Obama: Shutdown talks yield no deal
2011-04-08 10:20:08
US President Barack Obama on Thursday night said talks with Republican leadership in White House on budget row didn't reach a deal.
US eyes prolonged presence in Iraq
2011-04-08 09:42:56
The US government would keep its troops in Iraq beyond the agreed final withdrawal date of December 31, 2011, if the Iraqi government wanted them.
Camera catches elder abuse at US facility
2011-04-08 08:46:05
Aides at an assisted living facility assaulted and mocked a half-naked dementia patient as the elderly woman struggled to flee her room.
Errors still common in US hospitals
2011-04-07 14:41:18
About one in three people in the United States will encounter some kind of mistake during a hospital stay, US researchers said on Thursday.
US ambassador bids farewell on a Harley
2011-04-07 14:39:12
US Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman rides a Harley motorcycle on a street in Shanghai, East China, April 7, 2011.
Former US rep to seek Gadhafi's exit
2011-04-07 10:19:54
A former US congressman arrived in Libya and was due to meet Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi on Wednesday
US rebuffs Gadhafi plea to Obama on air campaign
2011-04-07 10:18:59
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday rebuffed a personal appeal from Muammar Gadhafi to President Barack Obama to stop an "unjust war"
US defense secretary arrives in Baghdad for talks
2011-04-07 10:12:21
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Baghdad Wednesday evening to hold talks with senior Iraqi officials over the political and security situations
Gadhafi asks Obama to end airstrikes
2011-04-07 08:14:44
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi appealed directly to US President Barack Obama on Wednesday to end what Gadhafi called "an unjust war."
Washington PR firm aids opposition
2011-04-07 08:01:07
The Harbour Group is helping Libya's most prominent rebel organization to raise its profile among journalists and politicians in the US capital.
Obama ups the ante in budget row with Republicans
2011-04-07 08:01:07
An impatient US President Barack Obama is in a high-stakes battle to clinch a budget deal and avert a government shutdown by Friday's deadline
Virgin's Branson unveils deep-sea submarine plans
2011-04-07 07:00:12
Virgin Group founder Richard Branson said on Tuesday he planned to explore the deepest parts of the world's oceans with a jet-like submarine.