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United States: news

Fears grow as US flooding worsens

Friday, May 6th 2011, 17:29
related places: Louisiana

Fears grow among US residents along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers as rising flood waters threaten communities from Illinois to Louisiana.
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VIDEO: US ‘watched Osama hideout for months’

Friday, May 6th 2011, 14:33

Al-Qaeda confirms the death of its leader Osama Bin Laden, according to a statement attributed to the group.
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Bin Laden 'planned new US attack'

Friday, May 6th 2011, 11:22
related countries: Pakistan

Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was actively involved in planning new terror attacks, US officials say, citing documents reportedly found in his Pakistan compound.
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Deadly US drone raid in Pakistan

Friday, May 6th 2011, 11:13
related countries: Pakistan

At least 12 people are killed by US drone missiles in a Pakistani tribal area, officials say, in the first such strike since the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.
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VIDEO: Storm-hit US states braced for floods

Friday, May 6th 2011, 8:33
related places: Midwest

Several US states that were hit by recent storms in the south and midwest now face the threat of severe flooding.
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Stars sit out US Republican debate

Friday, May 6th 2011, 6:21
related places: Republican

The first debate of the Republican presidential primary campaign is held, though most major contenders do not take part.
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Obama lays wreath at Ground Zero

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 22:44
related countries: Pakistan
related places: New York

US President Barack Obama lays a wreath at Ground Zero in New York, telling firefighters America will "never forget" the 9/11 attacks.
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VIDEO: America 'will never forget' 9/11

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 22:04
related places: New York

Four days after American forces killed Osama Bin Laden, President Obama has laid a wreath at Ground Zero in New York.
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Seven Stanford charges abandoned

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 21:23
related places: Texas

US federal prosecutors drop seven of 21 criminal charges against Texas financier and former cricket promoter Allen Stanford.
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All shook up: Elvis falls off US baby name list

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 20:03

The name Elvis was not among the top 1,000 US baby names in 2010, the first year it had not made the list since 1954, the US government says.
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VIDEO: ... but Obama says photos 'too graphic'

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 15:54

US President Barack Obama has been giving his reasons for not publishing photographs of Osama Bin Laden's body.
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Engineers target US flood threats

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 15:47

Engineers are to blow up a third section of a Mississippi River levee to relieve a flood threat in Missouri, as waters continue to threaten several US states.
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Cole lands US X Factor judge job

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 14:09

Pop star Cheryl Cole is to sit on the judging panel of the US version of The X Factor, Simon Cowell confirms.
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US woman refuses Iran spy trial

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 13:34
related countries: Iran

Sarah Shourd, who was released by Iran after being detained with two fellow US hikers in 2009, says she will not return to stand trial for spying.
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Royal couple to visit California

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 13:07
related countries: Canada
related places: Cambridge, Duke, California

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit the US after their official overseas tour to Canada this summer.
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General Motors sees profits jump

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 12:43

US carmaker General Motors' first quarter profit more than triples, helped by rising car sales and the sale of assets.
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US and Europe plan new spaceship

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 12:06
related places: America

America and Europe discuss the possibilities of developing a spaceship together later this decade.
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Gay announces Manchester comeback

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 11:54
related places: Manchester

American sprinter Tyson Gay will make his first European appearance of the year at Manchester's Great City Games on Sunday 15 May.
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Pacino to be honoured in Venice

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 11:40
related places: Venice

US actor and director Al Pacino is to be honoured at the Venice Film Festival in September for his 'original' film-making.
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Bin Laden photos 'security risk'

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 10:47

President Barack Obama says publishing photos of the dead Osama Bin Laden would pose a national security risk to the US.
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VIDEO: President Obama to visit Ground Zero

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 5:52
related places: New York

US President Obama is set to visit Ground Zero in New York as the city absorbs the death of the al-Qaeda leader, who plotted the 9/11 attacks.
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No release of Bin Laden photos

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 4:05
related countries: Pakistan

