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Ten signs Election Day is over
It's been a long slog of a campaign and many Americans - whether their favored candidate won or lost - are just relieved it's...
Barack Obama addresses looming fiscal cliff
President Barack Obama will make a statement on the economy later, setting the stage for a political showdown over a looming budget crisis. Barack Obama...
Burma train crash: at least 25 people killed and dozens injured in Kantbalu
A train carrying liquid fuel has crashed and burst into flames near Kantbalu, central Burma, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens. The train...
Black Friday 2012: Wal-Mart opens stores on Thanksgiving Day at 8 pm
2012 Black Friday sales will have Wal-Mart throwing open their doors earlier than ever before. Opening at 8:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, two hours earlier...
McDonald’s Follansbee flies US flag upside-down as businesses close for a day of mourning after Barack Obama’s re-election
Several American businesses reacted to the news of President Barack Obama’s re-election with both anger and despair, as one McDonald’s location hung the US...
John Lewis Christmas advert 2012: The Journey
John Lewis department store unveils its new Christmas ad, banking on a lovestruck snowman to leave viewers misty-eyed. Last year’s John Lewis Christmas commercial it...
Most racist states of America: map reveals hateful tweets following Barack Obama’s re-election
Many of Americans were upset when Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney lost the election and most of them used social media to post shockingly...
General Nikolai Makarov, Russian armed forces chief, dismissed by Vladimir Putin
President Vladimir Putin has dismissed Russian armed forces chief, General Nikolai Makarov, just three days after the defence minister was sacked over a corruption...
SEAL Team Six disciplined for revealing secrets as consultants on Medal of Honor: Warfighter video game
Seven US Navy SEAL's have been disciplined for revealing secrets during work as paid consultants on a video game, officials say. They received reprimand letters...
Buenos Aires mass protests against Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner government
Thousands of Argentineans have taken to the streets of Buenos Aires in protest at the government of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Opposition activists used social...
Malala Yousafzai thanks people around the world for supporting her
Malala Yousafzai, a 15-year-old education campaigner shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan, has thanked people around the world for supporting...
New York fuel rationing based on number plate begins on Friday
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered number plate-based petrol rationing, 10 days after Hurricane Sandy battered the city. Fuel shortages since the superstorm hit...
David Graham’s four-storey underground house
David Graham, a Canadian multi-millionaire, plans to triple the size of his London mansion by digging down 50 ft to create a four-storey basement...
Snow Storm batters New York and New Jersey leaving FEMA offices closed due to bad weather
A strong winter storm last night dumped heavy snow on New York and New Jersey, also pummeled by Hurricane Sandy last week - even...
Gabrielle Giffords faces Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner in court
Gabrielle Giffords has attended court to see Jared Lee Loughner, the gunman who shot her in Arizona last year, sentenced to life in prison. Jared...
How Barack Obama won 2012 election
President Barack Obama won re-election with a similar coalition that carried him to the presidency in 2008: women, young voters, African Americans and Latinos. But...
Winter storm hits New York and New Jersey
Tens of thousands of residents in New York and New Jersey have again lost power as a winter storm hit areas still recovering from...
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, Innocence of Muslims filmmaker, in jail for probation violations
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the US man behind anti-Islam film Innocence of Muslims that led to mass protests in the Middle East has been sentenced...
China’s Communist Party starts leadership transfer at its 18th congress
China’s President Hu Jintao has opened a Communist Party congress that begins a once-in-a-decade power transfer with a stark warning on corruption. Addressing more than...
Barack Obama returns to White House for four more years of challenges
Barack Obama wasted little time on Wednesday as he headed back to Washington hours after celebrating his election victory in Chicago and securing a...
Mitt Romney Team accidentally releases victory website after he officially lost
Wednesday after Election Day, Roll Call's Political Wire posted screen grabs of some of the pages from the website that Mitt Romney and Paul...
Greece parliament backs new austerity measures plan despite violente protests
Greek parliament has narrowly backed a fresh round of austerity measures, despite violent protests across the country. The austerity package aimed at securing the next...
Dow Jones plunges 300 points after Barack Obama re-election as Wall St suffers worst day of the year
New York stocks on Wednesday night took fright at the outcome of the American presidential election as the world braced itself for prolonged and...
Guatemala earthquake: up to 15 people killed and dozens missing
Dozens of people are missing and up to 15 killed in Guatemala after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit off the Pacific coast, President Otto Perez...
2012 Mitt Romney concession speech in full
Mitt Romney thanked family and campaigners for support in his concession speech after admitting defeat in 2012 US election. Congratulating Barack Obama on his win,...
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