We have started to collect the most important news related to United States in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
US President Barack Obama calls on African governments to give gay people equal rights by decriminalising homosexual acts, as he starts a three-nation African tour.
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Economic data points to continuing growth in the US economy, with US consumer spending in May reversing a fall in April
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Ecuador could take weeks to rule on an asylum bid by fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino says.
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US businessman Chip Starnes has been freed after being detained by workers in his factory in China for nearly a week over an industrial dispute.
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The BBC's Steve Rosenberg reports from Sheremetyevo airport where US whistleblower Edward Snowden is believed to be staying at a transit hotel.
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US President Barack Obama has arrived in Senegal on the start of a week-long tour of Africa.
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Alan Myers, the long-time drummer for the US new wave band Devo, dies in Los Angeles, aged 58, after suffering from cancer.
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The US state of Texas executes the 500th prisoner since it reinstated the death penalty in 1982, as a woman is given a lethal injection for murder.
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A US military court overturns the conviction of a Marine found guilty in the 2006 murder of an Iraqi civilian found shot dead in a ditch.
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The US Supreme Court quashes a law denying federal benefits to gay couples and clears the way for same-sex unions in California.
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US anti-drug agents say more than 200 people have been arrested in a major international operation against synthetic drugs.
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The French tyre factory at war for six years with its US owners
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Gruesome case of doctor jailed for murder renews US debate
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Chris Perry and her partner Sandy Steer share their celebrations over a US Supreme Court ruling about gay marriage in a phone call with President Obama.
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The US Supreme Court has overturned a law which denied federal recognition of same-sex marriages, and cleared the way cleared the way for same-sex marriage to resume in California.
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Fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden is still in the transit area at a Moscow airport, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin, but his exact whereabouts remain a mystery.
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The US economy grew at an annualised pace of 1.8% in the first quarter of the year, slower than the previous estimate of 2.4%.
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Brazil reach the Confederations Cup final, where they will face Spain or Italy, after Paulinho's late header sinks Uruguay.
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An American football player is charged with murder after a fellow athlete was found dead in an industrial park not far from the accused's home.
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The US Supreme Court has quashed a law denying federal benefits to gay couples and paved the way for same-sex unions to resume in California, in two landmark rulings.
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Does the US president still have clout on the continent?
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Two prominent US bloggers, the co-founders of anti-Muslim group, have been banned from entering the UK, the Home Office says.
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Fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden is still in the transit area at a Moscow airport, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Helped by a marathon speech and protests, Texas Democrats manage to block a bill that would shut most of the abortion clinics in the state.
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A stage version of A Time to Kill, the first novel by US author John Grisham, is to open in New York later this year.
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Susan Rice has called the UN Security Council's inaction on the Syrian war "a stain" on the body, in final remarks as US ambassador to the body.
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Fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden is still in the transit area at Moscow airport, Russia's President Vladimir Putin has confirmed.
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Vladimir Putin confirms US fugitive Edward Snowden is in Moscow airport's transit area, as Venezuela's leader says he would consider offering asylum.
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The US and Afghan presidents reaffirm their commitment to peace talks with the Taliban, hours after Taliban militants attacked a CIA station.
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Tensions across border keeping US troops in Jordan
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As the US Supreme Court weighs whether to uphold the Defense of Marriage Act, a military woman and her wife explain how the law has made their life together difficult.
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The Yurok language was on the verge of extinction but now it's enjoying a revival as the Northern California Native American tribe begins teaching Yurok in schools.
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US President Obama sets out measures to curb climate change, including limits on power-plant emissions, as he derides sceptics of the problem.
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A 14-year-old boy dies in the US after running into the horn of a bull statue on a Texas university campus, reportedly during a game of hide-and-seek.
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US President Barack Obama has laid out a package of measures aimed at curbing climate change, including limits on emissions from power plants.
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As US home prices see their biggest rise since 2006, some analysts think this is a further sign of economic recovery.
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US bookstore chain Barnes & Noble sees its fourth-quarter net loss more than double to $118.6m (£77m) as sales of its Nook e-books and devices drop.
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The US Supreme Court overturns a key part of a landmark civil rights-era electoral law designed to protect minority voters.
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The German justice minister writes to British ministers seeking information about allegations of mass surveillance by British intelligence.
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Jordan hosts war games that may eventually prepare the way for a military intervention in Syria.
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Russia says fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has not crossed into the country, as the US repeats demands that he should be handed over.
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Actress Halle Berry is to testify in favour of new legislation which would limit the paparazzi’s ability to photograph stars’ children in California.
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US authorities blocks the sale of a Picasso painting valued at $11.5m (£7.4m), at the request of the Italian Government.
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Chinese workers at a factory in Beijing prevent their American boss from leaving for five days amid a dispute over payment.
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US sci-fi and fantasy writer Richard Matheson, who wrote the 1954 vampire novel I Am Legend, dies aged 87.
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China describes US accusations that it facilitated the departure of fugitive Edward Snowden from Hong Kong as "groundless and unacceptable".
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America has criticised Russia and China after fugitive Edward Snowden left Hong Kong for Moscow.
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A new ride which claims to be the tallest and fastest looping rollercoaster in the world has opened in Los Angeles in the US.
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A bill to overhaul the US immigration system passes a key hurdle after the Senate approves a $38bn (£24bn) increase in border security.
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China Petrochemical Corporation, also known as Sinopec, agrees a deal to buy US firm Marathon Oil Corporations's stake in an Angolan oil and gas field.
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A school in the US state of Colorado discriminated against a six-year-old transgender girl by barring her from using the girls' toilets, a panel rules.
