United States News
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Beijing -
North Korea has released the United States military veteran who was taken into custody by the country on October 26th. Merill Newman, 85, had been in the country as a tourist.
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As the crisis in Libya gets worse it seems the United States and its allies have agreed with at least one way to try and curb the country's current state.
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In an effort to combat offshore tax evasion, the Cayman Islands signed an agreement with the United States. The agreement will enforce the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).
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Washington -
The Federal Bureau of Investigation release a memo stating activist hackers connected to Anonymous have secretly accessed and stolen sensitive information for U.S. government computers in multiple agencies.
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Manila -
The tiny nation of Israel dispatched a team of rescue experts to the storm-battered Philippines on Sunday night to "determine the best rapid response the IDF can provide."
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In an attempt to become the fourth country to reach the Red Planet, India has successfully launched a spaceship to Mars. The spaceship left at 9:08 GMT Tuesday.
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John Kerry, United States secretary of state, said last night some of America's spying activities have "reached too far." Speaking by videolink yesterday to a conference with the Open Government Partnership, Mr Kerry confirmed trust needs to be restored.
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Dhaka -
Hundreds of garment workers who were injured during the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh in April are still awaiting compensation.
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Infographics on the wealth and inequality in the U.S. revealing the striking difference between what people think is the reality of wealth distribution and the real economic picture has already received over 10 million hits on YouTube.
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Sacramento -
Juan Mendez, the United Nation's lead torture investigator, says that he is worried about increased use of solitary confinement in United States' prisons and wants access to California lockups.
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A local police SWAT team in an undisclosed town conducts tactical training focused on the apprehension of heavily armed and dangerous fugitives. The FBI's Hostage Rescue Team is the gold standard by which many local police SWAT teams in the United States measure themselves by, especially those in small suburban and rural towns.
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United States Blogs
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No single regional or alliance response from the U.S. and Japanese militaries can bring military and political...
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North Korean army announced on Thursday that it has received final approval to initiate military operations against the...
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United States, South Korea and Japan have, in the event of North Korean shots of a real array of interceptors, fixed or...
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As the U.S. Congress once again pushes the country toward the limits of the debt ceiling, interest rates are likely to...
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