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United States: news

CIA chief in Pakistan for talks

Friday, June 10th 2011, 21:27
related countries: Pakistan

US CIA director Leon Panetta meets Pakistani officials to discuss repairing ties after the death of Osama Bin Laden, officials say.
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Siblings killed in US air crash

Friday, June 10th 2011, 19:25
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Florida

A 21-year-old aviation student from Scotland is killed along with her brother when the light aircraft she was piloting crashes in central Florida.
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Battle for Algiers

Friday, June 10th 2011, 18:33
related countries: Algeria

The 1960s film the US uses to to learn about urban warfare
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Arizona firefighters 'make gains'

Friday, June 10th 2011, 15:09
related places: Los Angeles, Arizona

Firefighters in the US state of Arizona begin slowly to wrest control of parts of a huge wildfire that has scorched an area bigger than Los Angeles.
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Stars gather to honour Morgan Freeman

Friday, June 10th 2011, 9:56
related places: Los Angeles, Oscar

Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman receives the American Film Institute's Life Achievement award at a star-studded event in Los Angeles.
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VIDEO: Lava overflow fears at Hawaii volcano

Friday, June 10th 2011, 9:46

Spectacular pictures of a volcano in Hawaii have been released by the US Geological Survey.
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UN drive to cut HIV in newborns

Friday, June 10th 2011, 9:40

The United Nations and the US government launch a global initiative to eliminate HIV infections among newborns in sub-Saharan Africa by 2015.
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VIDEO: 'All I did was cry and beat at the walls'

Friday, June 10th 2011, 7:37
related countries: Iran
related places: Evin, Tehran

American Sarah Shourd, who was released by Iran after being detained with two fellow US hikers in Tehran's Evin prison, talks to Sarah Montague about her ordeal.
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US-Mexico border corruption rises

Friday, June 10th 2011, 7:20
related countries: Mexico

Mexican drug cartels are increasingly targeting US border guards and customs agents with bribes and sexual favours, a US security official says.
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Rock bands honoured at Kerrang!

Friday, June 10th 2011, 6:52

US band 30 Seconds To Mars scoop two gongs at the annual ceremony, as Ozzy Osbourne is also honoured.
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Iraq 'to request' US troops stay

Friday, June 10th 2011, 4:25
related countries: Iraq

Iraq will ask the US to keep troops in the country beyond an end-of-2011 pullout deadline, says the man nominated to be US defence secretary.
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Gingrich aides quit campaign team

Friday, June 10th 2011, 1:30
related places: Republican

A number of senior aides quit the presidential campaign team of Republican former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, citing disagreements over strategy.
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It's quiz time!

Friday, June 10th 2011, 0:52

How did Sarah Palin rewrite American history?
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Cuban dissident's family go to US

Thursday, June 9th 2011, 22:02
related countries: Cuba

The family of the renowned Cuban dissident Orlando Zapata Tamayo - who died on hunger strike early last year - have left their country for the US.
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US sitcom writer Stern dies at 87

Thursday, June 9th 2011, 16:33
related places: Stern

US writer and producer Leonard Stern, who was behind hit shows including Get Smart and The Honeymooners, dies aged 87.
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US exports shrink trade deficit

Thursday, June 9th 2011, 15:31

Exports of US goods and services rose to a record $175.6bn in April, official figures show, helping to shrink its trade deficit.
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Star Trek's star urges two-state solution in Mid-East

Thursday, June 9th 2011, 14:05

Jewish-American actor Leonard Nimoy writes an open letter supporting a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict.
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Citibank confirms hacking attack

Thursday, June 9th 2011, 9:33

Thousands of customers of Citibank in the US have had data stolen, the firm has admitted.
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Fed sees US economy slow in May

Thursday, June 9th 2011, 6:50
related places: May

The US showed signs of a slowdown in May, according to the Federal Reserve's latest beige book of leading economic indicators.
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UN chief calls for 'end to Aids'

Thursday, June 9th 2011, 1:06

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calls for global action to end Aids by 2020, at a summit marking the 30th anniversary since the discovery of the disease.
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US banks lose vote on card fees

