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US fights Caribbean drug routes

Saturday, April 17th 2010, 0:18

The US voices concern over smugglers trying to get drugs into the US through routes in the Caribbean.
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Economic squeeze

Friday, April 16th 2010, 23:45
related countries: Iran Iran

US uses 'all levers' to lead moves to pressure Iran
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Toyota recalls more US vehicles

Friday, April 16th 2010, 23:09

Toyota announces yet more recalls, with 600,000 Sienna minivans in the US affected because of corrosion problems.
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Ex-Blackwater president charged

Friday, April 16th 2010, 21:49

The former president of the US private security firm, Blackwater Worldwide, and four other former workers are indicted on federal weapons charges.
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Goldman Sachs accused of fraud

Friday, April 16th 2010, 20:53

Goldman Sachs is accused of fraud in a civil suit filed by US financial watchdog, the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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'My quiet son'

Friday, April 16th 2010, 17:01
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan
related places: Here

Father of American on Pakistan terror charges speaks out
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Drone hits Pakistan 'militants'

Friday, April 16th 2010, 11:28
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan

Missiles fired from a US drone kill four suspected militants in Pakistan's tribal region of North Waziristan, officials say.
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Kyrgyzstan extends US base lease

Friday, April 16th 2010, 10:56

The Kyrgyz government says it will extend the US air base lease, a day after ousted leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev resigned.
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Clinton presses Israel on talks

Friday, April 16th 2010, 8:36
related countries: Israel Israel

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls again on Israel to do more to pursue peace with the Palestinians.
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US suicide man pens own obituary

Friday, April 16th 2010, 0:13

A Californian man has committed suicide after sending his obituary to his local paper.
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Russia 'suspends adoptions to US'

Thursday, April 15th 2010, 20:53
related countries: Russia Russia

Moscow says US adoptions of Russian children are suspended days after a child is sent back alone by his adoptive US mother.
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Obama sets Mars goal for America

Thursday, April 15th 2010, 19:40
related places: America, Mars

US President Barack Obama says it should be possible to send astronauts to orbit the planet Mars by the mid-2030s.
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Syrian intentions

Thursday, April 15th 2010, 2:27
related countries: Syria Syria

US anxious at suspected arms sent to Hezbollah
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Iran needs 'six years for bomb'

Wednesday, April 14th 2010, 23:18
related countries: Iran Iran

The United States military says Iran would need between four and six years to produce a usable atomic bomb.
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Obama to attend Kaczynski funeral

Wednesday, April 14th 2010, 11:43
related countries: Poland Poland
related places: Sunday

US President Barack Obama and other world leaders will attend the funeral of Polish President Lech Kaczynski on Sunday.
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Toyota suspends Lexus sales in US

Wednesday, April 14th 2010, 6:46

Toyota suspends US sales of one of its luxury models after a consumer group warns it has an unusually high risk of rolling over.
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Japanese whale meat 'sold in US'

Wednesday, April 14th 2010, 4:11
related countries: Japan Japan, North Korea North Korea

Scientists say they have clear proof that meat from whales caught by Japan is being sold in US and Korean eateries.
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Michelle Obama makes Haiti trip

Wednesday, April 14th 2010, 1:38
related countries: Haiti Haiti

US First Lady Michelle Obama makes an unannounced visit to Haiti, as part of her first official trip without her husband.
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Obama to attend Kaczynski funeral

Wednesday, April 14th 2010, 1:29
related countries: Poland Poland

US President Barack Obama will attend the funeral of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, killed in an air crash on Saturday.
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Nuclear stock security tightened

Tuesday, April 13th 2010, 23:39

World leaders at a Washington summit agree to secure all vulnerable nuclear material within four years, Barack Obama says.
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Intel sees record first quarter

Tuesday, April 13th 2010, 21:34

US chip maker Intel sees its first-quarter profit nearly quadruple, lifted by sales of new chips for computer servers.
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Russia and US sign plutonium pact

