progress in battling wildfires…Sat Oct 27 2007 - 01:00
US targets Iran's elite forces with tough new sanctionsUS: The Bush administration has announced tough new sanctions against Iran, declaring that the elite Quds division of the Revolutionary…Fri Oct 26 2007 - 01:00
Iran could strike at Europe, warns BushUS: President George Bush has described the need for a missile defence system in Europe as "real and urgent", warning that some…Wed Oct 24 2007 - 01:00
Gore says Nobel Prize must spur climate actionUS: Former US vice-president Al Gore has said he hopes his award yesterday of the Nobel Peace Prize will raise consciousness…Sat Oct 13 2007 - 01:00
Unscriptural scandal is a blow to religious rightAmerica Letter: Students at Oral Roberts University, a Christian college in Tulsa, Arizona, named after its televangelist founder…Sat Oct 13 2007 - 01:00
FF 'no threat' to SF in NorthThe North's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has said that if Fianna Fáil organises there, it will not represent a greater…Fri Oct 12 2007 - 01:00
Republican hopefuls would consider Iran attackUnited States: Republican presidential candidates have said the US might have to attack Iran to stop Tehran from developing …Thu Oct 11 2007 - 01:00
US court rejects move for rendition redressThe United States Supreme Court has rejected an attempt to seek redress by a German citizen who says he was kidnapped by the …Wed Oct 10 2007 - 01:00
Killer in jealous rage, says familyUS: A part-time police officer who killed six people in a shooting rampage in a small Wisconsin town may have been acting in…Tue Oct 09 2007 - 01:00
Clinton cackle irrelevant if Hillary has last laughAmerica Letter: Hillary Clinton may be far ahead of her Democratic rivals in the polls after launching a new plan for universal…Sat Oct 06 2007 - 01:00
Craig insists he will stay in SenateUS: Republican senator Larry Craig says he wants to stay in the Senate until 2009, despite a judge's rejection of his attempt…Sat Oct 06 2007 - 01:00
Arm's length: France and NatoFRANCE: A founder member of Nato in 1949, France withdrew its forces from the alliance's integrated military structure in 1966…Tue Sept 25 2007 - 01:00
Fed cuts US interest rate by 0.5% to halt downturnThe US Federal Reserve has cut its key interest rate for the first time in four years in a dramatic attempt to stop the slump…Wed Sept 19 2007 - 01:00
