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United States: news

US snowball fight takes a twist when 'detective draws gun'

Sunday, December 20th 2009, 19:36

Police in Washington DC investigate a detective accused of drawing his gun during a public snowball fight.
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Guantanamo inmates flown home

Sunday, December 20th 2009, 15:58
related countries: Afghanistan

The US transfers 12 detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Afghanistan, Yemen and Somaliland, officials say.
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In pictures

Sunday, December 20th 2009, 11:48

Snowstorms blanket the US east coast
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Snowstorm blankets US East Coast

Sunday, December 20th 2009, 6:20

A snowstorm moves into the eastern US with falls of up to 14in (36cm) and at least five deaths blamed on the weather.
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US alarm at Iran's Iraq incursion

Sunday, December 20th 2009, 1:22
related countries: Iran, Iraq
related places: America

America's top military officer voices concern, after Iranian soldiers occupied an oil well in Iraq.
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US general defends pregnancy ban

Sunday, December 20th 2009, 1:00
related countries: Iraq

A US general in Iraq defends his decision to add pregnancy to reasons his soldiers can face a court martial.
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UN says climate deal 'a start'

Saturday, December 19th 2009, 19:08
related countries: Denmark
related places: Copenhagen

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says a US-backed climate deal is a good beginning, but critics dismiss it as a failure.
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US in 'al-Qaeda cocaine sting'

Saturday, December 19th 2009, 4:19

A US court accuses three Africans of plotting to traffic cocaine across the Sahara in order to fund al-Qaeda.
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BP workers in Texas win damages

Saturday, December 19th 2009, 3:03
related places: Texas

A US jury awards $100m (£62m) in damages to ten workers who said a leak at a BP oil refinery had made them sick.
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'Meaningful' deal at Copenhagen

Friday, December 18th 2009, 22:32
related countries: Denmark
related places: Copenhagen

Key states have reached a "meaningful" deal that is a first step towards tackling climate change, a US official in Copenhagen says.
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Mother of US hiker makes appeal

Friday, December 18th 2009, 22:23
related countries: Iran

The mother of one of three US hikers detained in Iran makes a fresh appeal for their release.
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Eastern US braced for snowstorm

Friday, December 18th 2009, 22:12
related countries: Mexico
related places: Atlantic

The eastern United States is bracing itself for a major winter storm moving up the Atlantic coast from the Gulf of Mexico.
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'Meaningful deal' at Copenhagen

Friday, December 18th 2009, 21:35
related countries: Denmark
related places: Copenhagen

Key states have reached a "meaningful" deal that is a first step towards tackling climate change, a US official in Copenhagen says.
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Tag Heuer 'to drop Woods image'

Friday, December 18th 2009, 20:29
related countries: Switzerland
related places: Woods

Swiss watch maker Tag Heuer says it is to drop troubled golfer Tiger Woods's image from its US adverts, a Swiss paper reports.
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Obama's warning on climate deal

Friday, December 18th 2009, 17:04
related countries: Denmark
related places: Copenhagen

US President Barack Obama warns leaders that time is running out to strike a deal at the Copenhagen summit.
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US 'to return Yemeni detainees'

Friday, December 18th 2009, 16:28
related countries: Yemen

Six Yemeni men held in the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay will be repatriated, the Washington Post reports.
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Pakistan strike 'kills militants'

Friday, December 18th 2009, 12:53
related countries: Pakistan

Three suspected militants are killed in the third US drone strike on Pakistan's tribal region in two days, officials say.
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DNA frees US prisoner 35 years on

Friday, December 18th 2009, 9:20

A US man becomes the country's longest-serving prisoner to be freed after DNA evidence proves his innocence 35 years on.
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Charges in US stolen baby case

Thursday, December 17th 2009, 22:12

A US woman is charged with the murder of a pregnant mother whose baby was cut from her womb.
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Iraq rebels 'hack into US drones'

