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      <title>US seeks help in capturing Benghazi suspects</title>
      <description>Libyan armed groups' cooperation sought as FBI looks for five men suspected of taking part in deadly consulate raid.</description>
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      <title>Guatemala's ex-president extradited to US</title>
      <description>Alfonso Portillo describes extradition to the US, where he will face money-laundering charges, as a "kidnapping".</description>
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      <title>Obama defends US drone attacks</title>
      <description>President says maintaining policy overseas is part of US being "at a crossroads" in defeat of terrorism.</description>
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      <title>US tax official put on leave over scandal</title>
      <description>Action against Lois Lerner, under fire over extra scrutiny of conservative groups, follows reported refusal to resign.</description>
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      <title>US casts doubts on Iran election credibility</title>
      <description>US Secretary of State John Kerry criticised Iran for cutting all but eight men out of the country's presidential poll.</description>
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      <title>US highway bridge collapses into river</title>
      <description>No deaths reported in incident on Interstate 5 in Washington state, which threw vehicles and people into Skagit River.</description>
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      <title>Satellite collides with Soviet-era rocket</title>
      <description>Ecuador official says Pegaso survived crash with remains of S14 rocket, but is damaged and unable to transmit signal.</description>
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      <title>Disease threatens Florida's orange groves</title>
      <description>Multi-billion-dollar citrus industry faces serious threat as incurable disease spreads across the country.</description>
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      <title>US Boy Scouts vote to end ban on gays</title>
      <description>Nearly two-third of delegates vote to allow openly gay youths to join organisation, but ban on adult leaders remains.</description>
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      <title>Pacific Alliance bloc focuses on Asia trade</title>
      <description>Nations with combined population of 209 million aim to better integrate economies of Colombia, Mexico, Chile, and Peru.</description>
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      <title>US tornado damage could cost $2bn</title>
      <description>Oklahoma City mayor says up to 13,000 homes were destroyed or damaged and 33,000 people were affected.</description>
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      <title>Man 'linked to Boston suspect' killed by FBI</title>
      <description>Florida man shot dead after he got violent during questioning about his possible links to blast suspects, FBI says.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:59:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>US immigration bill moves one step forward</title>
      <description>Senate Judiciary Committee approves potentially historic legislation following weeks of marathon hearings.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 02:51:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Pentagon wants $450m for Guantanamo</title>
      <description>Budget request calls for $200m to go towards military construction to upgrade temporary facilities at the prison.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:07:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Microsoft unveils new Xbox gaming console</title>
      <description>Xbox One will compete with Nintendo's new Wii U and Sony's PlayStation 4 for part of $65bn computer game market.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 01:22:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Bolivia law lets Morales run for third term</title>
      <description>Vice president amends constitution to allow President Evo Morales to stand for election in 2015. </description>
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      <title>Guatemala court overturns genocide conviction</title>
      <description>Top court rules that the trial of former military ruler Efrain Rios Montt restart to solve several appeal issues.</description>
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      <title>Protests in New York after gay man's murder</title>
      <description>Thousand march in New York's Greenwich Village to honour the memory of "gay angel Mark Carson".</description>
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      <title>Co-founder of US group The Doors dies at 74</title>
      <description>Ray Manzarek, a founding member of 1960s rock band, played on hit songs such as "Break On Through to the Other Side".</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 06:32:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Yahoo to buy Tumblr in $1.1bn deal</title>
      <description>US company confirms that it will buy blogging and social networking site, in bid to attract younger user base.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:42:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mexican women embrace natural childbirth</title>
      <description>Country with the highest rate of Caesarean births in Latin America coming round to idea of natural birthing.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 20:17:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Canada's top aide quits over expenses scandal</title>
      <description>Nigel Wright, the prime minister's chief of staff, resigns after secretly giving a $87,000 cheque to a Senate member.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 01:19:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Post-Chavez Venezuela makes overture to US</title>
      <description>Foreign minister Elias Jaua says country is looking to 'resume diplomatic representation at the highest level'.</description>
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      <title>Texas to take BP and Halliburton to court</title>
      <description>Texas, alleges the companies and others "engaged in wilful and wanton misconduct" in the 2010 Deep Horizon oil spill.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 01:18:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Guantanamo hunger strike enters 100th day</title>
      <description>Activists protest outside White House calling for immediate closure of controversial jail.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 23:17:45 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Scores injured after US trains collide</title>
      <description>At least 49 injured after derailed train from New York City strikes another train in US state of Connecticut.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 02:31:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Argentine military leader Videla dies at 87</title>
      <description>Jailed architect of repressive system that left at least 9,000 people dead in nation's "Dirty War" remained unrepentant.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:12:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Reports: Boston suspect blamed US-led wars</title>
      <description>In message on boat, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev said marathon blasts were punishment for "crimes against Muslims", CBS News says.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 05:43:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>US online tax could benefit local stores</title>
      <description>Currently online sellers are only required to collect local taxes in states with physical operations.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:25:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Argentina's inflation strategy draws scorn</title>
      <description>Bid to attract US dollar deposits criticised as potential incentive for money laundering and organised crime.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 07:10:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Obama names acting head of US tax agency</title>
      <description>Decision comes after former IRS boss resigned over allegations that agency targeted conservative groups.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:37:22 GMT</pubDate>
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