Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! All rights reserved. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/northamerica.html en-en Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:20:00 +0000 5 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/northamerica.html http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/any/u/news.gif 30 140 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080725/twl-us-vote-germany-obama-2802f3e.html /afp/20080725/r_t_afp_wl_usa/twl-us-vote-germany-obama-2802f3e_3 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:20:00 +0000 US presidential hopeful Barack Obama was due in Paris on Friday a day after telling a vast crowd of 200,000 people in Berlin that Americans and Europeans must tear down walls between estranged allies, races and faiths, in a soaring challenge to a new political generation. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080725/twl-australia-us-pakistan-afghanistan-un-2802f3e.html /afp/20080725/r_t_afp_wl_usa/twl-australia-us-pakistan-afghanistan-un-2802f3e_2 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:36:00 +0000 The United States and Australia on Friday urged Pakistan to do more to control militant activity in its border areas to stem the growing insurgency in Afghanistan. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080724/twl-us-vote-obama-germany-2802f3e.html /afp/20080724/r_t_afp_wl_usa/twl-us-vote-obama-germany-2802f3e_4 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:38:00 +0000 US presidential hopeful Barack Obama discussed global hotspots Thursday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of a foreign policy speech before tens of thousands in the heart of Berlin. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080724/twl-russia-us-cuba-missile-military-2802f3e.html /afp/20080724/r_t_afp_wl_usa/twl-russia-us-cuba-missile-military-2802f3e_1 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:01:00 +0000 Russia's defence ministry on Thursday denied a report it was considering basing bomber aircraft in Cuba in retaliation for US missile defence plans in Eastern Europe, a news agency reported. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080724/twl-us-russia-cuba-military-nuclear-cast-2802f3e.html /afp/20080724/r_t_afp_wl_usa/twl-us-russia-cuba-military-nuclear-cast-2802f3e_1 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:49:00 +0000 Fidel Castro said Havana owed no apologies to Washington over reports that Russia might start flying long-range bombers to Cuba, and warned that his country "had nerves of steel in times of genocide". AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080724/twl-us-mexico-weather-storm-2802f3e.html /afp/20080724/r_t_afp_wl_usa/twl-us-mexico-weather-storm-2802f3e_2 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:01:00 +0000 Hurricane Dolly was downgraded to a tropical storm late Wednesday after it tore into the south Texas coast with 160-kilometer (100-mile) per hour winds and left 250,000 people without drinking water in Mexico. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080724/twl-us-attacks-justice-trial-guantanamo-2802f3e.html /afp/20080724/r_t_afp_wl_usa/twl-us-attacks-justice-trial-guantanamo-2802f3e_1 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:34:00 +0000 Osama bin Laden's driver was part of a small circle of loyal staff and knew his boss was involved in terrorist attacks, a US military tribunal here learned from an FBI witness and interrogation videos. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080724/twl-us-china-oly-2008-rights-2802f3e.html /afp/20080724/r_t_afp_wl_usa/twl-us-china-oly-2008-rights-2802f3e_1 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:09:00 +0000 A resolution was introduced in the US House of Representatives asking China to end human rights abuses and its support for tainted governments in Sudan and Myanmar in line with "Olympic traditions of freedom and openness". AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080723/twl-us-russia-cuba-military-nuclear-2802f3e.html /afp/20080723/r_t_afp_wl_usa/twl-us-russia-cuba-military-nuclear-2802f3e_2 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:35:00 +0000 Russia would cross "a red line for the United States of America" if it were to base nuclear capable bombers in Cuba, a top US air force officer warned. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080723/twl-us-crime-religion-polygamy-child-sex-2802f3e.html /afp/20080723/r_t_afp_wl_usa/twl-us-crime-religion-polygamy-child-sex-2802f3e_1 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:50:00 +0000 The jailed leader of a polygamist sect and five other men linked to a Texas compound raided earlier this year have been indicted on child sexual assault and other charges, officials said. AFP