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US President Barack Obama is ready to sign an order to close the controversial Guantanamo Bay camp within a year.
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United KingdomThe British forensics which may solve an American murder
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Caroline Kennedy says she is no longer interested in taking up the seat Hillary Clinton has vacated in the US Senate.
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US President Barack Obama is sworn in for a second time, after a slight error when the oath was first administered.
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Why the new US treasury secretary failed to pay
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United KingdomThe British forensics which may solve an American murder
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Cuts in air pollution in US cities have added an average of five months of life to their inhabitants, research suggests.
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US investigators examining the jet that ditched into New York's Hudson River find a feather on one wing.
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A judge suspends the Guantanamo Bay trials of five men accused over the 9/11 attacks, in line with a request by US President Barack Obama.
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Barack Obama signs executive orders on government ethics and open information on a packed first full day as US president.
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ChinaChina has censored parts of US President Barack Obama's inauguration speech on websites and state TV.
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US President Barack Obama requests a temporary halt to trials at Guantanamo Bay, hours after taking the oath of office.
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The troubled US insurer AIG will not renew its shirt sponsorship deal with Manchester United when it runs out in May 2010.
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Economic woes, America's wars and the Guantanamo trials top Barack Obama's agenda on his first full day as US president.
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Michelle Obama's outfit for her husband Barack's inauguration as US president draws a mixed reaction from the fashion world.
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SingaporeSingapore's opposition leader Chee Soon Juan posts a video message about human rights abuses to US President Obama.
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President Barack Obama uses his inaugural address to pledge a "new era of responsibility", after being sworn in as the first African-American US leader.
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US indexes see their biggest fall for almost two months, with banking shares ending sharply lower.
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Barack Obama is sworn in as America's 44th president - and its first African-American leader - vowing to lead his nation in a "new era of responsibility".
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PakistanThe US says a new supply route to Afghanistan has been agreed through Central Asia as an option to Pakistan.
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ItalyItalian carmaker Fiat is said to be in talks with troubled US firm Chrysler, as car sales fall around the world.
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ChinaChina's defence ministry says it wants closer military ties with the US as it releases its biennial survey of defence issues.
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AfghanistanUS-led coalition forces in Afghanistan say they have killed 22 militants in clashes in the south and east of the country.
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AfghanistanUS-led coalition forces in Afghanistan say they have killed 22 militants in clashes in the south and east of the country.
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Hours before he is sworn in as president, Barack Obama calls on Americans to work together at a time of hardship.
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PakistanSuspected Taleban militants kill six men in north-west Pakistan after accusing them of spying for the US, police say.
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The US plane that ditched in a New York river had engines problems two days earlier, US investigators say.
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US President-elect Barack Obama joins events for the annual Martin Luther King holiday, which falls on the eve of his inauguration.
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A BBC poll suggests there is widespread and growing optimism around the globe that Barack Obama's presidency will improve US relations with the rest of the world.
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In one of his last acts as president, George W Bush commutes the prison sentences of two US border patrol agents who shot an unarmed man.
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Two 9/11 suspects make defiant appearances at pre-trial hearings at Guantanamo Bay, on the eve of Barack Obama's inauguration.
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MexicoThe UN's top court says the US was in breach of an order not to execute a Mexican man after a flawed trial.
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Flight recorder data from the plane that landed in the Hudson River confirms that a collision with birds caused the crash.
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Barack Obama tells hundreds of thousands of supporters at a pre-inauguration rally that "anything is possible in America".
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FranceUS singer Katy Perry is wrongly handed the award for best international song at France's main music award ceremony.
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US air accident investigators give details of the drama aboard an airliner which successfully ditched in a New York river.
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Barack Obama arrives in Washington on a special inaugural train, three days before he is due to be sworn in as president.
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New pictures of a US Airways plane crashing into the Hudson River in New York City have been released.
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An elderly woman in the US state of Florida drives her car into a man on a scooter - then continues to a hair appointment.
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IsraelIsrael's military carries out 50 air strikes in Gaza overnight, as its cabinet prepares to vote on a proposal for a unilateral ceasefire.
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Having experienced the US health system first-hand, Justin Webb begins to think about the 15% of Americans who must endure the added burden of being uninsured.
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An American fund manager responsible for millions of dollars of investors' money is reported missing by his wife in Florida.
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PeruThe US president signs off a free trade pact with Peru despite ecologists' concern at possible agricultural development in the Amazon rain forest.
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The Northeast and Midwest US are expected to experience some of their coldest weather in years.
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Bank of America, the US's largest bank, will receive $20bn in government aid and $118bn of guarantees against bad assets.
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Struggling US banking giant Citigroup is to split the firm in two, as it reports a quarterly loss of $8.29bn (£5.6bn).
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ZimbabweA Z$100tr, currently worth about US$30 is to be introduced in Zimbabwe, state media says.
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Colombia, 
TogoThe Togolese government agrees to extradite a suspected Colombian drugs kingpin to the US.
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A US airliner on a domestic flight with 155 people aboard ditches in the Hudson River in New York but with no loss of life.
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President Bush strongly defends his record in office during his farewell television address to the American people.
