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United States: news

Medvedev blasts Romney comments

Tuesday, March 27th 2012, 14:51
related countries: Russia
related places: Romney

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev tells US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney to "use his head", after he branded Russia the "number one foe" to the US.
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Mad Men scores record US ratings

Tuesday, March 27th 2012, 10:55

The new series of Mad Men is greeted with the highest ever ratings for the show in the US.
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US celebrity hacker pleads guilty

Tuesday, March 27th 2012, 8:46

A US man pleads guilty to hacking into the email accounts of stars such as Scarlett Johansson and sending nude photos to celebrity websites.
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Strauss-Kahn's double legal fight

Tuesday, March 27th 2012, 6:48
related countries: France

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's legal fight in France and the US
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Crowds seek Florida teen justice

Tuesday, March 27th 2012, 1:14
related places: Florida

Thousands of people gather in Florida one month after an unarmed black youth was shot dead, calling for the prosecution of the man who pulled the trigger.
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US high court weighs healthcare

Tuesday, March 27th 2012, 1:08

The US Supreme Court begins a politically explosive hearing on the legality of President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform.
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Chocolate 'may keep people slim'

Tuesday, March 27th 2012, 1:02

People who eat chocolate regularly tend to be thinner than those eating it occasionally, suggests US research looking at diet, calorie intake and body mass index.
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Bernanke comments rally US stocks

Monday, March 26th 2012, 22:25

US stocks finish higher after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke hints the US central bank will keep in place its supportive monetary policy.
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'Pink slime' production on hold

Monday, March 26th 2012, 22:15

The US maker of "pink slime", Beef Products Inc, says it will suspend production at three plants until public opposition to the product dies down.
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Obama in unguarded missile remark

Monday, March 26th 2012, 17:39
related countries: Russia

US President Obama is caught on television cameras making unguarded comments to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
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US stops tariff cut for Argentina

Monday, March 26th 2012, 17:23
related countries: Argentina

The US suspends preferential tariffs for Argentina, saying the country has failed to pay penalties it owes US companies.
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Detained US soldier's wife speaks

Monday, March 26th 2012, 15:58
related countries: Afghanistan

The wife of the US soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians says he loves children and the charges against him are "unbelievable".
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Iraq return for US murder victim

Monday, March 26th 2012, 13:57
related countries: Iraq

An Iraqi-American woman who died in a suspected racial attack is to be flown back to Iraq for burial, a Muslim leader says.
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US-China accord on N Korea launch

Monday, March 26th 2012, 13:28
related countries: China, North Korea
related places: White House

China and the US will co-ordinate their response to a controversial North Korean rocket launch, the White House says, as Korea tensions rise.
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VIDEO: Syrian American artist's vision

Monday, March 26th 2012, 4:24
related countries: Syria

Syrian American artist Diana Al-Hadid tells BBC News how she is looking back at her roots and trying to reconnect with her own identity.
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Hunger Games sets US film record

Sunday, March 25th 2012, 20:03

Action film The Hunger Games takes $155 million in its opening weekend, the biggest tally ever for a film that is not a sequel.
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VIDEO: Mexicans join Pope for Mass

Sunday, March 25th 2012, 17:06
related countries: Mexico
related places: Silao, Pope

Pope Benedict XVI has held an open-air Mass in the central Mexican city of Silao on his first visit to the Latin American country.
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Afghan massacre families' payout

Sunday, March 25th 2012, 12:41
related countries: Afghanistan

The families of Afghan civilians allegedly killed in a shooting spree by a US soldier are given compensation from the US military.
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Obama warns N Korea over launch

Sunday, March 25th 2012, 11:25
related countries: North Korea

US President Barack Obama warns North Korea its planned long-range missile launch will achieve nothing and increase its isolation.
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Obama visits tense Koreas border

Sunday, March 25th 2012, 10:09
related countries: South Korea
related places: North

US President Barack Obama visits the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) separating the Koreas, amid rising tensions over a planned rocket launch by the North.
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Santorum wins Louisiana primary

Sunday, March 25th 2012, 8:36
related places: Republican, Louisiana

Rick Santorum wins the Republican presidential primary in Louisiana, as he tries to close the gap on front-runner Mitt Romney.
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Dick Cheney has heart transplant

Sunday, March 25th 2012, 0:43

Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney is recovering well following heart transplant surgery in Virginia, his office says.
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Guatemala raises legalising drugs

Sunday, March 25th 2012, 0:01
related countries: Guatemala

Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina tells a regional summit that the war on drugs has failed, and it is time to consider decriminalisation.
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US murder accused's sister held

Saturday, March 24th 2012, 16:22
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Florida

The sister of a teenager Shawn Tyson on trial accused of murdering two British tourists in Florida is arrested over a Facebook message.
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US warning on North Korea rocket

Saturday, March 24th 2012, 13:54
related countries: Australia, North Korea, Philippines

A senior US official says a North Korean rocket launch may affect an area between Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines, an Australian newspaper reports.
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US aid to Palestinians released

Saturday, March 24th 2012, 4:13

US lawmakers release $88.6m (£56m) in development aid for the Palestinians that has been frozen for more than six months.
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VIDEO: Obama's surprise World Bank nominee

Saturday, March 24th 2012, 1:06
related countries: North Korea

Barack Obama has revealed his nomination for the new head of the World Bank. He is a Korean-born American academic called Jim Yong Kim, who has a sideline in musical performance, as John McManus reports.
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News tweets: Deadly hoodies and political games

Saturday, March 24th 2012, 1:03

Rapping bankers and other US news
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Surprise US World Bank candidate

