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Research shows that a message to Facebook users showing which of their friends voted in a 2010 US election drove 340,000 more people to the polls.
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The percentage of Americans living in poverty is statistically unchanged from 2011's record high, even as household income fell, a US Census report says.
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United KingdomUK-listed miner Anglo American suspends operations at a platinum mine in South Africa to "protect the safety of its employees".
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LibyaThe US ambassador to Libya dies after militiamen attack the consulate in Benghazi in protest at a US-made film said to insult the Prophet Muhammad.
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The US Internal Revenue Service awards $104m (£65m) to a convicted former banker who informed US tax authorities about overseas tax cheats.
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US TV network NBC defends its decision not to observe a moment of silence on Tuesday marking the 9/11 anniversary and run a piece on a reality TV star instead.
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Egypt, LibyaA US official is killed as Libyan militiamen storm the consulate in Benghazi, hours after a similar attack in Egypt over a US-produced film said to be insulting to the Prophet Muhammad.
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China, 
JapanThe US urges "cooler heads to prevail" as tension intensifies between China and Japan in a row over disputed islands in the East China Sea.
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The US military has unveiled a robotic dog which obeys commands through a touchscreen device.
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MexicoA Mexican man accused of being among the top three leaders of the Zetas drug cartel is extradited to the United States on drug charges.
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BeninBenin born, US-based jazz guitarist and vocalist Lionel Loueke speaks to BBC Africa about his combination of jazz and African music.
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EgyptProtesters have breached the wall of the American embassy in Cairo and torn down a flag over a US-made film which they say is insulting to the Prophet Muhammad.
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US Open champion Andy Murray says he will work hard to improve his game as he sets his sights on more Grand Slam success.
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A former US biologist pleads guilty to murdering three colleagues and wounding three others in a 2010 shooting rampage at a faculty meeting.
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US President Obama lays a wreath as memorials are held in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania to mark the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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Ceremonies have taken place in the United States to commemorate the eleventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon in 2001.
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The US government says it has made a profit of $15.1bn (£9.4bn) so far on its bailout of insurer AIG, after selling stock in the firm this week.
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EgyptProtesters breach the wall at the US embassy in Cairo and tear down a flag over a film they say is insulting to the Prophet Muhammad.
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The US Internal Revenue Service awards $104m (£65m) to a convicted former banker who informed US tax authorities about overseas tax cheats.
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Police in the US have released dashboard footage, showing the gunman who killed six people and injured three others, in an attack on a Wisconsin Sikh temple last month.
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US trade deficit widens slightly in July as exports fall at a faster pace than imports, but the gap was lower than analysts forecast.
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GeorgiaThe second film in the Hunger Games trilogy has started filming in the US state of Georgia.
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PakistanThe Pakistani doctor involved in the US search for Osama Bin Laden is quoted as telling Fox News he was unaware the al-Qaeda leader was their target.
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The US federal government has added about 50 types of cancer to the list of illnesses to be covered by a 9/11 health treatment programme.
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PolandNewly released documents appear to back the idea that the US helped cover up Soviet responsibility for the 1940 massacre of Polish soldiers at Katyn.
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A judge dismisses a copyright claim by US rock band The Velvet Underground to stop their famous Andy Warhol banana image being used on other products.
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United KingdomAndy Murray says his US Open win "means the world" after ending Britain's long search for another male Grand Slam champion.
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United KingdomAndy Murray ends Britain's 76-year wait for a male Grand Slam singles champion with an epic victory over Novak Djokovic in the US Open final.
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The US federal government adds about 50 types of cancer to the list of 9/11 World Trade Center-related illnesses to be covered by a healthcare programme.
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AfghanistanThe US military has handed control of a controversial prison housing more than 3,000 Taliban fighters and terrorism suspects to the Afghan authorities.
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US President Barack Obama and his Democratic Party raise more cash than their Republican challengers, bringing in $114m (£71m) in August.
