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United States: news

VIDEO: Obama supports same-sex marriage

Wednesday, May 9th 2012, 19:38

Barack Obama becomes the first US president to back gay marriage, as he speaks out on the politically charged issue in an interview with ABC News.
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Inmate upsets Obama in US primary

Wednesday, May 9th 2012, 18:57
related places: Texas, West Virginia

A Texas convict won about 40% of voters in West Virginia's democratic primary, potentially taking a few delegates from President Barack Obama.
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Chen 'waiting for China passport'

Wednesday, May 9th 2012, 17:35
related countries: China

Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng says he is waiting for the authorities to issue his passport, so he can leave to study in the US.
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N Carolina approves gay union ban

Wednesday, May 9th 2012, 15:14

Residents of North Carolina approve a constitutional ban on gay unions, initial results suggest, making the state the 29th to limit gay marriage rights.
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AOL to pass on patent proceeds

Wednesday, May 9th 2012, 14:44

US internet firm AOL announces it intends to hand to shareholders all the proceeds from its sale of 800 patents to Microsoft.
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Obama's speechwriter pens sitcom

Wednesday, May 9th 2012, 10:06

US television network NBC commissions a sitcom created by former Obama speechwriter Jon Lovett.
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Twitter resists US court's demand

Wednesday, May 9th 2012, 9:47

Twitter objects to a US court order ordering it to hand over old messages posted by a Occupy Wall Street protester.
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Ed Sheeran pulls out of US gigs

Wednesday, May 9th 2012, 9:36

The 21-year-old singer cancels Snow Patrol support gigs in North America for "personal reasons" but denies reports about enterting rehab.
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US targets Mexico drug lord sons

Wednesday, May 9th 2012, 9:10
related countries: Mexico
related places: Sinaloa

The US adds two sons of Mexico's most wanted man Joaquin Guzman to its drugs kingpin blacklist, saying they play key roles in his Sinaloa cartel.
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Strong rise in profits at Toyota

Wednesday, May 9th 2012, 8:11

Toyota's profits jump five-fold amid a recovery from last year's natural disasters and a pick up in the US car market.
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VIDEO: Underwear bomber 'was double agent'

Wednesday, May 9th 2012, 5:25

Reports from the US say the would-be suicide attacker in a foiled "underwear bomb" plot was in fact a double agent.
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Asia markets join global sell-off

Wednesday, May 9th 2012, 3:23
related countries: Greece

Asian markets fall, tracking falls in Europe and the US, amid political uncertainty in Greece.
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Shares fall on Greece uncertainty

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 21:55
related countries: Greece

European and US shares fall on Tuesday as investors worry about Greece's ability to form a new government.
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VIDEO: US author Maurice Sendak dies

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 21:05

Maurice Sendak, the US author of the best-selling children's book Where the Wild Things Are, dies aged 83
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Al-Qaeda bomb 'foiled by insider'

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 20:03
related countries: Yemen

A bomb plot by a Yemen-based al-Qaeda group involving an updated "underwear bomb" was foiled by insider infiltrating a terror cell, US officials say.
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Wild Things author Sendak dies

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 19:06

Maurice Sendak, the US author of the best-selling children's book Where the Wild Things Are, dies aged 83.
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Miller withdraws bid for Rangers

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 15:56

Bill Miller abandons his offer to buy Rangers, blaming fan opposition and over-optimistic financial information.
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Santorum formally endorses Romney

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 15:45
related places: Romney

Failed US Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum announces support for his former rival Mitt Romney, in a late-night email to supporters.
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US 'foils underwear bomb plot'

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 13:43

The US foils a plot by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to detonate an upgraded version of the failed 2009 "underwear bomb", American officials say.
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China buying Iran oil with yuan

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 13:27
related countries: China, Iran

China is buying crude oil from Iran paid for with its own currency, the yuan, despite a US-led boycott of Iran over its nuclear programme.
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VIDEO: Experts analyse new underpants bomb

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 12:01

Experts in the United States have been analysing a sophisticated new al-Qaeda bomb to see if it could have slipped past airport security.
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VIDEO: Are American Jews fed up with Israel?

