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The most destructive wildfire in the history of the US state of Colorado has killed two people and destroyed hundreds of homes.
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The disclosure last week of a pair of top secret surveillance programmes has caused the US "significant harm", FBI Director Robert Mueller says.
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Luke Donald edges ahead of Phil Mickelson with his final shot to lead by one after a rain-hit first day of the 113th US Open at Merion.
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A beach town in the US state of New Jersey passes a ban on the wearing of low-slung trousers or jeans on the boardwalk.
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At least one person is dead and about 70 injured in an explosion and fire that tore through a chemical plant in the US state of Louisiana.
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For the first time, half of American children under the age of five are of a racial or ethnic minority, according to the US Census Bureau.
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Human genes may not be patented, but artificially copied DNA can be intellectual property, the US Supreme Court rules unanimously.
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The US Navy is upgrading its systems so staff do not have to write messages using only capital letters.
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US retail sales rose more than expected in May, up 0.6%, helped by a jump in car sales, according to government data.
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The family of a severely ill 10-year-old girl, who was given a prime spot on the adult transplant list by a US judge, says that she's doing well.
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China, 
Hong KongThe US government has been hacking computers in mainland China and Hong Kong for years according to the whistleblower and former CIA contractor Edward Snowden
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JapanJapanese shares tumble as the yen hits a 10-week high against the US dollar, triggering concerns of a drop in exporters' profits.
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Firefighters in the US state of Colorado are tackling aggressive wildfires which have burned homes and forced thousands to be evacuated.
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Aruba, 
CubaA jellyfish sting forces Australian athlete Chloe McCardel to abandon her attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida without a protective shark cage.
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A severely ill 10-year-old girl to whom a US judge granted a prime spot on the adult transplant list despite her youth receives a new set of lungs.
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An accused Boston mobster who spent 17 years on the run from US authorities was a "hands-on killer", a prosecutor says at the start of his trial.
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The head of the US electronic spying agency says newly revealed telephone and internet surveillance programmes have disrupted dozens of terror plots.
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The US start-ups with a big passion to succeed
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United KingdomUK and US citizens should be confident their intelligence agencies operate within the law, the foreign secretary says after talks in Washington with his American counterpart John Kerry.
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The 113th US Open gets under way at Merion near Philadelphia on Thursday with thunderstorms and high winds forecast.
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SyriaUS Secretary of State John Kerry said that a political solution was essential to end the violence in Syria and save the country.
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Hong KongEdward Snowden, the ex-CIA employee who leaked secret US surveillance details, vows in an interview to fight any bid to extradite him from Hong Kong.
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Former talk-show host Oprah Winfrey is donating $12m towards a new museum in Washington DC dedicated to African American history.
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The EU's Justice Commissioner writes to the US attorney general with a list of questions about America's data surveillance programme, Prism.
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A report by oil giant BP highlights that the US saw the largest single year increase in oil production ever recorded in 2012.
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Google, Facebook and Microsoft ask the US government to allow them to disclose the security requests they receive for handing over user data.
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AfghanistanThe general who will oversee the end of Nato's mission in Afghanistan says human rights progress may not be sustainable without international help.
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ChinaA US judge sentences a Chinese national, Xiang Li, to 12 years in prison for selling more than $100m (£62m) of pirated US software.
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AfghanistanThe US general who will oversee the end of the Nato mission in Afghanistan has said there will have to be talks with the Taliban at some stage.
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The quarter-million Ethiopians who call the US capital home
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Hong KongEU officials express concern at a vast American surveillance programme, as top US politicians label the ex-CIA man behind the leaks a traitor.
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The SEC levies the first financial penalty on a US exchange for failures of regulatory oversight, fining the Chicago Board Options Exchange $6m (£3.8m).
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US President Barack Obama calls on Congress to pass immigration reform by the end of summer, as the legislation clears a major procedural hurdle.
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The US state department reportedly failed to fully investigate allegations against its officials involving prostitution, a drug ring and assault.
