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Jackson v AEG jury mulls verdict for second day
The jury tasked with deciding if tour promoters AEG Live should pay massive damages to Michael Jackson's family over his 2009 death resumed deliberations.
28 September 2013
Deal needed 'soon' on post-2014 force in Afghanistan: US
A top Pentagon official said Friday it would be a "tragedy" if Afghan and US negotiators failed to clinch a deal allowing US troops to stay in the country after 2014.
28 September 2013
US lawmakers propose reforming NSA spying powers
Lawmakers overseeing US spy agencies on Thursday proposed stricter limits on the government's electronic surveillance while also calling for bolstering its authority to track terror suspects coming to America.
27 September 2013
Syria arsenal largely 'unweaponized': report
Syria's stockpile of chemical agents is largely "unweaponized" and could be eradicated more quickly than initially thought, the Washington Post reported Thursday citing a confidential US and Russian assessment.
27 September 2013
Ubiquitous Kerry casts shadow on Clinton record
In rolling the dice on Iran, Syria and Middle East peace, President Barack Obama has made Secretary of State John Kerry the chief executor of his foreign policy legacy -- a role denied to Hillary Clinton.
27 September 2013
Iran's Rouhani warns of Syria Talibanization
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned Thursday that Syria could become an extremist haven like Taliban-era Afghanistan as he called for cooperation to end the country's civil war.
27 September 2013
US, Russia break deadlock on Syria chemical arms
The United States and Russia agreed a draft UN Security Council resolution Thursday on destroying Syria's chemical weapons, breaking a prolonged deadlock over the country's bitter conflict.
27 September 2013
US should look south for strategic interests: Colombia
The United States' key strategic partnerships lie to its south, but President Barack Obama failed to mention them in his address to the United Nations.
27 September 2013
UN powers make progress on Syria resolution: envoys
The world's major powers made important progress Wednesday on key points of a UN Security Council resolution on destroying Syria's chemical weapons.
27 September 2013
American, two Russians take shortcut to space
An American and two Russians blasted off Thursday for the International Space Station atop a Soyuz rocket that will slash more than a day off the usual travel time.
26 September 2013
US, Iran gear for historic nuclear talks
With the eyes of the world upon them, the United States and Iran will Thursday have one of their highest-level meetings since the 1979 revolution as their foreign ministers join talks on Tehran's suspect nuclear program.
26 September 2013
'Sailing changed forever' after Cup classic: Ellison
Billionaire yachtsman Larry Ellison said the thrilling America's Cup series had changed the face of the sport after his Oracle Team USA completed a miraculous comeback.
26 September 2013
Bill Clinton backs Obama's push to promote health law
President Barack Obama got backing from Bill Clinton Tuesday as he sought to promote his health care law to the US public amid a congressional battle and an approaching sign-up date.
25 September 2013
Rowhani-Obama handshake was 'too complicated'
The US and Iranian presidents, Barack Obama and Hassan Rowhani, came agonizingly close to a historic handshake on Tuesday.
25 September 2013
YouTube revamps much-criticized comments feed
YouTube, the Google-owned video sharing website, said Tuesday it was revamping its comments feed which some web users claimed had turned into a magnet for crude and vulgar postings.
25 September 2013
Americans spent $2.6 bn gambling online in 2012: study
Americans spent $2.6 billion on gambling websites in 2012, according to a study released Tuesday by the casino industry as it renewed a push for Congress to regulate online betting.
25 September 2013
UN wrangles on Syria as Obama urges action
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday demanded the UN Security Council take tough action against Syria, as Russia wrangled with the West over how to strip Bashar al-Assad of chemical arms.
25 September 2013
Microsoft unveils upgraded Surface tablets
Microsoft unveiled two new versions of its Surface tablet on Monday, renewing its efforts in mobile computing after the product's launch a year ago failed to impress consumers.
25 September 2013
New Syria dispute clouds UN assembly
Russia-US wrangling over a resolution to enforce the destruction of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons cast a shadow Monday over the start of the United Nations General Assembly.
25 September 2013
US, Iran foreign ministers to hold first nuclear talks
In a diplomatic breakthrough, the foreign ministers of arch rivals, the US and Iran, will hold their first talks on Tehran's contested nuclear drive at a landmark meeting.
24 September 2013
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