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Obama and Xi play nice, but future unclear The leaders of the United States and China appear to have started off on friendly terms during a weekend together in the California sun, but it remains to be seen if good vibes can bridge deep gaps.
11 June 2013
New Xbox to hit shelves in November in 21 countries Microsoft on Monday fired a shot in the looming videogame console war with the announcement that its new champion - Xbox One - will launch in November in 21 countries.
11 June 2013
Syria rebels converge on airbase as US mulls support Syrian rebels have clashed with government troops after converging on a military airport in Aleppo.
11 June 2013
©REUTERS Looted Cambodian sculptures returning home from US Two 10th century statues that Cambodia says were looted from a jungle temple several decades ago are set to arrive home on Tuesday from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
11 June 2013
©REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi US diplomatic security accused in sex, drugs cover-up A US watchdog has launched an inquiry into claims that diplomatic security officials tried to cover up alleged sex-and-drugs charges against agents and diplomats.
11 June 2013
Photo courtesy of teaser-trailer.com Low-budget 'The Purge' scares up $36 mn in tickets Low-budget horror film "The Purge" jumped to the top of the North American box office in its opening weekend with $36.4 million in ticket sales.
10 June 2013
Karzai: Did 'War on Terror' encourage radical Islam? Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday the Muslim world was "in turmoil" and wondered whether the "war on terror" led by the United States since 2001 was to blame for the radicalisation.
10 June 2013
©REUTERS/Mike Blake Google to buy Israeli GPS app Waze for $1 bln: reports Google is in talks on a deal worth at least $1 billion to buy the Israel-based GPS mobile navigation app Waze.
10 June 2013
©REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski Smartphone life shakes up website world Internet giants from Google and Facebook to Yahoo and Zynga are scrambling to adapt to an online world where people reach for smartphones or tablets instead of traditional computers.
10 June 2013
Texas actress arrested in US ricin case A Texas actress was arrested Friday for mailing ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a gun control activist.
10 June 2013
New documentary warns against Obama's 'Dirty Wars' A new documentary released Friday portrays US secret raids against terror suspects as a misguided assassination campaign that generates new enemies and tarnishes America's image.
10 June 2013
Photo courtesy of horizononline.org Google, Facebook condemn online spying Google chief Larry Page and Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg condemned online spying Friday and called for governments to be more revealing about snooping on the Internet.
09 June 2013
Kerry renews $1.3 bn annual military aid for Egypt Secretary of State John Kerry last month approved $1.3 billion in annual US military aid to Egypt, despite concerns over democratic progress by the country's new government.
08 June 2013
Placard reads "Free Pussy Riot". ©REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin Pussy Riot rockers in US to fight for jailed bandmates Two members of the Russian feminist punk-rock band Pussy Riot on Friday urged the United States to help free their bandmates jailed last year for an anti-government protest performance.
08 June 2013
Obama, Xi urge new relationship in first summit Throwing formality aside at a desert retreat, Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping called Friday for a new approach to forge relations between the US superpower and a rising China.
08 June 2013
Arm Syrian rebels or risk rise of extremism: McCain The United States must deepen its engagement in Syria by equipping the rebels or setting up a safe zone to protect the opposition.
08 June 2013
New York readies major Le Corbusier show Nearly half a century after his death, New York's Museum of Modern Art will pay homage to celebrated French architect and designer Le Corbusier in a major exhibit that opens next week.
07 June 2013
Photo courtesy of blog.kensington.com Internet titans deny opening doors to US spies Apple, Facebook and other Internet titans denied Thursday opening doors for US intelligence agencies to mine data from their servers.
07 June 2013
©REUTERS/Max Rossi Apple clashes with Amazon in e-book case Apple attorneys in the US antitrust case on e-books went on the offensive Thursday, attacking the credibility of government witnesses and seeking to debunk key elements of the government's case.
07 June 2013
US panel wants diabetes drug restrictions eased Independent experts urged US regulators Thursday to reduce restrictions on GlaxoSmithKline's controversial diabetes drug Avandia, banned in Europe over heart attack risk concerns.
07 June 2013

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