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Obama tries to placate Hollande over spying
Barack Obama has spoken to France's President Francois Hollande as a row rages over claims that a US spy agency eavesdropped on millions of phone calls of French citizens.
Obamacare to the rescue
US President Barack Obama helped catch a pregnant woman when she became faint during his speech about the troubled Obamacare website.
French anger over mass NSA snoop
France wants answers from the US after it was revealed the NSA swept up - and in some cases recorded - 70.3 million French phone calls and emails over a month.
US whistle-blower enjoys NZ quiet life
He received death threats for blowing the whistle on a multi-million dollar defence scam - now a retired US Air Force officer is living a quiet life in Central Otago.
Get out of jail - hire a stand in
Many in China are unconvinced Bo Xilai will serve jail time - they believe he'll take advantage of ding zui, where a hired substitute does time instead.