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United States: news

Fugitive fights may delay Cuba talks

Friday, February 27th 2015, 22:31
related countries: Cuba

Wanted men and women could hinder improved US-Cuba ties
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VIDEO: Chinese community faces painful past

Friday, February 27th 2015, 22:19
related countries: China

One US city comes to terms with its legacy of Chinese exclusion
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US growth revised down to 2.2%

Friday, February 27th 2015, 21:43

The slowdown in the US economy at the end of last year was more pronounced than previously thought, official figures show.
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Eight die in series of US shootings

Friday, February 27th 2015, 20:51
related places: Local

Eight people have been killed and one person injured in a series of shootings in the US state of Missouri, police say.
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US state considers 'baby boxes'

Friday, February 27th 2015, 18:31
related places: Indiana

Indiana could be the first US state to introduce baby boxes - anonymous drop-off points designed to prevent the deaths of abandoned infants.
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VIDEO: Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy dies

Friday, February 27th 2015, 17:39

Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played Mr Spock in the US science fiction series Star Trek, has died at the age of 83.
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VIDEO: Flowers at blogger killing scene

Friday, February 27th 2015, 17:34
related countries: Bangladesh
related places: Dhaka

Akbar Hossain reports from the site in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, where attackers hacked to death a US-Bangladeshi blogger, Avijit Roy.
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US-Bangladesh writer hacked to death

Friday, February 27th 2015, 15:16
related countries: Bangladesh

A US-Bangladeshi blogger whose campaigning for a secular society in Bangladesh angered Islamists is hacked to death on a street in the capital Dhaka.
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GDP revision sends Wall Street lower

Friday, February 27th 2015, 15:10
related places: Wall Street, Friday

US markets open lower on Friday after GDP is revised down to an annualised 2.2% for the last three months of 2014.
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Stolen Picasso returned to France

Friday, February 27th 2015, 11:38
related countries: France
related places: Christmas

A Picasso painting smuggled into the US last December, disguised as a Christmas parcel, is being returned to its home in France.
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Japan's shares edge up to a new high

Friday, February 27th 2015, 9:09
related countries: Japan
related places: Friday

Japan's benchmark Nikkei index edged up to a new 15-year high as the yen weakened, with investors shrugging off a raft of mostly disappointing economic figures.
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VIDEO: 'Llama drama' broadcast live in US

Friday, February 27th 2015, 6:09
related places: Arizona

A white llama and a smaller black one escaped during a visit to a former llama rancher in Arizona.
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Virginia eugenics victims win payout

Friday, February 27th 2015, 5:50
related places: Virginia

Virginia becomes the second US state to agree compensation for people who were forcibly sterilised under eugenics programmes until the 1970s.
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VIDEO: Cuba 'keen to update poor internet'

Friday, February 27th 2015, 3:23
related countries: Cuba

As the US tweaks its web regulations, Cuba is looking to radically update its internet infrastructure.
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Cyber attacks top US threat list

Friday, February 27th 2015, 1:07

A US intelligence assessment of security threats faced by the country highlights cyber attacks from foreign governments and criminals.
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Fawwaz guilty of US embassy attacks

Thursday, February 26th 2015, 22:30
related places: New York, Africa

A former aide of Osama Bin Laden has been found guilty of plotting the al-Qaeda bombing of US embassies in east Africa in 1998, killing 224 people.
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Llama chase captivates Twitter

Thursday, February 26th 2015, 21:38
related places: Arizona

Two llamas went on the lam in Arizona. Thanks to a local news live feed, the US watched - and Tweeted - in rapt attention.
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Net neutrality rules passed by FCC

Thursday, February 26th 2015, 18:01

The US Federal Communications Commission votes in favour of tougher internet regulation, upholding the principle of net neutrality.
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US inflation rate remains negative

Thursday, February 26th 2015, 15:23

US inflation remained negative in January, largely due to steep falls in the price of petrol, official figures show.
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Netanyahu 'not correct' on Iran

Thursday, February 26th 2015, 13:47
related countries: Iran, Israel

Israeli PM's judgment on the stance of Iran nuclear talks 'may not be correct', US Secretary of State John Kerry says, as a row with the US deepens.
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Lenovo victim of cyber-attack

