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©Reuters/Gaston De Cardenas Versace mansion closes, readies for art exhibit? The palatial US villa where fashion designer Gianni Versace was murdered closed its doors Friday following its multi-million-dollar sale last month.
13 October 2013
G20 seeks 'urgent action' from US on budget impasse Finance chiefs of the G20 on Friday called for Washington to quickly resolve the political paralysis over its budget and debt ceiling.
13 October 2013
©Reuters/Edgar Su US Army seeks 'Iron Man' armor for commandos US Army researchers are working on building hi-tech body armor that would give soldiers "superhuman strength" in a real-life version of the suit featured in "Iron Man" films.
13 October 2013
Grand Canyon. ©Reuters/Mike Blake US to reopen Statue of Liberty, Grand Canyon US national parks and monuments including the Statue of Liberty and the Grand Canyon are to reopen despite the federal shutdown, after states agreed to fund them temporarily.
13 October 2013
Obamas welcome Malala to Oval Office US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle welcomed Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai to the Oval Office.
13 October 2013
©Reuters/Victor Ruiz Garcia Venezuela holds US-operated oil ship in spat with Guyana Venezuela on Friday said it has detained a US-operated oil exploration ship sent from Guyana in disputed waters off its coast, in a fresh border spat between the two neighbors.
13 October 2013
N. Korea warns of 'all-out war' North Korea on Saturday issued a fresh warning of an "all-out war", urging the United States to stop military drills and what it described as "nuclear blackmail".
13 October 2013
Facebook ends 'invisibility cloak' for users Facebook is ending a feature that allowed users to hide from the social network's billion-plus members.
12 October 2013
World Bank to cut costs, bureaucracy: Kim World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on Friday announced a program to slash costs and reduce bureaucracy at the huge development organization that is expected to result in significant layoffs.
12 October 2013
Cher & Co won't make room for Miley Cyrus generation Cher may have her ideal burial place all mapped out, but the veteran pop star is far from having one foot in the grave with a new album and feisty views on feminism and the "genius" of Miley Cyrus.
12 October 2013
©Reuters/Morteza Nikoubazl Secret US court approves further phone tracking The secret federal court overseeing US wiretapping programs has extended the government's authority to collect US telephone records.
12 October 2013
©Reuters/Nacho Doce Online video use surges: US survey Americans are using the Internet more for video, both to post their own snippets and to view videos of others.
12 October 2013
Gambia's President Al Hadji Yahya Jammeh. ©Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins US denies plotting against Gambia leaders The United States refuted Thursday what it said were "baseless accusations" that it was plotting against the government of the tiny west African nation of Gambia.
12 October 2013
Space 'graveyard' reveals bits of an Earth-like planet Astronomers have autopsied a distant, broken apart planet and revealed signs of water and a rocky surface together for the first time, delighting scientists on the hunt for alien life.
12 October 2013
IMF gold sales to fund lending to poor countries The International Monetary Fund announced Thursday it has harnessed windfall gold profits from member countries to fund loans to the world's poorest countries in the coming years.
12 October 2013
US report says little progress on China rights A US government commission said Thursday that China's human rights record has not improved under the country's new leadership and raised concerns on issues from minority rights to forced abortion.
12 October 2013
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. ©Reuters/Robert Galbraith NASA vows to review ban on Chinese astronomers The US space agency Thursday vowed to reconsider the applications of Chinese scientists who were denied access to a NASA conference on security grounds.
11 October 2013
Edward Snowden. ©Reuters/Jason Lee Edward Snowden given 'integrity in intelligence' award US fugitive Edward Snowden has been honored with a prize awarded annually by former CIA staff for exhibiting "integrity in intelligence".
11 October 2013
US arms halt to Egypt largely 'symbolic': analysts By suspending military aid to Egypt, Washington is pressing Cairo to end the bloodshed on the streets but its largely "symbolic" act is unlikely to have a concrete impact.
11 October 2013
WHO Director-General Margaret Chan. ©Reuters/Michael Buholzer  WHO launches drive against mercury thermometers The World Health Organization and campaigners launched a drive Friday to try to wipe out mercury in medical thermometers, a day after nations signed a UN treaty to control the toxic liquid metal.
11 October 2013

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