Tuesday, April 13th 2010, 21:13
related countries: Mexico Mexico
related places: White House

Russia and the US agree to scrap tonnes of weapons-grade plutonium, as President Obama closes a nuclear summit.
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US jet emergency landing in Iceland

Tuesday, April 13th 2010, 15:44
related countries: Iceland Iceland

A US passenger jet makes an emergency landing in Iceland after reports of chemical fumes inside the cabin.
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Stark nuclear warning for summit

Tuesday, April 13th 2010, 11:20

World leaders at a security summit in the US hear dire warnings about nuclear material falling into the wrong hands.
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China resists Obama yuan overture

Tuesday, April 13th 2010, 10:21
related countries: China China

Chinese President Hu Jintao resists calls from US President Barack Obama to revalue the yuan, reports say.
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Kroenke set to buy St Louis Rams

Tuesday, April 13th 2010, 10:17

Arsenal suitor Stan Kroenke announces his intention to take full ownership of the St Louis Rams American football team.
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Brazil man jailed for nun murder

Tuesday, April 13th 2010, 9:32
related countries: Botswana Botswana

A Brazilian rancher is convicted of murdering US nun Dorothy Stang in 2005 and is jailed for 30 years at his third trial over the killing.
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Streep elected to elite academy

Tuesday, April 13th 2010, 8:20

Meryl Streep is elected as an honorary member of the elite American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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Sinopec in $4.65bn oil investment

Tuesday, April 13th 2010, 6:41
related countries: Canada Canada, China China

China's Sinopec oil company is to pay US-based ConocoPhillips $4.65bn for a stake in a Canadian tar sands projects.
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'Ukraine vow' at nuclear summit

Monday, April 12th 2010, 21:53
related places: Washington

Ukraine will scrap its stockpile of bombs-grade nuclear material by 2012, the US says, as a nuclear security summit opens.
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Pulitzer success for online news

Monday, April 12th 2010, 21:10

Online news organisations have for the first time won the top award in US journalism, the Pulitzer Prize.
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Brazil man in nun murder retrial

Monday, April 12th 2010, 16:30
related countries: Botswana Botswana

The Brazilian rancher accused of plotting the murder of American nun Dorothy Stang has appeared in court for a retrial.
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US 13-year-old seeks to become youngest person to climb Everest

Monday, April 12th 2010, 15:24
related places: Everest

A 13-year-old American boy is to try to become the youngest person to scale the world's highest peak, Mount Everest.
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Scoop shock!

Monday, April 12th 2010, 9:12

Will US tabloid win Pulitzer over John Edwards scandal?
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US hears India Pakistan concerns

Monday, April 12th 2010, 4:44
related countries: India India, Pakistan Pakistan

India's PM expresses concerns about neighbouring Pakistan to President Obama ahead of a nuclear security summit.
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Obama warns of nuclear terrorism

Monday, April 12th 2010, 0:46

President Obama says the biggest threat to US security is the possibility of terrorists obtaining a nuclear weapon.
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Nuclear summit

Monday, April 12th 2010, 0:29

Unprecedented gathering in US as threats grow
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Kyrgyzstan 'will honour US deal'

Sunday, April 11th 2010, 6:07

Kyrgyz interim leader Roza Otunbayeva tells the US she will keep key military agreements days after a bloody uprising, the US says.
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Blast hits US consulate in Mexico

Sunday, April 11th 2010, 6:06
related countries: Mexico Mexico
related places: Nuevo Laredo

An explosive device is thrown at the US consulate in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo, damaging windows.
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Obama demands mine blast action

Sunday, April 11th 2010, 0:11
related places: West Virginia

US President Barack Obama calls for an investigation into a mining disaster in West Virginia that killed 29 people.
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Justice Stevens to quit Supreme Court

Saturday, April 10th 2010, 12:14

Justice John Paul Stevens, the oldest member of the US Supreme Court, announces he is to retire later this year.
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The Czech Republic's Cold War hangover

