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Boston marks the anniversary of the deadly bombing at last year's marathon, honouring the dead and lauding the strength of the survivors.
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Son of slain Sikh leader running for US Congress
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Afghanistan, 
United KingdomThe UK bears "a degree of responsibility" for the failure to prevent a raid in Afghanistan in 2012 that left two US marines dead, MPs say.
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An Atlantic City, New Jersey, casino sues professional poker player Phil Ivey, accusing him of winning $10m (£6m) by cheating at baccarat.
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A sharp fall in petrol prices helped to keep US consumer inflation well below the Federal Reserve's 2% target in March.
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Moving a dinosaur skeleton across the US
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The founder of MtGox - once the world's biggest Bitcoin exchange - refuses to travel to the US to testify about losing large amounts of the virtual currency.
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US Airways apologises after an explicit photo was sent from its official Twitter account in response to a customer complaint.
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IranIran complains to the United Nations over the decision by the US to refuse a visa for its newly appointed permanent representative.
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Michael Jackson's mother is ordered by a US court to pay more than $800,000 (£480,000) in trial costs to concert promoter AEG Live.
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Russia, 
UkraineThe US president urges his Russian counterpart to use his influence to make separatists in eastern Ukraine stand down as the government moves against them.
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Russia, UkraineThe EU and the US say they will impose "further costs" on Russia over its actions in Ukraine, as unrest continues in the east of the country.
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The Guardian and Washington Post newspapers share the Pulitzer Prize for public service journalism for a series of stories on US electronic spying.
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Authorities say they will pursue hate crime charges against the suspect in Sunday's deadly shootings at Jewish community sites in Kansas.
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A woman in the US state of Utah has admitted strangling and suffocating six of her own newborn babies.
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VietnamVietnam frees two high-profile political activists after the recent release of dissident Cu Huy Ha Vu, amid ongoing free trade talks with the US.
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US retail sales saw their biggest gain in 18 months in March, official figures show, as the economy continues to gather strength.
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US bank Citigroup announces it made profits of $3.9bn in the first three months of 2014, buoyed by narrowed losses on troubled assets.
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Professional football player Aldon Smith of the San Francisco 49ers is arrested at the Los Angeles airport after making a bomb threat, police say.
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier stays top of the US box office, holding off competition from new release, Rio 2.
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United KingdomThe trial of Abu Hamza al-Masri, the radical cleric extradited from the UK to the US in 2012, is due to start at a federal court in New York on Monday.
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A judge in Ohio has ordered a man to appear in public, holding a sign that reads: "I am a bully" after being convicted of harassment.
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At least three people have been shot dead in attacks at a Jewish community site and a retirement home in Kansas City in the US Midwest.
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At least three people are shot dead at a Jewish community campus and a retirement home in Kansas City in the US Midwest.
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United KingdomThe trial of Abu Hamza al-Masri, the radical cleric extradited from the UK to the US in 2012, is due to start at a federal court in New York.
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Jordan, 
SwedenAmerican Bubba Watson clinches his second Green Jacket in three years by winning the 78th Masters at Augusta.
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The US National Security Agency denies it knew about or exploited the Heartbleed online security flaw.
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IranIran insists it will not replace its new envoy to the UN after the US refuses a visa to the diplomat over alleged links to the 1979 hostage crisis.
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Russia, UkraineThe US urges other nations to contribute more to the economic rescue of Ukraine, as Russian President Vladimir Putin moves to assure the EU it will not cut gas supplies.
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CubaUS contractor Alan Gross, who has been in jail in Cuba for more than four years, ends a week-long hunger strike, his lawyer says.
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IranThe White House refuses to issue a US visa to Iran's nomination for UN ambassador, who was involved in the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran in 1979.
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United KingdomChancellor George Osborne hails the UK's economic recovery in a keynote speech in Washington DC.
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The US government warns of the risk of hackers trying to exploit an internet bug and suggests that users change passwords after sites are patched.
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US President Barack Obama nominates budget director Sylvia Mathews Burwell to succeed Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
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US banking giant JPMorgan has reported a sharp fall in profits at the start of 2014, which it has blamed on its mortgage business.
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Russia, UkraineThe United States has accused Russia of using its energy supplies "as a tool of coercion" to try to control Ukraine.
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GermanyGerman luxury carmaker BMW will recall 156,000 vehicles in the US to check for defective bolts that could lead to engine damage.
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A US court accepts a $1.8bn (£1.07bn) settlement for insider trading by US hedge fund group SAC Capital Advisors.
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Asian markets end Friday's session lower as investors take their cue from the US market and dump technology stocks.
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A US trial of hi-tech goggles could reduce the need for secondary operations for cancer patients.
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Russia, UkraineThe US accuses Russia of using gas supplies to try to control Ukraine, as Nato defends the accuracy of satellite images of Russian troops near the border.
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RussiaRussia declined to give the US details on a Boston Marathon suspect that could have led to further scrutiny before the attack, a newspaper reports.
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US Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius resigns following problems with the launch of President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law.
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American Bill Haas holds a one-shot lead over defending champion Adam Scott, Bubba Watson and Louis Oosthuizen.
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IranThe US Congress passes a bill that would bar Iran's pick for UN envoy from entering the country, as the White House signals opposition to the choice.
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Russia, UkraineThe US and Russia agree on the need to find a peaceful solution to the crisis over occupied government buildings in east Ukraine, officials say.
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MexicoA man who escaped prison while serving a murder sentence in Mexico is executed by the US state of Texas for a separate 1997 killing.
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Twenty-two people are wounded in a mass stabbing attack at a Pennsylvanian high school, as a teenager is charged with attempted homicide.