Thursday, December 17th 2009, 21:40
related countries: Iraq

Insurgents in Iraq have hacked into live video feeds from unmanned American drone aircraft, US media reports say.
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Colombia rebel groups 'to unite'

Thursday, December 17th 2009, 16:27
related countries: Colombia

Colombia's Farc and ELN rebel groups say they intend to join forces against government troops.
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US diplomats in Pakistan visa row

Thursday, December 17th 2009, 15:36
related countries: Pakistan

US diplomats complain that Pakistan is delaying the extension of visas of more than 100 US officials.
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Pakistan drone attack 'kills 12'

Thursday, December 17th 2009, 14:53
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Taliban

At least 12 suspected Taliban militants were killed in two separate attacks by unmanned US drone aircraft in north-west Pakistan, security officials say.
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Russia blames US on nuclear talks

Thursday, December 17th 2009, 10:07
related countries: Russia

Russia's foreign minister says the US is responsible for a "slowdown" in talks to agree a new nuclear weapons cuts treaty.
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US interest rates remain on hold

Wednesday, December 16th 2009, 22:02

The Federal Reserve decides to keep US interest rates on hold at between 0% and 0.25%, as widely expected.
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Donovan set for Everton loan move

Wednesday, December 16th 2009, 21:43
related places: Everton, Donovan

LA Galaxy striker Landon Donovan is set to join Everton on loan in January after the clubs agree a "deal in principle".
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Credit Suisse to pay $536m fine

Wednesday, December 16th 2009, 20:21
related countries: Iran, Switzerland

Swiss banking group Credit Suisse says it will pay $536m for violating US sanctions against Iran.
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Obama writes to N Korea's leader

Wednesday, December 16th 2009, 19:12
related countries: North Korea

US President Barack Obama sends a personal letter to North Korea's Kim Jong-il, apparently about nuclear talks.
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Intel accused of blocking rivals

Wednesday, December 16th 2009, 16:10

Intel, the world's biggest chip maker, is being sued by US authorities, accused of anti-competitive measures.
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Bernanke is 'Person of the Year'

Wednesday, December 16th 2009, 14:18

The US Federal Reserve chairman wins the Time Magazine award for steering the US economy through its worst year since the 1930s.
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Abba to be inducted into US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Wednesday, December 16th 2009, 9:37
related places: Fame, Genesis

Abba are picked to be inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with artists including Genesis and Jimmy Cliff.
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US House expands Iran sanctions

Wednesday, December 16th 2009, 4:05
related countries: Iran

The US House of Representatives approves new sanctions against foreign firms that help Iran import oil.
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US jail to house Guantanamo men

Wednesday, December 16th 2009, 3:17
related places: White House

President Obama orders the government to buy a prison in Illinois to take a number of inmates from Guantanamo Bay.
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Obama 'optimistic' on healthcare

Tuesday, December 15th 2009, 23:50
related places: Senate

US President Barack Obama says he is cautiously optimistic a landmark healthcare bill will be passed in the Senate
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Boeing Dreamliner in first flight

Tuesday, December 15th 2009, 23:39

Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner passenger aircraft successfully completes its first test flight in the US.
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US moves to ban loud TV adverts

Tuesday, December 15th 2009, 22:57

The US House of Representatives approves a bill forcing broadcasters to limit the volume of television advertisements.
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US evangelist Oral Roberts dies

Tuesday, December 15th 2009, 22:11
related places: California

Renowned US evangelist Oral Roberts, who pioneered religious broadcasting, dies in California at the age of 91.
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Obama pushes healthcare reform

Tuesday, December 15th 2009, 11:37

US President Barack Obama summons Democratic senators to seek ways of ensuring the passage of healthcare reform.
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China rejects releasing dissident

Tuesday, December 15th 2009, 11:09
related countries: China

China rejects calls from the US and the EU to release a prominent dissident as interference in its internal affairs.
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Afghans and US to clash at Twenty20