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 11:48
related countries: Israel

The Jewish American academic Norman Finkelstein explains how he is often accused of pandering to anti-semites with his controversial views.
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China in US cybersecurity link-up

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 11:07
related countries: China

US and Chinese defence ministers pledge to co-operate on cybersecurity, despite accusations that China is behind online attacks against the US.
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Orchestra leader Lindsey dies

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 10:58
related places: Lindsey, California

Mort Lindsey, the orchestra leader and composer celebrated in the US for his work with Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand, dies in California at the age of 89.
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Simon receives Polar Music Prize

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 10:41

US singer Paul Simon and cellist Yo-Yo Ma are the recipients of this year's Polar Music Prize.
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Google gets driverless licence

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 10:27
related places: Nevada

Driverless cars are set to hit the roads of Nevada as Google is granted the first US autonomous vehicle licence.
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Clinton pushes Pakistan on terror

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 8:38
related countries: India, Pakistan

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls on Pakistan to do more to crack down on militancy, at the close of a two-day trip to India.
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US drug company in $1.6bn payout

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 4:43

Drug firm Abbott Laboratories agrees to pay out $1.6bn (£1bn) after improperly marketing mood-stabilising drug Depakote.
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Harry praises wounded 'heroes'

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 0:38
related countries: United Kingdom

Prince Harry has paid tribute to wounded UK service personnel who took part in a tournament called Warrior Games, during a short trip to the US.
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Colombian 'drug lord' surrenders

Monday, May 7th 2012, 19:54
related countries: Aruba, Colombia

A man who is accused of leading one of the most influential drug gangs in Colombia hands himself in to US counter-narcotics agents in Aruba.
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Google 'breached Java copyright'

Monday, May 7th 2012, 19:22
related places: Java, Oracle

A US jury finds Google breached copyright in a case brought by Oracle over Java programming language but cannot agree whether it constitutes "fair use".
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US hostage video plea released

Monday, May 7th 2012, 18:41
related countries: Pakistan
related places: August

US hostage Warren Weinstein, seized in Pakistan in 2011, pleads for his life in a video posted to Islamist sites, a US monitoring group says.
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Skype death soldier 'not shot'

Monday, May 7th 2012, 17:00

A US Army nurse who died while on Skype with his wife was not shot, the Army says, after she insisted she saw a bullet hole behind him.
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Election fears prove short-lived

Monday, May 7th 2012, 16:52
related countries: France, Greece

European shares finish higher on Monday as investor concerns about government austerity plans following weekend election results proved short-lived.
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Inquiry into Kentucky Derby death

Monday, May 7th 2012, 15:20
related countries: Guatemala
related places: Louisville

A murder investigation is under way in the US city of Louisville after the body of a Guatemalan man is found in a barn at the Kentucky Derby racetrack.
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US '60s sitcom actor Lindsey dies

Monday, May 7th 2012, 11:21
related places: Lindsey

George Lindsey, who found fame as petrol station attendant Goober Pyle on US sitcom the Andy Griffith show, dies at the age of 83.
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Clinton presses India on Iran oil

Monday, May 7th 2012, 10:56
related countries: India

On a visit to India, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urges the country to buy less oil from Iran, saying other supplies are available.
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Al-Qaeda leader killed in Yemen

Monday, May 7th 2012, 9:46
related countries: Yemen

An al-Qaeda leader in Yemen wanted in connection with the 2000 bombing of the warship USS Cole, Fahd al-Quso, is killed in an air raid, officials say.
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No timetable for Chen departure

Monday, May 7th 2012, 9:38
related countries: China

Activist Chen Guangcheng says he does not know when - or if - he will be allowed to leave China because he has not started the process of getting a passport.
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McIlroy number one as Fowler wins

Monday, May 7th 2012, 6:14

Rory McIlroy regains his world number one status despite losing a play-off to American Rickie Fowler at Quail Hollow.
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US scientists who mean business

Sunday, May 6th 2012, 23:29

The American scientists who mean business
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Avengers breaks box office record

