TROPICAL storm Edouard was expected to strengthen to near-hurricane strength, as it closed in on Texas`s Gulf of Mexico coastline, the National Hurricane Centre said today
VITAMIN C might be useful to treat cancer after all, according to a US study published today in which injections of high doses of it greatly reduced the rate of tumor growth in mice
CLOSING arguments began today in the trial of Osama bin Laden`s former driver, Salim Hamdan, the first inmate at the Guantanamo detention camp to face a full-scale trial before the special tribunals created by President George W Bush
A CO-DEFENDANT in OJ Simpson`s robbery and kidnapping trial has struck a deal that will see him testify against the disgraced former American football star, justice officials said today
BARACK Obama launched a counter-attack today after a week of pummelling by his White House rival John McCain, dismissing the Republican as "in the pocket" of profit-pumping US oil giants
US President George W. Bush left today on a three-nation trip to Asia to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Beijing and hold talks on trade, human rights and the denuclearisation of North Korea, a White House spokeswoman said
A JUDGE in California will decide later today whether to shut down a fake online Beijing Olympics ticket website that has scammed Australian, US, New Zealand and hundreds of other sports fans around the globe out of hundreds of thousands of dollars
HARDLINERS in the Bush Administration spun intelligence that triggered a nuclear crisis with North Korea and led to Pyongyang testing a bomb, says a new book to be released this week
DEMOCRATIC White House hopeful Barack Obama, now safely secure in the party nomination, today called for the renegade states of Michigan and Florida to be restored with full voting power