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Sergio Garcia leaves Tiger Woods a note in his locker at the US Open to apologise for the "fried chicken" remark.
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AfghanistanA suicide bomb attack in Kabul kills at least 16 people and injures more than 40 others outside the Supreme Court, Afghan police say.
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This year's Tony Awards scored the show's best TV ratings since 2009, with 20% more viewers watching than last year, network CBS says.
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Hong KongAn ex-CIA employee who leaked details of US top-secret phone and internet surveillance checks out of a Hong Kong hotel and goes to ground.
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US sitcom The Big Bang Theory takes home the most prizes from the Critics' Choice TV Awards in Los Angeles, scooping three awards including best comedy series.
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SoftBank sweetens its bid for the third-largest US phone carrier Sprint Nextel, as it looks to become one of the world's largest mobile operators.
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The US administration says it will no longer seek to block over-the-counter sales of emergency contraception to women and girls of all ages.
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Estimated global reserves of shale oil could increase total world crude resources by 11%, according to a US government report.
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Rating agency Standard and Poor's raises its credit outlook for the US economy from negative to stable, as confidence returns.
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Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joins Twitter, poking fun at her own image and keeping political classes guessing about her future.
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Jury selection begins in the murder trial of a US neighbourhood watchman who killed an unarmed black teenager, in a case that drew national attention.
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An ex-CIA employee says he acted to "protect basic liberties for people around the world" in leaking details of US phone and internet surveillance.
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NetherlandsSome 22 US nuclear weapons are stored on Dutch territory, according to former Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers, who calls the arms "pointless".
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United KingdomAstraZeneca, the UK's second-largest drugs company, is to buy Pearl Therapeutics, a US lung drug specialist, in a deal worth up to $1.15bn.
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A former technical worker for the CIA is revealed as the source of a series of leaks about US phone and internet surveillance.
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Trial of US man who shot unarmed black teenager about to start
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United KingdomThe foreign secretary says claims the UK's eavesdropping centre has used a US internet spy programme to circumvent British law are "nonsense".
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American "shock jock" Alex Jones has appeared on the BBC's Sunday Politics show and disrupted it in spectacular fashion.
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ChinaUS President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping end a two-day summit described by a US official as "unique, positive and constructive".
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North KoreaChina and the US have agreed to co-operate over the denuclearisation of North Korea, a US National Security Advisor has said.
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Sweden, United KingdomSweden's fourth in line to the throne, Princess Madeleine, marries US-British businessman Chris O'Neill at a ceremony in Stockholm
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United KingdomGoogle has issued a strong denial that it allows the US government to access its servers, following claims that the UK's eavesdropping centre, GCHQ, has been secretly snooping on Britons via a US spy programme.
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PakistanSeven people in Pakistan have been killed in the first drone strike since PM Nawaz Sharif took office demanding an end to US targeting of militants.
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PhilippinesA dog that lost half her face saving two girls from being hit by a motorcycle returns to the Philippines after a series of operations in the US.
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The UK's eavesdropping centre, GCHQ, will report to MPs within days over claims it secretly accessed data on the internet activity of Britons obtained through a US spying programme.
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At least five people are dead and several others injured after a gun rampage in the beachfront city of Santa Monica, California, police say.
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A Texas actress and pregnant mother of five is charged with threatening the president after allegedly posting ricin-laced letters to Barack Obama.
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ChinaPresident Obama is on his way to a desert retreat in California where he will hold key talks with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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The US Senate begins debate on a far-reaching immigration bill, with a vote expected before the end of June.
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US serial killer Richard Ramirez, known as the "Night Stalker" - who terrorised southern California in 1984-5 - dies on death row.
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US employment rose by slightly more than economists had predicted during May, adding 175,000 jobs.
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Rory McIlroy is grouped with Tiger Woods and Adam Scott for the first two rounds of the US Open at Merion.
