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Washington (AFP) Sept 22, 2018 - United States and allied forces came under attack in Somalia, triggering an air strike which killed 18 Al-Shabaab militants, the US military said on Saturday.
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Kabul (AFP) Sept 27, 2017 - An American airstrike on insurgents in Kabul Wednesday caused several casualties after a missile malfunctioned, NATO said, overshadowing a high-profile visit by US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg.
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Beijing (AFP) Sept 9, 2011 - The new US ambassador to China passed up an opportunity to defend online freedom of speech at his first public address in the country on Friday when an outspoken Chinese professor raised the issue.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 28, 2023 - The US government on Thursday announced plans to phase out single-use plastics on public lands, including the country's famous national parks, by 2032.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 14, 2022 - President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday approved most military aid to Egypt for a second straight year despite concerns on human rights, pointing to limited progress, officials said.
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United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 23, 2021 - The United States and Britain on Wednesday welcomed China's promise to end funding for coal projects overseas, but voiced hope the world's largest emitter would also do more at home on climate change.
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San Francisco, California (AFP) Sept 02, 2013 - The US Agency for International Development and the Swedish government announced a $25 million grant program Monday to increase access to clean water for farming.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 15, 2022 - A Senate committee took the first step Wednesday toward the United States directly providing billions of dollars in military aid to Taiwan and making ties more official, ramping up support following soaring tensions with Beijing.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 12, 2019 - The US Senate has approved a bill to press China on its treatment of Uighurs, requiring the US government to closely monitor the mass incarceration of the community and consider punishment of those responsible.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 30, 2009 - A pitched battle over climate change took off Wednesday in the US Senate, as leading Democratic lawmakers unveiled a bill unlikely to be completed before a key international conference in December.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 27, 2012 - A planned meeting between US and Pakistani military chiefs was postponed this week due to a wave of violent anti-American protests, the top-ranking US officer, General Martin Dempsey, said Thursday.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 24, 2013 - The US Navy said Monday it is pushing for more rigorous background checks after a review showed gaps in the case of a former sailor who went on a shooting rampage last week.
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Golestan, Afghanistan (AFP) Sept 30, 2009 - During an agonisingly slow rumble in convoys through the Bhuji Bhast Pass in southern Afghanistan, US Marines in armoured vehicles are braced for another explosion.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 11, 2008 - The US trade deficit rose sharply to 62.2 billion dollars in July, the largest gap in more than a year, on record high oil prices and surging Chinese imports, government data showed Thursday.
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Jakarta (AFP) Sept 29, 2011 - The United States forgave almost $30 million in Indonesian debt Thursday, diverting the funds to tropical forest conservation on Borneo.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 30, 2020 - The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to force companies to disclose products that come from China's Xinjiang region, in a new bid to stop what lawmakers say is widespread forced labor in the restive area.
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