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US Open 2013: Top 5 Moments In Tournament History [VIDEO]

As the 2013 U.S. Open approaches, new memories are sure to be made as a stacked field of competitors is ready to take on Pennsylvania's Merion Golf Club. Here's a look at the Top 5 moments in U.S. Open history leading up to this week's tournament.

US Refuses to Recognize New Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

In Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro equated the opposition to a conspiracy and claimed his government had information about a plot coming from the United States. US Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States might have "serious questions about the viability of that government".

Brazil's Rousseff To Make Rare State Visit To U.S.

President Dilma Rousseff will make the first formal state visit by a Brazilian leader to the United States in nearly two decades, a diplomatic breakthrough for an emerging power that has clashed with Washington but is hungry for closer ties and recognition of its growing prestige.

U.S., Mexico reach tomato deal to avert trade war

The U.S. government and Mexican tomato growers reached a tentative agreement on Saturday that reduces the threat of a costly trade war stemming from a U.S. decision last year to pull out of a 1996 bilateral tomato trade pact.

Exclusive: Deforestation appears to rise again in Brazil's Amazon

After years of gains against destruction of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil appears to be suffering from an increase in deforestation as farmers, loggers, miners and builders move into previously untouched woodland, according to data compiled by the government and independent researchers.

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