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US tribe asks court to reverse Trump administration on pipeline 15 Feb 2017 - 08:15 am
Flags flap in the wind on the main thoroughfare of Oceti Sakowin Camp on the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation on December 3, 2016 outside Cannon Ball, North Dakota (AFP Photo/JIM WATSON)
Thousands bury two boys kidnapped, murdered in Guatemala 15 Feb 2017 - 07:57 am
Thousands of indigenous Guatemalans accompany to the cemetery the coffins of two children killed by their kidnappers in the Cerro Alto village in San Juan Sacatepequez, 45km west of Guatemala city on February 14, 2017. AFP / JOHAN ORDONEZ
Venezuelan VP calls US sanctions an 'attack' 14 Feb 2017 - 05:47 pm
This file photo taken on January 31, 2017 shows Venezuelan Vice-President Tareck El Aissami gesturing during a rally with workers of PDVSA state-owned oil company in Caracas. El Aissami hit back at the United States on February 14, 2017 for labeling him a
Water levels begin to recede at US' tallest dam 14 Feb 2017 - 11:28 am
California Department of Water Resources crews inspect and evaluate the erosion just below the Lake Oroville Emergency Spillway site after lake levels receded, in Oroville, California, U.S., February 13, 2017. Kelly M. Grow/ California Department of Water
Kremlin denies Russia talked sanctions with Trump team 14 Feb 2017 - 11:10 am
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Top Trump aide Flynn resigns over Russia contacts 14 Feb 2017 - 10:41 am
This file photo taken on February 01, 2017 shows US National Security Adviser Mike Flynn (R) walking past Press Secretary Sean Spicer as he makes his way to the lectern during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC. (AFP / NICHOLAS
Thousands remain in shelters as crews work to fix California dam channel 14 Feb 2017 - 10:41 am
Riverbend Park is seen under flood water in Oroville, California on February 13, 2017. AFP / Josh Edelson
Nearly 200,000 people from towns in California flee as the Oroville Dam threatens to release a massive wall of water 13 Feb 2017 - 06:33 pm
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Courts likely to probe Trump's intent in issuing travel ban 13 Feb 2017 - 03:43 pm
People protest against the US travel and immigration ban from seven Muslim-majority countries and demand President Donald Trump's planned state visit to the UK to be cancelled outside Downing Street in London, England on January 30, 2017. ( Tolga Akmen -
Kremlin says Putin-Trump meeting possible before July 13 Feb 2017 - 03:29 pm
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Thousands march in Mexico City to protest Trump's policies 13 Feb 2017 - 11:07 am
Thousands of Mexicans take part in an anti-Trump march in Mexico City, on February 12, 2017. Mexicans took to the streets against US President Donald Trump, hitting back at his anti-Mexican rhetoric and vows to make the country pay for his
Trump and Trudeau: what will happen at first tete-a-tete? 13 Feb 2017 - 10:14 am
US President Donald Trump walks from Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House as he returns from his weekend trip to Mar-a-Lago, on February 12, 2017, in Washington, DC. AFP / MOLLY RILEY
Brazilian police return to work after strike triggers violent chaos 12 Feb 2017 - 06:33 pm
Army soldiers check people, during a military police strike over wages, while patrolling the streets of Vila Velha, Espirito Santo, Brazil, February 11, 2017. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker
Trump administration officials may be deposed over immigration order 12 Feb 2017 - 06:26 pm
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks during a press conference at his office on February 9, 2017 in Seattle, Washington. An appeals court refused to reinstate U.S. President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim
Trump says he will bring down the price of wall on Mexico’s border 11 Feb 2017 - 07:26 pm
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie Abe attend dinner with U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania at Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida U.S., February 10, 2017. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
Washington zoo prepares to say goodbye to its 'miracle' giant panda Bao Bao 11 Feb 2017 - 05:07 pm
Giant panda Bao Bao, pictured at the National Zoo, will depart the zoo for China on Feb. 21. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin for The Washington Post)
Putin to open a meeting Trump in Slovenia 11 Feb 2017 - 09:46 am
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Trump welcomes Abe with warm White House embrace 11 Feb 2017 - 09:24 am
US President Donald Trump, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd-L), his wife Akie Abe (R), US First Lady Melania Trump (L) and Robert Kraft (2nd-L),owner of the New England Patriots, sit down for dinner at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort on February 10, 2017