Thursday, June 9th 2011, 0:04

The US Senate narrowly votes against a move to delay capping the fees banks charge retailers for using debit cards.
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Obreht wins Orange literary prize

Wednesday, June 8th 2011, 19:50
related places: Orange, Tiger

Serbian-American author Tea Obreht has won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction for her debut novel, The Tiger's Wife.
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Hedge funds 'grab' Africa's land

Wednesday, June 8th 2011, 18:57
related places: Africa

Foreign hedge funds are behind "land grabs" in Africa to boost their profits in the food and biofuel sectors, according to a US think-tank.
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Al-Qaeda's al-Zawahiri warns US

Wednesday, June 8th 2011, 15:55

Ayman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda's number two, warns in a newly-posted video that Osama Bin Laden will continue to "terrify" the US from beyond the grave.
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US jury out in Mumbai terror case

Wednesday, June 8th 2011, 13:53
related places: Chicago

The jury is set to begin deliberations in the trial of Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana, accused of a role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
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East Africa 'faces food crisis'

Wednesday, June 8th 2011, 12:32
related places: Africa

The world's worst food security crisis is putting millions of lives at risk in the eastern Horn of Africa, a US agency warns.
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VIDEO: Peru's Humala to seek closer US ties

Wednesday, June 8th 2011, 11:52
related countries: Peru
related places: Humala

The left wing president-elect of Peru, Ollanta Humala, has told reporters that he views the United States as a strategic partner.
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Question of faith

Wednesday, June 8th 2011, 11:34
related places: Mormon

Is the US ready for its first Mormon president?
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US drone 'kills 15' in Pakistan

Wednesday, June 8th 2011, 11:28
related countries: Pakistan

At least 15 people are killed in a US drone strike in the Pakistani tribal area of North Waziristan, officials say.
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Afghanistan faces '2014 crisis'

Wednesday, June 8th 2011, 11:14
related countries: Afghanistan

Afghanistan faces a financial crisis when foreign troops leave in 2014, Democrats on the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee warn.
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Merkel bonds with Obama on visit

Wednesday, June 8th 2011, 10:06
related countries: Germany

Angela Merkel and Barack Obama smooth over policy differences as Washington gives the German chancellor a lavish reception in Washington.
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Peru's Humala sets out priorities

Wednesday, June 8th 2011, 9:28
related countries: Peru
related places: Humala

Peruvian president-elect Ollanta Humala says he wants to deepen Latin American integration and sees the US as a "strategic partner".
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No bodies at Texas 'grave' site

Wednesday, June 8th 2011, 2:11
related places: Texas

US police say there are no bodies found at a house in eastern Texas, where an anonymous caller claiming to be a psychic said there was a mass grave.
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After 10 years... a view of the US shuttle at the ISS

Wednesday, June 8th 2011, 0:21

It has taken more than 10 years but finally a US space shuttle is pictured docked to the International Space Station by a departing Soyuz capsule.
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US economy 'to pick up this year'

Tuesday, June 7th 2011, 21:09

The Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says the US economic recovery will rebound in the coming months.
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Frustrated Woods to miss US Open

Tuesday, June 7th 2011, 18:50

Tiger Woods reveals he will miss next week's US Open because of injuries to his left knee and Achilles.
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Yemen's Saleh 'gravely wounded'

Tuesday, June 7th 2011, 17:04
related countries: Yemen

Yemen's President Saleh was more badly injured than thought in a rocket attack last week, suffering 40% burns, officials tell US media.
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Calls for US lawmaker photos probe

Tuesday, June 7th 2011, 13:23
related places: New York

Democratic House leaders call for an ethics probe into a New York congressman who admitted sending flirtatious photos of himself to women.
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Geithner criticises bank lobbying

Tuesday, June 7th 2011, 9:52

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner tells US banks to accept new financial regulations instead of trying to weaken them.
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US lawmaker admits lewd picture

Tuesday, June 7th 2011, 9:32

New York congressman Anthony Weiner admits sending a close-up picture of his crotch to a young woman, but says he will not resign.
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Lady Gaga picks up fashion icon award in the US