Thursday, February 26th 2015, 11:17
related countries: China

Chinese computer maker Lenovo becomes the victim of a cyber-attack following a warning by the US government about software called Superfish.
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Lohan to do more community service

Thursday, February 26th 2015, 10:55
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

A US judge tells actress Lindsay Lohan that community service she did in London last year did not count - and she must do 125 hours more.
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Japan's Nikkei in fresh 15-year high

Thursday, February 26th 2015, 8:25

Japan's benchmark Nikkei index hit a fresh 15-year high on Thursday, leading most Asian shares higher as oil prices rebounded and boosted shares of energy firms.
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Washington DC legalises marijuana

Thursday, February 26th 2015, 7:11
related places: Congress

Washington DC becomes the latest place in the US to legalise the possession and use of small amounts of cannabis, stoking tensions with Congress.
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Row between US and Netanyahu worsens

Thursday, February 26th 2015, 4:57
related countries: Israel
related places: Congress

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses world powers of "giving up" on Iran's nuclear programme, amid a row over his planned speech to the US Congress.
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EU-US trade deal text leaked to BBC

Thursday, February 26th 2015, 2:14

A leaked draft of what the European Union wants excluded from a new trade deal with the United States is obtained by the BBC.
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VIDEO: Will Cuba be dream for US business?

Thursday, February 26th 2015, 1:48
related countries: Cuba

As relations improve between the US and Cuba, American businesses look to the future of new markets and new customers.
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Guatemalan ex-president freed in US

Thursday, February 26th 2015, 1:34
related countries: Guatemala

Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo is released from jail in the United States after serving a sentence for taking $2.5m in bribes.
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US terror trial sees Bin Laden files

Thursday, February 26th 2015, 0:13
related countries: Pakistan, United Kingdom
related places: New York

Documents seized from Osama Bin Laden's compound are presented at the New York trial of a Pakistani man accused of bomb plots in the US and UK.
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New York trio 'tried to join IS'

Wednesday, February 25th 2015, 22:44
related countries: Syria
related places: New York

US authorities arrest three foreign nationals living in New York who agents say tried to join the Islamic State in Syria.
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US high court hears headscarf claim

Wednesday, February 25th 2015, 22:40

A majority of US Supreme Court justices appear to be supportive of an argument that Abercrombie & Fitch discriminated against a Muslim teenager.
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TJ Maxx to raise US workers' wages

Wednesday, February 25th 2015, 20:13
related places: Marshalls

TJX, the owner of US retailers TJ Maxx and Marshalls, follows in Walmart's footsteps by raising the base hourly pay of its workers to $9.
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Chris Brown barred from Canada

Wednesday, February 25th 2015, 17:18
related countries: Canada
related places: Montreal, Toronto

US Singer Chris Brown is forced to cancel shows in Montreal and Toronto after Canadian officials stopped him from entering the country.
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Love given fourth captain's pick

Wednesday, February 25th 2015, 16:35

Davis Love III will have four captain's picks in changes announced to the United States Ryder Cup qualification rules.
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Southwest forced to ground planes

Wednesday, February 25th 2015, 16:26
related places: Southwest

US airline Southwest briefly grounds some flights after missing safety checks, but US regulators rule it can continue flying the uninspected planes for five days.
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King calls musical 'wonderful gift'

Wednesday, February 25th 2015, 14:53
related places: West End

US singer-songwriter Carole King calls Beautiful, a tribute musical about her early life, "a wonderful gift" as the show makes its West End debut.
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VIDEO: Replica US ship targeted in Iran drills

Wednesday, February 25th 2015, 12:48
related countries: Iran

Iranian military fires at replica US aircraft carrier during exercises in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Court hears Polanski extradition case

Wednesday, February 25th 2015, 12:07
related countries: Poland

Filmmaker Roman Polanski appears in a Polish court in connection with a request to extradite him to the US for having had sex with a 13-year-old girl.
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Sim card firm confirms hack attacks

Wednesday, February 25th 2015, 11:04
related countries: United Kingdom

A Sim card maker at the centre of NSA-GCHQ hacking claims says it believes that the US and UK cyberspy agencies did attack it.
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VIDEO: US house destroyed in gas blast

Wednesday, February 25th 2015, 9:49

Two people are seriously injured in an explosion at a house in the US state of New Jersey.
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Asian shares rise after US gains

