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An Arizona law allowing police spot-checks to demand citizenship has been upheld Sat, 30 Jun 2012 12:55 EDT

Iran's President Mahmud Ahmadinejad Sun, 01 Jul 2012 16:02 EDT

US President Barack Obama talks on the phone after learning the ?Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act? was passed Sat, 30 Jun 2012 12:53 EDT

Obamacare supporters demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Sat, 30 Jun 2012 12:53 EDT

A protestor stands outside the US Supreme Court Sat, 30 Jun 2012 12:53 EDT

Janet Jackson, pictured in May 2012 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 14:18 EDT

A still image of US soldier Bowe Bergdahl (L) in 2010 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 14:01 EDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Geneva Sat, 30 Jun 2012 15:25 EDT

A protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask holds a poster reading "I'm Julian" Sat, 30 Jun 2012 13:03 EDT

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, pictured in February 2012 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 13:03 EDT

White House hopeful Mitt Romney Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:45 EDT

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with Jim Yong Kim Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:08 EDT

Graphic: Profile of Jim Yong Kim Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:08 EDT

President of the World Bank Jim Yong Kim Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:08 EDT

A C-130 drops retardant on a section of the Waldo Canyon in Colorado Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:27 EDT

Republican presidential hopeful and former governor Mitt Romney delivers remarks via satellite to the AIPAC convention Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:53 EDT

White House hopeful Mitt Romney will travel to Israel this summer Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:53 EDT

A convoy of NATO supply trucks driven by Pakistani drivers make their way as they prepare to cross into Afghanistan Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:53 EDT

Abdel Basset Sayda (C), head of the exiled opposition Syrian National Council Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:39 EDT

A Modular Airborne Firefighting System-equipped C-130 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:14 EDT

Jim Yong Kim Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:03 EDT

Incoming World Bank President Jim Yong Kim speaks to the press outside the World Bank in Washington, DC Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:03 EDT

A still from a video shows Islamist militants destroying an ancient shrine in Timbuktu on July 1 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:43 EDT

US President Barack Obama (L) speaks with former Mexican President Felipe Calderon in June Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:36 EDT

President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto (L) of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:36 EDT

A victim of one of the attacks on churches in the Kenyan town of Garissa is wheeled by paramedics to a waiting ambulance Sun, 01 Jul 2012 15:55 EDT

Cole reminded Boehner that presidents Reagan and Bush had asserted the same privilege in their dealings with Congress Sat, 30 Jun 2012 02:45 EDT

The Justice Department said it had determined Holder's response "does not constitute a crime" Sat, 30 Jun 2012 02:45 EDT

There's nothing like a record-setting heat wave to get people to rediscover the joys of their local library Mon, 02 Jul 2012 22:42 EDT

More than 400,000 homes and businesses in and around Washington lost power in the aftermath of fierce thunderstorms Mon, 02 Jul 2012 22:42 EDT

Temperatures in the eastern United States have remained at around 100-plus degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius) for days Mon, 02 Jul 2012 22:42 EDT

The Church of Scientology denied sending anyone to follow Katie Holmes after she filed for divorce from Tom Cruise Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:13 EDT

Reports say Katie Holmes filed for divorce from Tom Cruise because she feared her husband's plans for their daughter Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:13 EDT

Katie Holmes leaves a TV studio on Times Square in New York a day after filing for divorce from Tom Cruise Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:13 EDT

Boeing now sees the global market doubling to 34,000 airliners worth $4,500 bn in the next 20 years Tue, 03 Jul 2012 06:00 EDT

Occupy Wall Street participants march down Fifth Avenue as part of May Day events in New York in 2012 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:14 EDT

GSK is accused of paying kickbacks to doctors to gain their support for their drugs Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:11 EDT

Living Social's 5,000 employees mean its workforce is bigger than Facebook's Tue, 03 Jul 2012 02:51 EDT

Living Social has 67 million subscribers in 20 countries, and works with some 115,000 merchants Tue, 03 Jul 2012 02:51 EDT

Living Social is expanding amid skepticism about firms linked to social media and a rocky period for Groupon Tue, 03 Jul 2012 02:51 EDT

"People are starting to come to us as a destination," says Living Social chief executive Tim O'Shaughnessy Tue, 03 Jul 2012 02:51 EDT

Seventy-five years after Earhart disappeared over the Pacific, a research team plans an expedition to solve the mystery Tue, 03 Jul 2012 03:22 EDT

Graphic on the search for aviation legend Amelia Earhart's plane Tue, 03 Jul 2012 03:22 EDT

American aviator Amelia Earhart at the controls of her plane Tue, 03 Jul 2012 03:22 EDT

Kodak hopes that Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection will give it time to reorganize its businesses Tue, 03 Jul 2012 01:22 EDT

Jeneba Tarmoh and Allyson Felix (top) were given identical timings of 11.068 seconds in the race Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:33 EDT

Jeneba Tarmoh (L) and Allyson Felix after competing in the women's 100m dash on June 23 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:33 EDT

Martin Brodeur Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:35 EDT

Competitors swim in Heat 2 of the Men's 100m freestyle event Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:56 EDT

Dara Torres, 45, celebrates her second place finish following the women's 50m Freestyle semifinal Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:56 EDT

Competitors dive into the pool to start their race in Heat 5 of the Men's 100m Freestyle event Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:56 EDT

