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About 300,000 people in the US state of West Virginia are warned not to drink tap water after a chemical spill into a river near the state capital.
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The US economy created only 74,000 jobs in December, less than forecast, with many Americans giving up looking for work, latest figures show.
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YemenReturning detainees to Yemen is a headache for the US
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IndiaIndia asks the US to withdraw an embassy official as a row over the arrest of an Indian diplomat in New York shows no sign of abating.
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US retail giant Target's investigation into December's major data theft reveals that up to 70 million people are affected, not 40 million as first thought.
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The aluminium giant Alcoa and a joint venture partner will pay $384m (£234m) to settle a bribery investigation by the US Department of Justice (DoJ).
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The lawyer of an American men jailed in Dubai over a parody video says he was "made an example" of.
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IndiaIndian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, whose arrest in the US sparked protests from Delhi, has left for India, officials say.
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US TV drama Boardwalk Empire is to end after its upcoming fifth season, HBO announces.
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ChinaThe US describes new Chinese rules on fishing access to disputed areas of the South China Sea as "provocative and potentially dangerous".
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YemenA US government review panel decides a Yemeni man detained at Guantanamo Bay for more than a decade can be released.
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IndiaAn Indian diplomat at the centre of a row between the US and India is charged by the American authorities with visa fraud.
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AfghanistanWashington expresses concern about a plan by the Afghan government to release scores of prisoners considered by the US to be dangerous.
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New research suggests that ravens in the western US are making their homes on electricity poles in unprecedented numbers.
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AfghanistanAfghanistan says it will release scores of prisoners regarded by the US as a security threat, saying there is insufficient evidence against them.
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United Arab EmiratesAn American man sentenced to jail in the United Arab Emirates for making a spoof video about Dubai youth culture returns to the US.
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The American Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) has begun its first commercial re-supply mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Afghanistan, 
United KingdomUK and US troops are in their final year in Afghanistan and are due to leave by the end of December.
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Euro MPs move to get direct evidence from US whistleblower Edward Snowden via live video link, for an inquiry into US surveillance.
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The bodies of the United States Air Force crew killed in a helicopter crash in north Norfolk are removed from the scene.
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ColombiaColombia suspends the loading of coal by US-based mining company Drummond after it failed to abide by stricter rules aimed at preventing pollution.
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Ireland, United KingdomHeist movie American Hustle makes number one at the UK and Ireland box office.
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The American music festival will take place over two weekends, April 11-13 and April 18-20, in California.
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CanadaWeather records have tumbled across North America, after snow storms swept across much of the US and Canada.
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North KoreaDennis Rodman apologises for angry comments he made about a US detainee in North Korea, saying he was stressed and had been drinking.
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IndiaA US judge refuses to delay proceedings in the case of an Indian diplomat whose arrest on visa fraud charges has caused an international row.
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United KingdomTwo of four crew members rescued after a US helicopter crashed off Virginia have died, officials say, while a fifth is still missing.
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US retailer Macy's says it will cut 2,500 jobs and shut five stores as part of a restructuring plan.
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Republican rising star Chris Christie says it is "unacceptable" that his aide allegedly orchestrated traffic mayhem to pursue a political vendetta.
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Four US servicemen who died when their helicopter crashed in Norfolk are named by officials at RAF Lakenheath.
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The US state of New York will allow marijuana use for medical reasons, Governor Andrew Cuomo announces.
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Federal Reserve members mostly agreed about a reduction in the central bank's stimulus efforts in December, meeting minutes reveal.
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GermanyThe US embassy in Berlin issues a travel warning for Americans visiting Hamburg after anti-riot police enforce "danger zones" in parts of the city.
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An investigation gets under way after a US Air Force (USAF) helicopter crashed on a training exercise in Norfolk, killing all four people on board.
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AfghanistanIn a new memoir, former US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates lambasts President Obama's handling of the Afghan war.
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Weather records tumble across North America, with freezing temperatures even hitting the usually balmy US south.
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North KoreaThe American basketball player, Dennis Rodman, who is on a controversial trip to North Korea, has sung "Happy Birthday" to the country's leader, Kim Jong-un.
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SomaliaA US-trained economist is elected the president of Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland, defeating incumbent Abdirahman Farole by one vote.
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More than 118 billion streams took place in the US in 2013 as physical music sales dropped by 13%, Nielsen and Billboard report.
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Dozens of retired US police officers, fire fighters and jail guards, many of them first responders to the 9/11 attacks, have been charged with alleged benefit fraud.
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IndiaIndia orders more reprisals against the US as a diplomatic row continues over last month's arrest of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade in New York, media reports say.
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Four people are killed as a US Air Force helicopter crashes while on a "low level" training exercise in north Norfolk.
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Alan Mulally, the chief executive of Ford, says he will not be leaving the US carmaker to join Microsoft.
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A brutal blast of Arctic air has settled over eastern North America, bringing dangerously low temperatures not seen in decades.
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A bill to renew payments to 1.3 million long-term unemployed Americans overcomes a key vote in the Senate but faces an uncertain path in the House.
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ABC News reporter Ryan Owens said the Indianapolis governor told motorists on Monday it would be illegal to drive on interstate roads in the state of Indiana.
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The US trade deficit narrowed to its lowest level in four years in November, as rising sales of oil pushed exports to a record high.
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IraqThe US says it is accelerating the supply of military hardware to Iraq as Baghdad prepares to recapture the city of Fallujah from al-Qaeda linked militants.
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The first episode of Downton Abbey's fourth series was seen by 10.2 million people in the US - a record premiere for broadcaster PBS.
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United KingdomBritish director Steve McQueen explains why he was compelled to make a "global tale" out of the memoirs of Solomon Northup - a black musician sold into slavery in the US in 1841.
