Friday, 9 September 2011

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Obama’s big speech fails to dispel the doom and gloom

Alexander Cockburn: The US needs a New Deal - but Obama has displayed zero appetite for big liberal ideas

Obama’s jobs speech was bold but irrelevant

Talking Point: The size of the economic stimulus is cheering, but have Americans stopped listening?



Did Carol Bartz lose $10m with Yahoo ‘doofus’ jibe?

Wise-cracking former CEO reportedly broke a 'non-disparagement' clause after being fired

Anniversary bomb alert – is al-Qaeda really up to it?

‘Credible threat’ warning issued in the US – but how credible is al-Qaeda’s influence today?

Ten things you need to know today

Friday: The First Post's super-quick catch-up on the main news talking points, available from 8am daily

Stars of the Rugby World Cup in pictures

In pictures: the players to watch out for at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand

Galliano fined for anti- Semitic rants in Paris bar

The former chief designer at Dior escapes with a suspended fine of €6,000 after 'public insult' conviction

Russian ice hockey tragedy - the teams that also died

Past plane crashes have turned a Uruguayan rugby team into cannibals and killed the Busby Babes