UK & USA Today Editoweb 4 December 2009

England face US World Cup challenge

England have been drawn with the United States, Algeria, and Slovenia in Group C of the 2010 football World Cup finals in South Africa.

1,700 jobs go as steel plant closes

Steel workers in north-east England have been dealt a savage pre-Christmas blow with news that a giant plant is to be mothballed with the loss of 1,700 jobs.

England To Play USA In World Cup 2010

England's first match at next summer's World Cup will be against the USA in Rustenburg.

Dambusters star Richard Todd dies

Matinee idol and war hero Richard Todd, who starred in The Dam Busters, has died aged 90.

Cameron warns of Nato 'last chance'

David Cameron has delivered a stark warning that Nato has one "last chance" to succeed in Afghanistan as he visited the troubled country.

Obama: Jobs plan will 'jump-start' hiring

Even as he trumpeted a slowdown in the nation's job losses Friday, President Barack Obama put finishing touches on a proposal he'll unveil next week to "jump-start" business hiring across America.

Va. Tech report details new fumbles in shooting

Some Virginia Tech officials warned their own families and the president's office was locked down well before a campus-wide alert was issued in the 2007 slayings of 32 people, according to a revised state report that details new fumbles in the response to the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.

Beloved panda born at National Zoo headed to China

A young giant panda who became a major draw after his birth at Washington's National Zoo will leave for China early next year for breeding.

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