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United States: news

US mourns Arizona shooting dead

Monday, January 10th 2011, 18:56
related places: Arizona

President Obama leads the US in a silent tribute to six people killed in a shooting in Arizona which left a congresswoman seriously wounded.
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US vice president in Afghanistan

Monday, January 10th 2011, 17:58
related countries: Afghanistan

US Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Afghanistan on an unexpected visit which will see him hold talks with President Karzai and meet US troops.
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Fiat raises Chrysler stake to 25%

Monday, January 10th 2011, 16:04
related countries: Italy
related places: Chrysler, Fiat

Italian carmaker Fiat increases its stake in Chrysler to 25% after meeting a commitment to produce a small engine in the US.
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Shot US politician is 'rising star'

Monday, January 10th 2011, 13:35
related places: Arizona

The US is mourning the deaths of six people in a shooting in Arizona on Saturday which left a congresswoman seriously wounded.
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Gas guzzlers galore

Monday, January 10th 2011, 13:06

Why US drivers are back in love with trucks
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US watchdog opens office in China

Monday, January 10th 2011, 11:14
related countries: China

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission sets up an office in China to monitor the quality of Chinese-made goods.
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Father's tribute to shot US girl

Monday, January 10th 2011, 9:49

Suspect Jared Loughner is to appear in court charged with five counts of murder and attempted murder.
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True Grit shoots Fockers off top

Monday, January 10th 2011, 9:36
related places: Western

Western remake True Grit has shot to the top of the North American box office, taking $15m (£9.7m) in its third weekend, studio estimates show.
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Arizona shooting suspect charged

Monday, January 10th 2011, 8:29

The US charges 22-year-old Jared Loughner over a shooting rampage in Arizona where six people died and a congresswoman was shot in the head.
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China seeks to ease US concerns

Monday, January 10th 2011, 7:08
related countries: China

China's defence minister plays down the country's military build-up, after talks with US counterpart Robert Gates in Beijing.
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Detroit auto show hails recovery

Monday, January 10th 2011, 6:32
related places: Detroit

With up to 40 world premieres, the Detroit auto show marks a new beginning as US carmakers enjoy strong sales.
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Obama hails south Sudanese vote

Monday, January 10th 2011, 3:51
related countries: Sudan

US President Barack Obama hailed the start of a week-long referendum in Southern Sudan, which is widely expected to lead to independence.
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East Jerusalem hotel demolished

Sunday, January 9th 2011, 22:42
related countries: Israel

Israel angers Palestinians by demolishing part of a hotel in occupied East Jerusalem to make way for settlers' homes, despite criticism from the US.
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Shot US congresswoman 'doing well'

Sunday, January 9th 2011, 22:21

US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is responding well to treatment for gunshot wounds, surgeons say, as her suspected attacker is charged.
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Social Network wins Critics award

Sunday, January 9th 2011, 17:19
related places: Oscar

The Social Network moves a step closer to Oscar success after bagging four awards from the National Society of Film Critics in the US.
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Shot US congresswoman 'critical'

Sunday, January 9th 2011, 15:51
related places: Arizona

US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is in critical condition after a gunman shot her in the head and killed six people in an Arizona gun attack.
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Arizona police hunt second suspect

Sunday, January 9th 2011, 7:55
related places: Arizona

Police in Arizona are still searching for a second suspect they believe is connected to Saturday's mass shooting, which killed six people and left a US Congresswoman fighting for her life.
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US congresswoman shot in Arizona

Sunday, January 9th 2011, 6:36
related places: Arizona

US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is shot in the head and six people are killed in a gun attack which President Obama calls a national tragedy.
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Gifford 'miraculous' to be alive

Sunday, January 9th 2011, 4:20

Colleagues of US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords have expressed outrage at her shooting
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US wants Wikileaks Twitter data

Saturday, January 8th 2011, 18:09

The US government has subpoenaed the social networking site Twitter for personal details of people connected to Wikileaks, court documents show.
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Moqtada Sadr urges Iraq to unite

Saturday, January 8th 2011, 10:10
related countries: Iran
related places: Najaf, America

