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US House passes abortion-limits bill. House of Representatives
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US surveillance 'foiled 50 plots'. U.S. Congress
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US 'probed fewer than 300 calls' |
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White House: Syria crosses 'red line' 
Syria used sarin gas, against rebels, a move that is prompting the U.S. to increase the 'scale and scope' of its support for the opposition
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Leaks caused US 'significant harm' |
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NSA chief in rare Senate briefing. U.S. Senate
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US Supreme Court bans DNA patents |
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US spy data 'prevented attacks'. U.S. Senate
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US Senate to begin immigration votes |
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US spy leaker Edward Snowden 'missing' in Hong Kong Edward Snowden, 29, who leaked details of US top-secret phone and internet surveillance has disappeared from his hotel in Hong Kong
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US clarifies internet tapping policy |
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US condemns Syrian siege of Qusair |
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US and Germany urge Russia not to arm Syria |
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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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AP condemns US phone records seizure |
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No more rewards for North Korea, says US |
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US court weighs gay marriage ban. U.S. Supreme Court
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Obama signs budget cuts into effect
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U.S. to give additional $60M to Syrian opposition |
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Hagel confirmed as defence secretary. U.S. Senate
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Obama: 34,000 U.S. troops out of Afghanistan |
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Obama pledges to reignite economy. U.S. Congress
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Drone strikes legal case revealed
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US to end ban on women in combat US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has decided to lift the military's ban on women serving in combat, a senior Pentagon official has said
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Clinton takes on Benghazi critics U.S. Congress: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is giving evidence to Congress over the deadly attack on a US mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year
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Inauguration: Obama tells US to 'seize the moment' |
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Obama sworn in as US president | Barack Obama has officially been sworn in for his second term as US president in a small ceremony at the White House | |
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Obama and Karzai discuss endgame
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Obama's Pentagon pick stokes row |
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President Obama praises US 'fiscal cliff' deal | Obama has hailed a deal reached to stave off drastic taxation and spending measures as 'just one step in the broader effort to strengthen the economy' | |
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US Senate approves key tax deal |
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US to miss 'fiscal cliff' deadline |
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Senate leader Harry Reid voices fiscal cliff fear |
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Resignations follow Benghazi report |
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Obama recognises Syria opposition The US has formally recognised Syria's opposition rebel coalition as the 'legitimate representative' of the people, says President Obama
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CIA's Petraeus quits over affair | CIA director David Petraeus has resigned from his post, admitting he had an extra-marital affair that was conducted with his biographer. Petraeus described his behaviour as 'unacceptable' for the leader of the main i... | |
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US running mates clash in debate |
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Obama warns Syria on chemical arms
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US candidate's 'legitimate rape' gaffe |
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Pakistani doctor in bin Laden raid gets 33 years in prison. Peshawar
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G8 targets 'growth and stability' |
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Obama supports same-sex marriage |
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Supreme Court weighs Obama health law |
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China's Xi defends rights record |
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Sites protest US anti-piracy move. Global
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Obama beats Congress in tax fight |
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Sombre US honours victims of 9/11 
Manhattan: Ceremonies are being held in the US to honour the victims of the 9/11 attacks, 10 years after the event
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Obama says al-Assad must go |
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U.S. government credit downgraded Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) downgraded its credit rating of the U.S. federal government from AAA to AA+
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Obama signs bill to end default threat |
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Obama orders cut in Afghan force |
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Obama and Netanyahu admit 'differences' |
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Obama made major Middle East speech
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US releases Bin Laden home videos
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Obama releases birth certificate |
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Obama hosts China's Hu at dinner |
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Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords shot. Arizona
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Obama signs law ending military gay ban |
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Republicans win House, Dems keep Senate
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9/11 anniversary marked amid row |
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Palestinians, Israel agree to resume talks |
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Obama and Medvedev hail 're-set' ties |
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Obama fires US Afghan commander |
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U.S., Russia OK nuclear cuts |
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U.S. House passes health care vote House of Representatives: The House passed the Senate's health care reform bill and a package of measures meant to reconcile differences with the Senate bill
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Lawmakers grilled Toyota's president |
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Republicans win key US Senate election |
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| Oct.9 |
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Obama awarded 2009 Nobel Peace Prize 
Norway: Obama said that he was 'surprised and deeply humbled' by the decision of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award him the 2009 Nobel Peace Pri...
