President-elect Barack Obama said he hoped to fulfil “the simple hopes and common dreams of all Americans” as he announced his resignation from the US Senate today.

President-elect Barack Obama said he hoped to fulfil “the simple hopes and common dreams of all Americans” as he announced his resignation from the US Senate today.

A 90-YEAR-OLD who says she’s the woman being kissed by a sailor in Times Square in one of World War II’s most famous photographs reunited in town with the Navy on Sunday — days before she is to serve as grand marshal of the city’s Veterans Day parade.

Wall Street shot higher today, lifting the Dow Jones industrials nearly 320 points after reassuring news from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. quelled some of the market’s worst fears about the credit crisis and the economy. A plunge in the price of oil gave investors further incentive to buy.

Wall Street ratcheted its way through a fractious session today before finally closing lower on expectations of further fallout from the ongoing credit crisis.

US President George Bush, in the most forceful defence yet of his Iraq war policy, accused critics yesterday of trying to rewrite history and charged that they’re undercutting America’s forces on the front lines.

An 80-year-old Second World War veteran was killed today when a van backed over him as he prepared to march in a Veterans Day parade in Massachusetts.

London shares built on last night’s late move into positive territory after a quiet overnight session on Wall Street.

Sixty-two years after Pearl Harbour the US Navy is returning control of a sacred island to Hawaiians.

Workers will continue removing debris at the World Trade Centre site on Thanksgiving Day out of respect for the victims' families, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has said.

Janet Barasso ran blindly through thick, black smoke with her two sons yesterday and feared the worst after an American Airlines jetliner crashed just a block from her home.

A jetliner crash in New York today gave Wall Street a sharp reminder that more terrorist attacks are possible and prompted shaken investors to refrain from any major moves.

Neighbours jolted from their beds as the Airbus crashed near their homes today ran outside with fire extinguishers and garden hoses, trying to fight fires left by debris from the crash.