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We have started to collect the most important news related to United States in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
The recipient of the first almost-total face transplant to be carried out in the US has spoken to the media.
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IranThe jailed US-Iranian reporter Roxana Saberi has ended a two-week hunger strike, her father says.
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ItalyThe judge overseeing the bankruptcy of Chrysler rejects efforts to halt the sale of the ailing automaker to Italian Fiat.
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PakistanUS envoy Richard Holbrooke says Washington must put maximum pressure on Pakistan to ensure it fights the Taleban effectively.
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US seeks to bring Pakistanis and Afghans together
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ItalyA group of lenders to US carmaker Chrysler ask a New York court to halt the proposed sale to Italian firm Fiat.
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AfghanistanAn Afghan official tells the BBC of claims that US air strikes in western Afghanistan killed more than 20 civilians.
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AfghanistanAdrenalin rush as US troops deal with Taleban fire
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The US administration announces a $63bn health plan to fight Aids and tropical illnesses in the developing world over six years.
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Washington DC's city council approves legislation to recognise same-sex marriages conducted in other US states.
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ChinaThe Pentagon accuses Chinese fishing boats of "dangerous" manoeuvres near a US Navy ship in the Yellow Sea last week.
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Global bank shares climb on hopes that US banks will not face huge shortfalls in the amount of money they need to raise.
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IsraelUS Vice-President Joe Biden urges Israel to back a two-state solution to achieve a peaceful settlement with the Palestinians.
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The head of US National Security Agency says the the country needs to build a digital warfare force for the future.
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PanamaPanama's president-elect says finalising a free trade deal with the US will be a priority when he takes office in July.
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IranAn Iranian court is to hold an appeal hearing next week for a US-Iranian journalist serving an eight-year sentence for spying.
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Apple and Google face an anti-trust inquiry into the role of shared board members, say US reports.
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PakistanThe US national security adviser seeks guarantees from Pakistan that its nuclear weapons are safe from militants.
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President Barack Obama is proposing to close tax loopholes for US companies with operations overseas.
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The US Supreme Court orders a re-examination of a ruling that threw out a fine over Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" during 2004's Super Bowl.
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Cases of swine flu are confirmed in more than half of US states, as countries are urged to stay vigilant over the outbreak.
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US investor Warren Buffett hits out at "stress tests" of US banks, saying they do not properly assess the industry's health.
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IraqThe head of a leading US-allied Sunni militia group in Iraq is arrested in a joint Iraqi-US operation.
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Former US Congressman and football star Jack Kemp dies at the age of 73, after suffering from cancer.
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US investor Warren Buffett says the US government is generally taking the right steps to aid economic recovery.
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IraqA man wearing an Iraqi military uniform shoots dead two US soldiers and injures three others in the city of Mosul.
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A US pilot avoids injury in a crash after his plane's fall is cushioned by a row of portable toilets.
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The highest-profile victim of the US car industry crisis
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US Supreme Court Justice David Souter is to step down at the end of the court's term in June, President Barack Obama confirms.
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IsraelThe US drops espionage-related charges against two pro-Israel lobbyists, saying it was unlikely to win.
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A man who threw four children to their deaths from a bridge is sentenced to death in the US state of Alabama.
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A US federal appeals court denies a stay of deportation to alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk.
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Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia says the US must retract a claim that King Abdullah met Israeli President Shimon Peres in 2008.
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JapanAn acclaimed US poet goes missing during a visit to a volcano in the Ryukyu Islands of southern Japan.
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IraqUS military officials have confirmed the death of three servicemen, killed in fighting in Anbar province in western Iraq.
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IranIran rejects a US state department report saying it remains the "most active state sponsor of terrorism" in the world.
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SwitzerlandUBS, Switzerland's biggest bank, refuses to hand over to a Florida court the details of US customers suspected of tax evasion.
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A man accused of being an al-Qaeda agent pleads guilty in the US to conspiring to provide support for terrorism.
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Chrysler is to enter bankruptcy protection after failing to have its debts written off, a White House official says.
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Iraq, 
United KingdomA ceremony is held in Basra to mark the official end of the British military mission in Iraq after six years.
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Swine flu is not affecting US-Mexico crossings
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Between 50 and 100 detainees held by the US in Guantanamo Bay cannot be freed or tried, says US Defence Secretary Robert Gates.
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A tiny "carpet cloak" that makes objects invisible to optical light has been made by a US research team.
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SpainAmerican golfer John Daly unveils his new slimline look in Spain.
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AfghanistanEmbedded with the US Spartans taking on the Taleban
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US President Barack Obama marks 100 days in office, saying he is pleased but not satisfied with the progress so far.
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Web giant Google defends its plans to digitise the world's books, as the US Department of Justice looks at the deal.
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US President Barack Obama gives a primetime TV news conference as his first 100 days in office draw to a close.
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The Federal Reserve holds interest rates at a range of between zero and 0.25%, and suggests the recession is easing.
