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United States: news

UBS investigated by US regulators

Wednesday, March 16th 2011, 7:42
related countries: Switzerland

Swiss banking giant UBS says it is being investigated by US regulators for allegedly manipulating the interbank lending rate Libor.
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Three Mile Island

Tuesday, March 15th 2011, 22:53

Lessons from the 1979 nuclear disaster seared into US memory
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'Pirates' in court over US deaths

Tuesday, March 15th 2011, 22:19
related countries: Oman, Yemen

Thirteen Somalis and a Yemeni plead not guilty to charges over the hijacking of a yacht near Oman that ended with the deaths of four US sailors.
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US web suicide nurse found guilty

Tuesday, March 15th 2011, 20:32
related countries: Canada, United Kingdom

A US nurse is convicted of aiding the suicides of a British man and a Canadian woman after seeking out depressed people online and urging two to kill themselves.
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US Fed signals no change in rates

Tuesday, March 15th 2011, 19:08

The Federal Reserve signals no change to US interest rates, which will remain near zero, in a unanimous vote.
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Petraeus upbeat on Afghan efforts

Tuesday, March 15th 2011, 17:44
related countries: Afghanistan

The US commander in Afghanistan says the Taliban's momentum has been halted in key areas, keeping the US on track to start withdrawing forces in July.
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Nasdaq 'to make rival NYSE bid'

Tuesday, March 15th 2011, 8:33

US technology exchange Nasdaq is to bid $12bn for NYSE Euronext this week, in competition with Deutsche Boerse, reports say.
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Clinton and Libyan rebel in talks

Tuesday, March 15th 2011, 2:45
related countries: France, Libya
related places: Paris

The US secretary of state holds talks in Paris with Libyan opposition figure Mahmoud Jibril on ways the US can aid efforts to depose Muammar Gaddafi.
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US urges Aristide to delay return

Monday, March 14th 2011, 23:35
related countries: Haiti
related places: Jean

The US urges former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide to delay his return from exile until after presidential elections on 20 March.
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End-of-life row baby moved to US

Monday, March 14th 2011, 22:56
related countries: Canada
related places: Ontario

Parents of a terminally ill Canadian boy transfer him to a US Catholic hospital after an Ontario court rules doctors can remove a breathing tube keeping him alive.
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Life sentences for Somali pirates

Monday, March 14th 2011, 20:01
related countries: Somalia

Five Somali men convicted of attacking a US Navy ship they mistook for a merchant vessel are sentenced to life in prison.
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US sued over syphilis experiments

Monday, March 14th 2011, 19:44
related places: Lawyers

Lawyers representing Guatemalans deliberately infected with syphilis sue the US government for compensation.
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Cuba cuts peso to match US dollar

Monday, March 14th 2011, 18:00
related countries: Cuba

Cuba devalues its currency by 8% in relation to the US dollar as part of efforts to revive its economy.
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Israel call to cancel UN premiere

Monday, March 14th 2011, 14:16
related countries: Israel
related places: New York

Israel urges the United Nations to cancel the US premiere, at its New York headquarters, of a film about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Watney claims WGC title at Doral

Sunday, March 13th 2011, 23:23
related places: Florida, Doral

Nick Watney overhauls fellow American Dustin Johnson to win the WGC Cadillac Championship in Florida.
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Wikileaks row: US official quits

Sunday, March 13th 2011, 18:28

US state department spokesman PJ Crowley resigns after calling US treatment of the man accused of leaking cables to Wikileaks "stupid".
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Chevron appeals over Amazon fine

Sunday, March 13th 2011, 10:23
related places: Chevron, Amazon

US oil giant Chevron launches a legal appeal against an Ecuadorean court fine of $8.6bn (£5.3bn) for polluting much of the country's Amazon region.
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Murray suffers shock Masters loss

Sunday, March 13th 2011, 0:04
related countries: India
related places: Masters

Andy Murray makes an early exit in Indian Wells as US qualifier Donald Young causes a major upset with a straight-sets victory.
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Live text - Murray v Young

Saturday, March 12th 2011, 22:14
related countries: India
related places: Young, Murray