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The remaining $350bn of a US financial bail-out fund can be made available, the Senate votes.
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A week of parties for Obama, tapping deep into the past
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Roland Burris, the man selected by Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich to fill Barack Obama's senate seat , is sworn in as a senator.
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Senator Hillary Clinton moves a step closer to a confirmation vote on her appointment as the next US secretary of state.
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An unprecedented security operation gets under way ahead of Barack Obama's inauguration as US president on 20 January.
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The US House of Representatives votes to extend government health insurance to an extra four million children.
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European planemaker Airbus outstrips rival Boeing on plane deliveries and orders in 2008 after the US firm was hit by a strike.
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California police charge a former officer with murder over the shooting of an unarmed black man filmed on mobile phones.
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CanadaCanadian radio invites listeners to compile a playlist of their country's best songs for US President-elect Barack Obama.
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A US businessman is charged for apparently trying to fake his own death in a plane crash because of financial problems.
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PakistanA US judge orders the release of a Guantanamo detainee, who was arrested in Pakistan when he was 14 years old.
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Shares in Europe and the US have fallen sharply after more bleak news on the US economy alarmed investors.
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A US judge rejects an appeal that Bernard Madoff should be denied bail while prosecutors investigate his alleged $50bn (£33bn) fraud.
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Details emerge of US President-elect Barack Obama's custom-made limousine.
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A California man has been arrested after allegedly arranging for his daughter to marry in exchange for beer, meat and $16,000.
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What would the US make of a stem cell U-turn?
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Human Rights Watch calls for US President-elect Barack Obama to put human rights at the centre of US foreign, domestic and security policy.
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Saudi ArabiaThe official in charge of trials at Guantanamo Bay is quoted as saying US agents tortured a Saudi man at the camp.
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Afghanistan, 
KazakhstanTop US commander Gen David Petraeus visits Kazakhstan to discuss support for US operations in Afghanistan.
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AfghanistanAfghanistan's ambassador in the US says a US-backed plan to form local tribal groups to combat the insurgency is risky.
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US retail sales fell by more than expected in December as consumers cut spending over the holiday period.
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A US businessman suspected of faking his own death in a plane crash is found alive by police in Florida.
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The biggest record shop in New York, the Virgin Megastore in Times Square, is to close in April.
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Roman Polanski has "no plans ever to return" to the US despite his campaign to dismiss a 1977 sex charge, his lawyer says.
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SudanThe next US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, says she will "sound the alarm" about the situation in Sudan's Darfur region.
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Hillary Clinton vows a "smart" mix of diplomatic and military power as she addresses her confirmation hearing as US secretary of state.
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Former PM Tony Blair receives the United States' highest civil award - the Medal of Freedom - in Washington.
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A US teenager killed his mother and wounded his father in revenge for taking his video game away, a judge rules.
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The US deficit dropped to its lowest level in more than five years in November, official figures show.
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US President-elect Barack Obama will issue an order within days of taking office to close the Guantanamo camp, advisers say.
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The victim at the centre of the statutory rape case involving film-maker Roman Polanski has asked a US court to drop charges against him.
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Beyonce, U2 and Bruce Springsteen sign up to perform at an inaugural celebration for US President-elect Barack Obama.
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A US businessman facing financial problems apparently fakes his own death by bailing out of his plane and letting it crash in a Florida swamp.
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MexicoMexico's drugs violence features in talks between US President-elect Barack Obama and Mexico's Felipe Calderon.
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President Bush has formally asked Congress to release the remaining $350bn of a $700bn US financial rescue package.
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Democratic senators have endorsed Roland Burris, the man selected to fill Barack Obama's vacant seat.
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A US judge rejects demands that Bernard Madoff be jailed while prosecutors investigate his alleged $50bn (£33bn) fraud.
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PakistanThe US imposes sanctions on people and companies linked to the disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist, Abdul Qadeer Khan.
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Outgoing US President George W Bush warns his successor that a terrorist attack is still the "most urgent threat" to the US.
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AustraliaTourism chiefs in Australia are describing it as 'the best job in the world'. Writing a blog and feeding fish on a tropical island off the Queensland coast, the successful applicant will get paid US$103,000 for six months.
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IranPresident-elect Obama says the US will take a different approach to Iran under his leadership, in a wide-ranging US TV interview.
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AfghanistanUS Vice-President elect Joe Biden meets Afghanistan's president to discuss the country's need for help in reconstruction.
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President-elect Barack Obama says his $775bn economic stimulus plan could create up to four million jobs in the US.
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Reserved seats for the US presidential inaugural parade sell out in 60 seconds, the ticket company says.
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United KingdomUK bank Lloyds TSB agrees to pay a $350m penalty to US authorities after admitting violating US sanctions.
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More US workers lost jobs in 2008 than in any year since World War II, with employers axing 2.6 million posts.
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Liberia"Chuckie" Taylor, son of Liberia's ex-leader Charles Taylor, is jailed for 97 years in the US after being convicted of torture.
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A nine-year-old girl, allegedly kidnapped by her grandmother, has been found using a mobile phone signal and Google Street View.
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