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Boeing is expected to offer ways to fix the 787's battery problems at a meeting with the US Federal Aviation Administration on Friday.
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Sesame Street's Big Bird has teamed up with First Lady Michelle Obama on a healthy eating campaign in the US.
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Magic Slim, the American blues guitarist and leading figure in the Chicago blues scene, dies aged 75.
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IrelandSeven Psychopaths star Colin Farrell was the toast of the Irish-American community in Los Angeles, as he was honoured at the Oscar Wilde awards.
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RussiaThe US ambassador to Russia warns against "exploiting human tragedy" after an American woman was accused of murdering her adopted Russian son.
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JapanJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to meet President Obama in the US for talks aimed at fortifying their key security alliance.
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As Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prepares to meet US President Barack Obama, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports on his ambitious growth programme that is already being dubbed Abenomics.
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A major winter storm in the US Midwest that is already blamed for two deaths blankets several states in up to 17in (43cm) of snow.
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AfghanistanMeet the Marine who may lead the US out of Afghanistan
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Global stock markets fall after comments from the US Federal Reserve suggest it may scale back its bond-buying programme ahead of schedule.
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American International Group reports a $4bn (£2.6bn) three-month loss, mainly due to the sale of its aircraft leasing business ILFC.
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FranceA French minister has responded angrily to the boss of US tyremaker Titan who said he would have to be "stupid" to invest in the country.
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ItalyTwo US cardinals are being questioned on cases of child abuse by priests under their supervision, days ahead of a papal conclave in Rome.
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Wal-Mart says sales were slow at the start of February and warns they would remain sluggish throughout the current quarter.
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FranceA French minister responds angrily to the boss of a US tyre firm who said he would have to be "stupid" to invest in France, where he claimed staff worked three hours a day.
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YouTube streaming data is being included in the figures used to make up the US singles chart for the first time.
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The key Libor interest rate is still often "completely made up" and is not free of fraud despite banks receiving large fines, a US regulator tells the BBC.
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US sportswear giant Nike suspends its sponsorship contract with Oscar Pistorius, who is accused of murdering his girlfriend.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoRachel Mwanza, the teenage star of an Oscar-nominated film about child soldiers in Africa, is granted a visa that will enable her to attend the Academy Awards.
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Office Depot agrees to buy its rival OfficeMax for about $1.2bn (£785m) in the first move towards consolidation in the US office supplies industry.
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RussiaThe US adoptive mother of a Russian-born child who died last month tells police he was playing outside before she found him unresponsive.
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ChinaThe White House vows to fight foreign theft of US trade secrets, a day after a report linked China's military to prolific cyber-theft.
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FranceThe boss of US tyremaker Titan causes uproar in France by saying French workers only put in three hours a day.
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Stanford University becomes the first US college to raise more than $1bn (£650m) in a year, leaving rivals Harvard and Yale trailing.
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Search crews picking through rubble of a restaurant destroyed by a gas explosion in Kansas City, Missouri find a body.
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RussiaA senior figure in Russian President Vladimir Putin's party resigns after anti-corruption campaigners accuse him of owning homes in the US.
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United KingdomBritish heavyweight Tyson Fury announces his American debut against Steve Cunningham, on 20 April in New York.
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United KingdomHaringey Council asks the Arts Council to help prevent the US sale of a Banksy mural taken from a wall in the London borough.
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The late singer's teenage son, Prince, signs up as a reporter for the Entertainment Tonight television show.
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ChinaChina's military says a report linking it to prolific hacking of US targets is flawed, as the US says it has repeatedly raised concerns about cyber theft with Beijing.
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The former American Idol winner hits back at allegations made in book by record producer, Clive Davis.
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A horse with an ability for opening stable doors at a farm in the US state of Michigan has become an internet hit.
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US General John Allen has decided to retire instead of taking over as Nato's supreme commander in Europe, citing concerns about his wife's health.
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CubaA group of seven US lawmakers meet Cuba's foreign minister in an effort to improve relations between the two countries.
