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United States: news

FBI arrests Puerto Rican 'robber'

Wednesday, May 11th 2011, 8:18
related countries: Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican Norberto Gonzalez sought for one of the biggest bank robberies in US history is captured after 25 years.
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Modest progress at US-China talks

Wednesday, May 11th 2011, 6:21
related countries: China

A two-day meeting closes with progress made on trade issues but differences remain over valuation of China's currency
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VIDEO: Mississippi River peak in Memphis

Wednesday, May 11th 2011, 3:00

The Mississippi River has reached near-record levels as flooding continues to affect some southern US states.
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VIDEO: Clinton: China-US discussions 'frank'

Wednesday, May 11th 2011, 2:13
related countries: China

Hillary Clinton describes China-US talks as "frank", but condemns China's efforts to "resist democracy".
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Fuel fury

Wednesday, May 11th 2011, 2:06
related countries: United Kingdom

US petrol is half the UK price, so why are Americans so angry?
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Mississippi River peak in Memphis

Wednesday, May 11th 2011, 2:05
related places: Memphis

The Mississippi River peaks at just under 48ft (14.6m) in the southern US city of Memphis, officials say, and the flood could take weeks to recede.
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Kerry to meet Pakistani 'players'

Wednesday, May 11th 2011, 2:00
related countries: Pakistan

US Senator John Kerry will travel to Pakistan this week with aim of getting the nations back "on the right track" after the killing of Osama Bin Laden.
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US mobile alert system to launch

Wednesday, May 11th 2011, 1:00
related places: Washington, New York

A new mobile telephone emergency alert system will be launched in Washington and New York by the end of the year, US officials say.
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Duchess wedding snub 'difficult'

Tuesday, May 10th 2011, 22:41

The Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson tells US talk show host Oprah Winfrey that not receiving an invitation to the recent royal wedding was "difficult".
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Obama calls for migrant overhaul

Tuesday, May 10th 2011, 22:21
related places: Texas

President Barack Obama calls for a complete overhaul of the US immigration system, saying reforming it is an economic imperative.
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GM unveils $2bn investment in US

Tuesday, May 10th 2011, 18:46

US carmaking giant General Motors announces plans to invest $2bn in the US, securing 4,000 jobs at 17 plants across the country.
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Clinton condemns China on rights

Tuesday, May 10th 2011, 18:09
related countries: China
related places: Beijing

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticises China's crackdown on dissent as "a fool's errand", saying Beijing is trying to halt histor.
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VIDEO: Mississippi River still rising

Tuesday, May 10th 2011, 17:23
related places: Memphis

Officials say the Mississippi River could rise further after reaching near-record levels at just under 48ft (14.6m) in the southern US city of Memphis.
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CIA 'not to pull Pakistan chief'

Tuesday, May 10th 2011, 13:15
related countries: Pakistan

The US says it will not withdraw their CIA chief in Pakistan, whose name was leaked to media last week, amid strained relations between the two countries.
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Mexico drugs shoot-out kills 13

Tuesday, May 10th 2011, 11:05
related countries: Mexico

One soldier and at least 12 suspected members of Mexico's Zeta drugs cartel are killed after marines stumble on a camp at a lake on the US border.
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US raid team 'prepared for fight'

Tuesday, May 10th 2011, 10:55

President Obama insisted the team which killed Bin Laden be able to fight its way out if challenged by Pakistani forces, the New York Times says.
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Warren Buffett applies for vacant The Office job

Tuesday, May 10th 2011, 9:34

US billionaire and philanthropist Warren Buffett is to feature in the season finale of US version of The Office, according to reports.
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VIDEO: Disaster relief for flooded Memphis

Tuesday, May 10th 2011, 5:41
related places: Memphis

President Obama has activated federal disaster relief for the southern US city of Memphis which has been hit by its worst flooding since the 1930s.
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China trade surplus surges again

Tuesday, May 10th 2011, 5:21
related countries: China

China's trade surplus in April was nearly four times bigger than expected, as US officials press for faster appreciation of the yuan.
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On the rocks