Saturday, April 10th 2010, 10:48
related countries: Czech Republic Czech Republic, Russia Russia
related places: Prague

The USA and Russia are a step closer to nuclear disarmament, after signing the New Start treaty in Prague - but a curious hangover from the threat of nuclear Armageddon is still to be found in the Czech Republic.
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Four missing US miners found dead

Saturday, April 10th 2010, 5:16
related places: Monday, Rescue

The bodies of four miners missing after an underground blast are found in West Virginia, taking the death toll to 29.
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Vatican defends Pope over new row

Saturday, April 10th 2010, 4:32
related places: Pope, Church, Vatican

The Vatican defends the Pope against allegations that he delayed Church action against a US paedophile priest.
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US suspends Kyrgyzstan flights

Saturday, April 10th 2010, 3:51
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan

The US suspends all troop flights to Afghanistan from Kyrgyzstan, where tensions remain after an uprising against the president.
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Clinton scorns 'entrenched' Cuba

Saturday, April 10th 2010, 1:20
related countries: Cuba Cuba

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accuses Cuba's leaders of not wanting to normalise ties with the United States.
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Bomb-scare diplomat to leave US

Friday, April 9th 2010, 22:26
related countries: Qatar Qatar

A Qatari diplomat who sparked a security alert on on board a US plane is to leave the country, US officials say.
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Live - Masters day two

Friday, April 9th 2010, 15:38
related places: Augusta

British duo Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter lead the Masters as the second round draws to a close at Augusta.
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SA police defend security plans

Friday, April 9th 2010, 11:44
related countries: South Africa South Africa, United Kingdom United Kingdom

South African insist their World Cup security plans are adequate despite terrorist threats made ahead of England's match against the USA.
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Strategic question

Friday, April 9th 2010, 11:13

Will Kyrgyz uprising force closure of key US supply base?
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US names Bissau 'drug kingpins'

Friday, April 9th 2010, 10:50
related countries: Guinea Guinea, Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau
related places: Bissau

The US accuses two top military officials in Guinea-Bissau of drug running and names them under the Drug Kingpin Act.
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Friday, April 9th 2010, 9:20
related countries: Iran Iran

An Iran minister says there is evidence that three US hikers who entered Iran had intelligence links, Iranian TV reports.
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Mexico frees 'Survivor' producer

Friday, April 9th 2010, 9:18
related countries: Mexico Mexico

US TV producer Bruce Beresford-Redman is released from Mexican custody following the death of his wife in Cancun.
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Netanyahu cancels US nuclear trip

Friday, April 9th 2010, 8:03
related countries: Israel Israel
related places: Washington

Israel's PM pulls out of a summit in the US after learning that the issue of Israel's nuclear status would be raised, officials say.
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Woods hits form but Couples leads

Friday, April 9th 2010, 0:07
related places: Augusta

Tiger Woods makes a successful return to golf but former champion Fred Couples rolls back the years to lead after round one of the Masters at Augusta National.
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Diplomat sparks US jet bomb scare

Thursday, April 8th 2010, 20:32
related places: Denver, Washington

A Qatari diplomat is released from custody after allegedly causing a bomb scare on board a US domestic flight.
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Clijsters suffers Spanish shock

Thursday, April 8th 2010, 19:45
related countries: Spain Spain
related places: Marbella

US Open champion Kim Clijsters is beaten by world number 258 Beatriz Garcia Vidagany at the Andalucia Open in Marbella.
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Woods returns to competitive golf

Thursday, April 8th 2010, 18:13

Tiger Woods receives a warm reception on the first tee at the US Masters on his much-publicised return to golf.
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Gas forces rescuers from US mine

Thursday, April 8th 2010, 15:39
related places: West Virginia, Monday, Rescue

Rescuers leave the West Virginia coal mine where a blast killed 25 miners after dangerous gas levels are detected.
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NZ denies US controls intel base

Thursday, April 8th 2010, 14:50
related countries: New Zealand New Zealand

A New Zealand intelligence bureau is not under US control or assisting its military operations, the country's spy chiefs say.
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US and Russia hail nuclear treaty