Britain's Andy Murray takes on American qualifier Donald Young in round two of the BNP Paribas Masters in Indian Wells.
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Cuba jails US web project worker

Saturday, March 12th 2011, 20:56
related countries: Cuba

US internet project worker Alan Gross is sentenced to 15 years in prison for crimes against the state in Cuba.
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US treatment of Manning 'stupid'

Saturday, March 12th 2011, 15:53
related places: Manning

The US treatment of the man accused of leaking cables to Wikileaks, is "counterproductive and stupid", state department spokesman says.
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Wikileaks Twitter demand upheld

Friday, March 11th 2011, 23:44

A US judge rules the government may ask three associates of Julian Assange to hand over Twitter details in the criminal investigation into Wikileaks.
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Obama vows US pressure on Gaddafi

Friday, March 11th 2011, 22:01
related countries: Libya

President Barack Obama says the world is "tightening the noose" on Libya's Col Muammar Gaddafi, as the US extends sanctions to Gaddafi relatives.
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VIDEO: Obama's 'thoughts with people of Japan'

Friday, March 11th 2011, 18:27
related countries: Japan

US President Barack Obama has said that his "thoughts and prayers are with the people of Japan" after a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the country.
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Giffords is 'walking and talking'

Friday, March 11th 2011, 16:50
related places: Texas, Arizona

US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, shot in the head in an Arizona attack, is walking and stringing sentences together, doctors in Texas say.
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US retail sales grew in February

Friday, March 11th 2011, 15:48
related places: February

Figures show US retail sales in February rose for the eighth month in a row and January's figures were higher than thought.
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China cyber-strength 'a concern'

Friday, March 11th 2011, 12:10
related countries: China

A top US intelligence official describes China's growing capabilities in cyber-warfare and intelligence gathering as a "formidable concern".
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Sacked Sheen sues show's makers

Friday, March 11th 2011, 10:10

US actor Charlie Sheen files a $100m (£62m) legal action against the makers of Two and a Half Men after being fired from the sitcom.
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Nine face action over Fort Hood

Friday, March 11th 2011, 3:26

The US Army plans to discipline nine officers for failing to spot warning signs that might have prevented the Fort Hood shooting.
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US officials' 'gun-running plot'

Friday, March 11th 2011, 2:37
related places: New Mexico

Eleven people, including the police chief, mayor and town councillor of a border town in the US state of New Mexico, are charged with gun trafficking.
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Trade deficit data hits US shares

Thursday, March 10th 2011, 23:35

US stockmarkets fall after the US trade deficit widened much more than expected in January to $46.3bn (£28.8bn).
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Wisconsin anti-union bill passed

Thursday, March 10th 2011, 23:05

The Wisconsin state assembly votes to approve a controversial plan to strip public-sector unions of most of their collective bargaining rights.
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Bolivia leader pans drug reports

Thursday, March 10th 2011, 22:15
related countries: Bolivia

Bolivian President Evo Morales says criticism of his drug strategy in two recent reports published by the US and UN are part of efforts to defame him.
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Clapper says Gaddafi will prevail

Thursday, March 10th 2011, 21:33
related countries: Libya

The US intelligence director predicts embattled Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi will defeat the rebels challenging his grip on power.
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Sharp divisions at Muslim hearing

Thursday, March 10th 2011, 21:04

A US congressman warns al-Qaeda is actively recruiting US Muslims for attacks within the US, at a hearing critics say is feeding anti-Islamic sentiment.
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Internet firm AOL to cut 900 jobs

Thursday, March 10th 2011, 17:06

US internet firm AOL is cutting 900 jobs, almost 20% of its workforce, after its purchase of the Huffington Post.
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US indicts 14 over piracy deaths

Thursday, March 10th 2011, 16:10
related countries: Somalia, Yemen
related places: February

A US grand jury indicts 13 suspected pirates from Somalia and one from Yemen over the boat hijacking that left four Americans dead in February.
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Moore to play Palin in TV movie

Thursday, March 10th 2011, 9:36

Actress Julianne Moore is to play former vice presidential candidate in a TV film about the 2008 US elections, HBO announce.
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Wisconsin union curbs bill passed

