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US protesters demand closure of Guantanamo Rights activists across the United States held a series of protests on Thursday demanding the closure of Guantanamo Bay as a hunger-strike at the jail entered a third month.
12 April 2013
US billionaire wins fake wine trial A New York jury on Thursday backed a US billionaire who complained that wines he bought costing thousands of dollars a bottle were phony.
12 April 2013
Malawi launches stinging attack on Madonna Malawi has launched a stinging attack on US pop icon Madonna, accusing her of expecting "gratitude" and VIP treatment during a visit last week to her charity work in the southern African country.
12 April 2013
German fake Rockefeller guilty of US murder A German fantasist who impersonated a member of the Rockefeller family, an English aristocrat and a Hollywood film producer, was convicted Wednesday of murdering his California landlord in 1985.
11 April 2013
US senators reach deal on gun-sale background checks Senators struck a hard-fought compromise Wednesday that could expand US background checks to all commercial firearms sales, which may result in the most ambitious change to gun laws since 1994.
11 April 2013
Syria to dominate G8 talks as rebels ask US for weapons US Secretary of State John Kerry and other G8 foreign ministers were on Thursday to hold a second day of talks in London focused on Syria after rebels again appealed for weapons.
11 April 2013
US actress Sharon Stone. ©REUTERS/Paolo Bona Sharon Stone counter-sues Filipina nanny Sharon Stone has counter-sued her Filipina former nanny, who is pursuing the US actress for wrongful dismissal and harassment including racist abuse.
11 April 2013
Google co-founder Sergey Brin. ©REUTERS/Robert Galbraith Big name investors back Google Glass "Collective" Powerhouse Silicon Valley venture capital firms on Wednesday joined Google to launch a syndicate devoted to backing entrepreneurs building products for Google's coming Internet glasses.
11 April 2013
New gene linked with double Alzheimer's risk for blacks African-Americans with a certain gene variant have nearly double the risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease than those without it.
11 April 2013
US college student stabs 14 in Texas attack A US college student stabbed 14 people, leaving two victims critically wounded, Tuesday in a rampage that ended when he was wrestled to the ground and taken into custody.
10 April 2013
Obama soaks up soul at White House shindig US President Barack Obama paid homage on Tuesday to Memphis soul and the role the music style played in advancing civil rights at a star-studded White House concert celebrating the genre.
10 April 2013
Obama speaks to Karzai, days after strike kills civilians US President Barack Obama on Tuesday spoke to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, for what officials said were regular consultations, three days after a NATO air strike killed 11 Afghan children.
10 April 2013
S. Korea, US upgrade surveillance status: report South Korea and the United States upgraded their coordinated military surveillance status on Wednesday, a report said, ahead of an expected mid-range missile launch by North Korea.
10 April 2013
Beyonce, Jay-Z's Cuba trip was legal: US Treasury Pop diva Beyonce and hip-hop star Jay-Z's controversial trip to Cuba was part of a cultural exchange and did not violate the economic embargo imposed on the island by the US.
10 April 2013
Concerns over African force in Mali grow as France withdraws As France begins withdrawing its troops from Mali, a top US defence official has said a UN-mandated African force was "incapable" of taking over the battle against Islamist extremists.
10 April 2013
©REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Arrhythmia drug may increase cancer risk: study A common treatment for irregular heartbeats may have a serious side effect: a new study out Tuesday showed it could increase the risk for certain cancers.
10 April 2013
Photo courtesy of restlus.com Sensational $1-bln art gift 'transforms' New York Met Cosmetics billionaire Leonard Lauder has given New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art an astonishing, no-strings-attached collection of Cubist art that he assembled over four decades.
10 April 2013
Google weaves a web between human trafficking hotlines Sex workers are more likely to call in to a hotline for victims of human trafficking on a Wednesday, and a Google-backed initiative announced Tuesday could help to explain why.
10 April 2013
US District Judge Lewis Kaplan. ©REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg US budget cuts could delay Bin Laden kin's trial The highly anticipated New York trial of Osama bin Laden's son-in-law could be delayed because his court-appointed lawyers have been hit by US budget cuts.
09 April 2013
Obama slams Republicans for gun reform 'stunts' President Barack Obama accused Republicans of stooping to political stunts Monday to block gun reform, in a fervent appeal delivered close to the site of the Newtown school massacre.
09 April 2013
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