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United States: news

Five die in Waziristan drone raid

Friday, December 31st 2010, 14:50
related countries: Pakistan

Five people die in a US drone attack in north-western Pakistan on the final day of a year that has seen a surge in the number of such attacks.
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US ticket rush for $242m lottery

Friday, December 31st 2010, 14:37
related places: America

The draw for America's Mega Millions lottery will be held tonight with the jackpot set to be $240mil.
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Lion cub gift for Russian ex-spy Anna Chapman

Friday, December 31st 2010, 13:22
related countries: Russia

Anna Chapman, the former Russian spy deported from the US this year, is presented with a lion cub on Russian TV.
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Wild West outlaw Billy the Kid fails to win pardon

Friday, December 31st 2010, 13:21
related places: Kid, New Mexico

Wild West outlaw Billy the Kid will not receive a posthumous pardon for killing a county sheriff in 1878, the governor of the US state of New Mexico says.
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Teena Marie death cause 'unclear'

Friday, December 31st 2010, 9:15

It is likely that the cause of US soul singer Teena Marie's death will take weeks to determine, investigators say.
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Pakistan faces US Mumbai lawsuit

Friday, December 31st 2010, 6:18
related countries: Pakistan

The Pakistani government says it will strongly contest a lawsuit filed against its intelligence agency by victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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West attacks Khodorkovsky 'abuse'

Thursday, December 30th 2010, 22:26
related countries: Germany, Russia, United Kingdom

The US, UK and Germany deplore the sentencing of former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky to six more years in jail for fraud.
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Jailed US sisters may be freed if one donates kidney

Thursday, December 30th 2010, 17:24

Two US women convicted of armed robbery can be freed if one donates a kidney to the other, the governor of Mississippi says.
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Fall in violent deaths in Iraq

Thursday, December 30th 2010, 16:48
related countries: Iraq

The number of civilians killed by violence in Iraq in the past year was the lowest since the 2003 US-led invasion, a rights group has said.
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US worker freed from Haitian jail

Thursday, December 30th 2010, 16:08
related countries: Haiti

A US aid worker is released from a prison in Haiti after a judge declines to charge him over allegations he kidnapped an infant from a hospital.
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US 'revokes Venezuela envoy visa'

Thursday, December 30th 2010, 8:16
related countries: Venezuela
related places: Washington

The US revokes the visa of the Venezuelan ambassador after President Hugo Chavez rejects the US envoy to Caracas.
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Jazz composer Billy Taylor dies

Thursday, December 30th 2010, 4:36

The US musician, composer and jazz advocate Billy Taylor dies of heart failure at the age of 89.
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Obama appoints unconfirmed envoys

Thursday, December 30th 2010, 0:17
related places: Senate

US President Barack Obama bypasses the Senate to name four new ambassadors and two other appointments during the recess period.
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Perez burial dispute 'resolved'

Wednesday, December 29th 2010, 22:10
related countries: Venezuela
related places: Perez, Florida

The mistress of Venezuelan ex-President Carlos Andres Perez says she will not now contest plans to have him buried in his homeland.
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'Winds' blamed for ski lift crash

Wednesday, December 29th 2010, 18:23
related places: Maine

Investigators in the US state of Maine say high winds were primarily responsible for the derailment of a ski lift that injured several people.
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Anger over slow blizzard clean-up

Wednesday, December 29th 2010, 18:17
related places: New York

Anger is mounting in New York and New Jersey over the slow pace of snow removal following major storms which brought the region to a halt.
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Russian satellites space sackings

Wednesday, December 29th 2010, 14:53
related countries: Russia

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev fires two space officials over a failed rocket launch that resulted in the loss of three satellites. It causes a set back for the country's efforts to rival to the US Global Positioning System (GPS).
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False alarm at US Vatican embassy

Wednesday, December 29th 2010, 14:41
related places: Vatican

A suspicious package causes an alert at the US embassy in the Vatican, but proves to be just stationery.
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US struggles after snow storms