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AfghanistanThe US hands over control of the controversial Bagram prison, transferring more than 3,000 Taliban fighters and terror suspects to Afghan custody.
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The North American box office suffers one of its worst weekends in more than a decade, taking $65 million (£41m), according to industry estimates.
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MexicoBP is to sell a number of assets in the US Gulf of Mexico for $5.6bn (£3.5bn) to US company Plains Exploration and Production.
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The International Paralympic Committee says it will examine TV partners more carefully in future after US network NBC did not show any live action.
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The International Paralympic Committee says it will examine TV partners more carefully in future after US network NBC failed to show any live action.
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The US government says it will sell a substantial portion of its remaining stake in AIG, making it a minority shareholder in the insurer.
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The first interview is aired with a former US special forces member who wrote an unauthorised account of the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden.
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AfghanistanThe US military is set to hand control of a controversial prison housing 3,000 Taliban fighters and terrorism suspects to the Afghan authorities.
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SeychellesSerena Williams overcomes world number one Victoria Azarenka in three sets to win her fourth US Open and 16th Grand Slam title.
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Campaigning US President Barack Obama gets a voter lift he is looking for - as he is raised off the ground in a bear hug by a supporter in Florida.
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The owner of a pizza shop in Florida who surprised Barack Obama with a huge hug during a campaign tour said it was a great meeting, and that the US president bought 20 pizzas.
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CubaCuba has a long-established zero tolerance policy on drugs, and now Havana is helping US officials stop the flow of narcotics from South America.
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Russia, 
SyriaUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has dismissed a Russian proposal for a new UN Security Council resolution on Syria as pointless "without teeth".
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Defending champion Novak Djokovic beats David Ferrer in four sets and will face Andy Murray in Monday's US Open final.
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urges Asian countries not to let territorial disputes disrupt the world's most dynamic economic region.
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Russia, SyriaUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says a Russian plan for a UN Security Council resolution on Syria will be pointless without consequences.
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Coach Ivan Lendl thinks Andy Murray's previous Grand Slam disappointments can help him win the US Open final.
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Sharks have the ability to learn from each other's behaviour, US scientists find.
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Andy Murray beats Tomas Berdych in four sets to reach Monday's US Open final, where he will play Novak Djokovic or David Ferrer.
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FranceExperts say a painting bought for a few dollars at a US flea market may turn out to be a a work by French master Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
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RussiaSecretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US administration wants to normalise trade relations with Russia this month, as she attends the Apec summit in Vladivostok.
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CubaCuba has a long-established zero tolerance policy on drugs, and now Havana is helping US officials stop the flow of narcotics from South America.
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How Cuba's war on drugs is winning praise from the US
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MexicoMexican police say they have arrested a man accused of the killing of a US border agent in a botched US operation to track smuggled guns.
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A woman in Virginia, US, may have hit the jackpot after discovering what is thought to be an original Renoir painting at a flea market for $50 (£31).
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President Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney have clashed over the US economy after the release of disappointing employment figures.
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US President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney take the debate over US unemployment to swing states, at the start of a two-month run-in to election day.
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SeychellesSerena Williams beats Sara Errani 6-1 6-2 to reach her sixth US Open final, where she will play top seed Victoria Azarenka.
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SeychellesVictoria Azarenka fights back from a set and a break down to beat Maria Sharapova and reach her maiden US Open final.
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US President Barack Obama has accepted the nomination of the Democratic party, telling voters they face a generational choice in November's election.
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PakistanUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she intends to list the Pakistan-based militant Haqqani network as a terrorist organisation.
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Shepard Fairey, the US artist who created the "Hope" poster of Barack Obama, has been given two years probation and fined for concealing the origins of his image.
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ChileSearch giant Google has decided to base its first Latin American data centre near the Chilean capital Santiago.
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US President Barack Obama formally kicks off his re-election bid, with a convention speech telling American voters they face the "choice of a generation".
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The US economy created a lower-than-expected 96,000 jobs in August, official figures show, while the jobless rate fell to 8.1%.