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Obama urges action on healthcare. U.S. Congress
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Senator Edward Kennedy, 77, dies Massachusetts: The Democratic Massachusetts senator, the brother of ex-President John F Kennedy, has died after battling a brain tumour
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Obama hails Apollo 11 astronauts |
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Obama reversed stem cell ban |
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US House passes economic package |
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Obama signs order to close Guantanamo President Obama issued 3 executive orders to demonstrate a clean break from the Bush administration
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President Obama sworn into history Barack Obama launched his presidency before an estimated 1.5 million people on the National Mall with somber yet confident tones
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Clinton named secretary of state |
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| Nov.18 |
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US car firms ask for $25bn aid U.S. Congress: The bosses of Ford, GM and Chrysler, have asked Congress for a $25bn bail-out and warned of broader risks to the US economy
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Summit pledge to 'restore growth' Global leaders at the G20 financial summit have pledged to work together to restore global growth
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Barack Obama wins presidential election As polls closed on the West coast, the senator was projected to receive enough electoral votes to pass the 270-vote threshold
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| Oct.11 |
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U.S. takes North Korea off terror list |
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House backs $700bn bail-out plan House of Representatives: The House of Representatives has passed by 263-171 vote a government plan to rescue the US financial sector
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Bush hails financial rescue plan
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Iraq's projected $80b surplus stirs anger |
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| Jul.23 |
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US lawmakers pass housing rescue |
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| Apr.15 |
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Warm US welcome for Pope Benedict |
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Baseball 'rife' with drug use |
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CIA 'wiped' interrogation tapes |
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| Dec.3 |
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U.S.: Iran's nuclear weapons work halted
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| Nov.27 |
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New Mid-East peace drive launched
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| Oct.10 |
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US bill on Armenia moves forward. House of Representatives
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| Sep.10 |
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Gen. Petraeus: 'Surge' is working. U.S. Congress
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| May.17 |
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World Bank head Wolfowitz to quit
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| Apr.26 |
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Congress backs Iraq pull-out plan |
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| Mar.27 |
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Senate votes for Iraq deadline |
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Hillary Clinton joins 2008 race |
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Bush boosts troop numbers in Iraq
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Iraq Study Group: Situation grave
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| Nov.8 |
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Bush replaces Rumsfeld by Gates |
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Democrats seize control of House 
USA: The Dems has won control of the House of Representatives in the mid-term elections. Senate hangs on 2 races
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Bush signs Mexico fence into law |
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| Oct.20 |
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Bush holds Iraq strategy talks |
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'U.S. threatened to bomb us' |
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| Sep.11 |
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US remembers 9/11 five years on |
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| Sep.6 |
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Bush admits to CIA secret prisons |
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| Jun.6 |
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Europe 'connived in CIA flights' |
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| May.31 |
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US to join Iran talks |
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| May.9 |
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Ahmadinejad letter attacks Bush |
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| Feb.21 |
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Bush faces pressure to block port deal |
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| Nov.15 |
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'Secret CIA flights' probed |
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| Sep.29 |
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Roberts confirmed as chief justice |
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| Sep.3 |
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Chief Justice Rehnquist dies |
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| May.15 |
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Newsweek backs off Quran story |
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| Jan.20 |
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Bush sworn in for second term |
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| Nov.2 |
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Bush re-elected USA: In Ohio Kerry trailed Bush by about 104,000 votes out of just over 5 million cast -- 48% to 51%
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| Jul.22 |
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911 panel report: 'Failure of imagination'
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| Mar.17 |
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Bush: Saddam has 48 hours to leave Iraq |
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| Sep.20 |
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Bush addresses nation in Congress |
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| Jan.20 |
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Bush sworn in as president |
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| Dec.13 |
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Gore conceded race |
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| Nov.7 |
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Closest Presidential election Bush's slim lead in Florida leads to automatic recount in that state
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| 2013 |
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| Feb.28 |
U.S. to give additional $60M to Syrian opposition |
| 2008 |
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| Aug.5 |
Iraq's projected $80b surplus stirs anger |
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| 2012 |
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| Oct.11 |
US running mates clash in debate |
| 2010 |
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| Nov.2 |
Republicans win House, Dems keep Senate
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| Jan.19 |
Republicans win key US Senate election |
| 2008 |
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| Nov.4 |
