News of the Americas
- Alaska senator drops out of race
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski accepts defeat in her re-election bid, and the Republican nomination goes to a newcomer backed by the Tea Party.
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- Obama calls for Mid-East progress
President Obama urges Mid-East leaders not to let the chance of a peace deal slip away, ahead of a new round of talks.
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- Hurricane prompts US evacuations
Evacuations begin in areas of the US East Coast likely to be hit by Hurricane Earl, which has strengthened to a category four storm again.
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- Discovery Channel gunman killed
Police shoot dead a gunman who took three hostages at the Discovery Communications HQ near Washington and free his prisoners.
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- Apple launches MySpace challenger
Apple launches a music-based social network called Ping as part of its latest upgrade to the iTunes music software.
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- Yemeni flight pair freed without charge
Two Yemenis arrested in Amsterdam on suspicion of planning a terror attack are released, prosecutors in the Netherlands say.
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- Obama hails US operation in Iraq
President Barack Obama hails the end of US combat operations in Iraq, saying the US has paid “a huge price” to “put Iraq’s future in its people’s hands”.
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- Obama ‘awed’ by US Iraq sacrifice
President Obama hails the end of US combat operations in Iraq, saying the US has paid a “a huge price” to “put Iraq’s future in its peoples’ hands”.
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