Thursday, March 10th 2011, 5:41

Republicans in the US state of Wisconsin pass a plan to limit the power of trade unions, prompting protesters to take over the state capitol.
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US diplomat removed over Okinawa

Thursday, March 10th 2011, 4:06
related countries: Japan
related places: Okinawa

The head of the US state department's Japan desk is replaced after he made disparaging remarks about Okinawa, the site of US military bases.
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US charges 10 in consulate deaths

Thursday, March 10th 2011, 0:56
related countries: Mexico

Ten suspected Mexican gang members are charged in the US with the murders last year of three people with ties to an American consulate in Mexico.
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VIDEO: Should US take the lead on Libya?

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 22:58
related countries: Libya

Mark Mardell looks at whether the US should take a lead on tackling Gaddafi's rule in Libya.
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Loughner denies Arizona charges

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 22:52
related places: Arizona

Jared Loughner pleads not guilty to 49 new charges, including killing a federal judge and wounding a US congresswoman, in a shooting in Arizona.
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Illinois abolishes death penalty

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 19:33

Illinois becomes the 16th US state to abolish the death penalty after the governor makes permanent a 10-year-old moratorium on executions.
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VIDEO: Final landing of shuttle Discovery

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 17:30
related places: Discovery, Florida

US space shuttle lands in Florida for the last time after its final mission.
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Obama names Locke envoy to China

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 17:21
related countries: China
related places: Locke

US President Barack Obama names Chinese-American Gary Locke as the new US ambassador to China, succeeding envoy Jon Huntsman.
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Seven children die in farm fire

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 16:44
related places: Pennsylvania, Blain

Seven children, aged from seven months to 11 years old, die in a fire at a farmhouse in the borough of Blain in the US state of Pennsylvania.
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Russia urged to fight corruption

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 16:29
related countries: Russia

Russia needs to fight "endemic corruption" and improve its investment climate, US Vice President Joe Biden says.
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NPR chief Schiller resigns post

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 15:44
related places: Schiller

The head of US National Public Radio steps down a day after the release of a "sting" video showing an NPR executive deriding conservatives.
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US syphilis tests lawsuit looms

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 15:39
related places: Lawyers

Lawyers representing Guatemalans deliberately infected with syphilis tell the US authorities to settle or face a lawsuit.
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Australian music gift for Obama

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 11:33
related countries: Aruba

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard gives Barack Obama an MP3 player loaded with a "best of" Australian music mix as a souvenir of her first official visit to the US.
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Half California's children Latino

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 10:53
related places: California

US census figures for California show more than half the state's children are now Latino as the overall Hispanic population there grows 28%.
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US urges end to China abductions

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 9:58
related countries: China

The US calls on China to stop what it calls "extralegal" abductions and detentions of lawyers and activists.
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England 'healthier than the US'

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 7:58
related countries: United Kingdom

People living in England enjoy better health than Americans, despite less investment in healthcare, research reveals.
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Mexico police chief seeks asylum

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 7:35
related countries: Mexico

Mexico's youngest police chief, Marisol Valles Garcia, is seeking asylum in the US after apparently receiving death threats, immigration officials confirm.
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Libya no-fly zone 'UN decision'

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 5:25
related countries: Libya
related places: Washington

Any decision to impose a no-fly zone over Libya should be made by the UN and not by Washington, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says.
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US deputy marshal dies of wounds

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 4:26

A US deputy marshal dies in a gunfight in St Louis, and his attacker is also killed, during an attempted arrest in a suspected drugs case.
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Priests suspended in abuse probe

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 3:11
related places: Philadelphia

Twenty-one Roman Catholic priests are suspended in Philadelphia after the release of a legal report into allegations of child molestation.
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'Bigfoot' filmmaker sues US state over free speech

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 2:59
related places: New Hampshire, Bigfoot

A film-maker who dressed up as Bigfoot sues the state of New Hampshire after park rangers told him he must have a permit to film up a mountain.
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Millions of dead fish clog California marina

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 1:04
related places: California

US officials fear a public health hazard after an estimated one million sardines that inexplicably washed up in a California marina begin to rot.
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US insider trading trial begins

