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At least 28 people have been injured after the train they were travelling on collided with a truck in California.
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Davis Love III has been named US Ryder Cup captain for Hazeltine 2016, the second time he has been given the honour.
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Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen says the bank can be flexible in deciding when to raise interest rates, helping propel US shares to record levels.
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US President Barack Obama vetoes a bill that would have approved construction of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, White House officials say.
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Angola, 
KenyaUS tyre firm Goodyear agrees to pay $16m to US regulators over allegations it failed to stop persistent bribery in its Kenyan and Angolan operations.
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Sea levels along the northeast coast of the US rose dramatically during 2009-2010 in an event scientists describe as "very unusual".
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One of the most famous US news anchors, Bill O'Reilly of Fox News, rejects allegations he exaggerated his involvement in the Falklands War in 1982.
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MI5 agents are appearing in a US court for the first time to give evidence in the trial of Abid Naseer, wearing wigs and make-up to hide their identities.
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NigeriaAn American woman working as a Christian missionary in central Nigeria has been abducted, the Free Methodist Church USA says.
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GermanyThe heirs to Nazi-era Jewish art dealers are taking legal action in the US against the German state to recover a medieval treasure trove.
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US house prices grew at twice the rate of inflation in 2014 according to the S&P/Case Shiller survey, but it says the recovery is faltering.
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The US TV broadcast of this year's Oscars ceremony scores the event's lowest ratings in six years with 36.6m, down 16% on 2014.
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CubaCuba's annual cigar festival opens in the capital Havana - with American visitors able to take cigars home legally for the first time in decades.
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North Korea, 
South KoreaSouth Korea and the US announce their annual military drills will begin on 2 March, a move that traditionally angers Pyongyang.
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South KoreaSouth Korea has announced its annual military exercises with the United States with start in early March.
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CubaCigar enthusiasts from around 80 countries have gathered in the Cuban capital Havana for the country's annual cigar festival.
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President Barack Obama warns Republicans against "playing politics with national security", as a partial government shutdown looms over his immigration policy.
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A dozen university students are in hospital after overdosing on "Molly" or MDMA, a popular synthetic party drug, in Connecticut.
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IsraelA US court in New York has found the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority liable for attacks in Israel over 10 years ago.
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Erotic film adaptation Fifty Shades of Grey maintains its number one position for second weekend at the North American box office, taking an estimated $23.2m (£15m).
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ChinaA US export is the newest Chinese New Year delicacy
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MexicoThe Mexican immigrant who set up the US's largest drone firm
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SomaliaThe head of US homeland security urges vigilance after Somali-based militants call for attacks on shopping centres in the US, Canada and Britain.
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Severe winter storms are affecting large parts of the east coast of the United States.
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JapanThe fate of Japanese-Latin Americans during World War Two
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Russia, 
Ukraine, 
United KingdomUS Secretary of State John Kerry says new "serious sanctions" are being considered against Russia over its "craven" behaviour in Ukraine.
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FranceUS actress Kristen Stewart becomes first American actress to win a Cesar Award - the French equivalent of an Oscar - for her role in Cloud of Sils Maria.
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AfghanistanNew US Defence Secretary Ash Carter arrives in Afghanistan, days after taking up the post, saying he wants "lasting success" for the country.
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A zookeeper at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden in Ohio in the US has filmed two red pandas playing in the snow.
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Bitterly cold temperatures have continued for a second day in the eastern half of the US, setting a number of record lows.
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IraqAn Iraqi-Kurdish force of up to 25,000 is preparing to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State in April or May, a US official says.
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United KingdomUS and British spies hacked a top Sim card firm to steal security codes and facilitate eavesdropping on mobiles, a news website says.
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A huge ice fountain has formed in a New York park, as cold weather continues to grip the eastern half of the US.
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Icy weather conditions are continuing to cause severe disruption to parts of the United States.
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FinlandWith record-low temperatures in the US this week, the BBC asked the Finnish ambassador to the US what the country can learn about dealing with the cold.
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CanadaBitterly cold air from Siberia brings dangerously low and possibly record-setting temperatures to the eastern half of the US and Canada.
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A prominent rabbi in the US pleads guilty to 52 counts of voyeurism after secretly filming women prepare to take ritual baths.
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An MI5 agent gives evidence in disguise at the US trial of a man accused of involvement in plots to attack targets in New York and Manchester.
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UkraineThe US expresses deep concern at reports of fighting in eastern Ukraine and calls on all sides to abide by the terms of an agreed ceasefire.
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Americans should eat a diet higher in plants, fruits and grains because it is healthier and has a lower environmental impact a US panel has said.
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Syria, 
TurkeyTurkey and the US sign an agreement to train and equip moderate Syrian opposition forces, US officials say.
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US retail giant Walmart - the nation's largest private employer - announces plans to raise wages for more than 500,000 hourly employees at its US stores.
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Iran, IsraelThe US has accused Israel of selectively leaking information from the Iran nuclear talks to distort its position in negotiations.
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American Sniper is the Oscars-nominated film to have experienced the most illegal downloads since the awards shortlist was revealed, a study suggests.
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United KingdomScottish actor Ewan McGregor signs up to direct his first film - an adaptation of Philip Roth's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel American Pastoral.
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Former Guantanamo Bay detainee, David Hicks has been speaking out after his terrorism conviction was overturned by the US
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ArubaFormer Guantanamo Bay detainee Australian David Hicks speaks of his relief after a US court quashes his terrorism conviction.
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Hundreds of people in the US state of Arizona hold a candlelit vigil to honour Islamic State hostage Kayla Mueller, whose death was confirmed this month.
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ArubaAn Australian former Guantanamo Bay detainee, David Hicks, successfully challenges his terrorism conviction in the US.