Tuesday, May 10th 2011, 1:33
related countries: Pakistan

Is the troubled US-Pakistani 'marriage' heading for divorce?
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Boehner demands cuts in US debt

Tuesday, May 10th 2011, 1:31
related places: Congress, White House

The top US Republican in Congress vows to oppose raising the government's ability to borrow unless the White House agrees to deep spending cuts.
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Gas drilling 'contaminates water'

Monday, May 9th 2011, 21:21

A technique that unlocks natural gas from underground rocks increases the risk of nearby drinking water becoming contaminated, a study suggests.
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US calls on China to spend more

Monday, May 9th 2011, 19:01
related countries: China
related places: Washington

US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner urges China to boost domestic spending at the opening of a bilateral summit in Washington.
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US gives $2bn for high-speed rail

Monday, May 9th 2011, 18:43
related places: Republican, Florida

The US government redistributes $2bn (£1.2bn) for high-speed rail in critical corridors after Florida's Republican governor declines the funds.
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VIDEO: How railways make the world smaller

Monday, May 9th 2011, 18:27

As the US announces it will put $2bn (£1.3bn) towards high speed rail projects around the country, we speak to Mark Ovenden, a railway enthusiast and author, about how the many miles of track across the globe bring us closer together.
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Pakistan starts Bin Laden inquiry

Monday, May 9th 2011, 17:56
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistan launches an investigation into how Osama Bin Laden was able to live there undetected, as the prime minister denies accusations of complicity.
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Colombia extradites 'drug lord'

Monday, May 9th 2011, 15:11
related countries: Colombia, Venezuela

Colombia sends alleged top cocaine trafficker Walid Makled back to Venezuela rather than the US, where he is also wanted.
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Thor movie hammers US competition

Monday, May 9th 2011, 8:43
related countries: Canada, United Kingdom
related places: Thor

Superhero movie Thor repeats its UK success in the US and Canada, making an estimated $66m (£40.3m) in its first weekend of release.
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Gay men 'have higher cancer rate'

Monday, May 9th 2011, 4:55

Homosexual men are more likely to have had cancer than straight men, a US study suggests, although reasons for the higher incidence are unclear.
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US presses Pakistan on Bin Laden

Monday, May 9th 2011, 4:04
related countries: Pakistan
related places: White House

US President Barack Obama says Pakistan has to investigate if any of its officials knew Osama Bin Laden was in the hideout where he died last week.
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VIDEO: Memphis: 'A city submerged'

Monday, May 9th 2011, 1:49
related places: Memphis

More evacuation warnings have been issued in Memphis, as floodwaters from the Mississippi River continue to rise towards record levels.
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US-China to tackle thorny issues

Monday, May 9th 2011, 1:46
related countries: China
related places: Washington, Senior

Senior leaders from the US and China will meet in Washington to tackle thorny issues of currency and market access.
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VIDEO: Scepticism over Bin Laden videos

Sunday, May 8th 2011, 20:33
related places: Laden

People in Abbottabad seem sceptical about the authenticity of video footage featuring Osama bin Laden, which the US says it seized from his compound during the raid in which he was killed.
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Scherzinger to host US X Factor

Sunday, May 8th 2011, 11:35

US pop star Nicole Scherzinger and Welsh TV presenter Steve Jones will host the American version of The X Factor, it is announced.
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VIDEO: Bin Laden used base as control HQ

Sunday, May 8th 2011, 7:51
related countries: Pakistan

Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was in active control of the terror network from his compound in northern Pakistan, say US intelligence services.
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Bin Laden 'controlled al-Qaeda'

Sunday, May 8th 2011, 4:46
related countries: Pakistan

Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was in active control of the terror network from his compound in northern Pakistan, US officials say.
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US releases Bin Laden home videos

Saturday, May 7th 2011, 18:41
related countries: Pakistan

The Pentagon releases home videos of Osama Bin Laden seized at the secret compound in northern Pakistan where he was killed by US special forces.
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VIDEO: Thousands flee amid Mississippi flood fears