Tuesday, June 7th 2011, 9:19

Pop star Lady Gaga is presented with the fashion icon trophy at this year's Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) award ceremony.
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Mexican 'narco-tanks' destroyed

Monday, June 6th 2011, 19:21
related countries: Mexico

Four armoured lorries, or narco-tanks, believed to belong to a drug cartel have been destroyed on the Mexico-US border, the Mexican army says.
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US reviewing visa lottery glitch

Monday, June 6th 2011, 19:19

The US reviews its green card lottery after the results of this year's draw were scratched, leaving 22,000 told in error they had a chance for US residency.
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X Factor confirms Cole's US exit

Monday, June 6th 2011, 16:53

American TV bosses have confirmed Cheryl Cole will no longer be a judge on the US version of X Factor.
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Lonely Boy singer Gold dies at 59

Monday, June 6th 2011, 13:07
related places: Los Angeles, Gold

US singer-songwriter Andrew Gold, who enjoyed hits in the 1970s with Lonely Boy and Never Let Her Slip Away, dies in Los Angeles at the age of 59.
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Five US soldiers killed in Iraq

Monday, June 6th 2011, 11:56
related countries: Iraq

Five US soldiers die in central Iraq, in the US military's single most serious incident in that country in more than two years.
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Huge Arizona fire threatens towns

Monday, June 6th 2011, 10:36
related places: Arizona

More than 2,300 firefighters in Arizona are battling one of the biggest blazes ever to break out in the US state.
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Triple US drone strike 'kills 18'

Monday, June 6th 2011, 8:37
related countries: Pakistan

A US triple drone attack kills 18 suspected militants in Pakistan's restive South Waziristan tribal area, say officials.
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X-Men mutate to top of box office

Monday, June 6th 2011, 7:57

X-Men: First Class, the fifth film in the comic book franchise, tops the North American box office in its opening weekend, taking $56m (£34.1m).
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VIDEO: Mexico's 'Holy Death' cult growing

Monday, June 6th 2011, 6:08
related countries: Mexico

A cult which reveres death is growing rapidly in Mexico and its influence is now spreading to neighbouring countries including the US.
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Libyan 'rape victim' heads to US

Sunday, June 5th 2011, 21:57
related countries: Libya

Libyan Eman al-Obeidi, who said she was raped by Col Gaddafi's supporters, has left eastern Libya for the US, according to her sister.
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Cowell 'in talks on Cole return'

Sunday, June 5th 2011, 17:58
related places: Cole

Simon Cowell is in talks with US X Factor producers to get Cheryl Cole re-instated as a judge on the show, his publicist says.
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Adele cancels North America tour

Sunday, June 5th 2011, 11:22
related places: Adele

Adele cancels the rest of her North American tour because of laryngitis.
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Kissinger open to new Fifa role

Sunday, June 5th 2011, 10:24

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger tells BBC Radio 5 live he is interested in joining Fifa president Sepp Blatter's committee of 'wise men'.
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Gates urges Afghan war patience

Saturday, June 4th 2011, 21:15
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Kabul

Making any change to the current Nato-led military campaign in Afghanistan would be "premature", US Defence Secretary Robert Gates warns on a visit to Kabul.
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US ex-diplomat Eagleburger dies

Saturday, June 4th 2011, 16:31

Lawrence Eagleburger, US secretary of state under President George Bush senior and an adviser on the former Yugoslavia, dies at the age of 80.
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Key Pakistani militant 'killed'

Saturday, June 4th 2011, 12:49
related countries: Pakistan

One of al-Qaeda's top leaders in Pakistan, Ilyas Kashmiri, has been killed in a US drone strike near the Afghan border, locals and officials say.
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US wants wider Asia military ties

Saturday, June 4th 2011, 4:13
related places: Asia

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates pledges a wider military commitment in the Pacific Rim and stronger ties with regional allies.
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VIDEO: Edwards denies breaking funds laws

Saturday, June 4th 2011, 3:40

Former US presidential hopeful John Edwards has pleaded not guilty to violating campaign finance laws in an effort to hide an extramarital affair.
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US judge allows Chiquita case

