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US warns its citizens from travelling to Pakistan

As a wave of anti-US protest raged in Pakistan, America on Thursday asked its citizens to defer all non-essential travel to that country.
Replacing the August 27 travel warning that had reminded US c

Neil Armstrong, 1st to walk on moon, buried at sea

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The first man to walk on the moon has been buried at sea.

NASA says Neil Armstrong's cremated remains were buried in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday during a ceremony aboard the USS Philippine Sea.

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Obama vows to ‘stand fast’ as anti-US violence spreads

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Furious protesters targeted symbols of US influence in cities across the Muslim world on Friday, attacking embassies, schools and restaurants in retaliation for a film that mocks Islam.

White House asks YouTube to review anti-Islam video

Hit by spiraling tide of anti-American protests in the Muslim world, the White House today asked Google-owned YouTube to review continued uploading of a controversial film deemed offensive to Islam.

US to send Marines to beef up security of missions in Mid-East

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As the fury over an anti-Islam video mounted in the Muslim world, the US on Saturday told the nations across the globe that it was their responsibility to ensure security of its diplomatic personne

US scrambles to rush spies, drones to Libya

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The U.S. is sending more spies, Marines and drones to Libya, trying to speed the search for those who killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans, but the investigation is complicated by a ch

US has nothing to do with ‘disgusting’ film: Hillary Clinton

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With protests growing in the Middle East over an anti-Islam film, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday said the US government had absolutely nothing to do with the video, whose content and message it completely rejects.

Fed launches QE3, bets big to rescue US economy

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The Federal Reserve launched another aggressive stimulus program on Thursday, saying it would pump $40 billion into the US economy each month until it saw a sustained upturn in the weak jobs market.

America says goodbye to first moon-walker Neil Armstrong

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Hundreds of mourners turned out on Thursday to remember Neil Armstrong, the first man to step on the Moon, at a special public interfaith meeting ahead of the planned burial at sea.

Armstrong, 82, di

US identifies anti-Muslim filmmaker

A US law enforcement official says a man named Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is behind the anti-Muslim film being blamed for mob attacks in Egypt, Libya and Yemen.

A man who calls himself Sam Bacile has s

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