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A poster in support of Edward Snowden during one of the many world wide protests after his revelations on the NSA’s work.

Snowden gets a handle on Twitter

“I used to work for the government. Now I work for the public”

Opinions will be divided over the final presidential debate.

Opportunity knocks for Romney’s crew

Obama has a variety of different routes to victory on November 6, but Romney’s hopes are next to moribund unless he wins in Ohio.

UK’s Savile ‘took girls on late night hospital trips’

BBC’s blind eye to sexual predation causes furore

The BBC is in the middle of a growing scandal involving a television host who was once one of its highest-profile stars.

President Barack Obama is social media savvy and has more than 26.7-million Facebook fans.

Obama cracks the digital whip

On the online political battlefield, US president Barack Obama beats his rival for the hands down, write Ed Pilkington & Amanda Michel.

Three men sit near the fence separating the US and Mexico. Births and not illegal immigration account for the growth in the number of Hispanics in the US.

Minorities change US demographics

More than half the babies under the age of one are now likely to be Hispanic, black or Asian, writes Ed Pilkington.

Sheriff’s crackdown becomes law

Sheriff’s crackdown becomes law

A controversial Bill that targets illegal Latinos is setting a precedent for other conservative states in the United States.

Wounded state crucial in US polls

Wounded state crucial in US polls

Republican candidates and President Barack Obama recognise the importance of Nevada.

America’s barely tamed brutality

Pepper spray, Swat teams and judicial torture. This barbarity is ever present — but rarely so visible — in American life.

9/11 victims’ relatives to meet attorney general

Relatives of victims of the 9/11 terror attacks in New York are to meet the attorney general to discuss allegations that journalists working for News

The Times they are a changin’

The Times they are a changin’

The first woman editor of the <i>New York Times</i> tells why she got the job and how she’ll handle the transition to digital.

Obama gets harsh legal judgment

Obama gets harsh legal judgment

More than 250 eminent legal scholars have signed a letter protesting against the treatment in military prison of the alleged WikiLeaks source.

Politics goes counter to the web

Politics goes counter to the web

Social networking’s much-vaunted challenge to autocracies ‘has been undermined by the West’.

How the Disney dream died

How the Disney dream died

There once was a place where neighbours greeted neighbours in the quiet of summer twilight.

China signals shift on currency

China signals shift on currency

Unscheduled talks seen as a bid to address US concerns.

Tea Party: ‘Anyone but Obama’

Tea Party: ‘Anyone but Obama’

What gets a Tea Party activist going? A good way of answering that is to browse the stalls at a Tea Party rally.

Rupert Murdoch ‘to launch US digital newspaper’

Rupert Murdoch is planning to test his belief in the transformative power of the iPad to bring news to the younger generation.

Wyclef wants to be president

Wyclef wants to be president

Now that the world knows the former singer with the multi-platinum group, the Fugees, turned solo star is running for president of Haiti.

Supermodel in a jam over gem

Supermodel in a jam over gem

The picture speaks volumes. At the centre of a group of 10 people stands Nelson Mandela and beside him his partner and later wife, Graça Machel.

Louisiana gets down and dirty

Louisiana gets down and dirty

Fed-up locals take matters into their own hands to tackle oil spill.

Has South Park gone too far?

Has South Park gone too far?

A New York extremist group issues a death warning and Comedy Central censors episode 201. <b>Ed Pilkington</b reports.