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Last Updated: June 13, 2013, 4:40 am
 

 




Julian Assange to Edward Snowden: 'Go to Latin America'
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, hails Edward Snowden, who leaked info about the U.S. surveillance program, as heroic.

 
US spy leaker 'missing' in Hong Kong
A ex-CIA employee - who has leaked details of US top-secret secret phone and internet surveillance - disappears from his hotel in Hong Kong.

US surveillance leak source revealed
A former technical worker for the CIA is revealed as the source of a series of leaks about US phone and internet surveillance.

Boy, 4, accidentally shoots, kills father
A 4-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his father at a home in Prescott Valley Friday, according to a spokesman for the Prescott Valley Police Dept.

Wikileaks suspect Bradley Manning to go on trial
US soldier Bradley Manning, arrested three years ago on suspicion of leaking military secrets to Wikileaks, is due at a military court for trial.

Boston bombing suspect 'walking'
The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, has recovered enough to walk, his mother says.

US Boy Scouts to allow gay members
The Boy Scouts of America organisation votes to accept openly gay scouts, after a divisive campaign pitting liberals against some religious groups.

Obama defends 'just' drones war
President Barack Obama has defended the use of drones in a "just war" of self-defence against deadly militants and a campaign that had made America safer.

US immigration bill passes hurdle
A sweeping immigration bill that would offer a chance of citizenship to millions living in the US illegally takes a stride forward in Congress.

Dozens dead in Oklahoma tornado
At least 51 people are killed after a gigantic tornado rips through Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening whole neighbourhoods.

Religious bigotry rising, says US
Discrimination against Jews and Muslims is on the rise around the world, according to an annual US Department of State report.

Obama says tax bias 'intolerable'
US President Barack Obama has said the federal tax agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny was "intolerable and inexcusable".

US abortion doctor guilty of murders
A Philadelphia doctor is convicted of the first-degree murders of three babies born alive and killed with scissors in illegal, late term abortions.

Suicides soar among US middle-aged people
The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans has risen 28% in a decade, with white people and American Indians most affected.

US considering arms for Syria rebels
For the first time a senior US official acknowledges the administration is thinking about arming Syria's rebels, amid allegations of a new massacre.

Huge payout for US disabled workers
A US jury awards $240m to 32 mentally disabled men who suffered decades of abuse while working for a turkey processing company in Iowa.

Three 'hindered' Boston blasts case
Three college friends of the Boston bombings suspect appear in court, accused of obstructing the police investigation into the attacks.

FBI interviews 'Misha' in Boston bombing probe
The FBI has interviewed "Misha," an elusive figure whose name has surfaced in the Boston Marathon bombing probe, a U.S. government official tells CNN.

Boston suspects 'targeted New York's Times Square'
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said the Boston Marathon bombing suspects planned to detonate the rest of their explosives in Times Square.

CIA 'tracked Boston bomb suspect'
The CIA added one of the Boston bomb suspects to a terrorism database 18 months ago, officials say, days after the FBI said it had also investigated him.

FBI faces Boston suspect questions
The FBI faces questions in Congress over whether it mishandled information about Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev in 2011.