Anti-US Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr urges support for Iraq's new government in his first speech since returning from nearly four years of self-imposed exile in Iran.
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Parcel sparks alert in US capital

Saturday, January 8th 2011, 1:48
related places: Maryland

A parcel that ignited at a Washington DC postal building is similar to two sent to Maryland state offices the day before, officials say.
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New US foreclosure court trouble

Friday, January 7th 2011, 22:55

Two of the US's biggest mortgage lenders have had two mortgage foreclosures cancelled in a case that could affect others.
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US summons Tunisia's ambassador

Friday, January 7th 2011, 22:49
related countries: Tunisia
related places: Washington

The US state department summons Tunisia's ambassador to Washington to express concerns about protests in the North African country.
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Colombia extradites 'Drugs Queen'

Friday, January 7th 2011, 21:45
related countries: Colombia

Beatriz Elena Henao, accused of trafficking large quantities of amphetamines, is extradited from Colombia to the US to face trial.
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'Kidney sisters' leave US prison

Friday, January 7th 2011, 21:11

Two imprisoned sisters whose sentences were dropped on the condition that one donate her kidney to the other are released from US jail.
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Bernanke fears slow US recovery

Friday, January 7th 2011, 21:02

The US is showing signs of "self-sustaining recovery", but is growing too slowly to create jobs, the Fed's Ben Bernanke says.
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US jobless rate drops in December

Friday, January 7th 2011, 18:50

The US unemployment rate dropped to 9.4% in December from 9.8% in November, the biggest one-month drop since April 1998, figures show.
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Aretha Franklin 'feeling great'

Friday, January 7th 2011, 14:46

Aretha Franklin tells a US magazine she is "feeling great" after surgery for an undisclosed illness, saying "the problem has been resolved".
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Pakistan fuel U-turn 'a mistake'

Friday, January 7th 2011, 11:09
related countries: Pakistan

The US and the IMF criticise the Pakistani government's decision to reverse a recent fuel price rise.
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Hodgson clings to Liverpool job

Friday, January 7th 2011, 10:21
related places: Liverpool

Roy Hodgson looks set to remain as Liverpool manager this weekend after the club's American owners take no decision over his future.
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Potter plagiarism case dismissed

Friday, January 7th 2011, 10:17

A US judge has dismissed legal action accusing Harry Potter author JK Rowling of copying the work of another author.
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Deadly US drone pounds Waziristan

Friday, January 7th 2011, 9:22
related countries: Pakistan

Four people die in a US drone strike in north-west Pakistan.
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Judge delays Stanford fraud trial

Friday, January 7th 2011, 8:12
related places: Stanford

A US judge delays the fraud trial of Texan billionaire Allen Stanford after hearing psychiatric evidence that he is suffering from depression.
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Pentagon faces further budget cut

Friday, January 7th 2011, 7:09

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates announces a $78bn (£50.3bn) military budget cut, to be achieved in part by scrapping weapons systems.
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US military budget cut by $78bn

Friday, January 7th 2011, 3:55

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates announces a $78bn (£50.3bn) military budget cut, to be achieved in part by scrapping weapons systems
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Parcels smoke in Maryland offices

Thursday, January 6th 2011, 23:41
related places: Maryland

Employees at two separate Maryland government buildings had their fingers singed when opening parcels that released smoke and odours, officials say.
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School shooter used father's gun

Thursday, January 6th 2011, 22:08

A US student who shot two school officials, killing one, had been suspended for 19 days just before the attack, officials say.
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Rowdy crowd welcomes Moqtada Sadr

Thursday, January 6th 2011, 22:04

Anti-US Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr receives a raucous welcome on his return to Najaf but urges his supporters to show "discipline".
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Daley named Obama chief of staff

Thursday, January 6th 2011, 20:49
related places: White House

President Obama names bank executive and former commerce secretary William Daley as the next White House chief of staff.
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'Bad management' led to BP oil spill

Thursday, January 6th 2011, 18:10

BP has been severely criticised in a major report commissioned by President Barack Obama into the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion in the US last year.
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Celebrating New York's art heritage

