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'Fading US empire needs bogeymen'

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'Fading US empire needs bogeymen'

The US is a fading imperial power that is using Islam and Russia as “bogeymen” to prop up its war machine, says an analyst.

London cancer patients risk rapid death

SOCIETY

London cancer patients risk rapid death

A new research shows that a quarter of people who are diagnosed with cancer after going to the Accidents and Emergency (A&E) services in London are dead within two months.

Obama: $20 trillion president

ECONOMY

Obama: $20 trillion president

The US national debt will hit the $20 trillion mark around the time President Obama leaves office in 2017.

US spent $43mn on Afghan gas station

MILITARY

US spent $43mn on Afghan gas station

The Pentagon spent $43 million to build a gas station in Afghanistan that should have cost roughly $500,000, a watchdog said.