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Home Secretary Theresa May comes under pressure to investigate claims GCHQ has been gathering data on internet users through a secret US spy programme.
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US spy chief James Clapper strongly defends government surveillance programmes after revelations of telephone "metadata" being collected and internet servers tapped.
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Film director Mel Brooks is honoured with a lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute.
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MexicoThe Mexican army says it has freed 165 migrants who were trying to cross illegally into the US but were kidnapped by a criminal gang.
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A US couple who hosted a radio show called The Pursuit of Happiness took their own lives by asphyxiation, US authorities say.
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The US National Security Agency (NSA) is collecting the telephone records of tens of millions of Americans, US officials have confirmed.
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US swimming champion-turned-movie star Esther Williams, known in her heyday as Hollywood's Mermaid, dies in Los Angeles aged 91.
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US Attorney General Eric Holder says the justice department will not prosecute journalists for their reporting as long as he is in office.
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A US federal judge allows a severely-ill 10-year-old girl to take a prime spot on the list to receive an adult lung transplant, despite her young age.
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AfghanistanAfghans near Kandahar react with anger to the news that a US soldier who massacred 16 people last year has escaped the death penalty.
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American author AM Homes beats Hilary Mantel to win the Women's Prize for Fiction with her dark satire May We Be Forgiven.
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IndiaPolice in India arrest three men in connection with Tuesday's gang-rape of a 30-year-old American woman in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh.
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Six people die and more than a dozen are injured after a building collapses in the centre of the US city of Philadelphia.
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An 84-year-old Florida woman wins the largest unshared jackpot in US lottery history - a prize of $590m (£383m).
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GreeceGreece launches a charm offensive on investors in New York, as the country's alternate finance minister declares "the worst is behind us".
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US artist Saul Leiter's pioneering colour photography
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VenezuelaThe US is to start a dialogue with Venezuela aimed at restoring their respective ambassadors, amid news that an American filmmaker has been freed.
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AfghanistanUS soldier Robert Bales avoids the death penalty for murdering 16 Afghan civilians last year, after a military judge accepts his guilty plea.
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United KingdomUS and European stock markets drop to their lowest levels in six weeks on disappointing EU data and questions over when the Federal Reserve will rein in its stimulus programme.
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A prominent US breast cancer charity embroiled in an anti-abortion controversy last year cancels fundraising races amid a steep drop in participation.
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The US transport safety authority cancels a proposal to allow some small pocket knives aboard US flights for the first time since the 9/11 attacks.
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US President Barack Obama has named US ambassador to the UN Susan Rice as his national security adviser, and nominated Samantha Power to replace her.
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PakistanPakistan's new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has called for an end to US drone strikes in his first address since being re-elected to the post
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Little Mix's first studio album DNA goes straight to number four in America's Billboard charts.
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GhanaThe ex-security chief at Ghana's main international airport is charged in the US with conspiring to smuggle heroin to New York, drug enforcement officials say.
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US First Lady Michelle Obama's speech at a private fundraising event is briefly interrupted by a protester, demanding equal rights for gays.
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PakistanPakistan's new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif calls for an end to US drone strikes in his country as he is sworn in for a historic third term.
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US-based researchers say they have found a way to use wi-fi signals to identify human gestures, paving the way for the remote control of home appliances.
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ChinaAn American businessman who has been unable to leave China for nearly five years due to a trade secrets row returns to the US days before a key US-China meeting.
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Apple has lost a trade panel ruling in a dispute with rival Samsung which could see older models of iPads and iPhones banned from sale in the US
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A US Republican senator is criticised for telling a congressional hearing military sex assault is partly down to "hormone levels".
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Chrysler is refusing to heed a US government request to recall 2.7 million Jeeps that it says are at risk of fuel tank fires in collisions.
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Ohio State University's president says he will quit after making remarks about "damn Catholics" and rival colleges' academic ability.
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A US Army psychiatrist accused of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting says he will argue he shot soldiers as they posed a threat to Taliban leadership.
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