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Four US servicewomen file a suit through the American Civil Liberties Union against a ban on women being deployed in most combat roles.
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United KingdomOne of the British Museum's most iconic objects, the Cyrus Cylinder - an ancient "bill of rights", will tour the US in 2013.
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A US judge orders tobacco firms to pay for a public campaign laying out decades of "past deception" over smoking risks.
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A fourth person has now died after eating soup made with poisonous mushrooms at a retirement home in northern California, local officials say.
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IranThe Cyrus Cylinder, which is more than 2,500 years old, is regarded by historians as the world's first declaration of human rights.
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The second-largest lottery jackpot in US history reaches $500m ahead of Wednesday's prize draw thanks to massive ticket sales.
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ChinaThe US decides not to declare China as a currency manipulator but says that the yuan remains "significantly undervalued".
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President Obama launches a week of public outreach while banging the drum for tax rises on the wealthy as the so-called fiscal cliff looms.
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United KingdomThe former head of Autonomy, the UK group accused of misrepresenting its finances, demands details of the allegations from its owner, US computer maker Hewlett-Packard.
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US consumer confidence reached its highest level in four-and-a-half years this month, according to a closely-watched survey.
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Decisive action is needed to ensure the US fiscal cliff and the eurozone debt crisis do not "plunge the world back into recession", the OECD says.
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The husband of a US woman who was too big to be flown home from Europe - where she later died - is to sue the airlines involved for damages.
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Burglars in the US state of Texas appear to be exploiting bugs in widely used electronic door locks to steal from hotel rooms.
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Dr Joseph Murray, who won the Nobel prize for his pioneering work in human organ transplants, has died at a Boston hospital aged 93.
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South KoreaSouth Korea is to relieve a US woman embroiled in the scandal that felled CIA director David Petraeus of the post of honorary consul, officials say.
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The US is projected to have had its biggest ever online shopping day - with "Cyber Monday" sales up at least 20% on last year, analysts say.
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BangladeshUS retailer Walmart says it is "troubling" that a supplier subcontracted work without authorisation to a factory hit by a lethal fire in Bangladesh.
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An actor in one of the biggest comedies on US television, Two and a Half Men, describes the show as "filth" and urges viewers not to watch it.
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Shadow boxing ramps up between the White House and Republicans on whether to introduce tax rises to avert the upcoming "fiscal cliff".
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US shoppers went to town over the Thanksgiving weekend, with retail spending up sharply on last year, a survey suggests.
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, the final instalment of the vampire fantasy films, tops the US box office for the second week in a row.
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Could the US rekindle its love of industrial hemp?
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Some confetti at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York appears to have been made of confidential police documents, a US media report says.
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A truck driver in the US state of Oregon narrowly escaped serious injury after crashing through a guardrail on a highway overpass in Beaverton.
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Israel, United KingdomUK Foreign Secretary William Hague calls for a "decisive lead" from the United States in seeking a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Farc urges the US to free one of its jailed commanders, Simon Trinidad, having taken a cardboard cut-out of him to peace talks this week.
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MexicoA third Filipino dies as a result of last week's fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico hours after his family arrive from abroad, officials say.
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US retailers have begun their "Black Friday" sales, reopening stores after the Thanksgiving holiday
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US retailers have opened their doors for "Black Friday", usually the busiest shopping day of the year when stores reopen after the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Two people have died and scores were injured after a pile-up involving at least 140 vehicles on a foggy motorway in the US state of Texas.
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A court challenge delays plans to expel a Texan student for refusing to wear a radio tag that tracks her movements.
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MexicoMexican President Felipe Calderon says he wants to change the official name of the country from the United States of Mexico to, simply, Mexico.
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A pile up involving 100 vehicles on a foggy Texas interstate has killed two people and injured at least 48 others.
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ArgentinaArgentina says it will appeal against a US ruling ordering it to pay $1.3bn owed to foreign bond holders since its debt default in 2001.
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The US sports firm still making trainers in Cumbria
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Millions of New Yorkers have soaked up bright autumn sunshine as the annual Thanksgiving Day parade kicked off the US holiday season.
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Millions of people in the US mark Thanksgiving Day, with the Macy's parade winding through New York but many still suffering in storm-hit areas.
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The singer achieves her 12th number one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 with her latest track.
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Former Saturday Night Live star Chevy Chase abruptly leaves US sitcom Community and will not appear in the final episodes of its current season, Sony Pictures Televison confirms.
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ItalyBBC Four's new commissions include a series celebrating the album, the prequel to Italian detective series Inspector Montalbano and hit US comedy Parks and Recreation.
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TaiwanA US judge orders Apple to disclose details of its patent sharing deal with Taiwan's HTC to its Korean rival Samsung.
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LibyaThe US ambassador to the United Nations has defended comments she made days after a deadly attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
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An estimated 43 million Americans hit the road on the eve of Thanksgiving, amid bad weather and transport union action.
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Illinois Democratic congressman Jesse Jackson Jr, being treated for bipolar disorder and facing ethics probes, resigns weeks after his re-election.
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A US bankruptcy judge approves the liquidation of Hostess Brands, the company that makes Twinkies, Wonder Bread, Ding Dongs and Ho Hos.
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The US economy is going to expand modestly in the next few months, according to the latest data from the Conference Board.
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FranceA French news magazine accuses the US government of having hacked into the office of Nicolas Sarkozy in the final weeks of his presidency of France.
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LibyaThe police chief of the Libyan city of Benghazi, who took up his post after the US embassy attack, is assassinated by unknown gunmen.
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MexicoMexico and the US sign a new agreement on sharing and managing the Colorado River, the source of water for millions of people in the two countries.
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United KingdomComputer maker Hewlett Packard asks US and UK authorities to investigate alleged misrepresentations of Autonomy's finances before HP took over the UK software group last year.