Wednesday, February 25th 2015, 7:14
related countries: Greece
related places: Asia

Most Asian markets rose on Wednesday following record closes in the US and the eurozone's approval of reform proposals submitted by Greece.
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Routh guilty in American Sniper case

Wednesday, February 25th 2015, 4:50
related places: Texas

Eddie Ray Routh is found guilty of murder of American Sniper Chris Kyle by a Texas jury and is sentenced to life in prison without parole.
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US offers $3m for hacker's arrest

Tuesday, February 24th 2015, 22:57
related countries: Russia

The US offers an unprecedented reward for information leading to the arrest of a Russian hacker, charged with major cybercrime theft.
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VIDEO: Commuters injured in US train collision

Tuesday, February 24th 2015, 22:56
related places: California

At least 28 people have been injured after the train they were travelling on collided with a truck in California.
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Love to captain US Ryder Cup team

Tuesday, February 24th 2015, 22:33

Davis Love III has been named US Ryder Cup captain for Hazeltine 2016, the second time he has been given the honour.
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Yellen says Fed flexible on rates

Tuesday, February 24th 2015, 21:56

Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen says the bank can be flexible in deciding when to raise interest rates, helping propel US shares to record levels.
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Obama vetoes oil pipeline bill

Tuesday, February 24th 2015, 20:33
related places: White House

US President Barack Obama vetoes a bill that would have approved construction of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, White House officials say.
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Goodyear fined $16m for bribery

Tuesday, February 24th 2015, 19:27
related countries: Angola, Kenya
related places: Goodyear

US tyre firm Goodyear agrees to pay $16m to US regulators over allegations it failed to stop persistent bribery in its Kenyan and Angolan operations.
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US sea level rise 'very unusual'

Tuesday, February 24th 2015, 18:45

Sea levels along the northeast coast of the US rose dramatically during 2009-2010 in an event scientists describe as "very unusual".
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Fox host hits back in Falklands row

Tuesday, February 24th 2015, 18:14

One of the most famous US news anchors, Bill O'Reilly of Fox News, rejects allegations he exaggerated his involvement in the Falklands War in 1982.
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UK spies disguised at US trial

Tuesday, February 24th 2015, 18:12

MI5 agents are appearing in a US court for the first time to give evidence in the trial of Abid Naseer, wearing wigs and make-up to hide their identities.
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US missionary abducted in Nigeria

Tuesday, February 24th 2015, 17:49
related countries: Nigeria
related places: Christian

An American woman working as a Christian missionary in central Nigeria has been abducted, the Free Methodist Church USA says.
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Jewish heirs sue Germany over Nazi art

Tuesday, February 24th 2015, 15:50
related countries: Germany

The heirs to Nazi-era Jewish art dealers are taking legal action in the US against the German state to recover a medieval treasure trove.
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US housing market recovery 'falters'

Tuesday, February 24th 2015, 15:05

US house prices grew at twice the rate of inflation in 2014 according to the S&P/Case Shiller survey, but it says the recovery is faltering.
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Oscars audience reaches six-year-low

Tuesday, February 24th 2015, 11:52

The US TV broadcast of this year's Oscars ceremony scores the event's lowest ratings in six years with 36.6m, down 16% on 2014.
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US boost for Cuban cigar festival

Tuesday, February 24th 2015, 5:27
related countries: Cuba
related places: Havana

Cuba's annual cigar festival opens in the capital Havana - with American visitors able to take cigars home legally for the first time in decades.
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US-S Korea joint drills announced

Tuesday, February 24th 2015, 5:13
related countries: North Korea, South Korea
related places: Pyongyang

South Korea and the US announce their annual military drills will begin on 2 March, a move that traditionally angers Pyongyang.
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VIDEO: N Korea tells US to end 'war games'

Tuesday, February 24th 2015, 4:55
related countries: South Korea
related places: March

South Korea has announced its annual military exercises with the United States with start in early March.
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VIDEO: US buyers to take Cuba cigars home

Tuesday, February 24th 2015, 4:18
related countries: Cuba
related places: Havana

Cigar enthusiasts from around 80 countries have gathered in the Cuban capital Havana for the country's annual cigar festival.
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US funding stand-off over migrants

