United States

• Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 04:53 UTC

  Obama justifies his first war, but will not go down the Iraq road

  

  US President Barack Obama has defended the first war launched under his presidency, insisting US military involvement in Libya will be limited. He told Americans US intervention as part of the coalition had saved “countless lives” threatened by the forces of the “tyrant” Muammar Gaddafi.

• Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 04:50 UTC

  Former president Clinton apologized for the financial crisis triggered by the US

  

  Former US president Bill Clinton apologized for the international financial crisis which triggered by the United States in 2008 and rapidly extended to the rest of the world.

• Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 04:44 UTC

  Cheap dollar makes US a formidable competitor in beef and chicken production

  

  Emerging countries such as Brazil found a significant space to expand meat exports during the last decade but a heavy weight competitor, United States will be gaining international competitiveness in the sector in coming years because of the steep depreciation of the US Dollar against other currencies.

• Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 00:49 UTC

  Gold chain found off Key West; could belong to 17th century Spanish galleon

  

  Divers from Mel Fisher's Treasures in Key West, extreme south Florida, have recovered an antique gold chain believed to be from the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha, which sank during a 1622 hurricane. In 1985, these same treasure hunters had previously found more than 450 million US dollars in artefacts from the wreck.

• Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 00:43 UTC

  Jackpot with 319 million US dollars benefited seven New York state employees

  

  Despite reports that seven New York state government workers held the winning 319 million US dollars ticket in the Mega Millions lottery, as of Sunday, no one had come forward to claim the prize, a New York Lottery spokeswoman said Monday.

• Monday, March 28th 2011 - 01:06 UTC

  Hispanics become US second largest group with 50.5 million; up 43% since 2000

  

  The growing Hispanic population in the United States has reached a new milestone, topping 50 million, or 16.3%, officially solidifying its position as the country's second-largest group, U.S. Census Bureau officials said this week.

• Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 05:18 UTC

  Colombia and Peru closer to implementing the free trade agreement with the EU

  

  Negotiators from the European Union, Colombia and Peru have signed the final texts on an association agreement with a free trade chapter designed to increase commerce between the Andean countries and the European bloc, it was reported Friday.

• Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 04:37 UTC

  President Obama’s weak message to Latin America

  

  On Thursday March 24 The Washington Post published a rather critical editorial on President Barack Obama recent visit to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador.

• Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 10:38 UTC

  Billionaire Buffet advice: avoid long term fixed-income investment in US dollars

  

  Billionaire Warren Buffet who urged United States in 2009 to guard against inflation, said investors should avoid long-term fixed-income bets in US dollars because the currency’s purchasing power will decline.

• Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 10:36 UTC

  Second Fed governor in a week against extending US stimulative policies

  

  The Federal Reserve has less need to support an improving US economy beyond the 600 billion dollars Treasury purchase plan already in place, and any changes to the central bank’s stimulative policies should be considered some time after the program ends, said Charles Evans, , president of the Fed’s regional bank in Chicago.