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Obama chases Exit with a Bear

The most dangerous activity a sitting United States president is usually allowed to do is drive a golf cart.

Lee Harvey Oswald: More questions than answers. (AP)

JFK: A conspiracy of echoes

Theories about the death of John F Kennedy are in overdrive as the 50th ?anniversary of his death approaches — even John Kerry is weighing in.

Even the letter-box at Pastor Terry Jones’s headquarters is Islamophobic.

Deep Read: Fanning the flames of hatred

They say the West has been hoodwinked by Muslims and claim to have been vindicated by last week’s attacks, but who are America’s "counter jihadis"?

France is stepping up security over fears of reprisals over a magazine’s publishing of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

Filmmaker’s identity a mystery

The maker of the anti-Muhammad film that sparked mayhem in Egypt and protest in Libya has gone into hiding, leaving questions about his identity.

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Comic-Con brings fantasy worlds to life

They come from every corner of America’s galaxy — moms and dads, skywalkers and hobbits, vampires and vigilantes, all on the same mission: escape.

Murder-free El Salvador a ‘mafia peace’

Murder-free El Salvador a ‘mafia peace’

A dramatic fall in the murder rate in El Salvador has been attributed to the gangs’ truce.

Poverty and crime bring Honduras to its knees

Honduras is the world’s murder capital, with a rate 12 times the global average, amid violent fallout from a 2009 coup.

Young upstart sets his sights on Venezuelan presidency

Young upstart sets his sights on Venezuelan presidency

Hugo Chavez to face stiff competition from youthful presidential hopeful.

In the killing fields

Narco-terrorism has made Central America one of the world’s deadliest regions for journalists.

Cuba shuffle, geriatrics shuttle

Raul Castro has proposed term limits for Cuba’s rulers, including himself, in an unprecedented effort to rejuvenate the island’s political leadership.

$8bn payback for ‘Amazon Chernobyl’

$8bn payback for ‘Amazon Chernobyl’

Chevron cries foul but the plaintiffs might yet push for the $27-billion they claimed.

Clerics mine for trapped souls

As the mine rescue drama neared a climax, clerics vied with one another to stamp their own faith on a surge in religious fervour in Chile.

Election puts Hugo Chávez on the left foot

Election puts Hugo Chávez on the left foot

Both sides have declared it a victory but the opposition’s gains have left the president weaker.

Bolivian president knees football opponent in groin

A knee to the groin may be more Vinnie Jones than Machiavelli, but it was no less effective for Evo Morales in asserting his presidential authority.

Cuba joins mainland of austerity

Cuba joins mainland of austerity

More than one million state employees are to be laid off in the island’s economic shake-up.

Mexico drug war: The new killing fields

The events which have no name scythe through the valley like invisible reapers. They slice east to west, west to east, a homicidal pendulum.

Chávez’s lessons in impunity

Chávez’s lessons in impunity

As Julius Malema visits Venezuela to study its nationalisation programme, allegations of corruption mount, writes <b>Rory Carroll</b>.

Survivor saved by a Scot and a bottle of Scotch

Hotel cashier Wismond Exantus dreamed, among other things, that he was in the middle of the ocean and riding a horse.

Authoritarian drift

Chavez takes Venezuela deeper into repression as he neutralises his foes, writes Rory Carroll.

Chavez and the body snatchers

Hugo Chavez is famous for nationalising farms, factories and oil rigs but his latest appropriation comes closer to body snatching.