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Britain makes Angelina Jolie an honorary dame Angelina Jolie has been made an honorary dame in Queen Elizabeth II's birthday honours list, as Britain paid tribute to the Hollywood star for her efforts to combat warzone rape.

14 June 2014 19:10

Ferrari may leave Formula One: report Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo may pull his team out of Formula One because it "isn't working" and the Italian firm may switch to sports-car competition, he told Friday's Wall Street Journal.

14 June 2014 19:09

China Eastern to buy 80 Boeing 737s US aerospace giant Boeing said Friday that China Eastern Airlines has agreed to buy 80 737 aircraft, its biggest single-aisle purchase to date by a Chinese airline.

14 June 2014 16:37

49 killed in east Ukraine plane downing Pro-Russian gunmen shot down a Ukranian military transport plane Saturday in the separatist east, killing all 49 people on board in the biggest single loss of life in the two-month insurgency.

14 June 2014 16:16

John D. Rockefeller great-grandson dies in plane crash Richard Rockefeller, great-grandson of US oil tycoon and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, died Friday in a plane crash in New York. He was 65.

14 June 2014 12:36

Russia sending tanks, rocket launchers to Ukraine rebels: US The United States accused Russia of sending tanks and rocket launchers to pro-Moscow rebels in Ukraine.

14 June 2014 11:36

Afghans vote in run-off election despite Taliban threats Afghans defied Taliban threats by voting Saturday in a second-round presidential election, as US-led combat troops wind down a 13-year war that has failed to defeat the insurgents.

14 June 2014 11:07

Actress, civil rights activist Ruby Dee dead at 91 Oscar-nominated actress Ruby Dee, who was also known for her activism during the US civil rights movement, has died at the age of 91.

14 June 2014 10:47

Ousted New York Times chief to teach at Harvard Former New York Times editor Jill Abramson, who was fired from the so-called Grey Lady of American journalism, will teach at Harvard University in the 2014-15 academic year.

14 June 2014 10:25

Obama in 'excellent' health: doctor US President Barack Obama is in "excellent" health and has given up cigarettes, but still resorts to nicotine gum every now and again, his doctor said.

13 June 2014 19:53

US condemns Sudan over Christian woman's death penalty US Secretary of State John Kerry criticized Sudan on Thursday for sentencing a Christian woman to hang for apostasy, urging Khartoum to repeal its laws banning Muslims from converting.

13 June 2014 11:41

US transfers 12 detainees out of Afghan prison A US official said Thursday the United States has repatriated a dozen inmates from a secretive military prison in Afghanistan where foreign terror suspects have been held for years without trial.

13 June 2014 11:17

Iran's solar car challenge depends on US plane ticket It is not easy for an Iranian to visit America. With no US embassy in Tehran since 1979, obtaining a visa usually requires two costly trips to Dubai or Turkey.

12 June 2014 20:13

US mulls air strikes as Iraq militants advance on Baghdad Militants have seized the Iraqi city of Tikrit as a jihadist offensive sweeps closer to Baghdad, prompting the UN Security Council to convene crisis talks Thursday while the US mulls air strikes on the rebels.

12 June 2014 14:11

White House adopts new rules after CIA station chief outed The White House said Wednesday it had adopted new procedures on President Barack Obama's foreign trips to avoid a repeat of the "inadvertent" release of the name of the CIA's station chief in Kabul last month.

12 June 2014 10:57

Google buys satellite imaging firm for $500 mn Google announced plans to buy the satellite group Skybox Imaging for $500 million, in a move to improve mapping and other services using geospatial data.

11 June 2014 13:07

Two dead in new US school shooting A rifle-toting gunman killed a 14-year-old student at an Oregon high school Tuesday, the latest in a spate of US shootings that prompted a renewed warning from President Barack Obama.

11 June 2014 11:48

Facebook names 'mobile messaging' chief Facebook announced Monday it hired the top executive of eBay's PayPal division to lead the social network's efforts to boost its mobile messaging.

11 June 2014 10:10

Vegas cop killers 'had pro-gun militia links' A gun-toting couple possibly linked to anti-government militias killed two US cops execution-style and left a swastika on the bodies, in America's latest chilling shooting rampage, police said.

11 June 2014 09:55

World's oldest man dies in New York The world's oldest man, a 111-year-old US immigrant from Poland, has died at a New York home for the elderly, the Guinness Book of World Records said.

10 June 2014 15:00

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