Saturday, May 7th 2011, 13:36
related places: Louisiana

Fears are growing among US residents living along parts of the Mississippi River, where rising flood waters continue to threaten communities in states from Illinois to Louisiana.
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Missing tourist found alive in US

Saturday, May 7th 2011, 13:04
related countries: Canada
related places: Nevada

A Canadian tourist missing in a remote wooded area of the US state of Nevada for seven weeks is found alive near her stranded vehicle by hunters.
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US drone 'missed al-Qaeda chief'

Saturday, May 7th 2011, 1:46

A radical preacher who heads the world's most active al-Qaeda cell was targeted by a drone just days after Osama Bin Laden's death, reports say.
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US employment up again in April

Friday, May 6th 2011, 23:43

US employment rose in April for the seventh month in a row but the overall unemployment rate has also risen.
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Obama hails Bin Laden raid team

Friday, May 6th 2011, 23:36
related places: Kentucky, Friday

US President Barack Obama meets the team that killed Osama Bin Laden and praises "one of the greatest military operations in our nation's history".
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'No criminal charges' for Cage

Friday, May 6th 2011, 20:17
related places: New Orleans

A lawyer for US actor Nicholas Cage says he will not face criminal charges over an arrest last month in New Orleans.
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VIDEO: Steve Reich on 9/11 anniversary work

Friday, May 6th 2011, 20:10

The American composer Steve Reich speaks to the BBC about his new work marking the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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Fears grow as US flooding worsens

Friday, May 6th 2011, 17:29
related places: Louisiana

Fears grow among US residents along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers as rising flood waters threaten communities from Illinois to Louisiana.
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VIDEO: US ‘watched Osama hideout for months’

Friday, May 6th 2011, 14:33

Al-Qaeda confirms the death of its leader Osama Bin Laden, according to a statement attributed to the group.
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Bin Laden 'planned new US attack'

Friday, May 6th 2011, 11:22
related countries: Pakistan

Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was actively involved in planning new terror attacks, US officials say, citing documents reportedly found in his Pakistan compound.
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Deadly US drone raid in Pakistan

Friday, May 6th 2011, 11:13
related countries: Pakistan

At least 12 people are killed by US drone missiles in a Pakistani tribal area, officials say, in the first such strike since the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.
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VIDEO: Storm-hit US states braced for floods

Friday, May 6th 2011, 8:33
related places: Midwest

Several US states that were hit by recent storms in the south and midwest now face the threat of severe flooding.
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Stars sit out US Republican debate

Friday, May 6th 2011, 6:21
related places: Republican

The first debate of the Republican presidential primary campaign is held, though most major contenders do not take part.
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Obama lays wreath at Ground Zero

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 22:44
related countries: Pakistan
related places: New York

US President Barack Obama lays a wreath at Ground Zero in New York, telling firefighters America will "never forget" the 9/11 attacks.
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VIDEO: America 'will never forget' 9/11

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 22:04
related places: New York

Four days after American forces killed Osama Bin Laden, President Obama has laid a wreath at Ground Zero in New York.
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Seven Stanford charges abandoned

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 21:23
related places: Texas

US federal prosecutors drop seven of 21 criminal charges against Texas financier and former cricket promoter Allen Stanford.
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All shook up: Elvis falls off US baby name list

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 20:03

The name Elvis was not among the top 1,000 US baby names in 2010, the first year it had not made the list since 1954, the US government says.
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VIDEO: ... but Obama says photos 'too graphic'

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 15:54

US President Barack Obama has been giving his reasons for not publishing photographs of Osama Bin Laden's body.
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Engineers target US flood threats

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 15:47

Engineers are to blow up a third section of a Mississippi River levee to relieve a flood threat in Missouri, as waters continue to threaten several US states.
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Cole lands US X Factor judge job

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 14:09

Pop star Cheryl Cole is to sit on the judging panel of the US version of The X Factor, Simon Cowell confirms.
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US woman refuses Iran spy trial

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 13:34
related countries: Iran

Sarah Shourd, who was released by Iran after being detained with two fellow US hikers in 2009, says she will not return to stand trial for spying.
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Royal couple to visit California