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American Ryan Moore potentially scuppers his Masters chances by winning the traditional par-three tournament at Augusta.
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President Barack Obama has said the US "must do more" to keep firearms out of the hands of those suffering from mental health issues.
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US Senate Republicans block a Democratic bill aimed at closing the gap between what men and women are paid, dismissing it as an election year ploy.
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A total of 20 students have been injured in a stabbing in a high school in the US state of Pennsylvania.
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A New York man is freed from prison after serving 25 years for a murder he did not commit, as part of larger review of questionable convictions.
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US road safety authorities have fined GM for failing to respond to requests for information about faulty ignition switches linked to 13 deaths.
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Russia, UkraineThe EU, Russia, the US and Ukraine will hold talks next week to discuss the situation in Ukraine, the first such meeting since the crisis began.
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IranThe Obama administration has told the Iranian government its choice of a one-time student revolutionary to be UN ambassador is "not viable".
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CubaUS contractor Alan Gross, who has been in jail in Cuba for more than four years, is on hunger strike, according to his lawyer.
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Pacific OceanA volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean has merged with its neighbour to form one landmass, the US space agency says.
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The season four premiere of Game of Thrones gives HBO its top ratings since The Sopranos 2007 finale, as 6.6 million US viewers tune in.
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JapanA US jury orders Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical to pay $6bn in damages over claims it hid cancer risks associated with its diabetes treatment drug Actos.
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United KingdomA motion seeking the immediate release on the grounds of ill-health of a British resident held in Guantanamo Bay is filed in a US court by a campaign group.
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Four paralysed men have been able to move their legs for the first time in years after electrical stimulation of their spinal cords, US doctors report.
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Russia, UkraineThe US voices "great concern" about tension in eastern Ukraine after pro-Russia demonstrators seized government buildings in three cities.
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The quest to find the most mysterious particles in the Universe is entering a critical phase, scientists say.
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The number of dead in a mudslide that destroyed a town in the US state of Washington rises to 33 as workers battle the elements to locate the missing.
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AfghanistanUS soldier in visa campaign for Afghan interpreters
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Mickey Rooney, the American child actor who became the world's top box-office star in the late 1930s, dies at the age of 93, US police say.
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier earns $96m (£58m) in its opening weekend in the US, claiming the top spot and a new record.
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ChinaUS Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel tours China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, as he begins a three-day visit to China.
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The US military has carried out a dramatic rescue to help a one-year-old girl who had fallen seriously ill on board her family's yacht.
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American comedian and actor John Pinette has been found dead at the age of 50 in a hotel room in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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JapanThe United States is to send two ballistic missile defence destroyers to Japan, the American defence secretary has confirmed.
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American novelist Peter Matthiessen, whose most famous works include At Play in the Fields of the Lord and The Snow Leopard, dies aged 86.
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Japan, 
North KoreaAmerican Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel says the US will send two more warships by 2017 to Japan after recent missile tests by North Korea.
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An American archbishop is to move out of his $2.2m (£1.3m) mansion just three months after moving in.
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CubaHistoric rivals Cuba and the USA have gone head-to-head in the boxing ring for the first time on Cuban soil in more than two decades.
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AfghanistanFormer US ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalizad on 'historic' presidential election.
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A soldier who killed three men at a US Army base had an argument over a leave request shortly before the shooting, reports say.
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MexicoBiopic on Mexican-American labour leader divides opinion
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US invests time in European Parliament
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IranThe US Treasury grants plane manufacturer Boeing a licence to export some commercial parts to Iran, in its first public dealings since 1979.
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The father of a soldier who killed three men at a US Army base says he was not in his right mind, as officials say an earlier argument played a part.
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An exhibit of paintings of world leaders by former US President George W Bush is to open at his presidential library in Texas.
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China, IranA Chinese national faces US criminal charges that he conspired to export devices to Iran that could be used in uranium enrichment.
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US President Barack Obama signs an order authorising sanctions against anyone aggravating the conflict in South Sudan.
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George W Bush reveals his personal portrait gallery
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A Florida apartment concierge who mistook the dead body of a 96-year-old resident for a mannequin has been fired, local media report.
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The US economy created 192,000 jobs in March, down slightly from a revised 197,000 figure for February, and the unemployment rate held at 6.7%.
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IsraelUS Secretary of State John Kerry says it is time for a "reality check" in the Israel-Palestinian peace process amid a deep crisis in the talks.
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The US Army says there is a "strong possibility" a gunman who killed three people at a base in Texas was involved in a row before the shooting.
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Veteran US late-night TV host David Letterman surprises his audience by announcing that he is to retire in 2015 after 33 years as a talk show host.
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A killer is put to death in the US state of Texas after a court rejects defence lawyers' demands for the source of its lethal injection drug.
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The US Senate Intelligence Committee recommends the publication of part of its report into the "brutal" CIA interrogation of terror suspects.
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Former US President Jimmy Carter told the BBC that the five presidents who served after him could have done more to make progress toward Middle East peace.
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The US Army is investigating whether psychological trauma caused a soldier to carry out a deadly shooting spree at its Fort Hood base in Texas.
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IranThe Obama administration says Iran's nomination of a former hostage-taker as its ambassador to the United Nations is "extremely troubling".
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CubaThe White House confirms a US government aid agency was behind a text-message social network allegedly designed to foment unrest in Cuba.
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CubaThe US created a text-message social network designed to foment dissent in Cuba, according to an investigation by the Associated Press news agency.
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CubaWhite House spokesman Jay Carney has confirmed US involvement in a text message based social network programme designed to foment dissent in Cuba.
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The number of dead in a mudslide that hit the north-western US state of Washington has risen to 30, as recovery workers struggle to identify remains.
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