Thursday, January 6th 2011, 17:48
related places: New York

New York's Museum of Modern Art is mounting the biggest ever show of the artists who put American art on the international map but today its hard to find much evidence of these artistic titans away from the city's museums and galleries.
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US Constitution read out in full in House

Thursday, January 6th 2011, 17:20
related places: House

Republicans start day two of their rule in the House of Representatives with a full reading of the US Constitution, sending a pointed political message.
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US to bolster Afghan marine force

Thursday, January 6th 2011, 16:26
related countries: Afghanistan

The US is to send an additional 1,400 marines to southern Afghanistan in an effort to pre-empt a Taliban offensive, the Pentagon says.
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Iran detains US 'spy tooth' woman

Thursday, January 6th 2011, 12:59
related countries: Iran

Iran detains an American woman accused of hiding a spying device in her teeth, Iranian newspapers report.
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Second chance for homeless 'golden voice'

Thursday, January 6th 2011, 12:33

A US homeless man with a radio voice is given a second chance at a normal life after being discovered by a reporter who put a video of him on YouTube.
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China stealth plane 'years away'

Thursday, January 6th 2011, 11:49
related countries: China

The US is playing down pictures that appear to show a Chinese prototype of a stealth aircraft, invisible to radar.
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Eminem tops 2010 US album chart

Thursday, January 6th 2011, 10:06
related places: Recovery

Eminem's Recovery was the top-selling album of 2010 in the US, shifting 3.42m copies, music sales tracker Nielsen SoundScan says.
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'Bad management' led to BP spill

Thursday, January 6th 2011, 10:05
related countries: Mexico

A major US report blames bad management decisions for the BP oil spill disaster and says it could all happen again without industry reform.
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US protests Vietnam confrontation

Thursday, January 6th 2011, 9:09
related countries: Vietnam

The US lodges a "strong protest" at the manhandling of a US diplomat who tried to visit a dissident Vietnamese priest.
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US school gunman kills official

Thursday, January 6th 2011, 4:02
related places: Nebraska

One of two officials shot at a school in the state of Nebraska by a student who then killed himself has died, police in Omaha say.
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Republicans take charge of House

Thursday, January 6th 2011, 2:17

Republicans formally take control of the US House of Representatives, pledging to cut government spending and repeal President Obama's health law.
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Anti-US cleric Sadr back in Iraq

Wednesday, January 5th 2011, 17:06
related countries: Iran, Iraq
related places: Sadr

Anti-US Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr has returned to Iraq after years of self-imposed exile in Iran, Iraqi officials say.
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Tablets, phones and chargers at CES

Wednesday, January 5th 2011, 15:44

The Consumer Electronics Show in the US is getting under way with thousands of visitors expected to attend.
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Mysterious bird deaths hit Sweden

Wednesday, January 5th 2011, 14:17
related countries: Sweden

Dozens of dead birds are found lying in a residential street in Sweden, days after thousands of birds fell to their deaths in the US.
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Shah's younger son kills himself

Wednesday, January 5th 2011, 13:59
related countries: Iran

The younger son of the Shah of Iran, Alireza Pahlavi, has killed himself in the US after a long battle with depression, his brother says.
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More dead birds fall from US sky

Wednesday, January 5th 2011, 10:31
related places: Louisiana

Test are being carried out on about 500 red-winged blackbirds and starlings found dead in the US state of Louisiana.
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New US Congress to be sworn in

Wednesday, January 5th 2011, 9:30

The new session of US Congress is starting after the Republicans won a majority in the House of Representatives, with the aim of overturning President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms.
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Seinfeld star Erwin dies aged 96

Wednesday, January 5th 2011, 8:52
related places: Erwin

Character actor Bill Erwin, best known for his role as the grumpy old man in US sitcom Seinfeld, dies aged 96.
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US urges action on insider leaks

Wednesday, January 5th 2011, 6:00
related places: White House

The White House is telling US agencies to create "insider threat" programmes to ferret out workers who may leak state secrets, reports say.
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Innocent man freed after 30 years