Tuesday, March 8th 2011, 22:40
related places: New York

Jury selection in the long-awaited trial of billionaire Raj Rajaratnam on charges of insider trading has begun in New York.
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US honours Kyrgyzstan president

Tuesday, March 8th 2011, 21:20
related countries: Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz leader Roza Otunbayeva has received the prestigious US Women of Courage award, for her role in creating Central Asia's first parliamentary democracy.
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Honour for photographer Davidson

Tuesday, March 8th 2011, 15:29
related places: Davidson

Veteran US photographer Bruce Davidson is to receive the outstanding contribution prize at this year's Sony World Photography awards.
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Chinese sales boost Audi profits

Tuesday, March 8th 2011, 10:38
related countries: China, Germany

German carmaker Audi reports a sharp rise in profits for 2010 helped by strong sales growth in China and the US.
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US student found dead in Madrid

Tuesday, March 8th 2011, 10:37
related countries: Spain
related places: Madrid

The body of a US student who went missing in Madrid on 25 February is recovered from a river in the Spanish capital.
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Globes rights case to go to trial

Tuesday, March 8th 2011, 9:34

A US judge orders a trial to decide who will own the broadcasting rights to the Golden Globe awards for the next seven years.
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US in South Korea trade deal push

Tuesday, March 8th 2011, 6:03
related countries: South Korea
related places: Congress

The US government is pushing Congress to ratify a free trade agreement with South Korea, amid opposition from Republicans.
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VIDEO: Charlie Sheen fired from show

Tuesday, March 8th 2011, 2:49

The American actor, Charlie Sheen, has been sacked from the hit TV comedy show, Two and a Half Men.
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Sheen fired from popular US show

Monday, March 7th 2011, 23:40

Warner Bros Television fires actor Charlie Sheen from the popular US sitcom Two and a Half Men, amid controversy over his behaviour.
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Flagship Chinese Barbie store closes

Monday, March 7th 2011, 21:52
related countries: China
related places: Shanghai

US toy manufacturer Mattel shuts its flagship, six-storey Barbie concept store in Shanghai after two years.
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US to restart Guantanamo trials

Monday, March 7th 2011, 21:52

US President Barack Obama is lifting the two-year freeze on new military trials for detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison.
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Australia and US affirm warm ties

Monday, March 7th 2011, 19:49
related countries: Australia, Libya

Australia and the US stand "shoulder to shoulder" in condemning the violence in Libya, President Barack Obama has said.
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Mexico police chief loses job

Monday, March 7th 2011, 18:35
related countries: Mexico

Police chief Marisol Valles Garcia, 20, hailed as Mexico's bravest woman, has lost her job after reportedly fleeing to the US to escape death threats.
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Nato 'weighing action on Libya'

Monday, March 7th 2011, 17:12
related countries: Libya

US President Barack Obama says Nato allies are still weighing a range of options including military action in response to the conflict in Libya.
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Gates upbeat about Afghan pullout

Monday, March 7th 2011, 16:54
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Kabul

The US is "well-positioned" to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in July, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says during a visit to Kabul.
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Morning Business Round-up

Monday, March 7th 2011, 12:08
related countries: Libya

The daily Morning Business Round-up: Libya continues to rattle markets, while investors await US consumer credit data.
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Cowboy comedy shoots to top in US

Monday, March 7th 2011, 10:04

Animated cowboy comedy Rango shoots to the top of the North American box office taking $38m (£23.4m) in its first weekend.
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US Muslims protest over hearings

Monday, March 7th 2011, 2:52
related places: New York

Demonstrators take to New York's streets to protest against Congressional hearings which they say single out the Muslim community.
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Mexico queries US gun operation

Monday, March 7th 2011, 0:46
related countries: Mexico

Mexico asks the US for detailed information on a law enforcement operation that allegedly allowed guns to be smuggled across the border.
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Karzai rebukes US on child deaths

Sunday, March 6th 2011, 15:47
related countries: Afghanistan

Afghanistan's president tells the US commander of foreign troops his apology over Nato's killing of children is "not enough".
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US upgrades Yemen travel warning