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MexicoA Mexican child visiting the US dies of swine flu - the first such death outside Mexico, where the virus may have killed up to 159.
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The US economy continued to contract in the first three months of 2009, led by the biggest fall in exports for 40 years.
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IranThe US envoy to the Gulf states, Dennis Ross, begins his first visit to the region, with Iran likely to top the agenda.
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FranceA bus carrying French tourists crashes in California killing at least five people and injuring dozens, officials say.
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FranceA bus carrying French tourists crashes in California killing at least five people and injuring dozens, officials say.
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As President Obama prepares to go public with his review of cyber-security, industry experts weigh in with criticisms.
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The US Senate confirms President Barack Obama's choice for health secretary, former Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius.
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IsraelSigns that Israel may be on collision course with the US
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How has President Obama handled the US economy?
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How has President Obama handled the US economy?
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Republican US Senator Arlen Specter announces he will become a Democrat, giving the party 59 votes in the Senate.
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ColombiaA Colombian drug trafficker implicated in the export of hundreds of tonnes of cocaine to the US is jailed for 30 years by a Miami court.
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SomaliaA US cargo ship captain held hostage for five days by Somali pirates on a lifeboat did not immediately realise he was being rescued as gunshots rang out, he says
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Republican US Senator Arlen Specter announces that he intends to become a Democrat.
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Fining US broadcasters over the use of a single swear word on live TV is justified, the Supreme Court rules.
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US house prices continued to fall in February, but the rate of decline in some markets is slowing, a leading index says.
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A track by US band The Flaming Lips is set to become the official state rock song of Oklahoma despite opposition from politicians.
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IraqThe US military says it is expresses regret after killing two Iraqi civilians in a raid which was criticised by Baghdad.
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General Motors is to cut 21,000 jobs in the US this year and phase out its Pontiac brand, as it aims to restructure its business.
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Could the US innovate its way out of recession?
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Mexico, SpainThe EU and US urge caution over travel to Mexico amid fears of a swine flu pandemic, as the first case is confirmed in Europe.
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US carmaker Chrysler reaches an outline cost-cutting deal with its main US union as it continues to try to restructure the business.
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ChinaWhy US toymakers are targeting Chinese children
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IraqIraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki says a US raid in the south of the country was a breach of the security pact.
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LebanonThe US secretary of state calls for the upcoming general election in Lebanon to be fair and free of outside interference.
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North KoreaThe US urges North Korea to return to its nuclear obligations after it says it is re-processing spent nuclear fuel again.
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IraqAmerica's top diplomat Hillary Clinton says the US "will stand with the people of Iraq", despite planned pullout of US troops.
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Armenia, 
TurkeyTurkey criticises the US president for not emphasising its dead while marking the killing of Armenians by Turks.
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Czech RepublicA former Ku Klux Klan leader, American David Duke, is ordered to leave the Czech Republic where he was planning to promote a book.
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IranA US-Iranian reporter jailed a week ago by Tehran on charges of spying is in the fifth day of a hunger strike, her father says.
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Sri LankaThe US calls for an immediate ceasefire to the fighting in north-east Sri Lanka to allow civilians to leave the war zone.
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ArmeniaThe US president refrains from calling the killing of Armenians in World War I "genocide" despite using the term previously.
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Afghanistan, IraqThe US is about to release hundreds of photographs showing alleged prisoner abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan, officials say.
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RussiaWhy the US and Russia want a new arms control treaty
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Italy, RussiaNegotiators for the US and Russia meet in Rome to begin work on a new treaty to curb nuclear weapons.
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Is there a high-speed future for the US network?
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ArubaAn Australian cookie chain threatens legal action against US chain Krispy Kreme for stealing a biscuit name and recipe.
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Iran, IsraelUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warns Israel it risks losing Arab support on Iran over its stance on the Palestinian issue.
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North KoreaTwo US female journalists arrested by North Korea are to face trial, Pyongyang's state news agency says.
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Top US player finds banjo's origins, in sound and images
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PakistanOfficials in North West Frontier Province in Pakistan meet to discuss their peace deal with the Taleban amid deep US concern.
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Lebanon, PakistanA Pakistani man in the US is jailed for transmitting a TV channel run by Lebanon's Hezbollah movement.
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PhilippinesA US marine is acquitted of rape in the Philippines, in a case highlighting tensions over US military presence in the country.
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CanadaA Canadian judge rules that PM Stephen Harper must immediately press the US to send home a Canadian detainee being held at Guantanamo Bay.
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PakistanPakistan's relations with the US could be in danger if it fails to combat the Taleban, the US defence chief says.
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MexicoGeneral Motors is to temporarily shut 13 factories in the US and Mexico as it tries to cut costs and control stock levels.
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PakistanUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the nation poses a "mortal threat". Is she right?
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The White House should take direct control of US cybersecurity, the woman tipped to be internet security tsar says.
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PakistanUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the situation in Pakistan poses a "mortal threat" to the security of the world.
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