News: North and South America

"Ground Zero" Islamic centre causes debate

BBC Americas News - 2 hours 2 min ago
Plans to build an Islamic centre near Ground Zero in New York have triggered a debate across the US about the limits of religious tolerance.

UPS plane 'crashes on Dubai road'

BBC Americas News - 2 hours 11 min ago
A cargo aircraft belonging to the US courier UPS crashes on a major highway in Dubai, setting some cars on fire.

Hurricane Earl skirts eastern US

BBC Americas News - 4 hours 59 min ago
A weakened hurricane Earl skirts past North Carolina's Outer Banks and continues up the US east coast as a "category one" storm.

US sees 54,000 jobs go in August

BBC Americas News - 6 hours 28 min ago
The US economy shed another 54,000 jobs in August, the third month in a row that jobs have been lost, official figures show.

Miami airport in security alert

BBC Americas News - 10 hours 40 min ago
A passenger was detained and four of Miami International Airport's six concourses were evacuated on Thursday after a suspicious item was spotted in a checked bag

Hogan given leave to return to US

BBC Americas News - 11 hours 23 min ago
Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan reaches an agreement with tax authorities in Australia allowing him to return to his home in the US.

BP says oil spill cost up to $8bn

BBC Americas News - 12 hours 29 min ago
BP says the cost of its Gulf of Mexico oil spill has risen to $8bn - a rise of more than $2bn in the last month alone.

Andean gold in $3bn bidding war

BBC Americas News - September 3, 2010 - 2:57am
Rival Canadian gold mining companies, Goldcorp and El Dorado, lock horns in a $3bn fight to buy up Andean Resources.

Chinese consider rival Potash bid

BBC Americas News - September 3, 2010 - 2:48am
Chinese investors approach Canadian pension fund over a possible rival bid for the fertiliser giant Potash Corporation.

Troubled waters

BBC Americas News - September 3, 2010 - 2:41am
Why aren't black American children taught to swim?

World Briefing | The Americas: Colombia: 5 Police Officers Are Killed by Bomb

New York Times Americas News - September 2, 2010 - 9:10pm
Five police officers were killed and four wounded by a roadside bomb while on patrol Wednesday evening in the southern town of Doncello, where leftist rebels are active.

Soldiers Kill 25 in Mexico Gunbattle

New York Times Americas News - September 2, 2010 - 9:06pm
Mexico’s military says 25 suspects have been shot dead by soldiers in a gunbattle near the U.S. border.

Hurricane Earl now 'category two'

BBC Americas News - September 2, 2010 - 9:01pm
Hurricane Earl is downgraded to a category two storm as it nears the US East Coast.

Middle East talks 'constructive'

BBC Americas News - September 2, 2010 - 7:46pm
Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet in Washington for the first direct peace talks in nearly two years and agree a framework for negotiations.

Canadian to command space station

BBC Americas News - September 2, 2010 - 5:09pm
The Canadian Space Agency announces astronaut Chris Hadfield will become the first Canadian commander of the International Space Station in 2013.

Tanker runs aground off N Canada

BBC Americas News - September 2, 2010 - 4:33pm
A tanker carrying 9m litres of diesel fuel runs aground in the Northwest Passage, off the coast of northern Canada.

'Lights out' help migratory birds

BBC Americas News - September 2, 2010 - 1:52pm
A growing number of New York sky-scrapers switch off their lights at night to help reduce the number of migratory birds hitting the buildings.

Explosion on Gulf of Mexico rig

BBC Americas News - September 2, 2010 - 1:08pm
An explosion rips through an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the blast in April that caused a huge oil spill.

US accuses 11 of honey smuggling

BBC Americas News - September 2, 2010 - 12:24pm
US authorities indict 11 German and Chinese executives for conspiring to illegally import $40m worth of honey from China.

Tracking Hurricane Earl's progress

BBC Americas News - September 2, 2010 - 12:11pm
Susan Powell takes a look at the track of the current Atlantic storms
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