Wednesday, December 29th 2010, 2:24
related places: Christmas

The north-eastern US tries to get back to normal after blizzards left tens of thousands of passengers stranded and many people without power.
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US skiers hurt after lift derails

Wednesday, December 29th 2010, 1:59
related places: Maine

Several skiers in the US state of Maine are injured after falling up to 30ft (9m) on to a ski slope when a chair lift derailed.
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Skiers hurt in US chair lift derailment

Wednesday, December 29th 2010, 1:57
related places: Maine, Sugarloaf

Several skiers in the US state of Maine were injured after falling up to 30ft (9m) on to a ski slope when a chair lift derailed at Sugarloaf resort.
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Fire ravages US apartment block

Wednesday, December 29th 2010, 1:14
related places: Union City

A fast-moving fire has ripped through a three-storey apartment building in Union City, New Jersey in the US.
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South American Way

Wednesday, December 29th 2010, 0:01

What will Latin America's economic direction be in 2011?
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US stocks shrug off mediocre data

Tuesday, December 28th 2010, 22:35

US stocks remain almost unchanged, despite new data showing worse-than-expected falls in house prices and consumer confidence.
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Swiss franc reaches all-time high

Tuesday, December 28th 2010, 19:54
related countries: Switzerland

The Swiss currency hits an all-time high versus the dollar, driven by its safe haven status and the weak US recovery.
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Low-cost air travel pioneer dies

Tuesday, December 28th 2010, 16:05

Alfred E Kahn, the US economist credited with bringing about lower fares for airlines, has died at the age of 93.
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US soul star Bernard Wilson dies

Tuesday, December 28th 2010, 13:28

US soul singer Bernard Wilson, a member of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, dies at the age of 64.
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Star Wars sequel saved for future

Tuesday, December 28th 2010, 12:45
related places: Congress

Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back is to be preserved by the US Library of Congress in its National Film Registry.
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Elton John has son by surrogate

Tuesday, December 28th 2010, 12:25

Sir Elton John and his partner David Furnish become parents to a son born on Christmas Day via a surrogate mother in California.
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Voters in exile

Tuesday, December 28th 2010, 12:07
related countries: Sudan

Why Southern Sudanese in the US are eager to make their mark
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US arrests 'cocaine egg smuggler'

Tuesday, December 28th 2010, 11:57
related places: Easter

US officials arrest a man who they say tried to smuggle cocaine into the country hidden in fake Easter eggs.
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Alcatel-Lucent settles bribe case

Tuesday, December 28th 2010, 9:54

The telecoms equipment giant Alcatel-Lucent will pay $137m (£88.7m) to settle US charges that it paid bribes for contracts.
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Full throttle

Tuesday, December 28th 2010, 9:26

Will US Top Gear make the grade?
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US attacks Russia tycoon verdict

Tuesday, December 28th 2010, 7:43
related countries: Russia

The second conviction of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the Russian business leader and jailed opponent of Vladimir Putin, is attracting widespread condemnation.
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Call to set free India campaigner

Tuesday, December 28th 2010, 5:56
related countries: India

Civil rights groups and academics in India and the US call on India's government to free a leading public health specialist and human rights activist, Dr Binayak Sen.
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US snow: Air travellers 'in limbo'

Tuesday, December 28th 2010, 1:31
related countries: Canada

Blizzards are sweeping north along the eastern coast of the US and Canada, forcing the cancellation of flights and disrupting rail and road traffic.
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Travel chaos as blizzards hit US

Tuesday, December 28th 2010, 0:23

Blizzards sweep north along the eastern US and Canada, forcing the cancellation of more than 2,000 flights and disrupting rail and road traffic.
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AIG gets $4.3bn commercial loans

Monday, December 27th 2010, 21:16

Troubled US insurance giant AIG signs $4.3bn of loan agreements as it prepares to be weaned off government support.
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US attacks Russia tycoon verdict

Monday, December 27th 2010, 21:02
related countries: Germany, Russia

The US and Germany express serious concern about a second guilty verdict against jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
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US blizzard filmed by time-lapse camera