Thursday, April 8th 2010, 12:56
related countries: Czech Republic Czech Republic, Russia Russia
related places: Prague

The US and Russia sign a "historic" nuclear arms treaty, with Barack Obama promising further disarmament steps.
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New US soldier video is released

Thursday, April 8th 2010, 11:48
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan
related places: June

The Taliban release a new video which appears to show an American soldier captured in Afghanistan in June.
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Geithner set for China yuan talks

Thursday, April 8th 2010, 10:22
related countries: China China

The US treasury secretary is due in China later for talks on a long-running dispute over the Chinese currency, the yuan.
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US 'reviewing' Iraq killing video

Thursday, April 8th 2010, 10:20
related countries: Iraq Iraq

The US military is reviewing a video of a controversial helicopter attack on a group of people in Iraq in 2007, officials say.
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Woods 'failed to be a role model'

Thursday, April 8th 2010, 7:49
related places: Augusta

Augusta chairman Billy Payne criticises Tiger Woods ahead of the opening round of the US Masters.
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Will US-Russian nuclear treaty make the world safer?

Thursday, April 8th 2010, 7:35
related countries: Czech Republic Czech Republic, Russia Russia
related places: Prague

The US and Russian presidents have signed a nuclear arms treaty in Prague. Is it the right strategy?
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Two US airlines 'in merger talks'

Thursday, April 8th 2010, 1:12

Two of the main airlines in the US, United and US Airways, are discussing a possible merger, reports say.
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US order to kill US-born cleric

Wednesday, April 7th 2010, 16:51
related countries: Yemen Yemen

The Obama administration has approved an order to kill a radical US-born cleric linked to al-Qaeda in Yemen, officials confirm.
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Wednesday, April 7th 2010, 14:40

Former tennis champion Martina Navratilova tells a US magazine she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
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Fears grow for missing US miners

Wednesday, April 7th 2010, 13:17
related places: West Virginia, Rescue

Rescue crews drilling holes in a stricken West Virginia coal mine can detect no sign of life from four missing miners so far.
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US 'tracing' Iraq killings video

Wednesday, April 7th 2010, 10:21
related countries: Iraq Iraq

The US military says it is trying to retrieve the original video of a 2007 shooting in Iraq which was aired on the WikiLeaks website.
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Hewitt on Europe

Wednesday, April 7th 2010, 8:59
related places: New Russia

New Russia-US missile treaty will be major milestone
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US man gets North Korea jail term

Wednesday, April 7th 2010, 2:37
related countries: North Korea North Korea

North Korea sentences a US man to eight years' hard labour for illegally entering the country, the state news agency reports.
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Safety below

Tuesday, April 6th 2010, 21:37

Deadly accident puts spotlight on US mine regulations
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Obama limits US nuclear arms use

Tuesday, April 6th 2010, 18:06

President Barack Obama's administration unveils plans for substantial reductions in the US nuclear weapons stockpile.
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Russia 'could quit nuclear deal'

Tuesday, April 6th 2010, 16:10
related countries: Russia Russia

Russia says it could opt out of a new nuclear disarmament treaty if it feels threatened by US missile defence plans.
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West Virginia mine explosion kills 25

Tuesday, April 6th 2010, 14:17
related places: Six

Twenty-five miners are killed and four are missing after the worst US mining disaster for more than a quarter of a century.
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US wants new Nigerian poll head

Tuesday, April 6th 2010, 10:26
related countries: Nigeria Nigeria
related places: Obama

The Obama administration calls for the head of Nigeria's election commission to be replaced ahead of new elections in 2011.
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Geithner boosts India trade ties

Tuesday, April 6th 2010, 8:23
related countries: India India

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will push India to open its markets in his first visit to India since assuming office.
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WikiLeaks posts video from Iraq

Tuesday, April 6th 2010, 2:30
related countries: Iraq Iraq
related places: Baghdad