Saturday, June 4th 2011, 0:57
related places: Chiquita, Florida

A judge in Florida says thousands of Colombians can sue Chiquita in a case linked to paramilitary torture and killings
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VIDEO: 'Doctor Death' dies in US aged 83

Saturday, June 4th 2011, 0:25

Jack Kevorkian, the man known as "Doctor Death" for helping the terminally ill end their lives, has died in the US aged 83, his lawyer says.
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Mardell's America

Friday, June 3rd 2011, 21:26

Barack Obama wrings his hands over US economy
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Edwards denies breaking funds law

Friday, June 3rd 2011, 19:54

Former US presidential hopeful John Edwards pleads not guilty to violating campaign finance laws in an effort to conceal an extra-marital affair.
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US employment in sharp slowdown

Friday, June 3rd 2011, 18:00
related places: May

US employment growth registers a surprise sharp slowdown in May, while the unemployment rate also rises unexpectedly to 9.1%.
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'Doctor Death' dies in US aged 83

Friday, June 3rd 2011, 14:17

Jack Kevorkian, the man known as "Doctor Death" for helping the terminally ill end their lives, has died in the US aged 83, his lawyer says.
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FBI to probe 'China e-mail hack'

Friday, June 3rd 2011, 10:24
related countries: China

The FBI is investigating "serious" allegations that hackers in China breached personal e-mail of top US officials, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says.
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Rihanna defends shooting in video

Friday, June 3rd 2011, 9:55

Singer Rihanna defends her latest video depicting a man being shot in the head following protests from a US parents' group.
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Cut and run

Friday, June 3rd 2011, 9:40

Human hair becomes latest target for thieves in the US
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VIDEO: Inside Nike's research laboratory

Friday, June 3rd 2011, 7:47

The BBC is granted rare access to Nike's research laboratory where the company is working with US gymnast Shawn Johnson.
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US confirms $500m Chrysler sale

Friday, June 3rd 2011, 6:45
related places: Chrysler, Fiat

The US Treasury confirms that it is to sell its remaining 6% stake in Chrysler for $500m, giving Fiat a majority stake.
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US envoy in N Korea rights talks

Friday, June 3rd 2011, 5:09
related countries: North Korea
related places: Pyongyang

The United States envoy for human rights in North Korea, Robert King, says Pyongyang discussed human rights and invited him back after his first trip there.
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Moody's warns on US debt ceiling

Friday, June 3rd 2011, 2:04
related places: Moody, Congress

Moody's warns it may downgrade the US debt rating if Congress fails to increase the debt limit in the coming weeks and risks default.
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Five killed in Arizona shootings

Friday, June 3rd 2011, 0:57
related places: Yuma, Arizona

An elderly man in the US state of Arizona kills five people, including a lawyer who represented his ex-wife, before taking his own life.
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VIDEO: Bedbug dogs sniff out blood-suckers

Friday, June 3rd 2011, 0:04

Dozens of dogs trained to sniff out bedbugs have been put to the test at a US hotel in a bid to combat the increase in infestations.
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VIDEO: Does Romney have the 'pizzazz' to win?

Thursday, June 2nd 2011, 22:29
related places: America, Republican

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has entered the race to be the Republican candidate for US president in 2012, saying President Barack Obama has "failed America".
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US cuts in Pakistan 'significant'

Thursday, June 2nd 2011, 22:07
related countries: Pakistan

The top US military officer acknowledges "very significant" cuts to US military numbers in Pakistan, and says ties will take time to heal.
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Romney joins US presidential race

Thursday, June 2nd 2011, 19:58
related places: America, Republican

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney enters the race to be the Republican presidential candidate for 2012, saying Barack Obama has "failed America".
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Jaycee Dugard rues 'stolen life'

Thursday, June 2nd 2011, 18:16
related places: Phillip

US kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard says her life was stolen by abductors Phillip and Nancy Garrido, as they are sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Deadly tornadoes in US north-east

Thursday, June 2nd 2011, 16:58

A cluster of tornadoes strikes the US north-east, hitting the state of Massachusetts and leaving at least four people dead.
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VIDEO: US demands action in north Pakistan

