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US scolds Russia for sending arms to Syria

The US has scolded Russia for sending missiles to the Syrian government, with plans for an international peace conference promoted by the two major powers appearing to founder on diplomatic rifts over its scope and purpose.

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Guantanamo hunger strike enters 100th day

Activists demanding the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison have marked the 100th day of a hunger strike there by submitting a petition to the White House containing some 370,000 signatures.

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Scores injured after US trains collide

Two commuter trains serving the US city of New York have collided in Connecticut state during evening rush hour, injuring at least 49 people, authorities say.

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Boston suspect 'wrote message in boat'

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the accused in Boston Marathon bombing, who was found hiding in a boat days after the blasts, left a handwritten message describing the attack as retribution for US wars in Muslim countries, an American news channel has reported.

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Argentine military leader Videla dies at 87

Jorge Rafael Videla, the military leader who ruled Argentina during its "Dirty War", has died at the age of 87 while serving a life sentence in prison for crimes against humanity.

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Obama names acting head of US tax agency

President Barack Obama will appoint senior White House budget officer Daniel Werfel to be acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, the US tax agencym a White House official says.

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Texas tornadoes leave six dead in US state

At least six people have been killed and many injured after tornadoes ripped through the Dallas-Fort Worth area in Texas, destroying homes and uprooting trees, authorities in the US state have said.

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Turkey PM and Obama discuss Syria

Turkish prime minister is meeting with US presidentUS President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan have pledged to increase pressure on Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to step down.

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White House releases Benghazi emails

The White House has released more than 100 pages of emails detailing discussion inside the administration over last year's attacks on a US diplomatic compound in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.

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US attorney general questioned on subpoenas

The leader of a House of Representatives panel has told Eric Holder, US attorney general, that they had serious concerns about the Justice Department's gathering of phone records at the Associated Press news agency.

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