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President Barack Obama tells a summit on violent extremism that the US is not at war with Islam, but with "terrorists who pervert it".
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Former rap and home improvement star Vanilla Ice is arrested on suspicion of burglary and theft in the US state of Florida, police say.
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FranceUS cyclist Lance Armstrong, who won and was then stripped of seven Tour de France titles, pleads guilty to careless driving in the ski resort of Aspen.
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US rapper and musician Afroman is arrested after video footage showed him punching a female fan on stage during a concert in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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The US will loosen some restrictions on selling drones - including armed models - to allies and friendly countries.
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United KingdomNorthern Ireland's Darren Clarke is named Europe's Ryder Cup captain for the 2016 tournament at Hazeltine, United States.
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Belarus, Russia, UkraineThe US accuses Russia of violating the Minsk truce deal, while some Ukrainian troops are reportedly withdrawing from the strategic town of Debaltseve.
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As cold and snowy weather continues to affect the US, part of Niagara Falls has frozen over.
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IndiaThe governor of the US state of Alabama apologises to India after an Indian grandfather was thrown to the ground by police and left paralysed.
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SwitzerlandSwiss food giant Nestle says it will be removing all artificial flavours and colours from its chocolate products in the US.
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PhilippinesThe US pays 87m pesos ($1.97m: £1.28m) to the Philippines over damage caused to a protected reef by a US Navy ship.
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The US opens a three-day conference on countering worldwide and domestic extremism, after a spate of recent terror attacks.
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Recalling US journalist Daniel Pearl's kidnap and murder
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Record-breaking conditions continue in parts of the US and it seems it's even too cold for murder in New York City. Jay Wynne reports.
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A judge in Texas has temporarily halted a plan by US President Barack Obama to give a reprieve from deportation to millions of undocumented people.
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PolandRoman Polanski's lawyer says the film-maker will attend a Polish court hearing concerning a US extradition request.
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A driver in the US state of Wisconsin had a lucky escape after crashing into several cars as he attempted to leave a car park.
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A train carrying crude oil has burst into flames after derailing in West Virginia.
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A grand jury in the US state of North Carolina indicts Craig Hicks on three counts of murder in the shootings of three young Muslim students.
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Two West Virginia towns have been evacuated after a freight train carrying crude oil derailed and burst into flames.
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Fresh measurements show the iconic obelisk honouring the first US president actually stands 10 inches shorter than was thought.
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The United States north-east is reeling from the latest in a series of disruptive blizzards, with temperatures up to 17C below normal.
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Two men are sentenced to life in prison for the murder of four Cubans whom they conned into believing they could smuggle into the US.
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The volatile world of fur trapping in the US wilderness
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Erotic film adaptation Fifty Shades of Grey sizzles at cinemas, taking an estimated $81.7m (£53m) at North American box offices in its first weekend.
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Aruba, 
IndonesiaRelations with the US are :-) but with Indonesia :-| as Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop conducts a Buzzfeed interview in emoji.
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The north-east coast of the USA has seen yet more heavy snow, causing flights to be cancelled and freezing temperatures.
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United KingdomLondon mayor Boris Johnson says he intends to renounce his US citizenship to prove his "commitment to Britain".
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Blackpool's Brian Rose is beaten in the first round of his light-welterweight contest with American Carson Jones.
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US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg admits that fine wine was to blame for her nodding off at the president's State of the Union address.
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IraqIslamic State militants capture an Iraqi town about 8km (five miles) from an airbase housing hundreds of US troops, the Pentagon says.
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US President Barack Obama has urged technology companies to give the government greater help to improve cyber security.
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A former US soldier nicknamed Rambo who allegedly formed an international band of snipers as mercenaries confesses to a murder plot in New York.
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United KingdomEngland's 2015 World Cup preparations suffer a setback as Alex Morgan's header earns the USA victory at Stadium MK.
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The US president urges tech firms to share more information with security services, as leading figures gather for a summit in California.
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GermanyBetter-than-expected growth data from Germany helps push the S&P 500 to a record high and the Dow closes above the symbolic 18,000 threshold once more.
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US President Barack Obama denounces the killing of three Muslim students in North Carolina as "brutal and outrageous".
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The trial of the man accused of killing the real life sniper behind Clint Eastwood's film "American Sniper" is under way in the US.
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The head of the FBI has admitted that many police officers in US cities develop racial biases over time.
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CubaThe new attempt to normalise relations between Cuba and the United States has been a long time coming.
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Singer Don McLean will reveal the meaning of the lyrics to his hit American Pie when the original manuscript goes under the hammer in New York.
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US actor Emile Hirsch is charged with aggravated assault after allegedly choking a female film executive at last month's Sundance Film Festival.
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IndiaThe US charges a police officer in Alabama after a 57-year-old Indian was thrown to the ground, an incident he says left him partially paralysed.
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Italy, United KingdomAmanda Knox, a former US student convicted in Italy over the murder of her British flatmate, is engaged to marry a musician, reports say.
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CubaYoung Cubans welcome closer ties with US
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TurkeyTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticises US President Barack Obama for his silence over the murder of three Muslim students in the US.
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The UN Security Council passes a motion cracking down on Islamic State financing as US Republicans push for tougher US military action.
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The American south-west and central plains may be on course for droughts the like of which they have not seen in over a 1,000 years, scientists say.
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Russia, UkraineRussia will face fresh sanctions from the EU if a deal to end the war in eastern Ukraine is not fully implemented, European leaders warn.
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Same-sex couple in Mobile County, Alabama, must be allowed to marry, a US federal judge rules.
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ChinaChinese smartphone maker Xiaomi announces it will open an online US store but will not sell its phones, instead offering lesser known products such as headphones and a fitness tracker.
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