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U.S. justices take up gay marriage for the first time

YoopyaMarch 26, 2013

by YoopyaMarch 26, 20130

(Reuters) – America’s top court takes up the delicate and divisive issue of gay marriage on Tuesday when the nine Supreme Court justices consider the...

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Schwarzenegger mentor Weider dies

YoopyaMarch 25, 2013

by YoopyaMarch 25, 20130

Bodybuilding guru Joe Weider, the man who launched Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Hollywood career, has died aged 93. Known for creating the Mr Olympia bodybuilding contest, Weider...

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Michael Bloomberg funds $12m US gun law campaign

YoopyaMarch 25, 2013

by YoopyaMarch 25, 20130

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is bankrolling a $12m (£7.8m) advertising campaign for tougher gun control laws. The television adverts will run in 13 states...

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South Korea, US sign military plan against North ‘provocations’

YoopyaMarch 25, 2013March 25, 2013

by YoopyaMarch 25, 2013March 25, 20130

South Korea has signed a new military plan with the US to counter what officials call North Korean “provocations”. The plan provides for a joint...

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Texas shootout ‘link’ to Colorado prison chief’s killing

YoopyaMarch 23, 2013

by YoopyaMarch 23, 20130

Officials are investigating if a gunman who died of his wounds after a shootout with Texas police on Thursday is linked to a Colorado prison...

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FAA to close 149 air traffic towers as budget cuts bite

YoopyaMarch 23, 2013

by YoopyaMarch 23, 20130

The US aviation authority plans to close 149 air traffic control towers in response to steep budget cuts that took effect this month. Towers will...

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Obama ends Middle East trip with visit to Petra ruins

YoopyaMarch 23, 2013

by YoopyaMarch 23, 20130

US President Barack Obama is ending his visit to the Middle East with a trip to the famous ruins of the ancient city of Petra...

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Mali’s Ansar Dine militants blacklisted by US

YoopyaMarch 23, 2013

by YoopyaMarch 23, 20130

The US government has placed Mali’s Islamist group Ansar Dine on its terror blacklist because of continued links to al-Qaeda’s North Africa branch. The decision...

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America’s forgotten black cowboys

YoopyaMarch 22, 2013

by YoopyaMarch 22, 20130

Quentin Tarantino’s Oscar-winning Western, Django Unchained, is one of relatively few Hollywood films depicting a black cowboy. In reality there were many, some of whose...

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U.S. rethinking lowest-priced contract rule for guarding embassies

YoopyaMarch 22, 2013March 22, 2013

by YoopyaMarch 22, 2013March 22, 20130

(Reuters) – Lawmakers are reconsidering a 1990 law that makes the State Department accept the lowest bids for contracts to provide private security at most...