Sunday, May 6th 2012, 16:51

The Avengers superhero movie has trounced the record for the biggest ever US opening weekend, taking $200.3m (£123m) at the box office.
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US hikers wed after Iran ordeal

Sunday, May 6th 2012, 12:04
related countries: Iran
related places: California

US hikers Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd, who were held in Iran as alleged spies, get married in California.
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Clinton backs microcredit pioneer

Sunday, May 6th 2012, 9:08
related countries: Bangladesh

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton publicly backs microcredit pioneer Mohammed Yunus, urging Bangladesh not to undermine the Grameen Bank.
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Chaotic start to 9/11 tribunal

Sunday, May 6th 2012, 8:55

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others accused over 9/11 refuse to answer questions as they appear before a military tribunal at Guantanamo.
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Rallies kick off Obama campaign

Sunday, May 6th 2012, 8:46
related places: Ohio

US President Barack Obama kicks off his campaign for re-election in November with a rally in Ohio focusing on the economy.
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McIlroy surges up US leaderboard

Saturday, May 5th 2012, 22:12
related places: Quail Hollow

Rory McIlroy is two shots off the lead after the third round of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow, North Carolina.
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US drone 'kills nine' in Pakistan

Saturday, May 5th 2012, 11:46
related countries: Pakistan

Nine suspected militants have been killed by a US drone in a volatile tribal region of north-west Pakistan, officials say.
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Call for US return of native land

Saturday, May 5th 2012, 2:09

A UN special rapporteur says he will recommend the US restore tribal lands, including the Black Hills of South Dakota, site of Mount Rushmore.
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US job growth slows during April

Friday, May 4th 2012, 21:06

The US economy created 115,000 jobs during April, fewer than the previous month and less than analysts had expected, sending stock markets lower.
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US expects Chen out of China soon

Friday, May 4th 2012, 20:51
related countries: China

The US says Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has been offered a fellowship by a US university and it expects China to allow him out soon.
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Beastie Boys' Yauch dies aged 47

Friday, May 4th 2012, 20:42

Beastie Boys rapper Adam Yauch has died at the age of 47, after a three-year battle with cancer.
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New path for Keystone XL pipeline

Friday, May 4th 2012, 16:55
related countries: Canada
related places: Alberta

The Canadian firm trying to build an oil pipeline from Alberta to the US Gulf Coast has formally proposed a new route, the US state department says.
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Viewpoint: Why US and China need a deal on Chen

Friday, May 4th 2012, 12:12
related countries: China

Why US and China need a deal on dissident Chen
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China may let dissident go abroad

Friday, May 4th 2012, 11:33
related countries: China

China says prominent dissident Chen Guangcheng can apply to study abroad, potentially showing a way out of the diplomatic crisis with the US.
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VIDEO: Chen calls US Congress for help

Friday, May 4th 2012, 6:31
related countries: China

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has telephoned a US Congressional hearing to plead for help in his attempts to leave China with his family.
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Chen phones US Congress for help

Friday, May 4th 2012, 6:20
related countries: China

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng telephones a US Congressional hearing to plead for help in his attempts to leave China with his family.
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VIDEO: US toddler unfazed by hungry lion

Friday, May 4th 2012, 3:48

A child has been caught on camera at a zoo, seemingly oblivious to the desperate efforts of one of its residents to make a meal out of him.
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VIDEO: On the hunt with US 'meteor zombies'

Friday, May 4th 2012, 2:51
related places: California

When a meteor shower streaked across the north California skies 10 days ago, treasure-seekers rushed to California's Gold Country looking for space rocks.
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NFL star's death ruled suicide

Friday, May 4th 2012, 0:34

Former NFL star Junior Seau died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a US coroner says, returning a verdict of suicide on the former San Diego Charger.
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Bin Laden 'frustrated at the end'

Thursday, May 3rd 2012, 22:11
related countries: Pakistan

Newly released papers from Osama Bin Laden's hideout reveal a frustrated al-Qaeda leader struggling to master an unruly network, the US military says.
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VIDEO: Chen phones US Congress for help

Thursday, May 3rd 2012, 21:37
related countries: China

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has telephoned a US Congressional hearing to plead for help in his attempts to leave China with his family.
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Records thief foiled by collector