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SeychellesFollowing gender reassignment surgery, American man Thomas Beatie gave birth to a girl. He tells Victoria Derbyshire about the difficulties he faced getting pregnant.
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The euro reaches a two-month high against the US dollar as the European Central Bank's bond-buying plans continue to please the markets.
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Afghanistan, United KingdomA British soldier was killed in a US friendly fire attack in Afghanistan due to "cumulative failures", a coroner rules.
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A US hacker, who sold access to thousands of hijacked home computers, is jailed for 30 months.
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Joe South, who wrote hits including Games People Play and I Never Promised You A Rose Garden, dies following a heart attack in the US.
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The music mogul reacts angrily to a 'mean-spirited' scheduling clash between the US version of The Voice and his US X Factor series.
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Defending champion Novak Djokovic moves into the US Open semi-finals with victory over Juan Martin del Potro.
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AfghanistanA former US marine has won a bronze medal at the Paralympics, just two years after he stepped on a landmine and lost both his legs in Afghanistan.
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SudanSudan's refusal to accept a border proposal with South Sudan could spark an "outright conflict", a senior US diplomat warns.
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David Ferrer clinches a remarkable victory over Janko Tipsarevic to reach his second US Open semi-final.
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The US space agency's Curiosity rover uses its big onboard laboratory to measure the composition of the Red Planet's atmosphere.
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The US rap star tops a list of hip-hop's biggest earners to due to his audio company Beats Electronics.
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Former US President Bill Clinton nominates Barack Obama for re-election, defending his economic record at the Democratic party convention.
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East TimorHillary Clinton makes a landmark visit to East Timor following recent elections - the first US secretary of state to do so since its independence.
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IraqIn his memoir The Long Walk, former US Air Force bomb disarmer Brian Castner describes the "nerve-racking yet strangely exhilarating" work in Iraq.
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CroatiaAndy Murray fights back from a set and 5-1 down to overwhelm Croatia's Marin Cilic and reach the US Open semi-finals.
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Roger Federer is knocked out of the US Open by Tomas Berdych, who will play Andy Murray in the last four on Saturday.
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Andy Roddick's career comes to a close with a four-set defeat by Juan Martin del Potro in the fourth round of the US Open.
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Problems sleeping may be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease if a study in mice also applies to people, US researchers say.
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Former champions Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams win through to the last four of the US Open.
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The cardinal who spent 15 years in a US embassy
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Libya, 
MauritaniaThe US and human rights groups urge Libya to give a fair trial to Col Muammar Gaddafi's ex-intelligence chief after he is deported by Mauritania.
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Costa RicaA powerful earthquake of 7.6 magnitude rocks north-west Costa Rica, killing two people according to the Red Cross.
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A New York state strip club says it should not have to pay tax under an exemption for "live dramatic or musical arts performances".
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The death toll from US cases of West Nile virus, which has killed scores of people, rises by nearly a third in a week, according to health officials.
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With just two months to go until the US presidential election, the First Lady, Michelle Obama, has been trying to woo female voters.
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Green Mile actor Michael Clarke Duncan died of natural causes following a heart attack he suffered in July, a US coroner confirms.
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US First Lady Michelle Obama addresses Democratic delegates at the party's convention, making the case for President Obama's re-election.
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The US Justice Department accuses BP of "gross negligence and wilful misconduct" over the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
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China, 
IndonesiaUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Chinese leaders, amid rumbling regional tensions over the South China Sea.
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US First Lady Michelle Obama has made an impassioned speech backing her husband, President Barack Obama, at the Democratic convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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David Ferrer beats Richard Gasquet to reach the US Open quarter-finals on a rain-affected day nine at Flushing Meadows.
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The US Democratic Party has begun its three-day convention in North Carolina, as it seeks to convince Americans that President Obama deserves a second term.
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US Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III names Dustin Johnson, Jim Furyk, Brandt Snedeker and Steve Stricker as his four wildcard picks.
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