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West Nile Virus. Photo courtesy of graphicshunt.com US West Nile deaths, infections rise at slower pace The number of West Nile virus deaths and infections continued to rise in the United States last week, but at a slower pace.
27 September 2012
French leader urges UN to back African force for Mali French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday urged the global community to help defuse a crisis in Mali by giving UN backing to a West African-led military intervention.
26 September 2012
Cleve Foster. ©REUTRS Man executed in Texas for killing immigrant An American man convicted of killing a Sudanese immigrant was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday in Texas after the US Supreme Court rejected his fourth appeal for a stay of execution.
26 September 2012
Vampire squid. Photo courtesy of thescenepoetic.edublogs.com Revealed: Secrets of the Squid from Hell Biologists on Wednesday said they had unlocked secrets about the vampire squid, a mysterious creature that feeds on the decaying dead in the unlit depths.
26 September 2012
Global warming slows down world economy: report Climate change caused by global warming is slowing down world economic output by 1.6 percent a year and will lead to a doubling of costs in the next two decades.
26 September 2012
Screenship of maps.google.com Google offers virtual dives in world's coral reefs Google late Tuesday began letting users of its online mapping service take virtual scuba dives to explore precious living reefs being surveyed by scientists.
26 September 2012
Obama: Benghazi attack more than a 'mob' action US President Barack Obama said Monday that the attack on the US consulate in Libya's Benghazi was clearly more than a "mob action," amid lingering dispute about the nature of the assault.
26 September 2012
Victoria Nuland. Photo coutesy of bamdadkhabar.com US 'deeply troubled' by fate of Vietnamese bloggers The US voiced concern Monday at the jailing of three Vietnamese bloggers for "anti-state propaganda" and urged that they be freed.
26 September 2012
iPhone 5 sales top five million, but shy of forecasts The new iPhone 5 broke records in its launch weekend with sales above five million, Apple said Monday, but the figures were below some forecasts and pressured the company's share price.
26 September 2012
World must stand together against extremists: Clinton In a round of intense diplomacy in the wake of violent anti-US protests, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met a series of Muslim leaders Monday and urged people to work together against extremists.
26 September 2012
Obama to lead international assault on Syria at UN US President Barack Obama will lead Western demands for action on the Syrian civil war at the start of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.
25 September 2012
Pakistan-US gingerly seek to repair ties US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday as the two nations inch towards repairing vital ties severely damaged by a series of crises.
25 September 2012
A large Oscar statue. ©REUTERS/Fred Prouser Iran pulls movie from Oscars race over US anti-Islam film Iran announced on Monday it was yanking its entry in the Oscars race because of the "intolerable insult" of the US-made anti-Islam film that has angered Muslims in several countries.
25 September 2012
Journalist Anderson Cooper. ©REUTERS/Danny Moloshok CNN hits back in row over using slain US envoy's diary CNN on Monday hit back at accusations by a top US State Department official that it had engaged in "distasteful" reporting by using the contents of a diary belonging to slain US ambassador to Libya.
25 September 2012
Obama brushes off Israeli pressure over Iran President Barack Obama likened Israeli pressure on him to draw a line in the sand over Iran's nuclear ambitions as noise he tries to ignore.
25 September 2012
Thriller 'Homeland' dethrones 'Mad Men' at Emmys Spy thriller "Homeland" won best TV drama at the Emmy awards Sunday, ending retro cult show "Mad Men" four-year unbroken run, while "Modern Family" was named best comedy for the third straight year.
24 September 2012
Attack on US mission in Libya big intelligence loss: report The attack that killed the US ambassador to Libya dealt a huge blow to US intelligence operations because CIA agents and contractors were among the Americans evacuated afterward.
24 September 2012
Members of an Amish community. ©REUTERS/Frank Polich Amish sect found guilty of hate crimes in beard cutting The leader of a breakaway Amish group and 15 followers were convicted of hate crimes in the US state of Ohio Thursday for a series of beard-cutting attacks against rivals in the community.
23 September 2012
©REUTERS YouTube seeking education video 'gurus' YouTube on Friday was searching for education "gurus" with knowledge to impart to fast-growing ranks of students turning to online videos for lessons.
23 September 2012
Anti-Muslim group to run ads in New York subway Starting Monday, ads describing Muslim militants as "savages" will appear in New York's subway system, courtesy of a right-wing US anti-Islamic group.
22 September 2012
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