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 13:07
related countries: Canada
related places: Cambridge, Duke, California

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit the US after their official overseas tour to Canada this summer.
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General Motors sees profits jump

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 12:43

US carmaker General Motors' first quarter profit more than triples, helped by rising car sales and the sale of assets.
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US and Europe plan new spaceship

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 12:06
related places: America

America and Europe discuss the possibilities of developing a spaceship together later this decade.
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Gay announces Manchester comeback

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 11:54
related places: Manchester

American sprinter Tyson Gay will make his first European appearance of the year at Manchester's Great City Games on Sunday 15 May.
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Pacino to be honoured in Venice

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 11:40
related places: Venice

US actor and director Al Pacino is to be honoured at the Venice Film Festival in September for his 'original' film-making.
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Bin Laden photos 'security risk'

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 10:47

President Barack Obama says publishing photos of the dead Osama Bin Laden would pose a national security risk to the US.
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VIDEO: President Obama to visit Ground Zero

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 5:52
related places: New York

US President Obama is set to visit Ground Zero in New York as the city absorbs the death of the al-Qaeda leader, who plotted the 9/11 attacks.
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No release of Bin Laden photos

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 4:05
related countries: Pakistan

President Barack Obama rules out releasing photos of Osama Bin Laden taken after he was shot dead by US special forces in Pakistan on Monday.
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Prince Charles meets Obama in US

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 3:15
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Washington

The Prince of Wales discusses energy and environmental issues with US President Barack Obama in Washington.
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Hollywood star Jackie Cooper dies

Thursday, May 5th 2011, 2:57

Former US child star Jackie Cooper, who went on to play the Daily Planet editor in four Superman movies, dies aged 88.
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US man jailed over web suicides

Wednesday, May 4th 2011, 23:26
related countries: Canada, United Kingdom
related places: Minnesota

A US man who helped persuade a British man and Canadian woman he met online to commit suicide is jailed for nearly a year in Minnesota.
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Renren soars on US market debut

Wednesday, May 4th 2011, 21:39
related countries: China
related places: New York

Shares in one of China's biggest social networking sites, Renren, rise almost 50% on their debut in New York.
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VIDEO: US probes Bin Laden's computers

Wednesday, May 4th 2011, 18:15

The US says it expects to add names to terror watchlist thanks to evidence from Osama Bin Laden's compound.
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Bin Laden killing lawful, says US

Wednesday, May 4th 2011, 17:41

Osama Bin Laden's killing was lawful, says the US attorney general, after it emerged he had been unarmed when special forces killed him in Pakistan.
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World 'failed to track Bin Laden'

Wednesday, May 4th 2011, 14:43

Pakistan blames a worldwide "intelligence failure", amid criticism in the wake of the US raid that killed Osama Bin Laden near Islamabad.
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South Park team dominates Tonys

Wednesday, May 4th 2011, 11:13
related places: Mormon, South Park

Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park, land 14 Tony nominations in the US for their stage musical The Book of Mormon.
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AUDIO: US Navy Seal on Bin Laden mission

Wednesday, May 4th 2011, 10:19

As the world learns more about the US operation that killed Osama Bin Laden, a serving US Navy Seal describes the mission to bring him to justice.
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Pakistan dismisses US raid fears

Wednesday, May 4th 2011, 7:27
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistan rejects US claims it could not be trusted with details of the raid that killed Bin Laden, as the US says he was unarmed when he died.
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Lucky gamblers hit Sands' profits

Wednesday, May 4th 2011, 5:53
related countries: Singapore
related places: Sands, Las Vegas, Asia

Shares in casino operator Las Vegas Sands slump after company posts disappointing revenues, profits
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VIDEO: The team that killed Bin Laden

Wednesday, May 4th 2011, 2:49

The BBC's Steve Kingstone reports on Seal Team Six, the US Navy team that is thought to have ended a 10-year manhunt for Osama Bin Laden.
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Mississippi flood levee breached

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 22:59

US blows a hole in a levee to relieve Mississippi River flooding, inundating 200 sq miles of farmland used to channel the excess water.
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Bin Laden 'was unarmed when shot'