Tuesday, December 15th 2009, 10:36
related countries: Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Ireland and Scotland are grouped with Afghanistan and the USA at the ICC World Twenty20 qualifier in the United Arab Emirates from 9 to 13 February.
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Fidel Castro says US on offensive

Tuesday, December 15th 2009, 9:49
related countries: Cuba

Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro tells a summit of leftist regional heads that the US is plotting the overthrow of Latin American left-wing governments.
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Obama tells US banks to lend more

Tuesday, December 15th 2009, 1:17

President Barack Obama tells US bankers to increase business loans, and warns them not to thwart regulatory reform.
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Prison for US 'video terrorists'

Monday, December 14th 2009, 22:33
related places: Washington

Two US men who plotted to aid terrorists by filming Washington landmarks are sentenced to 17 and 13 years in jail.
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US jails Iranian over arms plot

Monday, December 14th 2009, 21:54
related countries: Iran
related places: Delaware

A court in the US state of Delaware jails an Iranian man for five years for plotting to procure and smuggle arms to Iran.
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Britons' Guantanamo case rejected

Monday, December 14th 2009, 17:17
related countries: United Kingdom

The US Supreme Court refuses to consider an appeal by four British former Guantanamo Bay prisoners over alleged abuses.
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Clinton urges Iran to free hikers

Monday, December 14th 2009, 16:50
related countries: Iran, Iraq

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urges Tehran to free three US hikers facing trial in Iran after crossing into the country.
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Citigroup to repay $20bn bail-out

Monday, December 14th 2009, 15:16

Citigroup says it will repay $20bn in US bail-out funds, marking its exit from the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
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US sky survey probe set to launch

Monday, December 14th 2009, 13:26
related places: California

A Nasa satellite designed to uncover hidden cosmic objects is scheduled to be launched from California.
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US suspects to stay in Pakistan

Monday, December 14th 2009, 13:24
related countries: Pakistan

A court in Pakistan rules that five Americans detained for suspected militant links cannot be deported while judges review their case.
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Citigroup to repay $20bn bail-out

Monday, December 14th 2009, 12:52

Citigroup says it will repay $20bn in US bailout funds. The move marks its exit from the US government's Troubled Asset Relief Program.
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Cuba and Venezuela criticise US

Monday, December 14th 2009, 0:44
related countries: Venezuela

Cuba's President Castro issues a fierce denunciation of the US, echoed by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, at a trade summit.
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Cadbury and Hershey in bid talks

Sunday, December 13th 2009, 17:30
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Cadbury, Hershey

Cadbury and Hershey are in talks with a view to the US firm making a bid for the British confectioner, the BBC learns.
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Pakistan urged to widen offensive

Sunday, December 13th 2009, 16:31
related countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan

The regional US commander, David Petraeus, has urged Pakistan to step up pressure on the Afghan Taliban.
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Houston elects openly gay mayor

Sunday, December 13th 2009, 7:32
related places: Houston

Houston becomes the largest US city to elect an openly gay mayor, after Annise Parker wins a run-off vote.
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US-Russia nuclear talks extended

Saturday, December 12th 2009, 21:49
related countries: Russia
related places: Kremlin

Talks between the US and Russia on a new nuclear arms reduction treaty are being extended, the Kremlin announces.
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Fighting the elusive enemy in Afghanistan

Saturday, December 12th 2009, 12:00
related countries: Afghanistan

Embedded with the US marines in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Mark Urban says the Taliban are proving hard to track down.
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Woods to take 'indefinite' break from golf

Saturday, December 12th 2009, 11:35
related countries: United Kingdom

World number one Tiger Woods says he is taking an indefinite break from golf, after publicly admitting his 'infidelity' for the first time.
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CIA cancels Blackwater contract

Saturday, December 12th 2009, 9:38
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Blackwater

The CIA cancels a contract with US private security firm Blackwater for its role in drone aircraft attacks in Pakistan.
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US and Japan agree open air deal

Saturday, December 12th 2009, 5:27
related countries: Japan

The United States and Japan agree to a new "open skies" deal cutting restrictions on flights between the two countries.
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US and Japan agree open air deal

