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Thursday, August 29th 2013 - 03:17 UTC
China calls for restraint in Syria and says military intervention can only worsen the crisis

China's foreign minister urged restraint in the growing tensions over Syria, saying any military intervention in the crisis would only worsen turmoil in the Middle East. China all along has tried to maintain a neutral position on the issue, not accompanying the West’s intentions of imposing sanctions to Syria but calling on Damascus to begin talking with the rebels.
Thursday, August 29th 2013 - 02:06 UTC
USDA confirms an outbreak of PEDV in the United States for the first time

The US Department of Agriculture has confirmed that porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDV) has been identified in the United States for the first time through testing at the National Veterinary Services Laboratory.
Thursday, August 29th 2013 - 01:57 UTC
OAS recalls Martin Luther King’s historic speech “I have a dream”

The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza recalled on Wednesday the 50 years since the historic address by the great civil rights leader in the United States, Martin Luther King, “in which he shared his dream of inclusion and his will to put an end to racial discrimination using non-violent means.”
Thursday, August 29th 2013 - 01:42 UTC
Obama honours 50 anniversary of March on Washington and the ‘I have a dream’ speech

Addressing hundreds of thousands of people commemorating on Wednesday the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for civil rights, US President Barack Obama underlined the “unfinished business” in the struggle for equality and justice in America
Tuesday, August 27th 2013 - 21:30 UTC
US aquifer supplying 30% of irrigated groundwater and stretching under eight states rapidly depleting

Almost 70% of the groundwater stored in parts of the United States' High Plains Aquifer, a vast underground reservoir that stretches through eight states, from South Dakota to Texas, and supplies 30% of the US irrigated groundwater, could be used up within 50 years unless current water use is reduced, a new study finds
Friday, August 23rd 2013 - 23:15 UTC
“Uniquely recalcitrant debtor” Argentina loses bonds’ appeal: next step US Supreme Court

Argentina lost on Friday its appeal of a ruling that would force it to pay in full holders of 1.3 billion dollars in defaulted debt when it makes a payment to investors who took discounted restructured bonds, opening the prospect for a US Supreme Court appeal, which if it happens will push the litigation into 2014.
Thursday, August 22nd 2013 - 23:22 UTC
Leaker Manning reveals he is a female and should be addressed as Chelsea

Bradley Manning, sentenced to 35 years in military prison for the biggest breach of classified US documents in US history, said in a statement he is female and wants to live as a woman named Chelsea.
Thursday, August 22nd 2013 - 00:33 UTC
Fed members agree to slow bond purchases but divided over when to start

The US Federal Reserve members appear to agree on slowing bond purchases by the end of this year if the US economy continues to improve, but remains divided over the exact timing of the move. That's the message from the minutes of the Fed's July 30-31 meeting released Wednesday.
Wednesday, August 21st 2013 - 18:28 UTC
Manning sentenced to 35 years for providing Wikileaks with 700.000 classified files

Bradley Manning, the US soldier convicted of the biggest breach of classified data in the nation's history by providing files to WikiLeaks, was sentenced to 35 years in prison. Judge Colonel Denise Lind, who last month found Manning guilty of 20 charges including espionage and theft, could have sentenced him to as many as 90 years in prison. Prosecutors had asked for 60 years.
Wednesday, August 21st 2013 - 18:26 UTC
Al-Jazeera despite ‘aggressive hostility’ launches TV news-channel in United States

Al Jazeera is launching a new TV news channel in the United States. The network will be available in almost 48 million US households, offering 14 hours of news each day. Al Jazeera replaces Current TV, the cable television network founded by former US Vice President Al Gore, which the Qatar-owned broadcaster acquired in January 2013 for around 500m dollars.