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Last-ditch efforts break down aimed at ending a labour dispute threatening the future of Twinkies, one of the best-known US snack food brands.
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The US state of Maine is holding truth and reconciliation hearings to help the hundreds of Native American children who were removed from their community and adopted by white families.
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Dallas Campbell discovers how the different sections of a jumbo jet come together from around the world to be assembled in the USA.
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The chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke warns the fiscal cliff is a substantial threat to the recovery of the US economy.
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An ex-fund manager is charged with what could be the biggest insider trading case in US history after allegedly using early information about drug trials.
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US wildlife officials are investigating a spate of killings and mutilations of dolphins along the Gulf Coast over the past year.
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CambodiaUS President Barack Obama urges Asian nations to ease tensions over maritime disputes, amid terse exchanges at the end of a summit in Cambodia.
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Police say they are treating as foul play an explosion that killed a married couple in the US state of Indiana.
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IsraelA man is arrested after a security guard at the US embassy in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv is attacked with a knife and an axe.
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MexicoHow US marijuana legalisation puts focus on Mexico drugs war
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Thieves use power saws to cut out and steal a series of ancient carvings sacred to Native Americans from a California cliff side.
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BurmaBurma is on a "remarkable journey" of reform that has further to go, Barack Obama says as he makes the first visit by a serving US president.
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Sales of previously-owned homes in the US rose by more than expected in October, a report suggests, a sign that confidence is returning to the economy.
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BurmaBurma is on a "remarkable journey" of reform that has further to go, Barack Obama says as he makes the first visit by a serving US president.
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 debuts at the top of the US box office chart but New Moon remains the biggest debut of the series.
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BermudaMcLaren's Lewis Hamilton says he wanted his United States GP victory more than Red Bull rival Sebastian Vettel.
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BermudaLewis Hamilton wins the US Grand Prix after a tight battle with Sebastian Vettel, as Fernando Alonso keeps the title fight alive.
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Ferrari admit deliberately incurring a five-place penalty for Felipe Massa to elevate team-mate Fernando Alonso to seventh.
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BurmaWhy Burma is to get its first visit by a sitting US president
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ThailandBarack Obama lands in Bangkok on the first leg of a South East Asian trip that includes a historic visit to Burma, the first by a US president.
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BermudaRed Bull's Sebastian Vettel wins a battle with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton to take pole position for the United States Grand Prix.
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CubaUS contractor Alan Gross, who was jailed in Cuba in 2011, is suing the US and his former employer for $60m (£38m), blaming them for his arrest.
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Fernando Alonso says he has every chance of winning the world title despite Red Bull's stunning pace in US GP practice.
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BurmaThe US lifts a ban on most imports from Burma, ahead of an historic visit by President Barack Obama to the country.
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LibyaFormer CIA chief Gen David Petraeus says the deadly assault on a US consulate in Libya was a terror attack, a week after quitting over an affair.
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The US president and Congressional leaders voice their optimism over resolving the so-called fiscal cliff of spending cuts and tax rises.
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Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel produced an ominous performance to set the pace in Friday practice at the United States GP.
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JP Morgan and Credit Suisse will together pay US regulators $417m (£263m) to settle charges that they misled investors over mortgage-backed securities.
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BermudaRed Bull's Sebastian Vettel headed McLaren's Lewis Hamilton in first practice at the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.
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US telecommunications group Verizon declares war on illegal downloaders, or pirates, who use technologies such as BitTorrent to steal copyrighted material.
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The maker of Twinkies, the cream-filled sponge cakes well-loved in the US, says it will close down the company, leading to the loss of 18,500 jobs.
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The Great Britain Lionhearts defeat USA Knockouts to win their debut match at the World Series of Boxing.
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Jennifer Aniston, Laura Dern and other celebrities pay tribute to Ben Stiller at the annual 26th American Cinematheque Awards bash.
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Four people die and 16 others are injured as a train hits a parade float on its way to an event honouring wounded US veterans in Texas.
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The BBC's Alistair Leithead reports after four people were killed and 17 others injured when a freight train in Texas hit a parade float.
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LibyaUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify about an attack on the US consulate in Libya that saw four Americans killed, a congresswoman says.
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The US Postal Service reports an annual loss of a $15.9bn (£10bn), ending a year in which it defaulted on payments twice to avert bankruptcy.
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Formula 1 returns to United States after five-year gap
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Should US states legalise drugs and tax them?
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the overly stringent lending requirements of banks are hurting the US housing recovery.
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United KingdomThe British oil giant BP is to pay a record fine of nearly £3bn to the US government to settle criminal charges over the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010.
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US President Barack Obama consoles bereaved residents in areas of New York that still have no power 17 days after the deadly storm, Sandy.
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MexicoBP receives the biggest criminal penalty in US history for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster and two workers are indicted on manslaughter charges.
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BurmaBurma begins releasing 452 prisoners ahead of US President Obama's visit, but activists say no political detainees are among those freed.
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The US military revokes access for two women at the heart of the scandal that led to the resignation of General David Petraeus as CIA director.
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Billy Joel, Rihanna and Missy Elliott are among the stars who have signed an open letter to online music company Pandora, which is backing a US bill to change how artists are paid royalties.
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US President Barack Obama has said there is no evidence to suggest national security was compromised by the scandal that forced David Petraeus to resign as head of the CIA.
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LibyaPresident Barack Obama lambasts top Republicans as they attack his UN ambassador over the deadly attack on the US consulate in Libya.
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BelizeComputer security pioneer John McAfee says he is hiding from police in Belize, who want to speak him over the killing of a US businessman.
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The US Federal Reserve may launch a new bond-buying stimulus programme at the start of next year, released minutes reveal.
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