President Barack Obama rules out releasing photos of Osama Bin Laden taken after he was shot dead by US special forces in Pakistan on Monday.
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Prince Charles meets Obama in US

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 3:15
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Washington

The Prince of Wales discusses energy and environmental issues with US President Barack Obama in Washington.
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Hollywood star Jackie Cooper dies

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 2:57

Former US child star Jackie Cooper, who went on to play the Daily Planet editor in four Superman movies, dies aged 88.
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US man jailed over web suicides

Wednesday, May 4th 2011, 23:26
related countries: Canada, United Kingdom
related places: Minnesota

A US man who helped persuade a British man and Canadian woman he met online to commit suicide is jailed for nearly a year in Minnesota.
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Renren soars on US market debut

Wednesday, May 4th 2011, 21:39
related countries: China
related places: New York

Shares in one of China's biggest social networking sites, Renren, rise almost 50% on their debut in New York.
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VIDEO: US probes Bin Laden's computers

Wednesday, May 4th 2011, 18:15

The US says it expects to add names to terror watchlist thanks to evidence from Osama Bin Laden's compound.
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Bin Laden killing lawful, says US

Wednesday, May 4th 2011, 17:41

Osama Bin Laden's killing was lawful, says the US attorney general, after it emerged he had been unarmed when special forces killed him in Pakistan.
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World 'failed to track Bin Laden'

Wednesday, May 4th 2011, 14:43

Pakistan blames a worldwide "intelligence failure", amid criticism in the wake of the US raid that killed Osama Bin Laden near Islamabad.
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South Park team dominates Tonys

Wednesday, May 4th 2011, 11:13
related places: Mormon, South Park

Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park, land 14 Tony nominations in the US for their stage musical The Book of Mormon.
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AUDIO: US Navy Seal on Bin Laden mission

Wednesday, May 4th 2011, 10:19

As the world learns more about the US operation that killed Osama Bin Laden, a serving US Navy Seal describes the mission to bring him to justice.
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Pakistan dismisses US raid fears

Wednesday, May 4th 2011, 7:27
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistan rejects US claims it could not be trusted with details of the raid that killed Bin Laden, as the US says he was unarmed when he died.
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Lucky gamblers hit Sands' profits

Wednesday, May 4th 2011, 5:53
related countries: Singapore
related places: Sands, Las Vegas, Asia

Shares in casino operator Las Vegas Sands slump after company posts disappointing revenues, profits
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VIDEO: The team that killed Bin Laden

Wednesday, May 4th 2011, 2:49

The BBC's Steve Kingstone reports on Seal Team Six, the US Navy team that is thought to have ended a 10-year manhunt for Osama Bin Laden.
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Mississippi flood levee breached

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 22:59

US blows a hole in a levee to relieve Mississippi River flooding, inundating 200 sq miles of farmland used to channel the excess water.
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Bin Laden 'was unarmed when shot'

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 22:45
related countries: Pakistan

Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was unarmed when he was killed by US troops on Sunday after resisting capture, the White House says.
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Cameron pledges to press Pakistan

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 17:37
related countries: United Kingdom

David Cameron has promised to ask "searching questions" of Pakistan after Osama Bin Laden was found living near the nation's top military academy.
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US accuses Deutsche Bank of lying

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 16:26

US authorities sue Deutsche Bank for more than $1bn (£600m) alleging that it defrauded the US government.
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Russia charges spy ring 'traitor'

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 13:22
related countries: Russia

Russia charges a former top spy with high treason for allegedly exposing 10 sleeper agents who were expelled from the US last year.
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VIDEO: Official says Pakistan monitored Osama

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 11:16
related countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan, United Kingdom

Pakistan's High Commissioner in the UK Wajid Shamsul Hasan claims that Pakistan's intelligence services, working in co-operation with US agents, had been monitoring Osama Bin Laden's movements in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Smith awarded Polar Music Prize

