Bush was forced to duck to avoid the thrown shoes, one sailing over his head and smacking into the wall behind him. more »
More than a million homes and businesses across New York and New England were left without power after the first storms struck on Friday, bringing down trees and utility lines. more »
Accused by federal prosecutors of corruption at a level they called "staggering," Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was placed under arrest. more »
Barack Obama has made clear that he will close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, which currently holds about 250 alleged terrorists. more »
China is now the third biggest exporter in the world and it has massive business potential for the European Union, but China has a less than exemplary human rights record. more »
USA military F-18 fighter jet crash killed three people and destroyed two homes in California. more »
The European Commission has published detailed guidance on how Member States can recapitalise banks in the current financial crisis to ensure adequate levels of lending to the rest of the economy and stabilise financial markets whilst avoiding excessive distortions of competition, in line with EU state aid rules. more »
Ukraine, once the bread basket of the Soviet Union was reduced to famine on a biblical scale in 1932-33 by Stalin's collectivization policy. more »
After a week of political drama in Canada, it came to this - Parliament suspended and Prime Minister fending off calls for his resignation. more »
Navy officials said the ship lay some 186 miles (300km) southwest of Argentina's Marambio military base on the Antarctic Peninsula, in a sheltered strait near Isla Bravante. more »