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CanadaNorth America's brutal cold snap is heading east, ushering in dangerous temperatures not seen in two decades, forecasters warn.
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SwedenA US woman who joined a plot to kill a Swedish artist whose cartoon offended Muslims has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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The US Senate confirms Janet Yellen as the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve, the world's most powerful central bank.
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The US Supreme Court has halted same-sex marriages in the state of Utah, allowed since a judge in December overturned the state's ban on gay nuptials.
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SwedenA US woman known as "Jihad Jane" who joined a plot to kill a Swedish artist whose cartoon offended Muslims has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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CanadaParts of the United States and Canada are braced for potentially record-breaking low temperatures as an Arctic chill brings further freezing weather.
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Liz Cheney, the daughter of former US Vice-President Dick Cheney, ends her run for a US senate in Wyoming, citing a family health crisis
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Temperatures in the US are expected to plummet to record lows after a weekend of heavy snowfall across much of the Midwest.
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North KoreaRetired US basketball player Dennis Rodman takes a team to North Korea for a match marking leader Kim Jong-un's birthday.
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United KingdomThe singer, who is currently number one in the UK singles chart, confirms she is seeking treatment in the US.
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Disney animation Frozen returns to the top of the North American film chart in its seventh week of release, pushing The Hobbit down to third.
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The US Senate is expected to vote and confirm Janet Yellen as the next chair of the Federal Reserve.
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CanadaParts of Canada and the north-eastern United States are bracing themselves for more heavy snow and freezing temperatures as forecasters warn the winter storm is likely to continue for several more days.
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A small plane crashes on landing at Aspen airport in the US state of Colorado, killing one of three people on board, officials say.
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IraqThe US says it will help Iraq fight al-Qaeda-linked militants, but not with troops, after the government loses control of key city Fallujah.
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The Coen brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis wins best film at the National Society of Film Critics awards.
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The US state of New York is planning to relax its marijuana laws to allow limited use by seriously ill patients, reports say.
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US musician Phil Everly, one half of the Everly Brothers, dies, aged 74, in California, of complications from lung disease, his family says.
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A single-engine plane makes an emergency landing on a US interstate highway in the Bronx borough of New York, after engine failure.
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Antarctica, 
Australia, ChinaA US ice-breaker, the Polar Star, is to help two ships stuck in thick ice in Antarctica, after requests from China and Australia.
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A small plane has made an emergency landing on a US interstate highway in the New York borough of The Bronx.
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Former US Open champion Webb Simpson shares the first-round lead at the Tournament of Champions, with Adam Scott four adrift.
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US President Barack Obama's administration announces measures aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous mentally ill people.
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A winter storm has blanketed parts of Canada and the north-eastern US with up to 2ft (61cm) of snow, with dangerously cold temperatures.
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GM reports a fall in December sales, while Ford and Chrysler report weaker-than-expected sales growth.
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Initial ceasefire negotiations in Ethiopia to end South Sudan's conflict have been fruitful, mediators say, ahead of direct talks.
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Crime caper American Hustle and space drama Gravity are among the 10 titles in the running for the Producers Guild of America's version of a best picture prize.
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Firemen tackling a blaze in Minneapolis, where temperatures have been below -20C, saw the spray from their hoses turn to ice as it hit the building.
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MexicoThe California supreme court grants a law licence to Sergio Garcia, an undocumented immigrant born in Mexico who has lived much of his life in the US.
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Thousands of flights are grounded in the US as a major snowstorm hits eastern states, dropping 53cm (21 inches) of snow in Massachusetts.
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Parts of the north-east United States have been hit by a major winter storm, with 53 cm (21 inches) of snowfall recorded in one Massachusetts town.
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How US authorities can help themselves to your laptop's data
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New ZealandUS President Barack Obama plays a round of golf with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key while they were on holiday with their families in Hawaii.
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Why Afghans have more to worry about than the future of US bases
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ChinaThe Chinese consulate in San Francisco is damaged as its main gate is set on fire on Wednesday night in a "vicious" arson attack.
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United KingdomDavid Cameron says "life should mean life", as the government considers US-style sentences totalling hundreds of years for serious offenders.
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Hordes of customers brave bitter cold as the world's first state-licensed marijuana industry opens for business in the US state of Colorado.
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ChinaUS retail giant Wal-Mart recalls a donkey meat product in China after tests showed it contained traces of other animals.
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Juanita Moore, the veteran African-American actress who was nominated for an Oscar for 1959's Imitation of Life, dies in Los Angeles aged 99.
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The US state of Colorado has become the first to allow stores to legally sell cannabis.
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American actor James Avery, best known for playing Will Smith's uncle in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, has died aged 68, his publicist confirms.
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United KingdomThousands of people take part in London's traditional New Year's Day parade, which this year celebrated the swinging 60s.
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IsraelUS Secretary of State John Kerry flies to the Middle East as he seeks to secure a "framework" accord outlining a final Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.
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The US state of Colorado is making history by becoming the first in the country to allow stores to sell cannabis for recreational use.
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A US cable news presenter apologises for jokes about former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's adopted black grandson.
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US vocabulists release their annual list of words that should be banned, with "selfie", "twerking" and "hashtag" coming top.
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Residents of a North Dakota town evacuate after a mile-long train carrying crude oil burst into flames after derailing nearby on Monday.
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China, 
SlovakiaThe US hails the release of the last three Chinese Muslim Uighurs from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay as a "significant milestone".
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ChinaThe American Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter snaps images of the Chinese Yutu rover on the surface of the Moon.
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Wagons from a mile-long train carrying crude oil burst into flames as they derail after a collision in the US state of North Dakota.
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