Sunday, March 6th 2011, 9:16
related countries: Yemen

The US warns citizens to avoid travelling to Yemen and urges those already there to consider leaving, citing "terrorist activities and civil unrest".
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US aid worker's Cuba trial ends

Sunday, March 6th 2011, 4:41
related countries: Cuba

The trial of US aid worker Alan Gross for crimes against the state in Cuba ends, with the verdict yet to be formally announced.
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Thousands join Wisconsin protest

Sunday, March 6th 2011, 3:08

Thousands of people join protests in the US state of Wisconsin against proposals that will limit the power of trade unions.
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'Tornado' strikes Louisiana town

Saturday, March 5th 2011, 23:17
related places: Rayne, Louisiana

A suspected tornado rips through the town of Rayne in the US state of Loiusiana, killing one woman and injuring 11 other people.
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US 'spying' trial begins in Cuba

Saturday, March 5th 2011, 1:45
related countries: Cuba
related places: Havana, Friday

The trial of an American aid contractor accused of subversive activities in Cuba begins in Havana, a case which may strain US-Cuba relations.
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US probes border anti-gun efforts

Friday, March 4th 2011, 23:33

The US attorney general asks a top justice department official to review efforts by US agents to hunt gun traffickers along the US-Mexico border.
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US unemployment rate falls again

Friday, March 4th 2011, 21:49
related places: February

The US unemployment rate fell to 8.9% in February, down from 9% the month before, as the private sector added jobs.
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US student athlete suspended for sex

Friday, March 4th 2011, 18:00
related places: Utah

A university in Utah suspends a star basketball player for having pre-marital sex with his girlfriend in violation of its strict "honour code".
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US and Israel blamed for Stuxnet

Friday, March 4th 2011, 16:55
related countries: Iran, Israel

Israel and the US created the Stuxnet worm to sabotage Iran's nuclear programme, a leading security expert has claimed.
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Frankfurt killer's 'gun jammed'

Friday, March 4th 2011, 15:52

More lives might have been lost in the attack on US airmen at Frankfurt Airport had the killer's gun not jammed, prosecutors say.
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Nasa Glory launch ends in failure

Friday, March 4th 2011, 13:24
related places: Earth

The US space agency's (Nasa) attempt to launch its latest Earth observation mission ends in failure after the launch rocket fails to release its payload.
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WPP profits on ad market rebound

Friday, March 4th 2011, 11:16

Marketing conglomerate WPP reports accelerating revenues in the fourth quarter as the US advertising market rebounds.
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Sondheim to receive Olivier award

Friday, March 4th 2011, 9:45
related places: Olivier

American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim will receive the prestigious Special Award at the Laurence Olivier Awards later this month.
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Censure call for lewd Navy videos

Friday, March 4th 2011, 2:49
related places: Navy

A US Naval admiral recommends the Navy censure the top officers of the USS Enterprise over a series of lewd videos produced on the ship.
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US sees China rebalancing trade

Friday, March 4th 2011, 2:40
related countries: China

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says China is taking steps to rebalance trade policy, though more needs to be done.
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Bolivia says no to US drug agents

Friday, March 4th 2011, 1:03
related countries: Bolivia

President Morales says the arrest of his former drug czar will not force him to invite US anti-drugs agents, whom he expelled in 2008, back to Bolivia.
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US and Mexico reach trucking deal

Friday, March 4th 2011, 0:03
related countries: Mexico

The US and Mexico reach a proposed deal to open US highways to Mexican trucks, raising hopes of an end to a 20-year dispute.
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Missing ex-FBI agent 'is alive'

Thursday, March 3rd 2011, 23:48
related countries: Iran

Robert Levinson, a retired FBI agent who disappeared in Iran four years ago, is alive, according to the US state department.
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Row over university sex toy show

Thursday, March 3rd 2011, 22:05

The president of a US university says he is "disturbed" that a demonstration of a motorised sex toy was allowed in a classroom.
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VIDEO: Wikileaks suspect faces new charges

Thursday, March 3rd 2011, 17:25

The US Army has charged soldier Bradley Manning, with 22 extra counts, in connection with the leak of US government documents published by the Wikileaks website.
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