Wednesday, January 5th 2011, 4:35
related places: Texas

A man in the US state of Texas has had his robbery conviction overturned after serving 30 years in jail - longer than anyone in Texas cleared by DNA.
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Aide 'seen day before body found'

Wednesday, January 5th 2011, 2:41
related places: Delaware

Police say former US government official John Wheeler was seen alive less than 24 hours before his body was found at a Delaware dump.
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Captain loses post for lewd video

Tuesday, January 4th 2011, 21:00

The US Navy relieves an aircraft carrier captain of his command over the production of lewd videos aboard the ship.
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DNA clears Texan after 30 years

Tuesday, January 4th 2011, 20:36
related places: Texas

A man in the US state of Texas has his robbery conviction overturned on DNA evidence after serving 30 years in jail.
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US motor sales confirm recovery

Tuesday, January 4th 2011, 20:03

US carmakers report strong sales for December, confirming the auto industry's steady recovery during 2010.
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US man jailed for 1968 air hijack

Tuesday, January 4th 2011, 18:00
related countries: Cuba
related places: New York

A US man of Cuban origin is sentenced to 15 years in jail without parole for hijacking a plane from New York to Cuba in 1968.
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Massive fire in US apartment block

Tuesday, January 4th 2011, 13:41
related places: Rahway

A large apartment complex under construction has caught fire in Rahway, New Jersey.
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Republicans target US health bill

Tuesday, January 4th 2011, 13:26
related places: Republican

Republican leaders begin a bid to overturn the healthcare law signed by US President Barack Obama last year.
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Price of copper hits another high

Tuesday, January 4th 2011, 10:29

The price of copper hits yet another record high, buoyed by strong manufacturing data from both the US and the eurozone.
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Fresh N Korea diplomacy kicks off

Tuesday, January 4th 2011, 10:22
related countries: North Korea, South Korea
related places: Seoul

A top US envoy calls for talks with North Korea, as he arrives in Seoul for a new round of diplomacy aimed at easing tensions on the Korean peninsula.
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Lalas questions Beckham loan move

Tuesday, January 4th 2011, 9:43
related places: Beckham

Former Los Angeles Galaxy manager Alexi Lalas believes David Beckham owes it to American fans to turn down offers of a loan move to the Premier League.
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Twins born on different years

Tuesday, January 4th 2011, 6:35
related places: Eve, New Year

American twins born minutes apart have birth dates in different years after their mother agreed to a Caesarean section on New Year's Eve.
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US offers Gbagbo 'dignified exit'

Tuesday, January 4th 2011, 4:18

Incumbent Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo is offered refuge in the US as a means to end the country's political crisis.
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New California governor sworn in

Tuesday, January 4th 2011, 3:10
related places: California

Jerry Brown is sworn in as the new governor of the US state of California, taking over from the departing Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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US mass bird plummet mystery 'is solved'

Tuesday, January 4th 2011, 1:57
related places: Arkansas, Eve, New Year

Scientists believe the shock caused by New Year's Eve fireworks display may have caused thousands of birds to rain from the sky over an Arkansas town.
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Inquiry over lewd US Navy films

Tuesday, January 4th 2011, 1:54

The US Navy says it is investigating the production of lewd videos aboard a US aircraft carrier which have turned the spotlight on a veteran commander.
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Oil price rises on factory data

Monday, January 3rd 2011, 22:56

The price of oil rises by more than a dollar a barrel after surveys suggested strong manufacturing growth in the US and eurozone.
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BoA pays $2.6bn to settle claims

Monday, January 3rd 2011, 22:38
related places: America

Bank of America agrees to pay US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac $2.6bn to settle claims it sold them bad home loans.
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US official's body found at dump

Monday, January 3rd 2011, 21:21
related places: Delaware

Police investigate after the body of a former US government official, John Wheeler, is found in a landfill site in the state of Delaware.
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California swears in new governor

Monday, January 3rd 2011, 20:00
related places: California

Jerry Brown is sworn in as the new governor of the US state of California, taking over from the departing Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Porsche shares up on merger hopes