Anthony Davis Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:00 EDT

Australia's Adam Scott finished in third place at five-under-par 279 Sun, 01 Jul 2012 22:54 EDT

Bo Van Pelt hits a tee shot on the third hole during the final round of the AT&T National Sun, 01 Jul 2012 22:54 EDT

Tiger Woods won for the third time this year by outlasting fellow American Bo Van Pelt in a back-nine duel Sun, 01 Jul 2012 22:54 EDT

Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:50 EDT

US player Serena Williams plays against Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:50 EDT

Seattle Mariners' Hisashi Iwakuma pitched five solid innings in his first Major League Baseball start Tue, 03 Jul 2012 03:07 EDT

Jeremy Lin told USA Basketball that he was withdrawing because he is now a NBA restricted free agent Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:13 EDT

Scott Brooks coached Oklahoma City to a 47-19 record in the lockout-shortended National Basketball Association season Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:03 EDT

First-placed Andrew Gemmell (R) and second-placed Connor Jaeger (L) congratulate each other after the 1500m freestyle Tue, 03 Jul 2012 01:53 EDT

Dara Torres, who was denied in her bid to make a sixth Olympic team, said her swimming career was over Tue, 03 Jul 2012 01:53 EDT

Jessica Hardy won the 50m freestyle at the US Olympic swimming trials Tue, 03 Jul 2012 01:53 EDT

Abdou Diouf (L), Secretary-General of La Francophonie, and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:25 EDT

Members of the Orchestre de la Francophonie perform Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:25 EDT

Quebec Prime Minister Jean Charest delivers a speech at the opening ceremony at the Forum Mondial de la Langue Francaise Mon, 02 Jul 2012 19:25 EDT

Luka Rocco Magnotta (C) is escorted by police in Montreal Mon, 02 Jul 2012 13:02 EDT

Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber has earned a diploma from a Catholic secondary school in his native Ontario Tue, 03 Jul 2012 03:41 EDT

A Greek Orthodox priest cleans the entrance of the Grotto at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:37 EDT

Christian pilgrims visit the Church of Nativity, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:37 EDT

The Palestinian flag flutters in front of the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:37 EDT

The funeral procession of a man allegedly killed by regime forces Mon, 02 Jul 2012 18:42 EDT

A view from outside the United Nations building in 2011 in New York City Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:53 EDT

Iran insists it has a "right" to uranium enrichment under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Tue, 03 Jul 2012 05:35 EDT

An Iraqi soldier mans a checkpoint on the outskirts of Baghdad as he secures the return of Shiite pilgrims from Karbala Tue, 03 Jul 2012 05:29 EDT

The United States has two aircraft carriers close to the Gulf region Tue, 03 Jul 2012 06:19 EDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:17 EDT

A partial view of an oil refinery in southern Yemen in 2006 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:13 EDT

A Turkish soldier on patrol close to the border with Iraq in October 2011 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:29 EDT

Attacks on pipelines since the start of the uprising that ousted Ali Abdullah Saleh have cost Yemen more than $4 billion Tue, 03 Jul 2012 03:28 EDT

An Iranian family looks at a display of a Shahab-3 missile in Tehran Tue, 03 Jul 2012 02:16 EDT

Lebanese army soldiers inspect the debris after an Israeli aircraft destroyed a spy device in the Zahrani region Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:55 EDT

Supporters celebrate as the Spanish national football team arrives on Cibeles Square Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:52 EDT

Supporter celebrate as the Spanish national football team arrives on Cibeles Square Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:52 EDT

People wait to watch the Spanish national football team parade in Madrid Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:52 EDT

The Spanish national football team parades in Madrid Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:52 EDT

The Spanish national football team arrives on Cibeles Square after parading through Madrid Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:52 EDT

Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell are the second and third fastest runners of all time Tue, 03 Jul 2012 06:05 EDT

After his latest win on Monday, Novak Djokovic can now rest until Wednesday Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:52 EDT

Federer vs Malisse match on Monday was halted for rain at the end of the first set Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:52 EDT

With his latest win on Monday, Novak Djokovic advanced to the quarter-finals Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:52 EDT

Seattle Mariners' Hisashi Iwakuma pitched five solid innings in his first Major League Baseball start Tue, 03 Jul 2012 03:07 EDT

Usain Bolt finished second in the 200m dash final in 19.83 seconds Tue, 03 Jul 2012 01:53 EDT

Yohan Blake smiles after winning the men's 200m final at the Jamaican Olympic Athletic Trials Tue, 03 Jul 2012 01:53 EDT

Jeremy Lin told USA Basketball that he was withdrawing because he is now a NBA restricted free agent Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:13 EDT

First-placed Andrew Gemmell (R) and second-placed Connor Jaeger (L) congratulate each other after the 1500m freestyle Tue, 03 Jul 2012 01:53 EDT

Dara Torres, who was denied in her bid to make a sixth Olympic team, said her swimming career was over Tue, 03 Jul 2012 01:53 EDT

Jessica Hardy won the 50m freestyle at the US Olympic swimming trials Tue, 03 Jul 2012 01:53 EDT

Mark Gillespie will miss New Zealand's tour of the West Indies due to ligament damage and severe bruising to his ankle Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:33 EDT

Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates, pictured in 2010 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 03:54 EDT