Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama clashed over negative campaign tactics, the Iraq war, and trade in their last debate before crucial primary elections next week.

Keith Ellison, a Democratic state politician and lawyer, has become the first Muslim elected to the US Congress.

Minister Louis Farrakhan has issued a letter to his followers saying he is ill and asking his executive board to carry on to prove the Nation of Islam ”will live long after I and we have gone”.

Few condemned inmates have generated as much public support as Stanley Tookie Williams, and so much post-execution attention.

FBI DOCUMENTS have revealed that Guantanamo Bay detainees repeatedly complained the military guards and interrogators mistreated the Koran.

Michael Jackson has put long-rumoured financial worries behind him as he prepares to battle child sex abuse allegations in court, it emerged today.

Michael Jackson and the mother of two of his children have struck a deal which will see her backing off from a custody battle, it was reported today.

The Michael Jackson saga took a new twist today amid reports that a black separatist group was taking over his affairs and keeping him “semi-captive”.

Michael Jackson, who is to be charged with child molestation tonight, is to fly to London this weekend after authorities returned his passport, it was reported in the US today.

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan says suspected sniper John Allen Muhammad is a member of the religious group.

The son of the US political leader, Louis Farrakhan, has been shot in both legs.