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United States: news

Ex-NY police chief to be indicted

Friday, November 9th 2007, 5:38

Former New York police commissioner, Bernard Kerik, is to be indicted on corruption charges, reports in the United States say.
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California sues US over car fumes

Friday, November 9th 2007, 1:00
related places: California

The state of California says it is suing the US government over its failure to regulate vehicle emissions.
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Bush veto annulled by Congress

Thursday, November 8th 2007, 21:03
related places: Bush

The Democratic-led US Congress has for the first time overturned a veto by President George W Bush.
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US economy to slow - Bernanke

Thursday, November 8th 2007, 16:36

US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke warns the US economy will slow in the last three months of 2007.
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US House approves gay rights bill

Thursday, November 8th 2007, 15:48

The US House of Representatives passes a bill to protect gay people from discrimination in the workplace.
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US military 'frees 500 detainees'

Thursday, November 8th 2007, 12:32
related countries: Iraq

The US military in Iraq releases about 500 detainees in what was described as a goodwill gesture.
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Morgan Stanley takes $3.7bn hit

Thursday, November 8th 2007, 7:23
related countries: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

Investment bank Morgan Stanley says it has suffered a $3.7bn loss from its US sub-prime mortgage exposure.
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Bush urges Musharraf on election

Thursday, November 8th 2007, 6:50
related countries: Pakistan

US President George W Bush tells Pakistan's leader by phone to step down as army chief and hold elections soon.
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Arrests in US airport badge scam

Thursday, November 8th 2007, 6:32
related places: Chicago

More than 100 workers at Chicago's O'Hare airport are found to have fake security badges, with 23 arrested.
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Ex-US governor starts jail term

Thursday, November 8th 2007, 5:10

George Ryan, the former governor of the US state of Illinois, begins a prison sentence for corruption.
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Economic woes knock US markets

Wednesday, November 7th 2007, 23:32

US stock markets fall sharply as the dollar weakens further and Morgan Stanley discloses sub-prime related losses.
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Bush and Sarkozy declare Iran aim

Wednesday, November 7th 2007, 23:02
related countries: France
related places: Congress, Washington

The US and French presidents say they will work jointly to convince Iran to give up its nuclear programme.
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Oil passes $98 on weaker dollar

Wednesday, November 7th 2007, 22:55

Oil prices reach a fresh high above $98 a barrel but fall back on higher-than-expected US crude supply figures.
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Mixed results in US state polls

Wednesday, November 7th 2007, 22:48
related places: Kentucky

Gubernatorial elections in two states yield mixed results, while in New Jersey voters reject a plan to fund stem cell research.
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Most deadly year for US in Iraq

Wednesday, November 7th 2007, 12:25
related countries: Iraq

The death of six US troops this week makes 2007 the US' most deadly year in Iraq since the invasion in 2003.
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Bhutan refugees are 'intimidated'

Wednesday, November 7th 2007, 11:14
related countries: Bhutan, Nepal
related places: West

Bhutanese refugees in Nepal face "severe intimidation" ever since plans to resettle them in the West were announced, a US official says.
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French president welcomed by US

Wednesday, November 7th 2007, 7:50
related countries: France
related places: Washington

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is warmly welcomed in Washington at the start of his first official visit to the US.
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Sarkozy begins Washington visit

Wednesday, November 7th 2007, 2:57
related countries: France
related places: Washington

President Sarkozy of France begins his first official US visit, sealing a rapprochement between the two nations.
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US grounds F-15 jets after crash

Tuesday, November 6th 2007, 22:53

The US Air Force orders the grounding of all F-15 fighter jets, after a crash last week in Missouri.
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Oil races to fresh high above $97

Tuesday, November 6th 2007, 20:51

Oil prices reach another fresh high above $97 a barrel, amid concerns over tight fuel stocks and a weak US dollar.
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Euro climbs to fresh dollar peak

Tuesday, November 6th 2007, 20:15

The euro hits fresh highs against the dollar as negative views of US economic prospects take their toll.
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Yahoo rebuked over China case

Tuesday, November 6th 2007, 19:11
related countries: China

A US congressional panel rebukes internet giant Yahoo over its actions in a Chinese human rights case.
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Mukasey nomination goes forward

Tuesday, November 6th 2007, 16:28

A US Senate panel approves Michael Mukasey as attorney general despite his refusal to denounce water-boarding.
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US 'to release' Iranians in Iraq

Tuesday, November 6th 2007, 13:12
related countries: Iran, Iraq

The US military says it will release nine Iranians being held in Iraq including two who Iran says are diplomats.
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Talk shows hit by writers' strike

Tuesday, November 6th 2007, 11:58

US TV's two top late-night talk shows become the first casualties of the writers' strike.
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N Korea reactor disabling praised