Monday, January 3rd 2011, 18:34
related countries: Germany

Shares in German carmaker Porsche jump after a US judge dismisses a lawsuit that threatened to de-rail a planned merger with Volkswagen.
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Donald Duck 'groping' case upheld

Monday, January 3rd 2011, 18:26
related places: Pennsylvania, Disney

A US judge rules that a Pennsylvania woman can sue Disney over claims that a staff member dressed as Donald Duck groped her at a theme park.
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US Navy inquiry into lewd videos

Monday, January 3rd 2011, 16:50

The US Navy says it is investigating the production of lewd videos aboard a US aircraft carrier which have turned the spotlight on a veteran commander.
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Fiat eyes larger Chrysler stake

Monday, January 3rd 2011, 15:19
related countries: Italy
related places: Chrysler, Fiat

Fiat could take a majority stake in US carmaker Chrysler this year according to the Italian firm's chief, Sergio Marchionne.
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Thousand blackbirds fall out of sky

Monday, January 3rd 2011, 3:46
related places: Arkansas

Wildlife officials are trying to determine what caused more than 1,000 birds to fall dead from the sky over a small town in the US state of Arkansas.
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Arnie leaves post as US governor

Monday, January 3rd 2011, 3:44
related places: California

California's celebrity governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, steps down after seven years in the role.
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Earthquake shakes central Chile

Monday, January 3rd 2011, 1:47
related countries: Chile

A strong earthquake shakes central Chile, sending people fleeing for fear of a tsunami, but causing no casualties or serious damage.
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Chavez, Clinton chat amid tension

Sunday, January 2nd 2011, 10:10
related countries: Venezuela

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shake hands in an apparently amicable encounter at a time of tension between the two countries.
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Oprah Winfrey's OWN TV goes live

Sunday, January 2nd 2011, 6:06

US talk-show host Oprah Winfrey launches her own TV network, which will offer round-the-clock lifestyle and reality programmes.
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Seven die in US tornado strikes

Saturday, January 1st 2011, 20:35
related places: South

A series of tornadoes in the south and mid-western US kills seven people, injures several others and causes power cuts for thousands.
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Drones kill 15 in north Pakistan

Saturday, January 1st 2011, 15:54
related countries: Pakistan

At least 15 people are killed in three new US drone strikes targeting militants in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, officials say.
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Tornadoes cause chaos in US

Saturday, January 1st 2011, 3:09

A series of tornadoes in the south and mid-western US kills six people, injures several others and causes power failures for thousands in the region.
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West US bears brunt of new storms

Friday, December 31st 2010, 18:27
related places: Winter

Winter storms sweep through the western US, bringing snow, rain and high winds to as many as 15 states.
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US praises Ukraine over uranium

Friday, December 31st 2010, 18:16
related countries: Russia, Ukraine

US President Barack Obama praises Ukraine after more of its highly enriched uranium is shipped to Russia for disposal.
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Five die in Waziristan drone raid

Friday, December 31st 2010, 14:50
related countries: Pakistan

Five people die in a US drone attack in north-western Pakistan on the final day of a year that has seen a surge in the number of such attacks.
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US ticket rush for $242m lottery

Friday, December 31st 2010, 14:37
related places: America

The draw for America's Mega Millions lottery will be held tonight with the jackpot set to be $240mil.
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Lion cub gift for Russian ex-spy Anna Chapman

Friday, December 31st 2010, 13:22
related countries: Russia

Anna Chapman, the former Russian spy deported from the US this year, is presented with a lion cub on Russian TV.
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Wild West outlaw Billy the Kid fails to win pardon

Friday, December 31st 2010, 13:21
related places: Kid, New Mexico

Wild West outlaw Billy the Kid will not receive a posthumous pardon for killing a county sheriff in 1878, the governor of the US state of New Mexico says.
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Teena Marie death cause 'unclear'

Friday, December 31st 2010, 9:15

It is likely that the cause of US soul singer Teena Marie's death will take weeks to determine, investigators say.
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Pakistan faces US Mumbai lawsuit

Friday, December 31st 2010, 6:18
related countries: Pakistan

The Pakistani government says it will strongly contest a lawsuit filed against its intelligence agency by victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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