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Independence Day plans hit by power cuts and heat  | Nearly one million Americans are marking Independence Day amid a scramble to restore power five days after severe storms hit the eastern US | |
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| Jul.6 |
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US unemployment rate unchanged| US shares have fallen after official unemployment figures showed the rate unchanged at 8.2% in June, with just 80,000 new jobs created | |
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| Jul.11 |
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  Obama eases sanctions on Burma US President Barack Obama has announced that US companies will now be allowed to 'responsibly do business in Burma'
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| Jul.16 |
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 HSBC 'allowed money laundering' A US Senate probe discloses how lax controls at Europe's largest bank left it vulnerable to being used to launder dirty money from around the world
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| Jul.17 |
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Bernanke says Libor system flawed The Libor system, which sets inter-bank lending rates, is 'structurally flawed', the chairman of the US central bank has said
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| Jul.18 |
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  Yemen drone killings prompt US lawsuit  Map of Pentagon USA| Relatives of three Americans killed in drone strikes in Yemen are suing top Pentagon and CIA officials, saying the killings were unconstitutional | |
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  US sees Assad 'losing control' of Syria Map of White House USA| The killing of three top figures at the heart of Syria's defence establishment shows President Bashar al-Assad is losing control, the White House says | |
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| Jul.19 |
Washington |
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US army allows gay march uniforms The US military will for the first time allow its members to wear uniform at a gay pride march
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| Jul.26 |
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 US fears for 'massacre' in Aleppo The US says that it fears Syrian government forces are preparing to carry out a massacre in the country's most-populous city, Aleppo
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| Jul.27 |
Washington |
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US economic growth slows to 1.5% Growth in the US economy slowed in the second quarter to an annualised pace of 1.5%, as consumer spending eased
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| Jul.31 |
Washington |
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 US imposes new sanctions on Iran| US President Barack Obama has ordered new economic sanctions against Iran's energy sector and some financial firms | |
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