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 Gulf 'to recover by end of 2012' The Gulf of Mexico will have largely recovered from the BP oil spill by the end of 2012, the administrator of the $20bn pay-outs fund has sa...
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| Feb.4 |
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US joblessness falls in January US unemployment fell in January to 9% from 9.4% a month earlier, the Department of Labor said
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  Obama raises pressure on Mubarak Barack Obama has urged Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak 'to make the right decision' to end weeks of unrest
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 Key Hmong denied Arlington burial The US Army has rejected a request for ethnic Hmong leader Vang Pao to be buried with full military honours in Arlington National Cemetery
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| Feb.8 |
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 US urges faster change in Egypt  | The US has called on the Egyptian government to immediately lift the country's emergency laws, which have been in place for 30 years | |
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| Feb.9 |
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White House raises Egypt pressure The US administration steps up its criticism of Egypt's leadership after a 16th consecutive day of protests against the rule of President Mubarak
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'Flirt e-mail' politician resigns Media report that Chris Lee, 46, a married Republican congressman flirted online with a woman to whom he sent a shirtless photograph
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US threat 'at highest since 9/11' Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano: The threat of terrorism against the US homeland is in some aspects 'at its most heightened state'
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| Feb.10 |
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US demands clear Egypt transition President Barack Obama says the Egyptian government has yet to put forward a 'credible, concrete and unequivocal' path to democracy
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| Feb.14 |
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  Clinton praises Iran protesters US Secretary of State has expressed her firm support for the thousands of opposition supporters who protested in Iran's capital
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Senate extends Patriot Act powers The US Senate has voted to extend controversial surveillance powers granted by the Patriot Act law, put in place after the 9/11 attacks
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| Feb.17 |
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 Bahrain urged to show restraint | Washington has urged Bahrain to show restraint in dealing with protesters and called for meaningful reform in the Gulf state kingdom | |
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| Feb.23 |
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  Obama condemns crackdown in Libya | US President has denounced the violent crackdown by the Libyan authorities on peaceful protesters as "outrageous and unacceptable | |
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Clinton: Iran crackdown killed protesters U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused Iran of a repressive crackdown on protesters and political opponents in the past 10 days
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| Feb.24 |
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 Obama seeks consensus on Libya violence| US President has called the leaders of the UK, France and Italy as international efforts to respond to the crisis in Libya gather pace | |
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| Feb.25 |
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 Obama announces Libya sanctions| US President has signed an order blocking property and transactions involving assets of Gaddafi and several of his close associates | |
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