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A spurt in the number of new houses under construction in June sparks optimism the US property market is improving.
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FranceA US firm agrees to pay extra compensation to French workers who had threatened to explode gas canisters at their factory.
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Americans Tom Watson and Steve Marino lead on the second day at the 138th Open at Turnberry, while Tiger Woods has almost certainly missed the cut.
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PakistanA missile, suspected to have been fired by a US drone, kills four in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region, officials say.
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US President Barack Obama tells the NAACP civil rights group there are no excuses for children from minorities not to succeed.
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ColombiaColombia extradites to the US a rebel leader who held political hostages including politician Ingrid Betancourt.
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An American teenager becomes the youngest person to sail around the world alone, after a 13-month voyage.
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US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor completes the last session of questioning at her Senate confirmation hearing.
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ChinaA Chinese-born engineer is found guilty of passing secret information about the US space shuttle programme to China.
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Chaos reigns at a US military court in Guantanamo Bay where five alleged 9/11 plotters were due to appear.
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JPMorgan Chase becomes the second major US bank to report a big rise in profits for the April to June period.
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IndiaSteven Spielberg's film studio will receive $825m to begin producing movies starting this year, the studio's Indian partner says.
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AfghanistanThe top military commander in the US, Adm Michael Mullen, says he does not know how long it will take for security to improve in Afghanistan.
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Days of talks on a possible bail-out of troubled US lender CIT come to an end without any pledge of support.
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American troops are not to be banned from smoking in war zones, the US Defence Department says.
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The US space agency Nasa successfully launches the space shuttle Endeavour - at the sixth attempt.
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Police shoot dead a man after an traffic incident near the US Capitol, but the case is not thought to have political implications.
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The Senate health committee approves its version of a bill to restructure the US healthcare system.
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The US economy will sink at a slower pace than thought, the Federal Reserve says, but tips unemployment to be above 10%.
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IranUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warns Iran that the US will not extend its offer of engagement indefinitely.
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A man in the United States is charged $23 quadrillion for a packet of cigarettes at his local petrol station.
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US supermarkets lower food prices to keep customers
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US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is again pressed on remarks about a "wise Latina" at her confirmation hearing.
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United KingdomHow the US and the UK honour their fallen soldiers
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A US blogger who leaked part of Guns N' Roses latest album is ordered to appear in an anti-piracy commercial.
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US chipmaker Intel reports better-than-expected net profits, excluding a massive European Commission fine.
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US bank Goldman Sachs unveils a profit of $3.4bn (£2.1bn) for the second quarter of 2009, beating analysts expectations.
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US Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor defends controversial comments on the second day of her Senate confirmation hearing.
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A US airline inspects planes after a hole opens up in the passenger cabin during a flight, forcing an emergency landing.
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IsraelAn alleged white supremacist on the run from US police, Micky Louis Mayon, is arrested in Israel after an international manhunt.
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The US Episcopal Church votes to overturn a three-year ban on the election of gay bishops, a move that could lead to its eventual exit from the worldwide Anglican Communion.
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The US space agency Nasa postpones the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour for a fifth time because of bad weather.
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Sonia Sotomayor states her case for a place on the US Supreme Court to the Senate, stressing "fidelity to the law".
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US waterboarding 'preceded' legal advice
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Waterboarding was carried out by the CIA before legal advice permitting it, a former agent tells the BBC's Panorama programme.
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The US budget deficit has moved above $1tn for the first time, nine months into the financial year, official data shows.
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The CIA head accused former Vice-President Cheney of hiding an intelligence project from Congress, a US senator says.
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Why US state of Tennessee is set to relax its gun laws
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The body of a policeman has been found near the US Freeport mine in Papua, raising the recent death toll there to three.
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What Obama's foreign speeches say about US policy
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GhanaOn his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa as US President, Barack Obama, has said Africa must take charge of its own destiny in the world. Do you agree?
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On his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa as US President, Barack Obama, has said Africa must take charge of its own destiny in the world. Do you agree?
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IndonesiaA security guard is shot dead outside a US-operated Indonesian mine, a day after an Australian worker was killed.
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AfghanistanAllied forces must stabilise Afghanistan for August elections before devising a new security strategy, Barack Obama says.
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United KingdomHundreds of people are evacuated from a British Airways jet in Phoenix in the US after the cabin fills with smoke.
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GhanaBarack Obama, the first African-American president, arrives in Ghana on his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa.
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The US armed forces should be smoke free within 20 years to protect health and save money, say health experts.
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The US saw its deficit narrow to $26bn in May, its lowest level in more than nine years, government figures show.
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FranceFrench ships with US listening devices are ending their hunt for the black boxes of a jet lost over the Atlantic in June.
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North KoreaUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she hopes North Korea will free two jailed American reporters.
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President Obama holds his first meeting with the Pope, in which discussions were expected on foreign policy and the economy.
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Libya, United KingdomLibyan leader Muammar Gaddafi meets UK PM Gordon Brown and shakes a US president's hand for the first time.
