Obama offers stark choice to Republicans

Obama offers stark choice to Republicans
California blazes trail on immigrants
US states seek to privatise prisons
Greece in fresh bid to win over lenders
US-Taiwan to announce arms deal
Abbas confirms plan to seek UN membership
Twenty dead as Yemen clashes continue
Indian rescue workers fight way to quake area
Taliban target Karachi police commander
Berlusconi appears in Milan court

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 10:46 AM PDT

President says conservative lawmakers must choose between higher taxes on the wealthy or gutting the education and health systems

California blazes trail on immigrants

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 09:36 AM PDT

The state's version of the Dream Act would provide education grants, and set a precedent for other regions faced by an ageing population, writes Matthew Garrahan

US states seek to privatise prisons

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 10:21 AM PDT

Pressure to close budget deficits is creating markets for contractors. In Florida alone 29 state prisons are due to be sold off

Greece in fresh bid to win over lenders

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 10:39 AM PDT

Athens has tried again to convince international lenders they have a credible plan to close a growing financing gap

US-Taiwan to announce arms deal

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 08:14 AM PDT

Congress has been briefed that the US will offer to refurbish F-16 jets sold to Taiwan in 1992 but will not sell the latest model of the fighter planes

Abbas confirms plan to seek UN membership

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 11:25 AM PDT

The Palestinian president plans to submit his application on Friday in defiance of the diplomatic storm that has accompanied the move

Twenty dead as Yemen clashes continue

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 10:32 AM PDT

Explosions reverberate across capital as government forces battle for control of areas occupied by activists over past two days

Indian rescue workers fight way to quake area

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 08:35 AM PDT

Relief teams battle landslides, rain and fog as they try to reach the epicentre of a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that killed at least 66 people

Taliban target Karachi police commander

Posted: 19 Sep 2011 08:21 AM PDT

At least eight people are killed as suicide bomber tries to assassinate Karachi police officer