Tag Archives: United States

Doctor Who: Day of the Doctor takes $10m at the box office in three days

Doctor Who: Day of the Doctor

BBC’s 50th anniversary episode is global hit, with takings placing it third in US after Gravity and Hunger Games: Catching Fire Read More

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Hurricane Sandy: 10 statistics that place this powerful storm in perspective

Hurricane Sandy

Overhyped? Hardly – this storm system is massive and its effects will be felt for days by much of the US east coast

• Follow along live as the east coast braces for Sandy Read More

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‘He’s a normal guy,’ says neighbour of US sniper accused of Afghan killings

Robert Bales, left, in 2011

Robert Bales is a highly decorated staff sergeant in the American army, but now he could face the death penalty if convicted of murders Read More

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GOP debate foreign policy: prolific proliferators of confusion

CNN Republican debate

The Arizona debate exposed both the paucity and cynical self-interest of Republican candidates’ Middle East policy Read More

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Strauss-Kahn case is ‘close to collapse’, say reports

Dominique Strauss Kahn

The case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn is in doubt following reports of major holes in the credibility of the woman who alleges the former head of the IMF attacked her in May Read More

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US X-37B space plane prepares to come back to Earth

X-37B

Space vehicle has been circling the Earth for the past nine months as a test the for next generation of space vehicles Read More

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