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IraqFive Iranian officials held by the US military in Iraq since January 2007 are returned to Iran's embassy.
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Strong downdraughts were the likely cause of the plane crash which killed adventurer Steve Fossett, say US officials.
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Police charge four people in connection with a scheme to dig up graves at a Chicago cemetery in order to resell plots.
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CIA Director Leon Panetta has admitted that his agency regularly misled congressmen, a group of US lawmakers allege.
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IraqAmerican troops and contractors caused substantial damage to the archaelogical site at Babylon in Iraq after the 2003 invasion, a new UN report says.
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United KingdomBefore heading back to the UK Washington correspondent James Coomarasamy had a yard sale and discovered it revealed an interesting glimpse into the human condition.
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A man has died after falling into a vat of hot chocolate at a factory in in New Jersey, local authorities say.
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Plans for Michael Jackson's burial remain unclear, as it emerges that 31m people watched his memorial service in the US.
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A US court convicts a drug dealer of murdering a teenager - a case that inspired the film Alpha Dog starring Justin Timberlake.
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Undercover agents have been able to smuggle bomb-making materials into US federal buildings, a report finds.
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PakistanUp to 50 suspected militants are killed in two US air strikes in Pakistan, officials say, as it steps up a fight against a key leader.
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The US and European space agencies launch an initiative that could lead to joint missions to explore the Red Planet.
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The Hague says an alleged deal between the US and Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic is no bar to prosecution.
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FranceUS veteran Howard Manoian loved to tell stories of his dramatic D-Day mission - but his military records show they were lies.
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HondurasCosta Rican President Oscar Arias is agreed as mediator in attempts to resolve the political crisis in Honduras.
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North KoreaMajor South Korean government sites may be affected by a computer attack.
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Iran, IsraelPresident Barack Obama says the US has "absolutely not" given Israel the go-ahead to attack Iran's nuclear facilities.
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Democrat Al Franken is sworn in as US senator for Minnesota, potentially giving his party a crucial 60 votes in the chamber.
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A US regulator announces it is to begin to hold hearings about whether it should clamp down on energy speculators.
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Former US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin refuses to respond to speculation she may stand for president.
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AfghanistanKyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signs into law a deal letting the US continue using an airbase to support international forces in Afghanistan.
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RussiaUS President Barack Obama urges former Cold War rival Russia to abandon the "great game" of the past and realise common goals.
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A gunman who has killed five people in South Carolina in recent days is shot and killed in North Carolina, police say.
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PakistanAt least 12 militants are killed in a missile attack by a suspected US drone in north-west Pakistan, officials and residents say.
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RussiaUS President Barack Obama praises Russian PM Vladimir Putin's "extraordinary work" as the pair meet outside Moscow.
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TunisiaTunisian police charge nine men with plotting to kill American servicemen during joint military exercises.
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ZimbabweThe Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe brands a US envoy an "idiotic little fellow" with a condescending attitude.
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ZimbabweThe Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe brands a US envoy an "idiotic little fellow" with a condescending attitude.
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RussiaUS President Barack Obama and Russia's Dmitry Medvedev reach a deal to cut back their stockpiles of nuclear weapons.
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AfghanistanSix US soldiers with Nato-led forces are killed in two separate bomb explosions in Afghanistan, officials say.
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RussiaUSA and Russia agree nuclear cuts. Is this a new dawn for US - Russian relations?
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VietnamFormer US defence chief Robert McNamara, an architect of the Vietnam war who later regretted the US role, dies at 93.
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RussiaThe US and Russian presidents are expected to announce nuclear weapons cuts, after tentatively agreeing a deal.
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Tiger Woods clinches his 68th PGA Tour win at the PGA National, despite a superb last-round effort from fellow American Hunter Mahan.
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Iran, IsraelUS Vice-President Joe Biden indicates the administration will not restrain Israel if it decides on military action against Iran.
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Drinking five cups of coffee a day could reverse memory problems seen in Alzheimer's disease, US scientists say.
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Dani Pedrosa clinches victory in the US MotoGP after coming from fourth on the grid to hit the front from the start of the race.
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Roger Federer wins a record 15th Grand Slam title, beating Andy Roddick 16-14 in the fifth set of an epic Wimbledon final.
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A teenage girl's death from a gunshot wound brings to five the victims of a suspected serial killer in a rural South Carolina community.
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Roger Federer goes for a record 15th Grand Slam title as he faces American Andy Roddick in the Wimbledon final.
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Republican ex-vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin hints on playing a wider role in the US, after quitting as Alaska governor.
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HondurasThe Organization of American States suspends Honduras for ousting President Zelaya, who says he will return on Sunday.
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Recently retired American football star Steve "Air" McNair is found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in Nashville. along with a dead woman.
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Joey "Jaws" Chestnut eats 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes at the annual contest in New York, beating his old record of 66.
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IraqUS Vice-President Joe Biden marks 4 July in Baghdad, urging Iraqi leaders to foster political reconciliation.
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Things making life in US convenient and entertaining
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