Thursday, May 3rd 2012, 21:08

An in-house thief at the US National Archives is jailed after a radio recording enthusiast saw his own donated Babe Ruth interview for sale on eBay.
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Chen 'unable to meet US envoys'

Thursday, May 3rd 2012, 18:46
related countries: China

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he has been unable to meet US officials to discuss his desire to leave the country, he tells the BBC.
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RBS repays £163bn emergency loans

Thursday, May 3rd 2012, 16:31
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Friday

RBS will say on Friday that, as of next week, it will have repaid all the £163bn of emergency loans it received from UK and US taxpayers, the BBC has learned.
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GM profits knocked by Europe loss

Thursday, May 3rd 2012, 15:19

US car giant General Motors reports a sharp drop in quarterly profits, in part due to its loss-making European operations.
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Russia warns on missile defence

Thursday, May 3rd 2012, 12:22
related countries: Russia

Russia warns it is prepared to use force pre-emptively if the US goes ahead with its plans for a missile defence system based in Eastern Europe.
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Chen 'not forced from US embassy'

Thursday, May 3rd 2012, 10:14
related countries: China

Chen Guangcheng was not put under pressure to leave the US embassy, its ambassador says, as the activist tells the BBC he wants to leave China.
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Jack White scores US number one

Thursday, May 3rd 2012, 9:23

Jack White has scored his first number one album in the US with his debut solo record, Blunderbuss.
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Dissident 'wants to leave China'

Thursday, May 3rd 2012, 6:39
related countries: China

Activist Chen Guangcheng says he wants to leave China hours after leaving his US embassy refuge, as US-China strategic talks get under way.
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VIDEO: Clinton: 'Do not deny aspirations'

Thursday, May 3rd 2012, 3:32
related countries: China
related places: Beijing

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has told China that it cannot deny the aspirations of its citizens, during a news conference at the start of high-level trade and security talks between the two countries in Beijing.
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US calls for China policy change

Thursday, May 3rd 2012, 3:09
related countries: China

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urges China to change its export-led growth policy and increase domestic consumption.
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Betrayed Edwards wife 'tore bra'

Thursday, May 3rd 2012, 2:44

Former US senator John Edwards' daughter flees court during evidence about a furious confrontation between her father and mother over his affair.
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Forgotten US inmate 'drank urine'

Wednesday, May 2nd 2012, 21:40

A man who was locked in a tiny cell for five days without water and food tells of drinking his own urine to survive, as drug agents apologise.
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'Threats' ousted China activist

Wednesday, May 2nd 2012, 21:37
related countries: China
related places: Beijing

Leading Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he left his refuge in the US embassy in Beijing after Chinese authorities made threats to his family.
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Charges over Florida hazing death

Wednesday, May 2nd 2012, 19:24
related places: Orlando, Florida

Prosecutors in the US city of Orlando charge 13 over the hazing death of Florida A&M University student Robert Champion, who died on a university bus.
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VIDEO: Scuffles over Chen at hospital

Wednesday, May 2nd 2012, 18:34
related countries: China
related places: Beijing

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng says he gave up his refuge in the US embassy in Beijing after Chinese authorities made threats to family members.
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China activist leaves US embassy

Wednesday, May 2nd 2012, 15:00
related countries: China
related places: Beijing

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng leaves his refuge in the US embassy in Beijing and will stay in China, amid reports his family had been threatened.
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Obama pledges end to Afghan war

Wednesday, May 2nd 2012, 14:17
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Laden

US President Obama pledges to "finish the job" on a surprise trip to Afghanistan a year after Osama Bin Laden's death, as seven die in a Kabul blast
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Shaft guitarist Pitts dies at 65

Wednesday, May 2nd 2012, 10:56
related places: Memphis, Pitts, Shaft

Charles 'Skip' Pitts, the US soul and blues guitarist who played on Isaac Hayes' Theme from Shaft, dies in a Memphis hospital at the age of 65.
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Knox trial video cost challenged

