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Facebook admits bug shared 6 mn users' contact details Phone numbers and email addresses belonging to some 6 million Facebook users have been improperly shared due to a software bug.

22 June 2013 15:01

Pixar goes back to class with Monsters prequel Pixar sends its Monsters back to class this weekend with "Monsters University," the first time the animation giant has made a prequel to a member of its stable of hit franchises.

22 June 2013 13:08

Wine producers go hi-tech to outsmart fraudsters Making sure a glass of wine is everything it promises on the label was once a relatively simple process: hold against the light, tilt and observe the shade, swirl a little and give it a good sniff.

22 June 2013 11:34

US to sell military helicopters to Thailand The United States plans to sell six Lakota military helicopters to Thailand worth an estimated $77 million.

22 June 2013 11:02

Facebook adds video sharing to Instagram Facebook on Thursday added smartphone video-sharing to its Instagram photo-based social network, in a move challenging Twitter's popular Vine service.

22 June 2013 10:00

US Navy's cereal scandal: Cap'n Crunch not a captain? A veteran naval officer who has saluted from cereal boxes for 50 years -- Cap'n Crunch -- may not be a real captain after all.

21 June 2013 16:32

Obama to tap Jim Comey as new FBI chief President Barack Obama will formally nominate a former senior Bush administration official Friday to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

21 June 2013 15:28

WikiLeaks plane 'ready' to bring Snowden to Iceland A chartered private jet is ready to bring US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden to Iceland from Hong Kong.

21 June 2013 14:15

Boxing: Kazakhstan to watch Golovkin's bout live The world title bout between Kazakhstan's boxer Gennady Golovkin and British Matthew Macklin will be aired live by channel Kazakhstan.

21 June 2013 13:16

Apple, US government spar in antitrust trial finale Apple on Thursday dismissed allegations it conspired to raise the price of e-books and said the US government's antitrust case against it would deter new entrants to concentrated markets.

21 June 2013 12:45

Cuba says talks with US on renewing mail 'fruitful' Cuba described its dialogue with the United States on resuming postal service "fruitful" but warned there would likely be little progress if the US embargo on Cuba stays in place.

20 June 2013 19:06

Moscow gives Obama's nuclear cuts proposal cool reception Russian officials reacted coldly to the call by President Barack Obama to jointly reduce nuclear weapons stockpiles by a third.

20 June 2013 17:54

US-Taliban talks stumble before they even start Inept handling of a US bid to open peace talks with the Taliban has left Afghan President Hamid Karzai fuming and fueled fears that America is ready to cut and run at any cost.

20 June 2013 17:37

Doctors urge access to Guantanamo hunger strikers More than 150 doctors from the United States and Britain have written to President Barack Obama urging him to grant independent medical care to hunger-striking Guantanamo detainees.

20 June 2013 16:50

US daredevil set for Grand Canyon tightrope walk Record-breaking US daredevil Nik Wallenda hopes to make history again this weekend by walking across the Grand Canyon on a tightrope, 1,500 feet above ground over the world-renowned landmark.

20 June 2013 15:38

AEG trial hears Paris Jackson video testimony Paris Jackson recalled how her father's ex-nanny would sneak into his bed, in testimony played at the trial between the late King of Pop's family and the promoters of his last doomed tour.

20 June 2013 14:33

Top US general, diplomat clash over Syria: report Top US military officer General Martin Dempsey has clashed with Secretary of State John Kerry over the merits of bombing Syria's regime at a White House meeting.

20 June 2013 13:24

'Sopranos' star James Gandolfini dead at 51 Award-winning US actor James Gandolfini, the burly star of classic TV mafia drama "The Sopranos," died Wednesday aged 51 in Italy, triggering a flood of tributes from the acting world and beyond.

20 June 2013 12:03

US confidence in newspapers hits new low: poll Confidence in newspapers has taken another hit among Americans, dropping to 23 percent.

20 June 2013 10:01

US House passes bill banning abortion after 20 weeks The US House of Representatives approved a Republican measure Tuesday restricting abortion to the first 20 weeks after conception, one of the most stringent pro-life bills in the past decade.

20 June 2013 09:27

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