The website WikiLeaks posts a video it says shows the 2007 killing by US military personnel of civilians in Baghdad.
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Toyota faces record US $16m fine

Monday, April 5th 2010, 23:12

The US government accuses Toyota of failing to tell it about accelerator pedal defects and will press for a record fine.
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US anger at Pakistan mission raid

Monday, April 5th 2010, 21:28
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan
related places: Peshawar

The US expresses "great concern" over a deadly assault by militants on the US consulate in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.
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Attack on Pakistan US consulate

Monday, April 5th 2010, 17:06
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan
related places: Peshawar

Militants attack the US consulate in Peshawar, hours after another attack in north-west Pakistan kills 43 at a political rally.
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Cuba 'will not cede to blackmail'

Monday, April 5th 2010, 9:44
related countries: Cuba Cuba

Cuba's Raul Castro says Europe and the US are waging a media war against Cuba over the death of a hunger striker.
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Oil price up amid jobs joy in US

Monday, April 5th 2010, 8:35

Oil prices extend gains above $80 a barrel amid optimism that improved US job creation will boost economic recovery.
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Teenagers 'find body on egg hunt'

Sunday, April 4th 2010, 1:05
related places: Iowa, Easter

Two US teenagers taking part in an Easter egg hunt in the state of Iowa find a body in a park, police say.
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US girl sues for $1m after arrest for desk scribble

Saturday, April 3rd 2010, 22:53

A 12-year-old US schoolgirl is suing the New York City authorities for $1m after she was arrested for scribbling on her desk.
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Live - Haye v Ruiz

Saturday, April 3rd 2010, 21:26
related places: Manchester

Britain's David Haye defends his WBA heavyweight title against American John Ruiz in Manchester.
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US delays China currency report

Saturday, April 3rd 2010, 20:58
related countries: China China

The US Treasury delays by several months a report on whether China manipulates its currency, the yuan, keeping it artificially low.
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US president set for Prague talks

Saturday, April 3rd 2010, 16:13
related countries: Czech Republic Czech Republic
related places: Prague, White House

US President Barack Obama will meet 11 other heads of state in Prague in early April, the White House announces.
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Apple iPad hits shops in America

Saturday, April 3rd 2010, 14:10
related places: America

iPad, the new tablet computer device manufactured by Apple, goes on sale in its stores across the US.
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Should the US and China co-operate?

Saturday, April 3rd 2010, 13:25
related countries: China China, Iran Iran

President Obama says the US and China should work together on the Iranian nuclear issue. Do you agree?
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Badu charged for nude music video

Saturday, April 3rd 2010, 9:35
related places: Dallas

US neo-soul singer Erykah Badu is charged with disorderly conduct for stripping on a Dallas street for her music video shoot.
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New frontline

Saturday, April 3rd 2010, 6:16
related countries: Romania Romania, Russia Russia

Romania reassures Russia over role in US missile shield
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Scuffles at US chain's London sale

Saturday, April 3rd 2010, 0:28
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom
related places: London

Up to 10 police officers were injured after scuffles broke out when 2,000 people descended on London's Brick Lane for a sale at a US clothing chain.
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Karzai seeks to allay US concerns

Saturday, April 3rd 2010, 0:09
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan

Afghan President Hamid Karzai calls the US to ease concerns about a speech in which he blamed the UN and EU for fraud.
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'Jihad Jane' friend charged in US

Friday, April 2nd 2010, 21:45

A second US woman is charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists in the "Jihad Jane" case.
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US steps up air security checks

Friday, April 2nd 2010, 21:41

The US announces that it will begin profiling US-bound passengers to determine who should get extra screening.
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US concern at Karzai fraud claim

Friday, April 2nd 2010, 21:15
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan

The US seeks clarification over claims by the Afghan president that foreign observers were responsible for electoral fraud.
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Turkey to send envoy back to US

Friday, April 2nd 2010, 14:05

Turkey says it will send its envoy back to the US, one month after a panel voted to call killings of Armenians in World War I genocide.
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