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ChinaA Chinese military unit is likely one of the world's "most prolific cyber espionage groups", a US firm says, as the White House voices concern about cyber theft.
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US President Barack Obama warns that deep, across-the-board spending cuts due to take effect next month would cause job losses and must be averted.
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ChinaA secretive branch of China's military is most likely one of the world's "most prolific cyber espionage groups", a US cyber security firm has said.
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RussiaRussia opens a murder inquiry into the death of a three-year-old Russian boy adopted in the US, but the US says abuse allegations remain unproven.
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ChinaA computer security company based in the US says the Chinese military is behind a series of high-level cyber-hacking attacks.
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US fast-food chain Burger King says its Twitter account may have been hacked after its profile picture was changed to a McDonald's logo and offensive messages were posted.
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At least five miners have been reported shot by security guards at the Anglo American platinum mine in Rustenburg.
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United KingdomA Banksy mural painted just before the Jubilee last summer has disappeared from a London street and been listed for sale at a US auction site.
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US country singer Mindy McCready, 37, has died from "an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound", an Arkansas sheriff says.
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Alvin, the famous US manned deep-submersible, is nearing the end of a major $41m refit and will soon resume underwater research duties.
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Qatar, 
SeychellesVictoria Azarenka gains some revenge for losing the top ranking to Serena Williams by beating the American to win the Qatar Open.
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Gavin Rees is clinically outclassed by American Adrien Broner in their WBC lightweight clash in Atlantic City.
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JapanThe original sculpture commemorating the moment US Marines raised the stars and stripes on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima is being put up for auction.
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Fugitive US ex-police officer, Christopher Dorner, died from a single gunshot wound to the head after being cornered in a cabin, authorities say.
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EgyptA man who said an Egyptian goddess ordered him to shoot eight people dead, including his sister and her family, is sentenced to five life terms.
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US Army researches new techniques for repairing wounds
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United States and ex-Leeds winger Robbie Rogers says he is "stepping away" from football after announcing he is gay.
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Thousands of people disembark from a stricken US cruise ship that was towed into port in Mobile, Alabama, after a fire knocked out power for days.
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Mining group Anglo American reports a $239m pre-tax loss in 2012, hit by lower commodity prices and a writedown on a key iron ore project.
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North KoreaNorth Korea appears to be upgrading one of its two rocket launch sites, US experts say, perhaps in a move to test bigger rockets.
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An ex-mayor of San Diego agrees to repay millions of dollars she stole from her late husband's charity to fuel a gambling addiction, prosecutors say.
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A stranded cruise ship with more than 4,000 people aboard is within sight of the US coast four days after an engine fire knocked out the vessel's power.
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US billionaire Warren Buffett's investment firm Berkshire Hathaway is to buy food giant Heinz in a $28bn (£18bn) deal, the biggest to date in the food industry.
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American Airlines and US Airways confirm plans for an $11bn merger, which would form the world's biggest airlines.
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US carmaker General Motors says its fourth quarter earnings rose despite $700m of losses at its European operations.
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Use of the morning-after pill in the US is on the rise, a trend driven largely by wider use among younger women, a major government study finds.
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United KingdomGoogle sues BT in the US and UK as a counter-attack to the British firm's existing lawsuits against the search giant.
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American Airlines and US Airways plan to merge, bringing American Airlines closer in value to rival Delta Airlines, with an estimated market valuation of $11bn (£7bn).
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United KingdomA Good Day to Die Hard, the latest instalment in Bruce Willis's action franchise, receives a largely frosty response from critics as it reaches cinemas in the UK and US.
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Searching for Sugar Man, a film chronicling the life of the American musician Rodriguez, is seen by many Oscars odds makers as the favourite to win the best documentary feature Oscar.
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PhilippinesA US commander has described the islands of Sulu, in the south-west Philippine, as a safe haven for international terrorism.
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ChinaThree people are arrested in the US and accused of a conspiring to smuggle endangered black rhinoceros horns to China, prosecutors say.