Tuesday, November 6th 2007, 11:06
related countries: North Korea

US nuclear experts say they have made a "good start" to disabling North Korea's main nuclear reactor.
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Author Lee receives top US honour

Tuesday, November 6th 2007, 8:19
related places: America

Author Harper Lee is presented with America's highest civilian honour by President George W Bush.
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US warns Pakistan over emergency

Tuesday, November 6th 2007, 7:53
related countries: Pakistan

US President George W Bush urges Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf to end his state of emergency.
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Hollywood's writers go on strike

Monday, November 5th 2007, 23:26

Hollywood screenwriters begin striking after talks with studios fail to resolve a dispute over royalties.
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US payout awarded over pesticide

Monday, November 5th 2007, 22:42
related countries: Nicaragua

A US jury awards $3.3m to workers who say they were left sterile by a pesticide used at a banana plantation in Nicaragua.
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US stocks slide amid credit fears

Monday, November 5th 2007, 22:07

US markets fall, echoing slides in Europe and Asia after the resignation of Citigroup's boss dents confidence further.
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US 'to help Turkey combat rebels'

Monday, November 5th 2007, 21:59
related countries: Iraq, Turkey

US President George W Bush promises Turkey's prime minister extra help in tackling Kurdish rebels in Iraq.
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Oprah takes action on abuse case

Monday, November 5th 2007, 16:04
related countries: South Africa

US chat-show host Oprah Winfrey spells out the action taken after abuse charges at her South African academy.
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China oil producer is top firm

Monday, November 5th 2007, 15:46

PetroChina trumps US rival Exxon Mobil to become the world's biggest company by market value.
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Abbas optimism for Mid-East talks

Monday, November 5th 2007, 13:09
related countries: West Bank

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is upbeat about Mid-East peace after talks with US envoy Condoleezza Rice.
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Pakistan faces US aid pressure

Monday, November 5th 2007, 2:30
related countries: Pakistan

The US is to review aid to Pakistan after President Pervez Musharraf imposes a state of emergency.
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Rice urges Middle East peace deal

Sunday, November 4th 2007, 21:32
related places: Jerusalem

The need for a two-state solution in the Middle East is more urgent than ever, says the US secretary of state.
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Sudanese sides 'recommit to deal'

Saturday, November 3rd 2007, 22:09
related countries: Sudan

A US envoy says north and south Sudan have agreed to fully implement a peace deal after friction over delays.
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N Korea reactor will be disabled

Saturday, November 3rd 2007, 20:16
related countries: North Korea
related places: Monday

Technicians are due to begin disabling North Korea's nuclear complex on Monday, a top US envoy says.
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US TV show pulled after race row

Saturday, November 3rd 2007, 16:10

A bounty hunter's US TV series is taken off-air after he is heard using a racist term in a phone call to his son.
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Astronaut fixes torn solar panel

Saturday, November 3rd 2007, 16:08

A US astronaut carries out a dangerous spacewalk to fix a damaged solar panel on the International Space Station.
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Strike set to silence talk shows

Saturday, November 3rd 2007, 14:04

Late-night US TV shows with stars such as David Letterman and Jay Leno are set to be hit by a writers' strike next week.
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What price democracy in Egypt?

Saturday, November 3rd 2007, 12:08
related countries: Egypt

Justin Webb reflects on how despite the US's promise of backing democracy in the Middle East little seems to have changed in Egypt.
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Golf: Cabrera leads in Singapore

Saturday, November 3rd 2007, 11:08
related countries: Singapore

US Open champion Angel Cabrera keeps a firm grip on the Singapore Open by opening up a four-shot lead after the third round.
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Markets mixed on credit concerns

Friday, November 2nd 2007, 23:03
related places: Wall Street

US markets ended higher but European shares dropped, amid fears that the credit crisis may get worse yet.
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Rice subpoenaed in spying trial

Friday, November 2nd 2007, 22:35
related countries: Israel

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is ordered to testify in the spying trial of two pro-Israel lobbyists.
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Bomb scare at US nuclear facility

Friday, November 2nd 2007, 20:01

The largest US nuclear plant is put into "lockdown" after a suspicious device is found in a worker's lorry.
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Iraq war source's name revealed

Friday, November 2nd 2007, 18:17
related countries: Iraq

A US network reveals the key Iraq war source codenamed Curveball and says he lied to support his asylum claim.
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Nazi stolen art books given to US

Friday, November 2nd 2007, 15:56

Two photo albums documenting art looted b the Nazis are donated to the US National Archives.
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US declares PKK 'a common enemy'

Friday, November 2nd 2007, 14:35
related countries: Iraq, Turkey
related places: Ankara

