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Comment: How babies learn to be human

Comment: How babies learn to be human

29 April 2013, 11:45 AM

North America | In recent years, developmental psychologists have begun to figure out how and when infants connect intention to action, writes Nicholas Day.
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Still 'persons of interest' over Boston

Still 'persons of interest' over Boston

29 April 2013, 10:28 AM

North America | An American congressman says there are still 'persons of interest' who the FBI wishes to speak to over the Boston Marathon bombings.
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Fringe benefits: Obama pokes fun at himself

Fringe benefits: Obama pokes fun at himself

29 April 2013, 9:28 AM

North America | President Barack Obama poked fun at himself, his political opponents, the news media and even his wife's hairstyle at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner. Read more

Comment: You can't tell a terrorist by his eyes

Comment: You can't tell a terrorist by his eyes

29 April 2013, 8:06 AM

North America | One of the things I've learned from interviewing terrorists is that we cannot necessarily infer individuals' motives by reading their manifestos, writes Jessica Stern.
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100 Guantanamo prisoners on hunger strike

100 Guantanamo prisoners on hunger strike

28 April 2013, 15:00 PM

North America | At least 100 of 166 prisoners at the US base in Cuba's Guantanamo Bay have now joined a hunger strike. Read more

Russia heard US bomb suspect 'jihad' call: Officials

Russia heard US bomb suspect 'jihad' call: Officials

28 April 2013, 12:46 PM

North America | A Russian wiretap caught one of the Boston bombing suspects discussing jihad with his mother, but the information wasn't passed on to the US at the time. Read more

US authorities charge man in ricin probe

US authorities charge man in ricin probe

28 April 2013, 8:59 AM

North America | A 41-year-old martial arts instructor has been charged with sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other public officials following his arrest.
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Part of 9/11 plane found in New York City

Part of 9/11 plane found in New York City

27 April 2013, 16:02 PM

North America | A part of the landing gear of one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center has been found wedged between two buildings, New York police say. Read more

Glover leads by one shot in New Orleans

Glover leads by one shot in New Orleans

27 April 2013, 12:30 PM

North America | Matt Jones is the best of the Australians at the US PGA Tour's New Orleans Classic, six shots behind leader Lucas Glover. Read more

Bomb suspects' mother a person of interest

Bomb suspects' mother a person of interest

27 April 2013, 12:07 PM

North America | US authorities say the mother of Boston bomb suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is a person of interest. Read more

Comment: US Islamophobia industry bolsters 'fear-mongering'

Comment: US Islamophobia industry bolsters 'fear-mongering'

27 April 2013, 9:49 AM

North America | The US Islamophobia industry has seized on the Boston bombings to bolster its campaign of misinformation and fear-mongering, and we would do well to pay careful attention. By Chloe Patton, University of South Australia. Read more

Woman sets car alight, claims to be god

Woman sets car alight, claims to be god

26 April 2013, 12:35 PM

North America | A 29-year-old woman in Florida is accused of intentionally setting her car on fire at a petrol station. Read more

Comment: So you want to intervene in Syria?

Comment: So you want to intervene in Syria?

26 April 2013, 11:08 AM

North America | Alleged chemical weapons use by Syria is pushing the United States into doing something. But Russia, China and Iran might have something to say about that, writes James F Jeffrey. Read more

Boston suspects' father returning to US

Boston suspects' father returning to US

26 April 2013, 10:42 AM

North America | The father of the Boston bombing suspects says he is returning to the US to see his surviving son and bury the other. Read more

Obama praise for 'resolute' Bush

Obama praise for 'resolute' Bush

26 April 2013, 10:30 AM

North America | Former prime minister John Howard has joined all living US presidents at the opening of George W Bush's presidential library in Dallas.
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Comment: Is Google more powerful than some nations?

Comment: Is Google more powerful than some nations?

26 April 2013, 9:35 AM

North America | Today, Google is arguably one of the most influential nonstate actors in international affairs, operating in security domains long the purview of nation-states, writes Mya Frazier.
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Dead Boston bomb suspect in terror database

25 April 2013, 22:52 PM

North America | The CIA added the name of Tamerlan Tsarnaev to a huge, classified database of known and suspected terrorists 18 months ago, US officials say. Read more

Analysis: Six myths about economic austerity

Analysis: Six myths about economic austerity

25 April 2013, 19:05 PM

North America | In the current global financial crisis, austerity has become a term of abuse — one that connotes unnecessary pain and suffering on the part of already-hurting citizens, writes Anders Aslund.
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Comment: Internet sales taxes are inevitable

25 April 2013, 17:43 PM

North America | The Senate did something surprising Monday. It voted to clear the way for passage of a bill to raise taxes — and not on party lines, either, writes Matthew Yglesias.
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Three hurt as fuel barges explode in US

25 April 2013, 16:58 PM

North America | Four explosions have rocked two fuel barges in the Mobile River in the US state of Alabama, injuring three people. Read more

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