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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Sun, 8 Nov 2009 04:37:36 +0000Sun, 8 Nov 2009 05:01:36 +0000Newspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/world/us(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a44d6edc-cbb2-11de-924d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a44d6edc-cbb2-11de-924d-00144feabdc0.htmlBacking the biggest health policy changes in four decades and handing President Barack Obama a crucial victory, the House of Representatives approved a sweeping reform bill on a 220-215 voteSun, 8 Nov 2009 04:37:36 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/cb3f2e32-cb16-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cb3f2e32-cb16-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html Barack Obama cautioned a stunned public against drawing quick conclusions on a shooting rampage by an officer at a Texas military base that killed 13 peopleFri, 6 Nov 2009 21:34:46 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e2ed5c2-cb0e-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e2ed5c2-cb0e-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html With Michael Bloomberg's final campaigning bill likely to pass $90m, the result raises the question of whether he would have won without outspending his rival Bill Thompson by a factor of 14-1. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:49:44 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/9cc07104-cb0e-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9cc07104-cb0e-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlRising US joblessness poses increasingly urgent political and policy challenges for US President Barack ObamaFri, 6 Nov 2009 20:06:29 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d3ddf99e-cadd-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d3ddf99e-cadd-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlThe unemployment rate shot up to 10.2 per cent in October, its highest level in over 26 years as the economy shed another 190,000 jobsFri, 6 Nov 2009 19:56:26 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/6376a106-cb3c-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6376a106-cb3c-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlA US court handed down the first prison sentence to a US former client of UBS yesterday in a ruling that will unsettle the Swiss banking group's former offshore...Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/588c351c-cb3c-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/588c351c-cb3c-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlWhen federal agents arrested Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon Group, in October, hedge fund managers across the US sat up and took notice. US prosecutors accused...Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/56765d5c-cb3c-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/56765d5c-cb3c-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlBarack Obama, the US president, said that yesterday's rise into double-digit unemployment - the first time the figure has breached 10 per cent for 26 years -...Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/4bcc8480-cb3c-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4bcc8480-cb3c-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlWhen federal agents arrested Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon Group, in October, hedge fund managers across the US sat up and took notice. US prosecutors accused...Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1e414cc0-cb3d-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1e414cc0-cb3d-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlChina accused the US of protectionist and biased trade policies yesterday - only a week beforePresident Barack Obama's first visit to Beijing. In a stinging rebuke to...Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1088500-cb3c-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1088500-cb3c-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlA US court yesterday handed down the first prison sentence to a former US client of UBS in a ruling that will unsettle the Swiss banking group's other US former...Sat, 7 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/d602da7c-cb1f-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d602da7c-cb1f-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlDemocrats must wrap themselves in the mantle of Obama's programme. But what is that, asks Christopher Caldwell Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:15:43 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a65ae4de-caf4-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a65ae4de-caf4-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlTaliban says it is holding the bodies of two drowned foreign soldiers recovered in western AfghanistanFri, 6 Nov 2009 19:45:07 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/3/8c1d3204-cae3-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/8c1d3204-cae3-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlUS authorities have attacked the alleged ring in the Galleon case with a gusto usually reserved for mafia bossesFri, 6 Nov 2009 14:49:35 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/732929fe-ca59-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fworld%2Fushttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/732929fe-ca59-11de-a3a3-00144feabdc0.htmlAn army psychiatrist described as being unhappy about being posted to Iraq opened fire at the US's biggest army base, leaving 13 people dead and 31 wounded, according to Texas officialsFri, 6 Nov 2009 08:42:22 +0000