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 9:32

Rocker Patti Smith and US string group Kronos Quartet are named the recipients of the 2011 Polar Music Prize, Sweden's highest musical honour.
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More time to reach US budget deal

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 8:59
related places: Congress

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner gives Congress more time to negotiate a deal to increase the US's borrowing limit.
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Vin Diesel movie scores big in US

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 8:22

Action film Fast Five, starring Vin Diesel, takes $86.2m (£51.9m) in its first three days, the biggest opener of the year so far in the US.
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US factory output beats forecasts

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 4:11

US manufacturing output is boosted by a weak dollar that has made American goods cheaper overseas.
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VIDEO: Obama receives standing ovation

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 1:46
related places: White House

US President Barack Obama has received a standing ovation at a bipartisan dinner at the White House following the death of al-Qaeda's leader, Osama Bin Laden, who was killed in a top secret operation which he ordered.
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World 'safer' without Bin Laden

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 1:13
related countries: Pakistan

US President Barack Obama says the world is a safer place after the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, shot dead in Pakistan in a raid by US special forces.
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VIDEO: How the Bin Laden raid unfolded

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 22:34

Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed in a top secret operation ordered by US President Barack Obama.
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VIDEO: Residents describe Bin Laden raid

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 22:01

Residents of Abbottabad, Pakistan describe their experience of the US raid that killed Osama Bin Laden.
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US tornado strike 'biggest ever'

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 21:47

The outbreak of tornadoes that ravaged the southern US last week was the largest in US history, the US National Weather Service says.
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Markets reverse their early gains

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 20:43
related places: Asia

Stock markets reverse their earlier gains and oil prices rise after US President Barack Obama says Osama Bin Laden is dead.
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VIDEO: Obama 'watched raid in real-time'

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 20:11

US President Obama watched the raid in which Osama Bin Laden was killed in real-time, according to White House Counter-Terrorism advisor John Brennan.
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Taliban urged to reject violence

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 19:17

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urges the Taliban to reject violence and "rejoin society" following the death of Osama Bin Laden.
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VIDEO: Musharraf: Raid 'violated' Pakistan

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 18:17
related countries: Pakistan

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf calls the killing of Osama Bin Laden a "victory" for Pakistan but criticises the US for "violating" Pakistani sovereignty.
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Al-Qaeda's leader Bin Laden dead

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 16:03

Al-Qaeda founder and leader Osama Bin Laden is killed by US ground forces in Pakistan, President Barack Obama says.
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Africans welcome Bin Laden death

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 15:26
related countries: Kenya, Pakistan
related places: Nairobi

The leaders of African countries where al-Qaeda has staged attacks, such as Kenya, Tanzania and Mali, welcome the killing by US forces in Pakistan of Osama Bin Laden but warn of possible revenge.
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AUDIO: Raid eyewitness 'heard heavy gunfire'

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 15:23

A man who unknowingly lived in the same town as Osama Bin Laden has said he heard "heavy gunfire followed by a huge blast", as US forces attacked his compound.
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VIDEO: Bin Laden's 10 years on the run

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 14:05

How did Bin Laden manage to evade American attempts to capture him for nearly 10 years?
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VIDEO: Inside Osama Bin Laden's compound

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 13:22
related countries: Pakistan

The leader of al-Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, has been killed by US forces at a compound in Pakistan.
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VIDEO: US takes in news of Osama's death

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 13:14
related countries: Pakistan

President Obama has announced that the Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed by US troops in Pakistan.
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Chrysler returns to profitability

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 12:11
related places: Chrysler

US carmaker Chrysler reports a quarterly net profit of $116m, its first since it emerged from bankruptcy protection in 2009.
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VIDEO: Osama Bin Laden's compound

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 10:40
related countries: Pakistan

President Obama says al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed by US forces in Pakistan
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VIDEO: Bin Laden's 'reign of terror' over

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 7:50
related countries: Pakistan

Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed by US forces in Pakistan, President Barack Obama has said.
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VIDEO: Obama confirms death of Bin Laden

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 5:48

US President Barack Obama has confirmed the death of Osama Bin Laden and that the US has taken custody of the al-Qaeda leader's body.
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VIDEO: Taking stock after the tornadoes

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 1:34

People in six US states badly affected by tornadoes are beginning the massive clean-up operation, and in many cases starting to rebuild their entire lives.
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Egypt in Palestine appeal to US

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 0:46
related countries: Egypt
related places: Palestine

The Egyptian foreign minister urges the US to support the declaration of an independent Palestinian state, in a significant change of policy.
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Obama lampoons Trump at White House dinner

Sunday, May 1st 2011, 5:06
related places: White House

US President Barack Obama has sent up Donald Trump's presidential ambitions, joking that the real-estate mogul would turn the White House into a casino.
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VIDEO: Aftermath of US tornadoes

Sunday, May 1st 2011, 2:58

The number of people known to have died in the tornadoes which have ravaged the southern US this week has reached 340.
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Storm leaves Alabama poultry industry in ruins

Saturday, April 30th 2011, 23:56
related places: Alabama

The storms that tore across the southern US this week also devastated Alabama's large poultry industry, as the BBC's Daniel Nasaw reports.
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Buffett admits 'mistake' on Sokol

Saturday, April 30th 2011, 22:26

US billionaire investor Warren Buffett faces tough questions from Berkshire Hathaway shareholders about a top executive's resignation.
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Deaths from US tornadoes top 340

Saturday, April 30th 2011, 10:49

New bodies are found in the southern US taking to 340 the number of deaths from this week's tornadoes - among the worst in US history.
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US 'not denying North Korea aid'

Saturday, April 30th 2011, 9:33
related countries: North Korea

US officials deny an accusation from former US President Jimmy Carter that the US is withholding food aid from North Korea.
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Harry Potter star denies bullying claim

Saturday, April 30th 2011, 7:29

The Harry Potter actress says she was never bullied at the prestigious US university she was attending.
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US tobacco firms defeat hospitals

Saturday, April 30th 2011, 4:42
related places: Six

Six major US tobacco companies defeat a lawsuit filed by hospitals seeking financial compensation for treating sick smokers.
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US court backs stem cell funding

Saturday, April 30th 2011, 2:04

A US appeals court overturns an earlier order to suspend federal funding of stem cell research, marking a victory for the Obama administration.
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US court restores NFL 'lockout'

Saturday, April 30th 2011, 2:00

A US appeals court puts a "lockout" imposed by National Football League team owners back into effect, creating chaos amid the draft of new players.
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Obama shocked by tornado damage

Friday, April 29th 2011, 21:56

President Barack Obama says he has "never seen devastation like this", after visiting a city in Alabama which has been ravaged by tornadoes, which have left over 300 dead.
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Mexico 'cartel boss' extradited

Friday, April 29th 2011, 19:50
related countries: Mexico
related places: Tijuana

Mexico extradites the alleged leader of the Tijuana cartel which during its heyday controlled much of the drug flow to the United States.
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US sanctions target Syria assets

Friday, April 29th 2011, 19:38
related countries: Iran, Syria

US President Barack Obama signs an order imposing sanctions on three top Syrian officials, Syria's intelligence agency and Iran's Revolutionary Guard.
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VIDEO: Obama visits storm-ravaged Alabama

Friday, April 29th 2011, 18:15
related places: Alabama

President Barack Obama has visited storm-ravaged communities in Alabama as south-eastern US states face up to the aftermath of devastating storms.
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US consumer spending up in March

Friday, April 29th 2011, 13:47
related places: March

US consumer spending increased by 0.6% in March, rising for the ninth straight month, helped by an increase in personal incomes.
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Stewart receives lifetime honour

Friday, April 29th 2011, 13:18
related places: Los Angeles

Rod Stewart has been honoured with a lifetime achievement from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in Los Angeles.
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Gold rises 7% in April