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 22:45
related countries: Pakistan

Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was unarmed when he was killed by US troops on Sunday after resisting capture, the White House says.
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Cameron pledges to press Pakistan

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 17:37
related countries: United Kingdom

David Cameron has promised to ask "searching questions" of Pakistan after Osama Bin Laden was found living near the nation's top military academy.
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US accuses Deutsche Bank of lying

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 16:26

US authorities sue Deutsche Bank for more than $1bn (£600m) alleging that it defrauded the US government.
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Russia charges spy ring 'traitor'

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 13:22
related countries: Russia

Russia charges a former top spy with high treason for allegedly exposing 10 sleeper agents who were expelled from the US last year.
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VIDEO: Official says Pakistan monitored Osama

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 11:16
related countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan, United Kingdom

Pakistan's High Commissioner in the UK Wajid Shamsul Hasan claims that Pakistan's intelligence services, working in co-operation with US agents, had been monitoring Osama Bin Laden's movements in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Smith awarded Polar Music Prize

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 9:32

Rocker Patti Smith and US string group Kronos Quartet are named the recipients of the 2011 Polar Music Prize, Sweden's highest musical honour.
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More time to reach US budget deal

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 8:59
related places: Congress

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner gives Congress more time to negotiate a deal to increase the US's borrowing limit.
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Vin Diesel movie scores big in US

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 8:22

Action film Fast Five, starring Vin Diesel, takes $86.2m (£51.9m) in its first three days, the biggest opener of the year so far in the US.
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US factory output beats forecasts

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 4:11

US manufacturing output is boosted by a weak dollar that has made American goods cheaper overseas.
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VIDEO: Obama receives standing ovation

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 1:46
related places: White House

US President Barack Obama has received a standing ovation at a bipartisan dinner at the White House following the death of al-Qaeda's leader, Osama Bin Laden, who was killed in a top secret operation which he ordered.
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World 'safer' without Bin Laden

Tuesday, May 3rd 2011, 1:13
related countries: Pakistan

US President Barack Obama says the world is a safer place after the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, shot dead in Pakistan in a raid by US special forces.
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VIDEO: How the Bin Laden raid unfolded

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 22:34

Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed in a top secret operation ordered by US President Barack Obama.
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VIDEO: Residents describe Bin Laden raid

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 22:01

Residents of Abbottabad, Pakistan describe their experience of the US raid that killed Osama Bin Laden.
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US tornado strike 'biggest ever'

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 21:47

The outbreak of tornadoes that ravaged the southern US last week was the largest in US history, the US National Weather Service says.
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Markets reverse their early gains

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 20:43
related places: Asia

Stock markets reverse their earlier gains and oil prices rise after US President Barack Obama says Osama Bin Laden is dead.
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VIDEO: Obama 'watched raid in real-time'

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 20:11

US President Obama watched the raid in which Osama Bin Laden was killed in real-time, according to White House Counter-Terrorism advisor John Brennan.
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Taliban urged to reject violence

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 19:17

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urges the Taliban to reject violence and "rejoin society" following the death of Osama Bin Laden.
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VIDEO: Musharraf: Raid 'violated' Pakistan

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 18:17
related countries: Pakistan

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf calls the killing of Osama Bin Laden a "victory" for Pakistan but criticises the US for "violating" Pakistani sovereignty.
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Al-Qaeda's leader Bin Laden dead

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 16:03

Al-Qaeda founder and leader Osama Bin Laden is killed by US ground forces in Pakistan, President Barack Obama says.
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Africans welcome Bin Laden death

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 15:26
related countries: Kenya, Pakistan
related places: Nairobi

The leaders of African countries where al-Qaeda has staged attacks, such as Kenya, Tanzania and Mali, welcome the killing by US forces in Pakistan of Osama Bin Laden but warn of possible revenge.
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AUDIO: Raid eyewitness 'heard heavy gunfire'

Monday, May 2nd 2011, 15:23

A man who unknowingly lived in the same town as Osama Bin Laden has said he heard "heavy gunfire followed by a huge blast", as US forces attacked his compound.
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