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While 5000 visiting US sailors from the USS George Washington and the USS Cowpens celebrate Independence Day tomorrow, a group of Fremantle residents will protest against the presence of the two warships anchored off WA.

If you've put out the flag and packed the cooler, only one question remains: How how much do you know about the American history you're about to celebrate? The real history, that is - not the stuff you pick up from listening to July Fourth speeches or watching Mel Gibson movies.

A Tea Party to protest higher taxes and government spending is scheduled for July 4 at the Grant County Courthouse in Williamstown.

While some had cracked their first beer within minutes of setting foot on dry land in Fremantle yesterday, US naval officer Thai Heiler couldna t wait to get back in the ocean.

Art lovers looking for a way to mark U.S. Independence Day may want to consider a rare bust of George Washington being auctioned by Sotheby's in London.

PERTH brothels are increasing staff to contend with the arrival of two US warships carrying more than 5,400 sailors.

Almost 5000 US sailors will hit WA this morning as US warships the USS George Washington and the USS Cowpens berth at Fremantle.

American right-wingers say we ought to get tough with Iran for having a disputed election.

Share Napoleon artifacts on display in Philadelphia Almost two centuries after Napoleon Bonaparte met his Waterloo, all many people may know about him is that he was short.

His arrival in Philadelphia is one of the most famous scenes in autobiographical literature: the bedraggled 17-year-old runaway, cheeky yet with a pretense of humility, straggling off the boat and buying three puffy rolls as he wanders up Market Street.

Palau's leaders got a close look Sunday at one of the world's largest warships and said it convinced them of the importance of close U.S. ties for the tiny Pacific nation recently thrust into the global spotlight for agreeing to accept 13 Guantanamo Bay detainees.

America is often cast as the land of freedom and opportunity, a place where the prevailing spirit is one of hope.

In answer to Sandy Tarbox's question in her letter of June 10, "Religion on offensive": Religious beliefs have become the law of the land since Moses received the Ten Commandments.

Every war veteran has a story to tell. But few could rival John Moffat's extraordinary tale.

Christopher Preble is director of foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute and the author of The Power Problem: How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free.

INTERROGATION Only a tyrant resorts to torture The Roman philosopher Seneca wrote, "All cruelty springs from weakness." Our government was largely based on the Roman Republic.

President Barack Obama sought toA change Muslim perceptions of the United States yesterday in aA speech that urged Arabs and Israelis to declare in public theA realities he said they accept in private.

To those up to date on their Beverly history, the North Beverly fire station is known as the site of the country's first cotton mill.

US unions are trying to restrict Chinese tyre imports, a move that will force Barack Obama to take a firm free trade or pro-labour position.

An exasperated President James Madison wrote to Congress 197 years ago today seeking a declaration of war against Great Britain, despite his efforts 'to make every experiment short of the last resort [war].' Congress declared war weeks later and the War of 1812 began.