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Efrain Rios Montt (Reuters)

Guatemala genocide conviction overturned

Guatemala's top court overturned the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt and ordered that his trial restart.

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Close-up of a 'crazy ant' queen (Joe MacGown, Mississippi Entomological Museum)

'Crazy ants' drive out rival species

Residents in the southern US are dealing with the invasion of 'crazy ants' from South America.

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NZ Foreign Minister Murray McCully with US Secretary of State John Kerry (Photo: @StateDept/Twitter)

NZ-US relations 'excellent' - McCully

Foreign Minister Murray McCully has told the Pacific Partnership Forum in Washington that US-NZ relations are excellent.

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Rescue workers help free one of the 15 people that were trapped in the Moore hospital complex (Reuters)

Dozens dead after Oklahoma tornado video

More than 90 people have been killed and dozens of children remain missing after a powerful tornado hit Oklahoma City.

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Shawnee residents comfort each other after their houses are flattened (Reuters)

Two dead after Oklahoma tornado video

A tornado which swept through Shawnee, Oklahoma killed two people, injured others and tore off roofs.

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Large quake strikes off coast of Chile

The US Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has struck off the coast of Chile.

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Medgar Evers

The man who desegregated US TV news video

Next month marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of American civil rights leader Medgar Evers.

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 A tornado is pictured near a home in South Haven, Kansas (Reuters)

One dead after US tornadoes

One person was killed in Oklahoma, and 21 injuries were reported throughout the state after several tornadoes struck the region.

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Alexis Normand performing the US national anthem

Star-Mangled Banner: Anthem goes wrong video

A Canadian singer has been left red-faced after mangling the anthem of her northern American neighbour at an international ice hockey tournament.

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Tickets for the Florida Lottery Powerball are displayed at the Lawrence Shell gas station in Boynton Beach (Reuters)

Small town waits for $712M winner video

Some lucky person walked into a supermarket in Florida and bought a ticket now worth an estimated US$590.5 million (NZ$712 million).

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A tornado in Shawnee, Oklahoma (Photo: Twitter/@News9)

US tornadoes destroy houses in Midwest video

Tornadoes in a powerful storm system in the Plains and upper Midwest have damaged homes and buildings near Oklahoma City.

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Passengers wait to be picked up after the crash (Reuters)

Days of train delays for NY commuters

Thousands of commuters are bracing for a difficult trip around Connecticut and to New York City after a rail line was crippled by a derailment and crash.

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US President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard (File: Reuters)

'Ameristralia' union doomed

The campaign to create Ameristralia, a merger of Australia and the US to form one nation, appears to be doomed.

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The forum will discuss the Christchurch Earthquake (AAP)

US forum discusses trade and Chch

The 2013 Pacific Partnership Forum starts today in Washington DC where government and business leaders will discuss a range of issues.

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An employee at a Starbucks in Philadelphia is credited with recognising 24-year-old Caleb "Kai" McGillvary

'Hatchet hitchhiker' arrested for homicide

Two cups of coffee ended life on the run for an Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker.

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