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Why Atlanta is giving Hollywood the shivers
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US President Obama visits three US states to rally support for proposals laid out in his State of the Union speech, including a minimum wage rise.
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The European Union and the US will begin formal talks on a free-trade agreement, paving the way for the biggest trade deal in history.
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President Obama urges Congress to back his plans for government action to revive the sluggish US economy in his State of the Union speech.
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The expected next US Treasury Secretary, Jack Lew, urges the country's politicians not to allow automatic spending cuts to take effect at the end of the month.
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California police say they have found a body in a burnt-out cabin where murder suspect Christopher Dorner is believed to have made his last stand.
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IranThe Iranian atomic energy chief announces an upgrade to uranium enrichment machines in a move the US has called an "escalation".
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Germany, United KingdomSixty-eight years ago today, British and American Air Forces dropped more than 2,600 tonnes of high-explosive bombs on the German town of Dresden.
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US police say charred remains have been found in the rubble of a burnt-down cabin where murder suspect Christophe Dorner had been hiding.
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A letter written by esteemed American poet TS Eliot has been discovered after being hidden for 40 years in the archives of a fellow author.
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The singer postpones US concerts after joint inflammation leaves her unable to walk.
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AfghanistanIn his State of the Union address US President Obama pledged to revive the economy, called for stricter gun controls and promised America's war in Afghanistan to be over by the end of 2014.
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Guam, JapanA man wielding a knife kills at least two Japanese tourists and injures 11 in the US Pacific territory of Guam, officials say.
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AfghanistanPresident Obama announces in his State of the Union speech that 34,000 US troops will leave Afghanistan by early 2014.
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Canada, ChinaThe US approves the sale of Canadian oil firm Nexen to China's state-owned CNOOC, clearing the way for the deal to be completed.
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President Obama will lay out his second-term agenda in his State of the Union speech later, with the US economy expected to dominate the address.
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A US Senate committee approves the nomination of ex-Republican Senator Chuck Hagel to be President Barack Obama's secretary of defence.
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US cable provider Comcast is to acquire the full ownership of TV and film company NBCUniversal for $16.7bn (£10.7bn).
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MexicoPassengers on a stranded cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico tell US media of worsening conditions, two days after an engine fire crippled the vessel.
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Chicago police charge two men with the murder of a 15-year-old girl who performed at President Barack Obama's inauguration parade.
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North Korea, 
South KoreaNorth Korea carries out its third, most powerful nuclear test despite UN warnings, and says "even stronger" action may follow.
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Influential US jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd, who was sampled on more than 100 hip-hop tracks, dies aged 80.
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The Grammy Awards has pulled in its second biggest US TV audience since 1993, although data shows a 30% drop on last year's ceremony just after the sudden death of Whitney Houston.
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Singer Morrissey has been forced to cancel more shows in the US to have further treatment for a bleeding ulcer.
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A powerful tornado in the US state of Mississippi has wrecked homes and vehicles, uprooted trees and left thousands of homes without power
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The Pentagon will extend some family benefits to same-sex partners of US military members, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta says.
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A gunman, his estranged wife and another woman are dead after a shoot-out at a courthouse in the US state of Delaware, officials say.
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AfghanistanUS President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to a former soldier, saying he prevailed in one of the most intense battles in the Afghan war.
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AfghanistanA former US soldier receives the nation's highest military award for fighting off an attack by hundreds of insurgents on an isolated Afghan base.
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Fun, Gotye, The Black Keys and Mumford and Sons are among the main award recipients at the 55th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
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Paul Gascoigne's therapist says there are no fears for the former England player's life after he was placed in intensive care.
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AfghanistanUS General Joseph Dunford has assumed command of Nato forces in Afghanistan taking over from General John Allen who says the alliance is on the road to winning the war.
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CanadaThousands of people across large swathes of the north-eastern United States and eastern Canada battle to clear up after an intense snowstorm.
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ChinaChinese table-tennis player Zhuang Zedong, who had a pivotal role in the "ping-pong diplomacy" that led to a thaw in US-China ties in the 1970s, dies.
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