Monday, February 23rd 2015, 23:40
related places: Congress

President Barack Obama warns Republicans against "playing politics with national security", as a partial government shutdown looms over his immigration policy.
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A dozen overdose on 'Molly' in US

Monday, February 23rd 2015, 20:16

A dozen university students are in hospital after overdosing on "Molly" or MDMA, a popular synthetic party drug, in Connecticut.
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PLO faces $218m Israel attacks fine

Monday, February 23rd 2015, 19:35
related countries: Israel
related places: New York

A US court in New York has found the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority liable for attacks in Israel over 10 years ago.
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Fifty Shades holds US box office

Monday, February 23rd 2015, 12:09

Erotic film adaptation Fifty Shades of Grey maintains its number one position for second weekend at the North American box office, taking an estimated $23.2m (£15m).
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Chinese feast: Year of the lobster?

Monday, February 23rd 2015, 0:52
related countries: China

A US export is the newest Chinese New Year delicacy
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The immigrant who became a drone firm boss

Monday, February 23rd 2015, 0:16
related countries: Mexico

The Mexican immigrant who set up the US's largest drone firm
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Shopping mall terror threat 'serious'

Sunday, February 22nd 2015, 21:16
related countries: Somalia

The head of US homeland security urges vigilance after Somali-based militants call for attacks on shopping centres in the US, Canada and Britain.
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VIDEO: More severe winter weather hits US

Sunday, February 22nd 2015, 2:12

Severe winter storms are affecting large parts of the east coast of the United States.
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Japanese-Peruvians recall US internment

Sunday, February 22nd 2015, 1:10
related countries: Japan

The fate of Japanese-Latin Americans during World War Two
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US to consider Russia sanctions

Saturday, February 21st 2015, 19:44
related countries: Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom

US Secretary of State John Kerry says new "serious sanctions" are being considered against Russia over its "craven" behaviour in Ukraine.
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Kristen Stewart makes awards history

Saturday, February 21st 2015, 10:05
related countries: France
related places: Oscar

US actress Kristen Stewart becomes first American actress to win a Cesar Award - the French equivalent of an Oscar - for her role in Cloud of Sils Maria.
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New US defence chief in Afghanistan

Saturday, February 21st 2015, 3:17
related countries: Afghanistan

New US Defence Secretary Ash Carter arrives in Afghanistan, days after taking up the post, saying he wants "lasting success" for the country.
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VIDEO: Ohio red pandas frolic in the snow

Friday, February 20th 2015, 22:06
related places: Ohio

A zookeeper at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden in Ohio in the US has filmed two red pandas playing in the snow.
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Cold envelops US East for second day

Friday, February 20th 2015, 18:29

Bitterly cold temperatures have continued for a second day in the eastern half of the US, setting a number of record lows.
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Iraq-Kurdish force 'to retake Mosul'

Friday, February 20th 2015, 15:30
related countries: Iraq
related places: Mosul, May

An Iraqi-Kurdish force of up to 25,000 is preparing to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State in April or May, a US official says.
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US and UK 'hacked Sim card firm'

Friday, February 20th 2015, 14:32
related countries: United Kingdom

US and British spies hacked a top Sim card firm to steal security codes and facilitate eavesdropping on mobiles, a news website says.
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VIDEO: Huge 'ice fountain' draws US crowds

Friday, February 20th 2015, 10:16
related places: New York

A huge ice fountain has formed in a New York park, as cold weather continues to grip the eastern half of the US.
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VIDEO: Cars freeze amid US cold snap

Friday, February 20th 2015, 3:04

Icy weather conditions are continuing to cause severe disruption to parts of the United States.
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VIDEO: Finland's top tips for US cold

Friday, February 20th 2015, 2:56
related countries: Finland

With record-low temperatures in the US this week, the BBC asked the Finnish ambassador to the US what the country can learn about dealing with the cold.
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Record-breaking cold in US East

Thursday, February 19th 2015, 22:54
related countries: Canada
related places: Siberia

Bitterly cold air from Siberia brings dangerously low and possibly record-setting temperatures to the eastern half of the US and Canada.
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Rabbi admits filming women at baths

Thursday, February 19th 2015, 22:46

A prominent rabbi in the US pleads guilty to 52 counts of voyeurism after secretly filming women prepare to take ritual baths.
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Terror trial spy testifies in wig