Barack Obama wins presidential election As polls closed on the West coast, the senator was projected to receive enough electoral votes to pass the 270-vote threshold
| 2007 |
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| Jan.20 |
Hillary Clinton joins 2008 race |
| 2006 |
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| Nov.7 |
Democrats seize control of House USA: The Dems has won control of the House of Representatives in the mid-term elections. Senate hangs on 2 races
| 2004 |
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| Nov.2 |
Bush re-elected USA: In Ohio Kerry trailed Bush by about 104,000 votes out of just over 5 million cast -- 48% to 51%
| 2000 |
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| Dec.13 |
Gore conceded race |
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| Nov.7 |
Closest Presidential election Bush's slim lead in Florida leads to automatic recount in that state
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| 2012 |
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| Dec.31 |
US to miss 'fiscal cliff' deadline |
| 2011 |
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| Aug.6 |
U.S. government credit downgraded Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) downgraded its credit rating of the U.S. federal government from AAA to AA+
| 2009 |
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| Jan.22 |
Obama signs order to close Guantanamo President Obama issued 3 executive orders to demonstrate a clean break from the Bush administration
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| 2008 |
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| Apr.15 |
Warm US welcome for Pope Benedict |
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| 2013 |
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| Thu. |
US Supreme Court bans DNA patents |
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| Feb.5 |
Drone strikes legal case revealed
| 2012 |
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| Mar.26 |
Supreme Court weighs Obama health law |
| 2011 |
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| Aug.2 |
Obama signs bill to end default threat |
| 2006 |
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| Oct.26 |
Bush signs Mexico fence into law |
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| 2013 |
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| May.13 |
AP condemns US phone records seizure |
| 2005 |
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| May.15 |
Newsweek backs off Quran story |
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| 2011 |
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| Sep.11 |
Sombre US honours victims of 9/11 Manhattan: Ceremonies are being held in the US to honour the victims of the 9/11 attacks, 10 years after the event
| 2010 |
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| Sep.11 |
9/11 anniversary marked amid row |
| 2006 |
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| Sep.11 |
US remembers 9/11 five years on |
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| 2012 |
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| May.19 |
G8 targets 'growth and stability' |
| 2008 |
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| Nov.15 |
Summit pledge to 'restore growth' Global leaders at the G20 financial summit have pledged to work together to restore global growth
| 2007 |
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| Nov.27 |
New Mid-East peace drive launched
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| 2012 |
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| Aug.20 |
Obama warns Syria on chemical arms
| 2003 |
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| Mar.17 |
Bush: Saddam has 48 hours to leave Iraq |
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| 2013 |
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| Jan.23 |
Clinton takes on Benghazi critics U.S. Congress: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is giving evidence to Congress over the deadly attack on a US mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year
| 2005 |
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| Nov.15 |
'Secret CIA flights' probed |
| 2004 |
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| Jul.22 |
911 panel report: 'Failure of imagination'
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| 2013 |
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| Jun. 10 |
US Senate to begin immigration votes |
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| 2013 |
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| Jan.11 |
Obama and Karzai discuss endgame
| 2011 |
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| May.20 |
Obama and Netanyahu admit 'differences' |
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| Jan.18 |
Obama hosts China's Hu at dinner |
| 2010 |
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| Jun.24 |
Obama and Medvedev hail 're-set' ties |
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| 2013 |
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| Mar.1 |
Obama signs budget cuts into effect
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| Jan.1 |
President Obama praises US 'fiscal cliff' deal | Obama has hailed a deal reached to stave off drastic taxation and spending measures as 'just one step in the broader effort to strengthen the economy' | |
| 2012 |
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| Dec.31 |
US Senate approves key tax deal |
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| 2013 |
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| Sun. |
US 'probed fewer than 300 calls' |
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| Jun. 6 |
US clarifies internet tapping policy |
| 2012 |
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| May.23 |
Pakistani doctor in bin Laden raid gets 33 years in prison. Peshawar
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| Feb.14 |
China's Xi defends rights record |
| 2011 |
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| Aug.18 |
Obama says al-Assad must go |
| 2007 |
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| Dec.6 |
CIA 'wiped' interrogation tapes |
| 2006 |
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| Sep.6 |
Bush admits to CIA secret prisons |
|
| Jun.6 |
Europe 'connived in CIA flights' |
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| 2010 |
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| Aug.20 |
Palestinians, Israel agree to resume talks |
| 2006 |
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| Oct.20 |
Bush holds Iraq strategy talks |
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| 2013 |
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| May.15 |
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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| Feb.26 |
Hagel confirmed as defence secretary. U.S. Senate
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| Feb.12 |
Obama pledges to reignite economy. U.S. Congress
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| Jan.21 |
Inauguration: Obama tells US to 'seize the moment' |
|
| Jan.20 |
Obama sworn in as US president | Barack Obama has officially been sworn in for his second term as US president in a small ceremony at the White House | |
|
| Jan.7 |
Obama's Pentagon pick stokes row |
| 2012 |
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| Dec.19 |
Resignations follow Benghazi report |
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| Nov.9 |
CIA's Petraeus quits over affair | CIA director David Petraeus has resigned from his post, admitting he had an extra-marital affair that was conducted with his biographer. Petraeus described his behaviour as 'unacceptable' for the leader of the main i... | |
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| Aug.20 |
US candidate's 'legitimate rape' gaffe |
| 2011 |
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| Apr.27 |
Obama releases birth certificate |
| 2010 |
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| Jun.23 |
Obama fires US Afghan commander |
| 2009 |
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| Oct.9 |
Obama awarded 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Norway: Obama said that he was 'surprised and deeply humbled' by the decision of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award him the 2009 Nobel Peace Pri...