Saturday, December 12th 2009, 5:27
related countries: Japan

The United States and Japan have agreed to a new "open skies" deal cutting restrictions on flights between the two countries.
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US sweep against 'illegal aliens'

Saturday, December 12th 2009, 2:26
related places: California

US immigration agents detain 286 suspected illegal immigrant criminals in California in the largest operation of its kind.
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US woman of 98 'choked roommate'

Friday, December 11th 2009, 23:29

A Massachusetts jury charges a woman of 98 with suffocating her 100-year-old roommate after complaining about visitors.
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'Key militant killed' in Pakistan

Friday, December 11th 2009, 22:25
related countries: Pakistan

A suspected key al-Qaeda figure is thought to have been killed in a drone strike in Pakistan last week, US officials say.
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US House backs financial reform

Friday, December 11th 2009, 22:13

The US House of Representatives approves the most sweeping reforms to the financial sector since the 1930s.
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Clinton warning for Latin America

Friday, December 11th 2009, 19:24
related countries: Iran

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urges Latin American countries to "think twice" before getting too close to Iran.
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Blackwater denies covert CIA help

Friday, December 11th 2009, 17:56
related countries: Afghanistan, Iraq
related places: Blackwater

US security firm Blackwater denies a New York Times report that it took part in CIA raids in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Praying Eritrean women 'arrested'

Friday, December 11th 2009, 10:56
related countries: Eritrea
related places: Thirty

Thirty elderly women have been arrested in Eritrea while praying, one of their relatives living in the US tells the BBC.
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US threatens tough Iran sanctions

Friday, December 11th 2009, 9:47
related countries: Iran

The US Defense Secretary says he expects "significant" new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme.
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'US backed' Ecuador camp attack

Friday, December 11th 2009, 4:44
related countries: Colombia, Ecuador

A Colombian attack on a rebel camp in Ecuador was carried out with support from US forces in Ecuador, a new report alleges.
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N Korea agrees US 'co-operation'

Friday, December 11th 2009, 2:06
related countries: North Korea

North Korea says it will co-operate with the US on its nuclear programme and agrees stalled talks need to resume.
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In pictures

Friday, December 11th 2009, 0:20
related countries: Canada

The US and Canada suffer with heavy snowfalls
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No cash bonus for Goldman bosses

Thursday, December 10th 2009, 23:46

US bank Goldman Sachs says its 30 top executives will not receive cash bonuses in 2009, as it seeks to cut excessive risk-taking.
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Man charged with trying to steal paintings from his father's museum

Thursday, December 10th 2009, 22:54

The son of US fantasy artist Frank Frazetta is charged with trying to steal paintings from his father's museum.
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US Midwest shivers as storm passes

Thursday, December 10th 2009, 22:46

A winter storm that brought record snow in the US Midwest moves on but many states are set for more freezing weather, as the search continues for 16 missing hunters in Arizona.
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Man shot dead by New York police

Thursday, December 10th 2009, 21:47
related places: New York

A US police officer shoots and kills a suspect in New York's Times Square, officials say.
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Pakistan confirms US men arrested

Thursday, December 10th 2009, 20:48
related countries: Pakistan

Five suspected militants held in Punjab province are US nationals wanted by the FBI, the US and Pakistan say.
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Obama defends war at Nobel award

Thursday, December 10th 2009, 18:14
related countries: Norway
related places: Oslo

US President Barack Obama defends the waging of "morally justified" war as he collects the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.
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Hacker to appeal over US extradition

Thursday, December 10th 2009, 16:56

Computer hacker Gary McKinnon lodges papers for a fresh High Court challenge to stop him being sent for trial in the US.
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Matt Frei's diary

Thursday, December 10th 2009, 16:34

Climate change divides evangelical Christians in the US
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US in North Korea nuclear talks

Thursday, December 10th 2009, 12:19
related countries: North Korea
related places: Pyongyang

