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One American killed and another wounded in gun attack at petrol station in eastern district of city
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Nina Pham, the first person to contract Ebola in the US, was one of 70 who treated the country's 'patient zero' of the virus
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Isis advances on Baghdad and Kobani despite 21 air strikes in two days while Turkey bombs Kurdish targets in south-east
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Australian novelist picks up award for The Narrow Road to the Deep North, about Thai-Burma railway
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Supreme court ruling puts on hold parts of earlier federal decision that allowed clinics to close
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Multiple counts presented against Libyan accused of being ringleader in deadly assault on US diplomatic post
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Family reject police claim that Vonderrit Myers was armed but St Louis police say 9mm handgun was recovered from scene
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Family of Clayton Lockett, executed in Oklahoma, says doctor violated rule established at Nuremberg trials
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World's fastest submerging state is looking to nature in an ambitious plan to turn back the tide, and to BP to fund it – but will it work?
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Protesters take over tunnel in front of government headquarters after police arrest one of their number, local reports say
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US Justice Department has criticised Texas law as being the state's latest tool to suppress minority voters in elections
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Storm sweeps into Caribbean with greater force than expected, destroying boats and moving north-west while continuing to grow
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Michael Tanouye was arrested after sexual assault that forced plane to turn around and return to Honolulu
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Anonabox, a device that re-routes data through the cloaking Tor network, is tool for freedom of information, developer says
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Steenkamps have promised to return 'every cent' of money sent by the man who killed their daughter, prosecutor says
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US agency faces questions after records show Lulzsec leader, who was informant at time, helped attack that closed UK sites
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Non-binding vote, supported by 274 MPs with 12 voting against, said to reflect changing public opinion
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Technology companies may offer generous maternity benefits, but do women workers get an incentive not to have children?
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Magistrate waives wait and performs what is likely the state's first gay marriage since a judge ruled ban unconstitutional
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Sixteen-year-old girl locks herself in bathroom to call for help as man wanders into home from pub crawl in Minneapolis