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 Washington |
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  US considering arms for Syria rebels  US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has acknowledged his government is no longer ruling out arming Syrian rebels
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| May.3 |
Washington |
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 Pentagon outlines North Korea threat If N. Korea continues with its missile and nuclear tests, it 'will move closer' to its objective of reaching the United States with nuclear weapons
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Washington |
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US job creation strong in April
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| May.6 |
Washington |
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 Pentagon report highlights China cyber attacks China's government and military have targeted US government computers as part of a cyber espionage campaign, a US report on China says
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| May.7 |
Washington |
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No more rewards for North Korea, says US North Korea will no longer be rewarded with concessions for provocative behaviour, US President Barack Obama says
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| May.13 |
Washington |
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AP condemns US phone records seizure The Associated Press has described the government's secret seizure of its journalists' phone records as a 'massive and unprecedented intrusion'
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Obama: IRS actions 'outrageous'
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| May.14 |
 Moscow |
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Russian agency: CIA member tried to recruit Russian FSB said that it briefly detained a suspected member of the CIA who was trying to recruit a staff member of one of the Russian special services
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Washington |
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Obama says tax bias 'intolerable'
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| May.15 |
Washington |
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US tax chief resigns amid scandal | IRS commissioner Steve Miller has quit after it emerged his staff singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny, President Obama has announced | |
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| May.16 |
Washington |
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White House releases Benghazi e-mails  The White House released more than 100 pages of e-mails on in a bid to quell critics who say President Obama and his aides played politics
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Washington |
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US 'saw Syria chemical evidence'
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 Obama tries to tame political tempests President Barack Obama has called for beefed-up embassy security and named a new head of the federal tax agency IRS
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Washington |
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Obama, Erdogan discuss how to end Syrian war
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| May.17 |
Washington |
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 U.S. options to 'capture or kill' Benghazi suspects The U.S. military has updated plans to 'capture or kil' alleged perpetrators of the deadly terror attack on the American diplomatic compound...
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Tax agency mistakes 'not political' The head of IRS and a top investigator have denied the extra tax scrutiny given to conservative groups was motivated by partisanship
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| May.20 |
U.S. Senate |
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Apple 'among US's big tax avoiders' Apple has been accused of being 'among America's largest tax avoiders' by a Senate committee
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| May.21 |
U.S. Senate |
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US immigration bill passes hurdle A sweeping immigration bill that would offer a chance of citizenship to millions living in the US illegally has taken a stride forward in Co...
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| May.22 |
Washington |
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US reveals four citizen drone deaths The US attorney general has acknowledged four US citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2011
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| May.23 |
Washington |
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Obama defends 'just' drones war | President Obama has defended the use of drones in a 'just war' of self-defence against deadly militants and a campaign that had made America safer | |
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| May.29 |
Minnesota |
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Bachmann to retire from Congress Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann will not seek re-election to the House of Representatives in 2014, she has announced
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| May.30 |
Washington |
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US GDP growth revised down slightly| The US economy grew at an annualised rate of 2.4% in the first three months of the year, new figures from the Commerce Department show | |
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Washington |
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US media boycott of Eric Holder meeting A number of news organisations have declined to meet Att. Gen. to discuss leak investigations because the conversations would be off the rec...
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Washington |
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'Suspicious' letter sent to Obama A suspicious letter sent to US President Barack Obama is 'similar' to two poisoned letters mailed to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg this...
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| May.31 |
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 US and Germany urge Russia not to arm Syria | The US and Germany have called on Russia not to supply Syria's military with an advanced missile system they say could prolong the conflict there | |
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Eric Holder 'concessions' to US media Attorney General has made concessions on how he conducts criminal investigations of reporters, according to media executives
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Hagel makes 'cyber intrusions' claim US defence secretary Chuck Hagel has accused China of 'cyber intrusions', in one of the most direct rebukes from the US
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