US ECONOMY: 'Tea party' protests mark tax day
US President Barack Obama promised to reform the US tax system as Americans rushed to meet the deadline to file tax returns. Obama's critics marked the day with "tea party" protests, styled on the Boston Tea Party tax revolt in 1773.
USA: Obama heads for Mexico to back war on drugs
US President Barack Obama travels to Mexico on Thursday, a day after Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano named a "border czar", Alan Bersin, in charge of coordinating anti-drug trafficking efforts along the US-Mexican border.
SOMALIA: Clinton unveils US plan to fight piracy
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has unveiled a four-point plan to fight piracy, calling for prosecution and freezing of assets, as well as "[cracking] down on companies that do business with pirates."
USA: Obamas made $2,5 million in 2008
US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle made 2.65 million dollars in 2008, mostly from royalties of his two best-selling books "Dreams of My Father" and "The Audacity of Hope", the White House said Wednesday.
COLOMBIA: Drug kingpin nabbed after lengthy manhunt
Police have captured Colombia's biggest drug kingpin Daniel Rendon (alias Don Mario), for whom the government had offered a 2.1-million-dollar bounty. They say Rendon is in charge of a network of 1,500 hitmen used by drug trafficking cartels.
USA : From 'TJ' to Mustafa: Guantanamo guard converts to Islam
As a prison guard at Guantanamo Bay, Terry Holdbrooks witnessed the inhumane treatment of detainees who resolutely kept their faith. It was an observation that led the Phoenix, Arizona native to convert to Islam.
JUSTICE - USA: 'Nazi guard' gets last-minute extradition delay
John Demjanjuk, an alleged WWII Nazi camp guard, has been released from custody after a US appeals court decided to halt his extradition. Hours earlier, US agents had carried the 89-year-old from his home to face trial in Germany.
HAITI: Donors pledge $324 million for impoverished Haiti
International donors have pledged a 324-million-dollar aid package for the Caribbean state in a bid to revive an economy ravaged by last year's devastating hurricanes and crippling increases in the price of staple goods and gasoline.
FINANCIAL CRISIS: Obama sees 'glimmers of hope' for economy
US President Barack Obama said in a live television address on Tuesday that there are "glimmers of hope" for the economy but tempered this optimism by warning of the financial "pitfalls that may lie ahead".
MIDEAST - USA: Mitchell on regional tour to promote two-state solution
US President Barack Obama's special envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell is in Israel for talks on promoting a two-state solution. Mitchell will also meet with Palestinian leaders as part of his regional tour.
DIPLOMACY: Obama to join southern neighbours at Americas Summit
US President Barack Obama will meet most of his Latin American counterparts for the first time at the Fifth Summit of the Americas, starting on April 17, where he hopes to reinvigorate Washington’s shrinking ties and influence in the region.
BOLIVIA: Morales ends hunger strike as new electoral code is approved
Bolivian lawmakers have approved a new electoral code which will allow President Evo Morales to run for a second five-year term. Morales had gone on hunger strike for six days to demand the new legislation.
USA - CUBA: Fidel Castro wants end to 'cruel' embargo, not 'charity'
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro called for an end to the US embargo on Cuba, scoffing at US President Barack Obama's lifting of some restrictions between the two nations. He said: "Obama could use his talents toward a constructive policy."
USA: Music producer Phil Spector guilty of murder
A Los Angeles court has found music producer Phil Spector guilty of second degree murder in the shooting death of an actress at his mansion in 2003.
Cuba: Fidel Castro calls for end to 'cruel' US sanctions
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro called Monday for an end to the US embargo on Cuba, calling it "the most cruel of all actions" hours after US President Barack Obama eased limits on travel and money transfers by Cuban-Americans.
USA: Deadly wildfires, tornadoes ravage southeast states
A strong storm system cut a swath of destruction from Texas to Tennessee, killing at least eight, injuring dozens, and leaving destruction in its wake. One of the fires appears to have been deliberate.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Microsoft ordered to pay $388 million in patent case
A federal jury ordered US software giant Microsoft to pay $388 million to Uniloc for infringing on an anti-piracy software patent. Microsoft announced it would seek an overturn of the verdict.
POLITICS : The ‘Dean machine’ hits Paris with a wired gospel
Democrat Howard Dean, the pioneer of cyber political activism, was invited to a Paris talk on revitalizing and upgrading political life. But can the lessons from US presidential campaigns be downloaded in France?
USA: US gov't ready to force out banking bosses
The US government is prepared to force out the bosses of banks who ask for more bailout money, and replace them with new management, the country's Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Sunday night in a televised interview.