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Al-Shabaab claims Kenya mall attack responsibility
Somali Islamist group says it carried out attack which left at least 30 dead in Nairobi -
Iran hardliners support US meeting
Landmark meeting between Obama and Hassan Rouhani could allow for direct talks on nuclear programme -
US firm warns over NSA encryption
RSA sends email to customers over default random number generator which uses weak formula -
US narrowly averted atomic disaster
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Alabama: 'It's time to evolve past this'
Six minority women this week joined traditionally white sororities at the University of Alabama this week. But is it enough? -
Nato soldiers killed in 'insider attack'
Nato-led coalition says individual wearing Afghan National Security Forces uniform shot three soldiers in east of country -
Baghdad bombing kills more than 50
Police and medical sources say bomb detonated in Shia area on same day as lethal attack on Baiji police compound -
Syria: Assad's forces kill at least 15
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says woman and two children among victims of soldiers and pro-government militia -
Obama blames GOP over shutdown
President uses weekly address to discuss budget standoff and House Republicans' attempt to defund healthcare reforms -
N Dakota braces against neo-Nazis
Town of Leith, population 24, seeks help amid news that a white supremacist group plans to set up an all-white community -
IPCC warns over global warming
Call to 'stop dithering about fossil fuel cuts' as expert panel warns entire globe is affected -
Crashed Mexico helicopter found
Government spokesmen says three to five passengers dead as 68 people remain missing after La Pintada landslide -
UN prostitution stance criticised
Former prostitutes and anti-trafficking groups criticise UN call to decriminalise pimping and buying sex -
Deal reached over heiress's estate
Legal fight over will of Montana copper heiress Huguette Clark may be resolved as distant relatives rewarded $30m of estate -
Two cyclists killed on annual ride
No word on whether driver will be charged after three others injured on annual bike ride up New England coast -
Blackberry to fire 4,500 employees
News comes as Apple releases two new iPhones analysts predict will sell 5m on opening weekend -
Brazil plans to stop US web control
Rousseff expected to bring the conversation about the continued role of US-based supernetworks to the UN this month -
Pope urges doctors to stop abortions
Pontiff denounces terminations as part of 'throw-away' culture in move seen as sop to more conservative wing of church
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