Team of rivals to keep promise of change

Barack Obama dismisses doubts over his new team that includes Hillary Clinton and a Republican Defence Secretary. Watch video

President Bush regrets false Iraq intelligence

George Bush is spending his last days as Prsident contemplating his place in history

Appointment to UN signals way forward

Susan Rice named as Ambassador to the United Nations, the first envoy since the Clinton era to be elavated to cabinet status

Obama expects conflict within new security team

President-elect confirms Hillary Clinton as choice for Secretary of State - but says he expects there to be dissenting voices in team

Paedophile caught after virtual world grooming

Rachata Burasite, 22, was caught after he attempted to meet in person the girl, 13, who he groomed at Gaia Online

Young gymnasts risking a life of pain

Study finds those striving for perfect handsprings, somersaults and head-stands risk injuries due to stress on their bones

Mumbai attacks ‘were ploy to wreck US plan’

Relations between India and Pakistan on a knife edge amid fears that the atrocities could provoke a war in the region

ANALYSIS: This is a triumph for... Bill Clinton

Hillary Clinton's comeback is testament to the fierce desire of Bill to secure his wife’s position

Obama security team picks delight the hawks

President-elect will nominate Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State and ask President Bush's Defence Secretary to stay put

Analysis: West is in a strong position to respond

Barack Obama has already picked his foreign policy and national security team and they are intimately familiar with South Asia

Diary reveals Foxy Knoxy’s sex secrets

A new book explores the secret desires of Amanda Knox who is accused of killing her British housemate Meredith Kercher

‘In with a bang’ Obama dismays the faithful

The speed with which Obama has taken charge has stunned the US; and some Democrats are unhappy

Millions will rush to see Obama sworn in

Washington could face being swamped as millions head to the historic inauguration of America’s first black president

New first lady pitches into ‘mommy wars’

Michelle Obama's decision to quit her job has unwittingly plunged her into a battle between stay-at-home mothers and professional women

From the Archive: Moscow frees US pilot in swap for master spy

February 11, 1962: Gary Powers, pilot of a downed U2 high-level reconnaissance jet is released in a tense dawn exchange

Shop worker killed in sale stampede

A stampede of American shoppers looking for an early Christmas bargain trampled a shop worker to death

Emerging nations strike out over climate change

Brazil submits plan to United Nations to force countries to reduce their carbon emissions per head of population

World’s richest family prefers the slums

Bill and Melinda Gates would rather help out in the poorest parts of the world than be part of the cocktail party circuit

Voice of history guiding Obama to 'team of rivals'

Barack Obama, who frequently cites Lincoln as a role model, is taking lessons from history like no president before him

Writer who puts words into leader’s mouth

College graduate Jon Favreau began as a grunt on John Kerry’s presidential campaign and fell into speechwriting by accident