Thursday, June 2nd 2011, 16:10
related countries: Pakistan

One of Pakistan's most senior military commanders has said there is no likelihood of an imminent full-scale offensive, sought by the US, against militant sanctuaries in north Waziristan.
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Sony restores PlayStation network

Thursday, June 2nd 2011, 11:33
related places: Six

Six weeks after a massive hack attack, Sony's PlayStation Network will be fully restored in the US and Europe on 2 June.
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Pakistan ISI denies murder claims

Thursday, June 2nd 2011, 10:48
related countries: Pakistan

The Pakistani intelligence service makes a rare public statement to deny any involvement in the murder of journalist Saleem Shahzad.
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Asian shares fall on weak US data

Thursday, June 2nd 2011, 9:42

Asian shares fall as weak economic data from the US raises concerns about a slowdown in the global economic recovery.
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China rejects Gmail spying claims

Thursday, June 2nd 2011, 9:37
related countries: China

China rejects allegations of involvement in a cyber-spying campaign targeting the Gmail accounts of top US officials, military personnel and journalists.
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VIDEO: Violent US tornado caught on film

Thursday, June 2nd 2011, 6:17

At least four people have died after tornadoes ripped through the US state of Massachusetts.
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VIDEO: Gmail users hit by 'Chinese hackers'

Thursday, June 2nd 2011, 5:09
related countries: China

Google believes Chinese hackers have tried to access the Gmail accounts of hundreds of users, including US government officials, and Chinese journalists.
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Mardell's America

Thursday, June 2nd 2011, 5:06

Republican fireworks seek to catch attention
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US 'not keen to hold down China'

Thursday, June 2nd 2011, 4:15
related countries: China

The US is not trying to hold China down or block its role as a global power, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says ahead of strategic talks.
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US mobster avoids death sentence

Wednesday, June 1st 2011, 23:22

Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano, a New York City mobster convicted of murder for ordering the killing of an associate, avoids a death sentence.
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'China hackers' hit Google e-mail

Wednesday, June 1st 2011, 23:01
related countries: China

Hackers in China have compromised personal e-mail accounts of top US officials, military personnel and journalists, Google says.
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Smoke signals

Wednesday, June 1st 2011, 19:04
related places: Why

Why hookah lounges have left a US lawmaker fuming
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Republicans press Obama on cuts

Wednesday, June 1st 2011, 18:21
related places: Republican

Republican lawmakers press President Barack Obama for a detailed plan on budget cuts as he seeks their backing on raising the US debt ceiling.
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Smelly chemicals confuse mosquitoes

Wednesday, June 1st 2011, 17:06

Chemicals which interfere with a mosquito's ability to sniff out humans have been developed by researchers in the US.
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US: Cyber-attack is 'act of war'

Wednesday, June 1st 2011, 16:24

The US is set to publish plans that will categorise cyber-attacks as acts of war - leading to potential military retaliation.
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Lady Gaga storms US album chart

Wednesday, June 1st 2011, 10:57

The singer has sold more than one million copies of her second album Born This Way in its first week of release.
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Thai insult man makes Obama plea

Wednesday, June 1st 2011, 9:12
related countries: Thailand

An American man, arrested in Thailand last week on charges of insulting the monarchy, appeals to US President Barack Obama for help.
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Adele postpones US tour dates

Wednesday, June 1st 2011, 7:13

The singer postpones a number of shows on her current US tour after suffering with laryngitis.
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Wolseley profits up on US boost

Wednesday, June 1st 2011, 6:53
related countries: United Kingdom

Building supplies firm Wolseley reports a jump in trading profits as improved US trading offsets the "subdued" UK construction sector.
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Endeavour makes last touch-down

Wednesday, June 1st 2011, 6:35
related places: Florida

The US space shuttle Endeavour brings its 19-year operational career to a close with a textbook landing in Florida.
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Haiti earthquake toll 'far lower'

Wednesday, June 1st 2011, 6:15
related countries: Haiti

Fewer people died or were left homeless by last year's earthquake than officially claimed by Haiti, a draft report to the US government says.
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