Thursday, February 19th 2015, 22:32
related places: Manchester, New York

An MI5 agent gives evidence in disguise at the US trial of a man accused of involvement in plots to attack targets in New York and Manchester.
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Ukraine clashes 'deeply trouble' US

Thursday, February 19th 2015, 22:11
related countries: Ukraine

The US expresses deep concern at reports of fighting in eastern Ukraine and calls on all sides to abide by the terms of an agreed ceasefire.
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US panel backs 'green' low-meat diet

Thursday, February 19th 2015, 21:58

Americans should eat a diet higher in plants, fruits and grains because it is healthier and has a lower environmental impact a US panel has said.
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US and Turkey agree Syria rebel deal

Thursday, February 19th 2015, 21:27
related countries: Syria, Turkey

Turkey and the US sign an agreement to train and equip moderate Syrian opposition forces, US officials say.
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Walmart to raise wages for workers

Thursday, February 19th 2015, 17:59

US retail giant Walmart - the nation's largest private employer - announces plans to raise wages for more than 500,000 hourly employees at its US stores.
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Israel 'leaking' Iran nuclear talks

Thursday, February 19th 2015, 16:23
related countries: Iran, Israel

The US has accused Israel of selectively leaking information from the Iran nuclear talks to distort its position in negotiations.
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Oscars films see online piracy surge

Thursday, February 19th 2015, 15:09

American Sniper is the Oscars-nominated film to have experienced the most illegal downloads since the awards shortlist was revealed, a study suggests.
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Ewan McGregor to direct first film

Thursday, February 19th 2015, 11:39
related countries: United Kingdom

Scottish actor Ewan McGregor signs up to direct his first film - an adaptation of Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel American Pastoral.
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VIDEO: David Hicks: I committed no crime

Thursday, February 19th 2015, 9:16

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee, David Hicks has been speaking out after his terrorism conviction was overturned by the US
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Hicks 'relief' as conviction quashed

Thursday, February 19th 2015, 8:53
related countries: Aruba

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Australian David Hicks speaks of his relief after a US court quashes his terrorism conviction.
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US memorial for IS hostage Mueller

Thursday, February 19th 2015, 6:03
related places: Arizona

Hundreds of people in the US state of Arizona hold a candlelit vigil to honour Islamic State hostage Kayla Mueller, whose death was confirmed this month.
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Australian wins US terror appeal

Thursday, February 19th 2015, 2:08
related countries: Aruba

An Australian former Guantanamo Bay detainee, David Hicks, successfully challenges his terrorism conviction in the US.
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US 'war on those perverting Islam'

Thursday, February 19th 2015, 0:58

President Barack Obama tells a summit on violent extremism that the US is not at war with Islam, but with "terrorists who pervert it".
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Former rap star Vanilla Ice arrested

Wednesday, February 18th 2015, 23:27
related places: Florida

Former rap and home improvement star Vanilla Ice is arrested on suspicion of burglary and theft in the US state of Florida, police say.
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Armstrong admits driving charge

Wednesday, February 18th 2015, 19:23
related countries: France
related places: Aspen

US cyclist Lance Armstrong, who won and was then stripped of seven Tour de France titles, pleads guilty to careless driving in the ski resort of Aspen.
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Afroman arrested for punching fan

Wednesday, February 18th 2015, 17:57
related places: Biloxi

US rapper and musician Afroman is arrested after video footage showed him punching a female fan on stage during a concert in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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US to allow armed drone exports

Wednesday, February 18th 2015, 15:31

The US will loosen some restrictions on selling drones - including armed models - to allies and friendly countries.
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Clarke named Ryder Cup captain

Wednesday, February 18th 2015, 14:45
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Hazeltine

Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke is named Europe's Ryder Cup captain for the 2016 tournament at Hazeltine, United States.
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US warns Russia on Ukraine violence

Wednesday, February 18th 2015, 8:18
related countries: Belarus, Russia, Ukraine
related places: Minsk

The US accuses Russia of violating the Minsk truce deal, while some Ukrainian troops are reportedly withdrawing from the strategic town of Debaltseve.
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VIDEO: Frozen falls as US snow continues

Wednesday, February 18th 2015, 6:28
related places: Niagara Falls

As cold and snowy weather continues to affect the US, part of Niagara Falls has frozen over.
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