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Myanmar president set to meet Obama

Myanmar President Thein Sein is set to become the first leader of his country to visit the White House in nearly half a century, in one of the most symbolic US gestures yet to support his reforms.

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Powerful tornadoes lash US states

Tornadoes have lashed the US states of Oklahoma and Kansas, leaving one person dead, in what experts say is a weather system moving through the central region, stretching from north Texas to Minnesota.

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Canada's top aide quits over expenses scandal

The top aide to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has resigned over his role in an mounting expenses scandal which is threatening to undermine the Conservative government.

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Post-Chavez Venezuela makes overture to US

Venezuela's foreign minister has signalled that his country is ready to improve its diplomatic ties with the United States.

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US scolds Russia for sending arms to Syria

The US has scolded Russia for sending missiles to the Syrian government, with plans for an international peace conference promoted by the two major powers appearing to founder on diplomatic rifts over its scope and purpose.

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Guantanamo hunger strike enters 100th day

Activists demanding the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison have marked the 100th day of a hunger strike there by submitting a petition to the White House containing some 370,000 signatures.

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Scores injured after US trains collide

Two commuter trains serving the US city of New York have collided in Connecticut state during evening rush hour, injuring at least 49 people, authorities say.

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Boston suspect 'wrote message in boat'

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the accused in Boston Marathon bombing, who was found hiding in a boat days after the blasts, left a handwritten message describing the attack as retribution for US wars in Muslim countries, an American news channel has reported.

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Argentine military leader Videla dies at 87

Jorge Rafael Videla, the military leader who ruled Argentina during its "Dirty War", has died at the age of 87 while serving a life sentence in prison for crimes against humanity.

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Obama names acting head of US tax agency

President Barack Obama will appoint senior White House budget officer Daniel Werfel to be acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, the US tax agencym a White House official says.

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