Monday, December 27th 2010, 20:47

Mike Black filmed a snow blizzard in New Jersey using a time-lapse camera.
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Pakistan drone attack 'kills 18'

Monday, December 27th 2010, 12:59
related countries: Pakistan

Missiles fired by a suspected US drone hit a vehicle in north-western Pakistan, killing at least 18 militants, officials say.
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Fockers top US holiday film chart

Monday, December 27th 2010, 11:47
related places: Christmas

The third film in the Fockers franchise debuts at number one in the North America box office chart over the Christmas period, according to estimates.
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US soul singer Teena Marie dies

Monday, December 27th 2010, 4:01

Grammy-nominated American soul singer and songwriter Teena Marie has died at the age of 54, her manager says.
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Blizzards sweep across eastern US

Monday, December 27th 2010, 2:12

Large parts of the US eastern seaboard are buried under a blanket of snow as an intensifying storm sweeps north, causing massive travel disruption.
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US east coast hit by massive storm

Monday, December 27th 2010, 2:09

A winter storm has caused disruption along the east coast of the United States, forcing many airports to cancel flights.
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US hit by heavy snow storms

Sunday, December 26th 2010, 11:45

A storm travelling up the East Coast of the US is predicted to bring blizzard conditions to New York City.
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Egypt crash kills eight Americans

Sunday, December 26th 2010, 11:21
related countries: Egypt

Eight US tourists die, and 21 are injured, when their tour bus hits a stationary lorry in southern Egypt, local media and police say.
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Spam power

Sunday, December 26th 2010, 7:57

The portable porky protein that symbolises US influence
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US 'was pressed for wiretap help'

Sunday, December 26th 2010, 4:57

The US has been pressed by various government for help with wiretapping criminal and political adversaries, latest Wikileaks disclosures suggest.
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Art patron Neuberger dies at 107

Saturday, December 25th 2010, 23:08

US financier Roy Neuberger, one of the world's leading modern art collectors, dies at the age of 107.
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Obama condemns Pakistan bombing

Saturday, December 25th 2010, 21:25
related countries: Pakistan

US President Barack Obama condemns an attack in Pakistan in which a female suicide bomber killed at least 43 people queuing to receive food aid.
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American Civil War message is deciphered

Saturday, December 25th 2010, 17:16
related places: Confederate

A message in a bottle sent to a desperate Confederate general during the US Civil War is deciphered, 147 years after it was written.
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Michelle Obama helps out Santa tracking hotline

Saturday, December 25th 2010, 2:54
related places: Santa

US First Lady Michelle Obama answers calls to the Norad service that tracks Santa's global gift-delivering progress.
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US pilot 'in YouTube video probe'

Saturday, December 25th 2010, 1:08
related places: San Francisco

US officials investigate a pilot who released videos allegedly revealing security lapses at San Francisco's airport, the pilot's lawyer says.
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Concern for US Wikileaks suspect

Friday, December 24th 2010, 17:38

The only person to visit Wikileaks suspect Bradley Manning in US custody other than his lawyer says he is in poor health.
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Russian MPs back Start arms pact

Friday, December 24th 2010, 15:04
related countries: Russia
related places: Start

The lower house of the Russian parliament votes to give initial approval to the Start nuclear arms pact with the US.
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US sanctions 'full of loopholes'

Friday, December 24th 2010, 14:33

US sanctions are often riddled with exceptions neither humanitarian nor democracy-related, a former US official says.
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FBI tactics raise concerns in US

Friday, December 24th 2010, 14:11

This year has seen more alleged terrorist plots in the United States than any time since 2001, but questions are being asked about the FBI's use of sting operations.
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Class of its own?

