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'Internal error' downs NSA website: official The National Security Agency's website went down for several hours Friday, but the US spy service known for hacking into computer networks blamed the outage on a technical mistake.

26 October 2013

McDonald's drops Heinz Ketchup McDonald's said Friday it was dropping ketchup king Heinz as a supplier of the key hamburger condiment, citing management changes at Heinz that put the company closer to rival Burger King.

26 October 2013

Pakistan makes UN call for end to US drone strikes Pakistan on Friday renewed demands for an end to US drone strikes on its territory as two UN experts called for greater transparency in the use of the weapons.

26 October 2013

NSA eavesdropped on 35 world leaders: report US spies eavesdropped on the phone conversations of 35 world leaders after White House, Pentagon and State Department officials gave them the numbers.

26 October 2013

Theme park pulls Halloween show over 'gay Superman' Hollywood's Universal Studios theme park has cancelled a Halloween show based on the "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" franchise after criticism that a scene where Superman turns gay was homophobic.

26 October 2013

Twitter seeks up to $1.61 bn in IPO Twitter said Thursday it would seek to raise up to $1.6 billion in its initial public offering expected in the coming weeks.

26 October 2013

US seeks tighter controls on certain painkillers The US Food and Drug Administration recommended tighter controls Thursday on how doctors prescribe the most commonly used narcotic painkillers, in a bid to stop abuse.

25 October 2013

Two mummies found in ancient Peru cemetery Two pre-Columbian mummies more than a thousand years old were found in a pre-Incan cemetery in a suburb of Lima.

25 October 2013

Mexico candy factory blast kills one, injures 40 A powerful blast rocked a US-owned candy factory in northern Mexico on Thursday, killing one person and injuring more than 40 as rescuers searched for any other victims.

25 October 2013

France, Germany push for new rules in spy game France and Germany pushed Friday for Washington to agree rules for the spy game after damaging revelations the United States tapped German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone.

25 October 2013

Big ad atop Google results points to broken promise A large ad spied atop Google search results on Wednesday was seen as evidence that the Internet titan was breaking a promise that it would never resort to the tactic.

25 October 2013

N. Korea completes work on nuclear test site: pictures North Korea has built two tunnel entrances at its nuclear test site in a sign it plans more of its internationally condemned detonations.

25 October 2013

Brazil chases FIFA over World Cup structures Brazilian state prosecutors are seeking to recover almost $100m from football's global governing body FIFA which was spent on temporary structures at venues for next year's World Cup.

25 October 2013

Baby's HIV 'cure not a fluke,' US researchers say A little girl who was treated for HIV shortly after birth still shows no sign of infection at age three, suggesting her apparent cure was not a fluke.

24 October 2013

Merkel quizzes Obama on reports US spied on her phone German Chancellor Angela Merkel demanded answers from President Barack Obama after learning US spies may have monitored her phone.

24 October 2013

Kennedy cousin wins new trial over 1975 murder A US judge on Wednesday granted a nephew of Robert Kennedy a new trial in the murder of his teenage neighbor nearly 40 years ago.

24 October 2013

Facebook pulls beheading video amid furor Facebook yanked a beheading video from the social network late Tuesday following outrage over its lifting of a ban on the gory imagery.

24 October 2013

Mexico probes US spying, France says snooping must end Mexico ordered an investigation into allegations that the US spied on the emails of its president and his predecessor, the latest diplomatic wrangle stemming from America's intelligence-gathering efforts.

23 October 2013

Apple unveils revamped iPads to beat back rivals Apple has unveiled the "iPad Air", a slimmer version of its top-selling full-size tablet, and a revamped iPad Mini, bidding to fend off rivals who have eroded its market dominance.

23 October 2013

US toilet restaurant rides 'poop' publicity wave A restaurant billed as America's first toilet-themed eatery has just opened in Los Angeles -- and is packing in diners after a wave of free publicity for the concept, said to be imported from Asia.

23 October 2013

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