A gunman shot a US congresswoman in the head, seriously wounding her, and killed six others in a shooting rampage at a public meeting on Saturday.
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/ 18 September 2010
A string of attacks hit Afghanistan’s parliamentary election on Saturday, after the Taliban vowed to disrupt the poll.
A United States judge on Wednesday blocked key parts of Arizona’s tough new immigration law hours before it was to take effect.
Families south of the Mexico-California border readied to sleep outside for a second night on Monday after dozens of aftershocks rattle the area.
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/ 19 February 2010
Superstar golfer Tiger Woods said on Friday he intended to return to professional golf one day, but he did not yet know when.
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/ 25 September 2008
When Wall Street crashed in 1929, retiree Helen Haas remembers lining up with her mother at a Chicago bank to withdraw her in savings.
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/ 16 September 2008
Texas officials warned on Monday of a possible health crisis and urged thousands to leave the island city of Galveston.
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/ 12 September 2008
Hurricane Ike on Friday moved within 24 hours of striking the densely populated Texas coast near Houston with a possible 6m wall of water.
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/ 2 September 2008
Hurricane Gustav slammed ashore on the US Gulf Coast near New Orleans on Monday but rebuilt levees appeared to hold floodwaters out of the city.
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/ 1 September 2008
Hurricane Gustav roared ashore on the US Gulf Coast on Monday, lashing New Orleans with winds and rain but sparing the city its full force.