|
| Sep.9 |
Obama urges action on healthcare. U.S. Congress
|
| Jan.20 |
President Obama sworn into history Barack Obama launched his presidency before an estimated 1.5 million people on the National Mall with somber yet confident tones
| 2008 |
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| Dec.1 |
Clinton named secretary of state |
| 2007 |
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| May.17 |
World Bank head Wolfowitz to quit
| 2006 |
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| Nov.8 |
Bush replaces Rumsfeld by Gates |
| 2005 |
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| Jan.20 |
Bush sworn in for second term |
| 2001 |
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| Sep.20 |
Bush addresses nation in Congress |
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| Jan.20 |
Bush sworn in as president |
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| 2012 |
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| Jan.17 |
Sites protest US anti-piracy move. Global
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| 2009 |
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| Jul.20 |
Obama hails Apollo 11 astronauts |
|
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| 2013 |
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| Yesterday |
US surveillance 'foiled 50 plots'. U.S. Congress
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| 2013 |
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| Thu. |
White House: Syria crosses 'red line' Syria used sarin gas, against rebels, a move that is prompting the U.S. to increase the 'scale and scope' of its support for the opposition
| Syrian forces under President Bashar al-Assad have used chemical weapons 'on a small scale' against the opposition rebels
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| |
| 2010 |
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| Mar.26 |
U.S., Russia OK nuclear cuts |
| 2007 |
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| Dec.3 |
U.S.: Iran's nuclear weapons work halted
| 2006 |
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| May.31 |
US to join Iran talks |
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| 2013 |
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| Mar.26 |
US court weighs gay marriage ban. U.S. Supreme Court
| 2012 |
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| May.9 |
Obama supports same-sex marriage |
| 2010 |
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| Dec.22 |
Obama signs law ending military gay ban |
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| 2013 |
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| Jan.23 |
US to end ban on women in combat US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has decided to lift the military's ban on women serving in combat, a senior Pentagon official has said
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| 2009 |
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| Aug.25 |
Senator Edward Kennedy, 77, dies Massachusetts: The Democratic Massachusetts senator, the brother of ex-President John F Kennedy, has died after battling a brain tumour
| 2005 |
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| Sep.3 |
Chief Justice Rehnquist dies |
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| 2013 |
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| Yesterday |
US House passes abortion-limits bill. House of Representatives
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| Thu. |
NSA chief in rare Senate briefing. U.S. Senate
| 2012 |
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| Dec.27 |
Senate leader Harry Reid voices fiscal cliff fear |
| 2011 |
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| Dec.23 |
Obama beats Congress in tax fight |
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| Jan.8 |
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords shot. Arizona
| 2010 |
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| Mar.21 |
U.S. House passes health care vote House of Representatives: The House passed the Senate's health care reform bill and a package of measures meant to reconcile differences with the Senate bill
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| Feb.24 |
Lawmakers grilled Toyota's president |
| 2009 |
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| Jan.28 |
US House passes economic package |
| 2008 |
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| Nov.18 |
US car firms ask for $25bn aid U.S. Congress: The bosses of Ford, GM and Chrysler, have asked Congress for a $25bn bail-out and warned of broader risks to the US economy
|
| Oct.3 |
House backs $700bn bail-out plan House of Representatives: The House of Representatives has passed by 263-171 vote a government plan to rescue the US financial sector
|
| Jul.23 |
US lawmakers pass housing rescue |
| 2007 |
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| Oct.10 |
US bill on Armenia moves forward. House of Representatives
|
| Sep.10 |
Gen. Petraeus: 'Surge' is working. U.S. Congress
|
| Apr.26 |
Congress backs Iraq pull-out plan |
|
| Mar.27 |
Senate votes for Iraq deadline |
| 2005 |
|
| Sep.29 |
Roberts confirmed as chief justice |
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