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Texas tornadoes leave six dead in US state

At least six people have been killed and many injured after tornadoes ripped through the Dallas-Fort Worth area in Texas, destroying homes and uprooting trees, authorities in the US state have said.

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Turkey PM and Obama discuss Syria

Turkish prime minister is meeting with US presidentUS President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan have pledged to increase pressure on Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to step down.

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White House releases Benghazi emails

The White House has released more than 100 pages of emails detailing discussion inside the administration over last year's attacks on a US diplomatic compound in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.

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US attorney general questioned on subpoenas

The leader of a House of Representatives panel has told Eric Holder, US attorney general, that they had serious concerns about the Justice Department's gathering of phone records at the Associated Press news agency.

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US scientists clone human stem cells

Scientists have recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos in a breakthrough that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes.

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NASA's planet-hunting telescope 'broken'

NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft appears to be hobbled by a faulty wheel and may be near the end of its four-year mission, space agency scientists have said.

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Head of US tax agency quits amid controversy

President Barack Obama announces tax chief has resignedBarack Obama, the US president, has announced that the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service will resign as part of the ongoing scandal into the conduct of some IRS officers in unfairly targeting conservative political groups.

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US navy launches carrier-borne drone

A drone the size of a fighter jet has taken off from the deck of an US aircraft carrier for the first time in a test flight that could eventually open the way for the US to launch unmanned aircraft from almost anywhere in the world.

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Obama says US tax actions 'intolerable'

Barack Obama, the US president, has said that the federal tax agency’s targeting of conservative political groups was "intolerable and inexcusable".

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Brazil clears way for same-sex marriage

A top judicial panel in Brazil has cleared the way for same-sex marriage in the country, ruling that gay couples could not be denied marriage licenses.

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