Friday, December 24th 2010, 11:01

The US is not the only country that thinks it is number one
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Cuban site puts Wikileaks online

Friday, December 24th 2010, 2:14
related countries: Cuba

Cuba says it will translate and publish a website 2,000 US diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks, to highlight US "imperialist" policy.
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Assange dismisses US jail threat

Friday, December 24th 2010, 1:38
related countries: United Kingdom

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says it would be "politically impossible" for Britain to extradite him to the United States for espionage.
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US attacks 'sacred war' threats

Thursday, December 23rd 2010, 22:53
related countries: North Korea, South Korea
related places: Seoul, South

The US denounces North Korea's threats to wage a "sacred war" on the South over Seoul's military drills being carried out near the border.
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Nuclear pact hailed as 'historic'

Thursday, December 23rd 2010, 22:18
related countries: Russia
related places: White House

US President Barack Obama and Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev hail the New Start nuclear arms treaty as a "historic event", the White House says.
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US to protect 'wild' public land

Thursday, December 23rd 2010, 21:01
related places: Bush

The US is to make millions of acres of public land eligible for wilderness protection, repealing a Bush administration policy, officials say.
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Body of US hiker to be flown home

Thursday, December 23rd 2010, 18:43
related countries: Israel
related places: Jerusalem

The body of an American woman stabbed to death outside Jerusalem is being flown back to the US, an Israeli church official says.
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How will US troops leave Afghanistan?

Thursday, December 23rd 2010, 17:00
related countries: Afghanistan

The US Vice President Joe Biden has said the US troop presence in Afghanistan will be '''totally out of there, come hell or high water, by 2014".
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US consumer spending rises again

Thursday, December 23rd 2010, 16:06

US consumer spending rises for the fifth consecutive month, reinforcing the view of a solid if pedestrian recovery, figures show.
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Russia praises US on nuclear pact

Thursday, December 23rd 2010, 10:22
related countries: Russia

Russia welcomes US approval of a landmark nuclear arms reduction treaty and may ratify it too within weeks.
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Swift beats Boyle to US top spot

Thursday, December 23rd 2010, 9:51
related places: Boyle

Scottish singer Susan Boyle misses out on a second consecutive US Christmas number one album to US star Taylor Swift.
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Obama hails nuclear treaty vote

Thursday, December 23rd 2010, 8:19
related countries: Russia
related places: Republican

The US president welcomes a Senate decision to ratify a nuclear arms treaty with Russia that will pave the way for new cuts in both arsenals.
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Polar bears lose US endanger bid

Thursday, December 23rd 2010, 2:03

The US upholds a decision classifying polar bears merely as "threatened" rather than "endangered", giving them less protection and angering activists.
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Severe flooding hits California

Wednesday, December 22nd 2010, 23:30
related places: California

Homes have been flooded and people have had to be rescued after severe flooding hit California and several other US states.
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US Congress backs 9/11 health law

Wednesday, December 22nd 2010, 23:19

The US Congress passes a bill to fund healthcare for workers involved in the rescue and clean-up efforts after the 9/11 attack in New York City.
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US accuses China over wind power

Wednesday, December 22nd 2010, 20:54
related countries: China

The US says China is illegally subsidising the production of wind power equipment and has asked the WTO for talks.
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US Congress approves defence bill

Wednesday, December 22nd 2010, 18:34
related countries: Afghanistan, Iraq

The US Congress approves a bill authorising the Pentagon to spend $160bn (£104bn) in Iraq and Afghanistan during this budget year.
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Economic growth in US revised up

Wednesday, December 22nd 2010, 16:02

US economic growth is revised up to an annualised pace of 2.6% for the third quarter, from an earlier estimate of 2.5%.
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Obama signs US gay military law

Wednesday, December 22nd 2010, 14:56

US President Barack Obama signs a law ending the '"don't ask, don't tell" ban on openly gay people serving in the military.
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Glamourous Russian spy given party youth job

Wednesday, December 22nd 2010, 14:48
related countries: Russia

Anna Chapman, a Russian spy deported from the US earlier this year, is chosen for a top role in the governing party's youth wing.
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Nine-year-old is youngest US chess master

Wednesday, December 22nd 2010, 9:47
related places: California

A nine-year-old boy from California becomes the youngest ever chess master in the US.
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UN vote restores key gay clause

Wednesday, December 22nd 2010, 0:55

The UN votes to restore a reference to sexual orientation in a resolution against the unjustified killing of minority groups, after heavy US pressure.
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Mexico migrant abduction disputed