The US special envoy for North Korea says he has had "useful" talks with officials on a three-day trip to Pyongyang.
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'US Muslims' arrested in Pakistan

Thursday, December 10th 2009, 11:17
related countries: Pakistan

The FBI investigates the arrest in Pakistan of five suspected US nationals on suspicion of links to extremist groups, officials say.
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Subpoenas over Obama 'gatecrash'

Wednesday, December 9th 2009, 22:52
related places: White House

The US Congress is to subpoena two White House gatecrashers to answer questions about their presence at a state dinner.
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US man denies Mumbai plot charge

Wednesday, December 9th 2009, 19:11
related countries: India
related places: Mumbai, Chicago

A Chicago man accused of involvement in the deadly attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai last year pleads not guilty.
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'No quick success' in Afghanistan

Wednesday, December 9th 2009, 17:41
related countries: Afghanistan, Iraq

A top US general says military success in Afghanistan is likely to be slower than in Iraq after the troop surge there.
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Action over US air checks breach

Wednesday, December 9th 2009, 17:34

US transport officials are placed on leave after airport security procedure details were mistakenly posted online.
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US bank bail-out scheme extended

Wednesday, December 9th 2009, 15:51

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner announces the $700bn US financial bail-out fund will be extended until October next year.
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Saudis deny Iran abduction claim

Wednesday, December 9th 2009, 10:09
related countries: Iran, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian government denies Iranian claims that the US abducted an Iranian nuclear scientist on its soil.
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Johnny Hallyday sent to hospital

Wednesday, December 9th 2009, 9:33
related countries: France

Veteran French rock star Johnny Hallyday is admitted to hospital in the US with a post-operative infection, his spokesman says.
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US soap cancelled after 54 years

Wednesday, December 9th 2009, 9:27

As The World Turns, one of the world's longest-running daytime soap operas, is being cancelled after 54 years, CBS announces
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US cuts Cuban spies' jail terms

Wednesday, December 9th 2009, 3:51
related countries: Cuba

Two men jailed for spying in the US as part of the "Cuban Five" have their sentences cut from life to 30 years and 19 to 18 years.
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US 'must step up' Bin Laden hunt

Wednesday, December 9th 2009, 1:56
related countries: Afghanistan

The top US commander in Afghanistan says al-Qaeda cannot be defeated until Osama Bin Laden is killed or captured.
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US airport checks posted online

Wednesday, December 9th 2009, 0:21

Procedures for screening passengers travelling through US airports are accidentally posted online by security officials.
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US to pay Native Americans $1.4bn

Tuesday, December 8th 2009, 23:09

The US government settles a case over royalties owed to American Indians after a dispute which originated in 1887.
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Price of oil falls for fifth day

Tuesday, December 8th 2009, 23:04

Oil prices fall for the fifth day in a row, weighed down by a stronger US dollar and amid concerns over demand.
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CIT to exit bankruptcy protection

Tuesday, December 8th 2009, 21:06

US lender CIT Group's reorganisation plan is approved by a judge, paving the way for it to exit bankruptcy protection within days.
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Ohio man executed by single drug

Tuesday, December 8th 2009, 18:06
related places: Ohio

A convicted Ohio man becomes the first person to be executed in the US with a single dose of a lethal drug.
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Iranian scientist 'held by US'

Tuesday, December 8th 2009, 18:04
related countries: Iran
related places: June

Tehran accuses the US of abducting a nuclear scientist who has been missing since June.
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Obama announces job creation plan

Tuesday, December 8th 2009, 17:35

President Obama sets out proposals aimed at boosting employment, including winding up the US bank bail-out fund.
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Karzai appeals for forces funding

Tuesday, December 8th 2009, 15:35
related countries: Afghanistan

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai warns it will take 15 years before the country is able to fund its own security forces.
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US envoy begins North Korea talks

Tuesday, December 8th 2009, 6:58
related countries: North Korea

The US envoy to North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, arrives in North Korea for the first high-level Obama administration visit.
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