Wednesday, May 2nd 2012, 9:56
related countries: Italy

Auditors are investigating Italian prosecutors involved in the murder trial of US student Amanda Knox over the cost of a controversial video re-enactment.
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Escape overshadows US-China talks

Wednesday, May 2nd 2012, 5:45
related countries: China

Hillary Clinton arrives in China for talks set to be overshadowed by the fate of a Chinese activist, as state media mentions the case for the first time.
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Toyota US sales continue to rise

Wednesday, May 2nd 2012, 5:33

Toyota's US sales rise 11.6% in April from a year earlier as it continues to regain market share in the world's biggest economy.
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Canada 'to give Black residency'

Wednesday, May 2nd 2012, 4:18
related countries: Canada
related places: Black

Disgraced former media mogul Conrad Black will be allowed to live in Canada after he finishes a prison term in the US, government sources say.
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Occupy stages day of US protests

Wednesday, May 2nd 2012, 1:45
related places: San Francisco, New York

Occupy Wall Street protesters stage rallies from New York to San Francisco, as they call for a US general strike to mark International Workers' Day.
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Gay Mitt Romney spokesman resigns

Tuesday, May 1st 2012, 23:12

An openly gay spokesman for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney resigns, citing personal reasons but amid criticism by anti-gay conservatives.
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Obama signs strategic Afghan deal

Tuesday, May 1st 2012, 21:29
related countries: Afghanistan

US President Barack Obama signs a strategic accord with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on a previously unannounced visit to Afghanistan.
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VIDEO: Obama silent on China dissident

Tuesday, May 1st 2012, 21:19
related countries: China
related places: Beijing

Activists claim Mr Chen entered the US embassy in Beijing earlier this month, after slipping out of his home.
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VIDEO: Plan to 'replace war with peace'

Tuesday, May 1st 2012, 21:10
related countries: Afghanistan

US President Barack Obama has signed a strategic agreement with Afghan leader Hamid Karzai on a previously unannounced visit to Afghanistan.
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Dow Jones rises to four-year high

Tuesday, May 1st 2012, 20:37

The Dow Jones index closes at its highest level for more than four years after data showed US manufacturing was stronger than expected in April.
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The Truman Show: Levittown at school

Tuesday, May 1st 2012, 17:12

The US students graduating into a gloomy economy
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Norwegian swimming champion dies

Tuesday, May 1st 2012, 15:57
related countries: Norway

Norway's world swimming champion Alexander Dale Oen dies suddenly in the US, aged 26, the country's swimming federation says.
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Jailed US man cleared of murder

Tuesday, May 1st 2012, 15:19

A US man who spent more than 16 years in prison is freed after new DNA evidence clears his name.
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The US and China's dilemma over Chen Guangcheng

Tuesday, May 1st 2012, 13:36
related countries: China

Activist's escape overshadows talks between the US and China
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Globes producer prevails in trial

Tuesday, May 1st 2012, 9:29
related places: Los Angeles

The production company behind the Golden Globes telecast had the right to negotiate a long-term deal with US broadcaster NBC, a judge in Los Angeles rules.
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Chavez urges exit from OAS body

Tuesday, May 1st 2012, 9:10
related countries: Cuba, Venezuela

Hugo Chavez says Venezuela should pull out of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission, in a speech ahead of returning to Cuba for cancer treatment.
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Man in court over US shootings

Tuesday, May 1st 2012, 7:11
related places: California

Former nursing student One Goh denies killing seven people in a shooting rampage at a California university, as he appears in court.
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White House explains drone policy

Tuesday, May 1st 2012, 6:30
related places: White House

A White House official details the US use of drones to kill members of al-Qaeda, and reveals that Osama Bin Laden's papers are to go online.
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Obama silent on China dissident

Tuesday, May 1st 2012, 3:29
related countries: China
related places: Beijing

Barack Obama refuses to comment on the whereabouts of a Chinese dissident said to be at the US embassy in Beijing after fleeing house arrest.
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Sharp rise in US opiate babies

Tuesday, May 1st 2012, 1:30

The number of US babies born with symptoms of opiate withdrawal increased threefold between 2000 and 2009, new research shows.
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