Pelosi: No quick end to US travel ban to Cuba
Washington - Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in the US House of Representatives, said Thursday she expected no quick action on ending the United States' decades-long travel ban with Cuba. House Speaker Pelosi said it was one of a long list of legislat...
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US Fed survey notes uneasy economic recovery
Washington - The United States is recovering slowly from a deep recession and many sectors of the economy have yet to show clear signs of improvement, according to a regional survey by the Federal Reserve Wednesday. Most parts of the country said the...
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Clinton: No normal ties with nuclear armed North Korea
Washington - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday that the United States will never establish normalized relations with North Korea as long as the Stalinist state has nuclear weapons. Current sanctions will not be relaxed unt...
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Massachusetts man arrested on terrorism charges - Summary
Washington - A US citizen has been arrested on terrorism charges that include a plot to attack shopping centres in the United States, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Tarek Mehanna, 27, of Sudbury, Massachusetts, was arrested Wednesday morning ...
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Aid agency calls for more funding to tackle tuberculosis
Stockholm - Main European countries were Wednesday said to be lagging far behind the United States in funding efforts to develop new tests and treatment of tuberculosis. The disease is estimated to claim 1.7 million lives each year, the medical hum...
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US inflation rate 0.2 per cent in September - Summary
Washington - US consumer prices edged up for a second straight month amid indications that the United States has pulled out of recession, the US Labour Department reported Thursday. The inflation rate was 0.2 per cent on the month, after a 0.4-per- c...
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Russia praises arms reduction talks with US
Moscow - Russia praised Thursday the constructive atmosphere in nuclear disarmament talks with the United States. The progress achieved meant there could be a successor agreement in place when the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) expires on ...
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US Senate panel set for critical vote on health reform
Washington - A key Senate committee was to vote Tuesday on legislation that would dramatically overhaul health care coverage in the United States, paving the way for the entire Senate to begin considering the reform plans. The Senate Finance Committe...
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US demands immediate release of Iranian-American scholar
Washington - The United States Tuesday called for the immediate release of an Iranian-American citizen who was sentenced to a 12-year prison term in Iran, declaring the charges against him are groundless. Given the groundless nature of charges agai...
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EXTRA: Iran nuclear talks to continue Wednesday
Vienna - Iran's talks with Russia, France and the United States on enriching nuclear fuel abroad are set to continue for another day in Vienna, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced Tuesday. Formal negotiations were held up until th...
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Adecco to acquire US rival for 1.3bn dollars
Geneva - Swiss staffing company Adecco announced Tuesday it plans to buy the rival MPS Group in order to expand its presence in the United States, Canada and Britain. If stockholders agree, the purchase would be for 13.80 dollars per share, a 24 perc...
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United States set to exit recession
Washington - All signs point to the United States exiting its worst recession in decades as the government prepared to report growth figures for the third quarter on Thursday. Economists are predicting an annualized growth rate of 3.2 per cent over t...
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US calls on Iran to release American hikers
Washington - The United States called on Iran on Friday to immediately release three Americans who were arrested in July after they wandered into Iran while hiking in Iraq. Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal should be released under an interna...
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Polanski's latest bail request rejected by Swiss
Geneva - Film-maker Roman Polanski second attempt to be released on bail failed Friday and he remained in a Swiss prison pending extradition to the United States. Folco Galli, a spokesman for the Swiss Federal Office of Justice, said that the flight ...
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Obama announces end to HIV entry ban
Washington - A US rule banning foreigners with HIV or AIDS from entering the United States will be lifted by early January, President Barack Obama announced Friday. The elimination of the 22-year-old rule is meant to put an end to the stigma of being...
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Colombia, US sign controversial military cooperation deal
Bogota - Colombia and the United States signed Friday a controversial military deal granting the United States use of seven military bases on Colombian soil. The US-Colombian plan had been announced this summer and drew sharp criticism from Latin Ame...
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