The US says it shares with Turkey an enemy in the Kurdistan Workers' Party in northern Iraq.
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US chides Azeris on press curbs

Friday, November 2nd 2007, 11:52
related countries: Azerbaijan

The US criticises Azerbaijan over the jailing of an independent newspaper editor.
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Democrats end Colbert vote bid

Friday, November 2nd 2007, 11:43
related places: Colbert

South Carolina Democrats thwart US TV comedian Stephen Colbert's bid to enter their presidential primary.
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US envoy defends Iraq postings

Friday, November 2nd 2007, 11:37
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad

The US ambassador to Iraq defends the decision to force diplomats to serve in the country.
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Army contracting alarms US panel

Friday, November 2nd 2007, 3:01
related countries: Afghanistan, Iraq

A panel issues a scathing report on the way the US army handles contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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US mayors meet on climate

Friday, November 2nd 2007, 0:06
related places: Seattle

More than 100 US mayors attend a summit in Seattle to share policies aimed at tackling climate change.
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Oil retreats after breaching $96

Thursday, November 1st 2007, 21:20

Oil prices retreat after breaching the $96-a-barrel mark and analysts expect volatility ahead.
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Japan ends Afghan naval mission

Thursday, November 1st 2007, 15:10
related countries: Afghanistan, Japan

Japan ends its naval support for the US-led mission in Afghanistan, after it is scuppered by a political row.
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Pressure increases on PKK rebels

Thursday, November 1st 2007, 12:53
related countries: Iraq, Turkey

Turkey, Iraq and the US take steps to combat the threat of Kurdish fighters based in northern Iraq.
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N Korea disablement to begin

Thursday, November 1st 2007, 10:30

Work to disable N Korea's nuclear complex will begin by early next week, US officials overseeing the process say.
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Huge fine for anti-gay US church

Thursday, November 1st 2007, 2:48
related places: America

A US church which cheered a soldier's death as retribution for homosexuality is told to pay $11m in damages.
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Fed delivers second US rate cut

Thursday, November 1st 2007, 0:22

The US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates from 4.75% to 4.5% to help kick start housing and credit markets.
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Chechen rebel urges global jihad

Wednesday, October 31st 2007, 22:40
related countries: Israel

A Chechen rebel leader reportedly describes the US, Britain and Israel as legitimate targets in a holy war.
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US diplomats refuse Iraq jobs

Wednesday, October 31st 2007, 20:28
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad

Hundreds of US diplomats condemn a move to force them to fill vacancies at the Iraq embassy in Baghdad.
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Key Bush image adviser to leave

Wednesday, October 31st 2007, 16:49

Karen Hughes, long-time adviser to US President George W Bush, announces she is to quit in December.
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Man pleads guilty in US base plot

Wednesday, October 31st 2007, 15:26

A man faces up to five years' jail after pleading guilty to providing weapons for a plot to attack a US army base.
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US economy sees surprise growth

Wednesday, October 31st 2007, 14:07

The US economy grew at its fastest rate in one and a half years in the summer, a government report says.
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Iraq rejects Mosul Dam warnings

Wednesday, October 31st 2007, 11:40
related countries: Iraq

Iraq dismisses a US warning that the Mosul Dam is at risk of collapse and threatens thousands of lives.
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Liberia to get US abuses report

Wednesday, October 31st 2007, 10:17
related countries: Liberia

A US report on atrocities committed in Liberia is being given to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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India communists wary of election

Wednesday, October 31st 2007, 8:53
related countries: India

A communist ally of India's government does not want early polls despite a rift over a nuclear deal with the US.
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CIA chief backs rendition flights

Wednesday, October 31st 2007, 7:51

CIA director Michael Hayden defends the methods used by the US to gain intelligence from terror suspects.
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Judges delay death in Mississippi

Wednesday, October 31st 2007, 2:25

The US Supreme Court halts a Mississippi execution as the lethal injection method comes under scrutiny.
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Mexico 'needs US action on drugs'

Wednesday, October 31st 2007, 1:12
related countries: Mexico

US action on the drugs trade is more important than money to help fight it, says Mexico's attorney general.
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Spears given access to sons

Wednesday, October 31st 2007, 1:10

US singer Britney Spears is granted three monitored weekly visits to her two small sons by a US court.
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Pound hits 26-year US dollar high

Tuesday, October 30th 2007, 22:30
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK pound climbs to its highest level against the US dollar in 26 years on interest rate speculation.
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US intelligence budget disclosed

Tuesday, October 30th 2007, 19:14

The US reveals that it has spent $43.5bn on intelligence in 2007, the first budget disclosure in a decade.
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Nasa studies ripped solar panel

