Americas
Obama's budget to target rich

Barack Obama will propose a budget that raises taxes on millionaires and seeks billions of dollars to create jobs.
Santorum takes aim at Romney

A day after Mitt Romney regained some momentum in the Republican presidential contest, his rival Rick Santorum went on the attack.
The different states of America
Blog: Two basketball teams - Los Angeles' Lakers and Boston's Celtics - symbolise the vast differences between their two cities.
Pilot attacked on Brazilian airliner
A Brazilian airliner made a forced landing after a passenger reportedly attacked a pilot and crew members.
Uzbek admits plot to kill Obama

A man from Uzbekistan has pleaded guilty to plotting to kill US President Barack Obama.
Obama in birth control backtrack

US President Barack Obama has backed down on a policy that would have required religious organisations to provide birth control to employees.
TV host recovering from dog bite

A television anchor who was bitten in the face by an 38.5-kilogram Argentine Mastiff during a live broadcast has been released from a hospital.
Massive methamphetamine haul

Mexican troops have made a historic seizure of 15 tons of pure methamphetamine in the western state of Jalisco, an amount equivalent to half of all meth seizures worldwide in 2009.
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Marines posed with Nazi symbol

US Marine Corps are again in damage control after a photograph surfaced of a sniper team in Afghanistan posing in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS.
Dramatic rescue in Pacific
A family of three attempting their first voyage across the Pacific in a yacht were left adrift in rough seas hundreds of kilometres from land when their mast broke in high winds.
Cameras capture abduction ordeal

US security cameras capture the moment a stranger tried to abduct a seven-year-old girl.
Wanted Brit nabbed in US

A British armoured car guard suspected of driving off with a fortune worth US$1.5 million back in 1993 has been captured in rural Missouri,
Tribe sues beer companies

An American Indian tribe is sueing some of the world's largest beer makers, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related problems on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Argentina slams British 'militarisation'
Argentina's president has accused Britain of "militarising the South Atlantic" and said she would complain to the United Nations, as tension rises ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Falklands war.
27pc of terror suspects rejoin fight - report
Of the 600 terror suspects released from Guantanamo Bay, 27 per cent reengaged in terrorist activities, a US report has found.
Derailed train ploughs into homes, cars

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A subway train has derailed near a children's playground in Santiago, Chile, smashing parked vehicles and crashing into an apartment building.
Teen thrill killer apologises

A US teenager who had described the slaying of a young neighbour girl as an "ahmazing" thrill has made an emotional apology to the girl's family.
Rescued dog bites TV host

A dog rescued by a firefighter from a freezing pond has been impounded after biting a veteran US television anchor in the face during a live morning broadcast.
Snow boy video outrage

Parents of four-year-old boy filmed in the snow wearing only underpants accused of cruelty.
Santorum upsets Republican race
Republican US presidential contender Rick Santorum has claimed a surge of momentum and fundraising after his shocking sweep of three nominating contests that dealt a blow to front-runner Mitt Romney.
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One dead after SH1 crash near Wellington
Adele's the big winner at Grammys
Body found in Sydney tree identified
Police find woman's body in Manawatu
Woman crushed, friend watched 'helplessly'
Houston died in bathtub - coroner