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Magnitude 5.7 quake in California

Residents in rural north-eastern California assessed damage to their homes and businesses Friday from a magnitude-5.7 earthquake, one of the strongest temblors to hit the densely forested region in decades.

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (Reuters)

Syrian regime OKs peace talks amid scepticism

Syria's government has agreed to attend a US-Russian-brokered peace conference, according to Moscow. While this development might seem at first glance to be a step toward ending the civil war, strong scepticism persists on both sides.

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Twenty-four people died in the tornado (Reuters)

Thunderstorms slow tornado cleanup video

A band of thunderstorms is battering the Oklahoma City area and slowing cleanup operations where a tornado killed 24 people.

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A massive tornado flattened entire blocks of Moore, Oklahoma (Reuters)

Woman in labour survives tornado video

A team of heroic Oklahoma hospital staff stayed with a woman in labour, despite a tornado lashing around them.

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Two unmanned drones parked in California (Reuters)

Obama reveals new drone strike rules video

US President Barack Obama has revealed clearer guidelines for the use of deadly drone strikes.

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Photographer Wayne Miller dies at 94

Photographer Wayne F Miller has died. He was aged 94.

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Bradley Manning (Reuters)

WikiLeaks fight moves to federal court

The WikiLeaks organisation asked a federal judge Wednesday to order greater transparency in the court-martial of Bradley Manning.

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Debris is scattered around damaged playground equipment (Reuters)

School storm protection spotty video

Unlike several other schools area, Plaza Towers had no "safe room" in which students and teachers could seek protection from a twister.

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Anthony Weiner (Reuters file)

Weiner wants to make a comeback

Anthony Weiner is seeking to get past the tawdry-tweeter punch line that has dogged him since his congressional career imploded two years ago.

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Residents try to salvage belongings after the tornado (Reuters)

Oklahoma tornado damage up to $2B video

The tornado that tore through an Oklahoma suburb damaged as many as 13,000 homes and may have caused $2 billion in overall damage.

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Ibragim Todashev was shot dead by FBI (Reuters)

FBI kill man in Boston bomb investigation video

A Chechen immigrant was shot to death while being questioned over the Boston Marathon bombing after he lunged at an FBI agent with a knife.

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 A US Marine guard tower overlooks the northeast gate leading into Cuba territory at Guantanamo Bay (Reuters)

Pentagon wants $450M for Guantanamo

The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison.

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Destroyed vehicles lie in the rubble outside the Plaza Towers Elementary school in Moore, Oklahoma (Reuters)

Teachers credited with saving students video

After the tornado alarm went off, students at Plaza Towers, in Oklahoma, scrambled into the halls to find safety.

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The US Consulate in Benghazi after the attack in September last year (Reuters)

US IDs Benghazi attack suspects

The US has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year.

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Tim Cook (Reuters)

CEO defends Apple's tax strategy

The Senate dragged Apple, the world's most valuable company, into the debate over the US tax code on Tuesday.

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Rescue workers look through the rubble at Plaza Towers Elementary school in Moore, Oklahoma (Reuters)

Search nears end after devastating tornado video

Helmeted rescue workers raced to complete the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb destroyed by a mammoth tornado.

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Moore, Oklahoma residents had their houses destroyed (Reuters)

Obama sends help, more tornadoes forecast video

Officials have revised the death toll down to 24, but warn it is likely to rise again as more sites are searched.

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People are seen next to a damaged house in Moore, Oklahoma (Reuters)

In tornado's wake, parents seek out kids video

At least 20 children are among the more than 90 reported dead so far in Moore, Oklahoma.

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping (Reuters)

Xi to meet Obama earlier than expected

China's new leader will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than their expected first meeting.

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US Secretary of State John Kerry (Reuters)

Kerry pushes for more Syria talks

John Kerry is headed back to the Middle East to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime.

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