Tuesday, October 30th 2007, 17:23

The US space agency assesses damage to a newly unfurled solar wing at the International Space Station.
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India nuclear deal 'not yet dead'

Tuesday, October 30th 2007, 17:16
related countries: India

Indian PM Manmohan Singh says a civilian nuclear deal with the US is not yet dead, just delayed.
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Key spacewalk for US astronauts

Tuesday, October 30th 2007, 16:40

Two astronauts are carrying out a seven-hour spacewalk to fit a solar power tower on the ISS.
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Iraqi dam 'at risk of collapse'

Tuesday, October 30th 2007, 12:10
related countries: Iraq
related places: Mosul

Iraq's largest dam is at risk of a major collapse that could devastate the city of Mosul, the US warns.
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IAEA findings on Iran dismissed

Tuesday, October 30th 2007, 9:52
related countries: France, Iran

France and the US dismiss the UN nuclear watchdog's finding that there is no evidence Iran is building a bomb.
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Blackwater men 'given immunity'

Tuesday, October 30th 2007, 5:12
related countries: Iraq
related places: Blackwater

US officials investigating Iraqi deaths offered Blackwater guards at the centre of the case immunity, say reports.
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Rice seeks progress on India deal

Tuesday, October 30th 2007, 4:46
related countries: India

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says US wants to move forward on the nuclear deal with India.
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Key HIV strain 'came from Haiti'

Tuesday, October 30th 2007, 1:50
related countries: Haiti

Scientists say a strain of the HIV virus which predominates in the US and Europe came from Haiti in about 1969.
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US general wounded in Iraq blast

Monday, October 29th 2007, 22:46
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad

A US brigadier general is injured in a roadside bomb in northern Baghdad, the US military has announced.
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Dollar rate hits new euro low

Monday, October 29th 2007, 22:17

The US dollar falls to another record low against the euro as investors bet on an US interest rate cut this week.
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Comic backed for White House

Monday, October 29th 2007, 19:04

More than one million back comic Stephen Colbert's fake candidacy for US president on Facebook.
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Indian stocks charge to new high

Monday, October 29th 2007, 12:47
related countries: India

India's Sensex passes 20,000 points for the first time amid optimism about the economy and a US interest rate cut.
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Sarkozy walks out of TV interview

Monday, October 29th 2007, 10:46
related countries: France

French President Nicolas Sarkozy abruptly ends an interview with US TV when asked about his divorce.
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Minister detained at US airport

Monday, October 29th 2007, 8:52
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: America

Britain's first Muslim minister, Shahid Malik, says he is "deeply disappointed" after being detained by airport officials in America.
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Battle 'kills dozens of Taleban'

Sunday, October 28th 2007, 8:10
related countries: Afghanistan

Coalition forces say scores of Taleban fighters have been killed in a six-hour battle in southern Afghanistan.
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Thousands in US anti-war protests

Sunday, October 28th 2007, 3:40
related countries: Iraq

Tens of thousands of people join protests against the Iraq war in a dozen cities across the United States.
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US troops to hand over Karbala

Sunday, October 28th 2007, 0:15
related countries: Iraq
related places: Karbala'

US troops in the Iraqi province of Karbala are to hand over security to Iraqi forces next week, officials say.
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Pollution warning over US fires

Saturday, October 27th 2007, 21:59
related places: California

Residents hit by deadly California wildfires are warned of pollution levels three times higher than normal.
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US seizes 'senior Iraq militant'

Saturday, October 27th 2007, 13:54
related countries: Iraq

US forces capture a Shia militia leader and kill two others in a raid in the Iraqi province of Diyala, the US says.
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Troops assessed for brain injury

Saturday, October 27th 2007, 13:17
related countries: Iraq, United Kingdom

UK soldiers serving in Iraq are surveyed after the US says 20% of its troops suffer brain injuries.
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Death call for US womb murderer

Saturday, October 27th 2007, 7:36

A US jury recommends the death penalty for a woman who killed an expectant mother and cut out her baby.
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US threat over Iraq embassy staff

Saturday, October 27th 2007, 4:21
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad

The US may order diplomats to work in Iraq to fill nearly 50 vacancies at the Baghdad embassy, officials say.
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Fema sorry for 'fake' conference

Friday, October 26th 2007, 23:45

The US Federal Emergency Management Administration says sorry for having employees pose as reporters.
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Putin compares US shield to Cuba

Friday, October 26th 2007, 21:21
related countries: Cuba, Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin compares US plans for a Europe missile shield to the 1960s Cuban crisis.
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US dollar touches new euro low

Friday, October 26th 2007, 20:52

The US dollar falls to yet another new low against the euro amid speculation that US interest rates will be cut.
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