Wednesday, December 22nd 2010, 0:41
related countries: El Salvador, Mexico

Mexico disputes El Salvador's allegation that dozens of Central American migrants who had stowed away on a cargo train were kidnapped by gunmen.
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Handel choral 'flash-mob' sparks US mall evacuation

Tuesday, December 21st 2010, 23:26
related places: California

A California mall is evacuated as a 5,000-strong flash-mob of singers organised by a local choral society cause the building to shake.
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US energy alternative: Shale gas

Tuesday, December 21st 2010, 23:09
related places: Shreveport, Louisiana

Roger Harrabin reports from Shreveport in Louisiana on how the US is extracting gas from shale rock and reducing the country's reliance on foreign energy suppliers.
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Deutsche Bank in $554m tax fine

Tuesday, December 21st 2010, 20:43

Deutsche Bank will pay $554m for criminal wrongdoing in helping rich people to shelter from US tax liabilities.
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Japan quake hits Pacific islands

Tuesday, December 21st 2010, 19:50
related countries: Japan, Pacific Ocean

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes in the Pacific Ocean off southern Japan, sparking a temporary local tsunami warning.
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US backs net traffic regulations

Tuesday, December 21st 2010, 19:49

US regulators approve controversial new rules meant to prohibit broadband companies from interfering with internet traffic.
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Helicopter crash off Puerto Rico

Tuesday, December 21st 2010, 19:36
related countries: Puerto Rico

A US National Guard helicopter crashes in the ocean off the coast of northern Puerto Rico, killing at least once of its six passengers,
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US population sees slowing rise

Tuesday, December 21st 2010, 18:54

The US population has risen by almost 10% in the last decade to stand at 308.7m, but the rate of its increase is the slowest since the 1930s, according to the US Census Bureau.
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Choristers' unplanned Christmas in US

Tuesday, December 21st 2010, 18:13
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Christmas

A group of 43 choristers from the UK is spending an unplanned Christmas in the US because of airport chaos caused by heavy snow.
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US rules out talks with N Korea

Tuesday, December 21st 2010, 18:11
related countries: North Korea

The US says there is little point resuming six-party talks with North Korea unless it shows it is serious about meeting obligations on denuclearisation.
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Rise and rise

Tuesday, December 21st 2010, 17:12

US population predicted to grow, while Europe's stagnates
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Scotland 'pressured over Megrahi'

Tuesday, December 21st 2010, 16:04
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Lockerbie

A US Congressional investigation into the release of the convicted Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbasset al-Megrahi, says Scotland was pressured to free him.
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Energy saviour?

Tuesday, December 21st 2010, 12:20

Could shale gas boom give the US energy independence?
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Toyota agrees record $32.4m fine

Tuesday, December 21st 2010, 11:46

Toyota agrees to pay a record fine in the US of $32.4m over its handling of millions of car recalls.
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US actor Steve Landesberg dies

Tuesday, December 21st 2010, 11:43

US actor Steve Landesberg, who starred in US TV show Barney Miller, dies at the age of 65.
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US envoy sees N Korean 'progress'

Tuesday, December 21st 2010, 10:44
related countries: North Korea
related places: Pyongyang

Unofficial US envoy Bill Richardson says North Korea is moving in the right direction, after a "positive" visit to Pyongyang.
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Russia warns US over nuclear treaty

Tuesday, December 21st 2010, 9:47
related countries: Russia

Russia has warned US lawmakers that any change to the new nuclear arms disarmament treaty could destroy the pact
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More children with parent in jail

Tuesday, December 21st 2010, 4:51

There has been an increase in the number of American children with a parent in jail.
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Baldness drug 'risks impotence'

Tuesday, December 21st 2010, 3:21
related countries: Ireland

Some doctors in the US and Ireland claim anti-baldness drug Propecia can cause sexual problems like impotence and should have better labelling.
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Russia warns US on nuclear treaty

Tuesday, December 21st 2010, 1:51
related countries: Russia

The Russian foreign minister warns US lawmakers that any change to the new nuclear arms treaty between the two countries could destroy the pact.
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