Friday, April 29th 2011, 12:48

The price of the precious metal continues to strengthen off the back of a weakening US dollar
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China's yuan rises past key level

Friday, April 29th 2011, 11:13
related countries: China

China's yuan surges past 6.50 level against the US dollar with more gains expected
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Superman 'may renounce US citizenship'

Friday, April 29th 2011, 10:42

Superman intends to renounce his US citizenship because he does not wish to be seen as an instrument of US policy, the new issue of Action Comics declares.
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Manning 'moved out of isolation'

Friday, April 29th 2011, 6:59

Bradley Manning, who is accused of leaking US government documents published by Wikileaks, is cleared to live alongside other inmates.
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VIDEO: More than 300 dead in US storms

Friday, April 29th 2011, 5:53
related places: Alabama

More than 300 people have died in storms and tornadoes across the southern US, with at least 200 being killed in Alabama alone.
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Obama issues storm recovery vow

Friday, April 29th 2011, 4:51
related places: Alabama

President Barack Obama says the US government will do all it can to help communities recover from tornadoes that have killed at least 297 people.
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More US Wal-Marts to stock guns

Thursday, April 28th 2011, 23:46

Retail giant Wal-Mart says it will soon bring back the sale of firearms, including rifles and shotguns, at more than 500 of its US stores.
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VIDEO: Obama: US storms 'catastrophic'

Thursday, April 28th 2011, 22:36

Almost 300 people have been killed in storms battering the southern United States, the worst for more than forty years.
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Couple admit Jaycee Dugard kidnap

Thursday, April 28th 2011, 21:14
related places: California, Nancy

Philip Garrido and his wife Nancy plead guilty to the kidnap and rape of schoolgirl Jaycee Dugard, whom they kept prisoner for 18 years in California.
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Southern US storm deaths hit 250

Thursday, April 28th 2011, 19:22
related places: Arkansas, Alabama

Storms and tornadoes batter southern US states, with the death toll reaching 250 - including 142 people killed in Alabama alone.
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India to pick European fighters

Thursday, April 28th 2011, 19:20
related countries: India

India shortlists two European fighter jets and rules out two US rivals for a key $11bn contract, a move the US ambassador calls "deeply disappointing".
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VIDEO: Carter urges food aid for North Korea

Thursday, April 28th 2011, 19:07
related countries: North Korea, South Korea

Former US president Jimmy Carter has accused the US and South Korea of human rights violations against North Koreans by withholding food aid.
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Beijing 'back-sliding on rights'

Thursday, April 28th 2011, 13:40
related countries: China
related places: Beijing, Washington

A top US diplomat says Washington is deeply concerned about deteriorating human rights in China, after two days of talks in Beijing.
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Growth in the US economy slows

Thursday, April 28th 2011, 13:40

US economic growth slowed in the first three months of 2011 to an annualised rate of 1.8%, the Commerce Department says.
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Carter urges North Korea food aid

Thursday, April 28th 2011, 12:39
related countries: North Korea, South Korea

Former US President Jimmy Carter accuses the US and South Korea of human rights violations against North Koreans by withholding food aid.
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VIDEO: Is the US economy slowing down?

Thursday, April 28th 2011, 11:02

US GDP figures for the first three months of the year are expected to show growth has slowed down.
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VIDEO: Many die as storms sweep across US

Thursday, April 28th 2011, 10:04

Tornadoes and storms in the south-eastern United States have killed at least 280 people, officials say.
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Holmes settles drug claim dispute

Thursday, April 28th 2011, 8:59

Actress Katie Holmes settles a legal claim with a US celebrity magazine over an article that falsely suggested she was a drug addict.
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Top US diplomat in India resigns

Thursday, April 28th 2011, 5:20
related countries: India
related places: Delhi

US Ambassador to India Timothy Roemer announces his resignation for personal and family reasons, the US Embassy in Delhi says.
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