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Labor Department reveals 203,000 jobs added to US economy in November.

Barack Obama spoke about Mandela's legacy and influence on the course of history.

National public opinion poll shows two thirds of Americans think there will be another shutdown.

Kiev pro-EU demonstrators chant 'Revolution' while President Yanukovich attempts dialogue.

New York challenged for title of world's largest Chanukah menorah by small Dutch town of Niijkerk.

Hanukkah (Chanukah) begins at sunset on November 27, 2013, and ends in the evening of December 5.

The Butler star attended a formal dinner for awardees with her long-term partner Steadman Graham

Obama keen on early agreement but Karzai wants to wait till after election.

Leaked document on Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty suggests jailbreaking or unlocking iPhone could be illegal.

Chat show host claims generations 'marinated' in racism will need to die out for discrimination to end.

Vice-defence minister tells South Korean lawmakers Pyongyang ready for another nuclear test.

Iran on the verge of closing deal with Western powers to end a decade-long impasse over its nuclear activities.

Channel 5 documentary re-examines murder of Bamber family at farm in 1985.

Poker player turned political forecaster got 50 states right in US 2012 presidential elections.

US first lady celebrates Diwali with Indian-Americans in White House.

Members of Anonymous will hold protest marches in hundreds of cities around the globe to mark Guy Fawkes Day and highlight corruption.

US had offered a $5m bounty on Mehsud after he appeared in a farewell video with the Jordanian suicide bomber who attacked a US base in Afghanistan, killing CIA employees.

LAPD say at least three people wounded, flights grounded and terminal evacuated wounded at Los Angeles Airport.

Barack Obama had ordered NSA to halt eavesdropping on IMF and World Bank within last few weeks.

Star of ABC's red-hot White House drama tied the knot in secret with NFL star Nnamdi Asomugha.

Reports of US spying on European citizens are 'completely false', NSA chief Keith Alexander tells a House Intelligence Committee hearing.

SWIFT agreement, signed after 9/11, allows US to track bank transfer data in EU to scrutinise terrorists' financial transactions.

Spain summons US ambassador to Madrid over latest allegations against NSA.

Amid White House denials, German report suggests NSA had been spying on Merkel since 2002, even before she became chancellor.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is sending her top intelligence chiefs to Washington to establish whether US bugged her mobile phone.

New disclosures reveal NSA tapped into the telephone calls of 35 world leaders.

Germany, France, Brazil, Mexico and Italy were targeted by tapping programme.

German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle to discuss NSA eavesdropping with US envoy in Berlin, John Emerson.

Furious German chancellor seeks explanation for 'serious and unacceptable breach of trust'.

Oprah Winfrey allegedly refused to promote Obamacare because she feels spurned by the White House.