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Neighbourhood watchman George Zimmerman shot dead an unarmed black teenager "because he wanted to", a prosecutor says at the start of his trial.
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The US criticises Russia and China for failing to detain fugitive Edward Snowden, with President Obama saying he is pursuing "all legal options".
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The US Supreme Court sends back to a lower court a landmark case considering the role of a student's race in public university admissions policies.
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Oscar-nominated US actor Paul Giamatti is to join the cast of ITV's Downton Abbey, starting with the Christmas episode.
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The location of former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden is unclear after a flight from Russia apparently leaves without him on board.
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Jim Carrey, who stars in upcoming movie Kick-Ass 2, withdraws support for the film following the shooting at Sandy Hook school in the US.
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Gary David Goldberg, the creator of hit US sitcom Family Ties which starred Michael J Fox, has died at the age of 68, according to reports.
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Disney's Monsters University tops the US box office, beating World War Z and Man of Steel, according to studio estimates.
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A mezzo-soprano from the United States wins the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, in its 30th anniversary year.
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Edward Snowden, who leaked top-secret US surveillance data, asks Ecuador for asylum after flying to Moscow from Hong Kong.
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The immigration row over keeping tech talent in the US
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US intelligence fugitive Edward Snowden has arrived at a Moscow airport from Hong Kong, but it is thought he will fly on to another country.
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New hope for sole US prisoner of Taliban in Afghanistan
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US intelligence fugitive Edward Snowden is flying to Moscow after the Hong Kong government said he was free to go despite a US extradition request.
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President Obama has made immigration reform one of his top priorities, but workers and companies both at home and abroad have voiced concerns about the changes.
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The White House contacts Hong Kong for the extradition of US intelligence fugitive Edward Snowden, who leaked details of secret surveillance.
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Should US minority groups have separate museums?
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US President Barack Obama promises to outline his plan to deal with climate change in a speech at Georgetown University on Tuesday.
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A wing walker and her pilot are killed when their biplane crashes during an air show near Dayton in the US state of Ohio.
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The American political satirist Jon Stewart has appeared as a guest on Egypt's top satirical TV show El Bernameg hosted by Bassem Youssef, which is modelled after his own programme "The Daily Show."
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An American former intelligence analyst who leaked details of a secret surveillance programme is charged with spying by the US justice department.
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US Secretary of State John Kerry expresses caution about future talks with the Taliban, following a row over the Afghan insurgents' office in Qatar.
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Tyson Gay and Usain Bolt qualify for August's World Championships after respectively winning the US and Jamaican trials.
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Markets regain ground during US afternoon trading, following 48 hours of falls prompted by comments from the US Federal Reserve.
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US President Barack Obama nominates James Comey, a former justice department official under President George W Bush, as the next FBI director.
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US aviation authorities are investigating a near-collision between two jets in the skies over New York City on 13 June.
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Investors punish the US computing giant Oracle for missing its sales targets for the second quarter running.
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Global markets for shares, bonds and commodities fall and the dollar rises after the US central bank signals it may scale back stimulus later this year.
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A prominent US Christian group that purported to rid gay people of same-sex attraction through prayer says it is shutting down.
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James Gandolfini, the US actor best known for his role as a therapy-seeking mob boss in The Sopranos, dies at the age of 51.
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A US search vessel finds wreckage from a plane which had disappeared five years ago with 14 people on board off the Venezuelan coast.
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Russia and China react angrily after the US downgrades them to its lowest category in a report on efforts to fight human trafficking.
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is trying to broker a deal that would see US surveillance programme leaker Edward Snowden granted asylum in Iceland.
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The Indian rupee dips to an all-time low against the US dollar after the US Federal Reserve signals it could start pulling back on stimulus later this year.
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The US Secretary of State John Kerry calls the Afghan leader to defuse tension over the opening of a Taliban office, an Afghan official tells the BBC.
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US Secretary of State John Kerry has spoken by phone to Afghan President Hamid Karzai to try to defuse tensions, an Afghan spokesman has told the BBC.
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Two US men have appeared in court accused of plotting to build an X-ray weapon to kill enemies of Israel and the US with lethal rays of radiation.
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World tennis number one Serena Williams apologises after reportedly appearing to criticise the victim in a high-profile US rape case.
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The FBI has used drones for surveillance in limited cases over US soil and is developing a drone use policy, the FBI director tells the US Senate.
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Speaking at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, President Barack Obama calls for reductions to be made in US and Russian nuclear stockpiles.
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One in nine bridges in the US - more than 66,000 in total - are structurally deficient, a number likely to grow amid US budget woes, a report finds.
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US President Barack Obama has addressed thousands of Germans in Berlin, almost 50 years to the day since President John Kennedy delivered his famous ""Ich bin ein Berliner" speech.
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A hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay detainee tells of the 'ordeal' of force-feeding, as doctors call for inmates to get independent medical care.
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Slim Whitman, the American country singer known for his yodelling abilities has died at the age of 90.
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A US fugitive on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list for the alleged sexual exploitation of children is arrested at a resort in Mexico.
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Afghanistan suspends talks on a bilateral security agreement with the US, after Washington's announcement of peace talks with the Taliban.
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US satellite TV operator Dish Network says it will not submit a revised bid for Sprint Nextel, leaving the way open for a rival bid from Japan's Softbank.
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Journalist Michael Hastings, whose reporting ended the career of US General Stanley McChrystal, has died in a crash in Los Angeles aged 33.
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Four US soldiers are killed in a Taliban attack at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan, shortly after the US announced direct talks with the militants.
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