Friday, March 23rd 2012, 23:27

President Obama nominates Korean-born US academic Jim Yong Kim as his surprise choice to head the World Bank, as two other candidates are named.
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Woods storms into lead in Florida

Friday, March 23rd 2012, 22:53
related places: Florida

Tiger Woods hits a 65 to share the lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida, with Graeme McDowell one shot back.
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VIDEO: Obama says teenager's death a 'tragedy'

Friday, March 23rd 2012, 21:20
related places: Florida

US President Barack Obama has said the "tragedy" of an unarmed black teenager shot dead in Florida should prompt some national soul-searching.
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Bales charged with Afghan murders

Friday, March 23rd 2012, 18:57
related countries: Afghanistan

Robert Bales, the US soldier suspected of killing Afghan civilians, has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder, the US Army says.
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Obama's sorrow for shot teenager

Friday, March 23rd 2012, 18:28

President Obama says the "tragedy" of a black teenager killed by a neighbourhood watchman in Florida should prompt national soul-searching.
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US chipmaker Micron reports loss

Friday, March 23rd 2012, 2:25

US chipmaker Micron sees a loss in its first earnings release since the firm's chief executive was killed in a plane crash.
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Houston drowned after cocaine use

Thursday, March 22nd 2012, 22:49

Whitney Houston's death was caused by accidental drowning, but her chronic use of cocaine was also a factor, a coroner rules.
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VIDEO: US army helicopter spins out of control

Thursday, March 22nd 2012, 22:48
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: February

Video footage has been released of a US Apache helicopter which went out of control and crashed into a mountain in Afghanistan in February.
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Obama backs south Keystone route

Thursday, March 22nd 2012, 17:24
related places: Keystone

US President Barack Obama pledges to fast-track federal approval for the southern leg of the much-disputed Keystone XL pipeline project.
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'Hanging out' with One Direction in the US

Thursday, March 22nd 2012, 11:07

'Hanging out' with One Direction in the US
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Japan in surprise trade surplus

Thursday, March 22nd 2012, 6:34
related countries: Japan
related places: February

Japan posted a surprise trade surplus for February, after a record high deficit the previous month, as external demand picks up.
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US warns Syria over UN peace plan

Wednesday, March 21st 2012, 17:48
related countries: Syria
related places: Damascus

The US warns Syria to comply with a UN-backed peace plan, as government tanks reportedly shell suburbs of Damascus
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Burma invites US and EU monitors

Wednesday, March 21st 2012, 15:38
related countries: Burma

Burma invites the United States and European Union to send observers to witness April by-elections, which are being seen as a crucial test of reforms.
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Mitt Romney wins Illinois primary

Wednesday, March 21st 2012, 15:20

Mitt Romney wins a clear victory in the US Republican presidential primary in Illinois, with the economy a key issue in his battle with Rick Santorum.
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One Direction top US album charts

Wednesday, March 21st 2012, 9:55
related countries: United Kingdom

Former X Factor contestants One Direction become the first British group to go straight to the top of the US music charts with their debut album.
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Embraer posts loss due to US woes

Wednesday, March 21st 2012, 9:47
related countries: Botswana

Brazilian aircraft-maker Embraer posts a $91.8m (£57.5m) quarterly loss due to its exposure to troubled American Airlines.
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US imposes solar duties on China

Wednesday, March 21st 2012, 6:36
related countries: China

The US imposes duties on Chinese solar panel manufacturers after it said that they received unfair subsidies.
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Exemptions in Iran oil sanctions

Wednesday, March 21st 2012, 5:55
related countries: Iran, Japan

The US government will not impose sanctions on Japan and 10 European Union nations that have reduced their oil imports from Iran.
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VIDEO: US tariff on Chinese solar panels

Wednesday, March 21st 2012, 3:00
related countries: China

The United States has imposed a tariff on Chinese solar panels saying Chinese firms are unfairly benefiting from export subsidies.
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VIDEO: Public 'outrage' after teen death

Wednesday, March 21st 2012, 0:15
related places: Florida, Justice

The US Department of Justice has announced an investigation into the shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Florida.
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'No evidence' in Afghan massacre

Tuesday, March 20th 2012, 23:40
related countries: Afghanistan

A lawyer for Robert Bales, the US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, says there is little evidence against his client.
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Probe into killing of US teenager

Tuesday, March 20th 2012, 20:02
related places: Florida, Justice

US officials open an inquiry into the killing of an unarmed black teenager by a neighbourhood watch volunteer, which triggered protests urging his arrest.
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VIDEO: Jack White on 'mean' UK celebrities

Tuesday, March 20th 2012, 19:47
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: White

American musician Jack White, best known for being one half of the White Stripes, but now going solo talks to Newsnight's Stephen Smith about the effect of programmes like the X Factor on music and television.
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Nazi guard family seeks US burial

Tuesday, March 20th 2012, 14:59
related countries: Germany

The family of convicted Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk ask that his body be sent back to the US for burial after he died in Germany.
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China tops art and antiques table

Tuesday, March 20th 2012, 14:18
related countries: China

China overtakes the US as a global art market for the first time, according to The European Fine Art Foundation.
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Massacre suspect 'recalls little'

Tuesday, March 20th 2012, 13:18
related countries: Afghanistan

A lawyer for Robert Bales, the US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, says his client can remember little about the massacre.
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Pakistani MPs seek Nato apology

Tuesday, March 20th 2012, 12:57
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Nato

A Pakistani parliamentary commission demands an unconditional apology from the US for a Nato air attack that killed 24 of the country's soldiers.
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Syria opposition accused of abuse

Tuesday, March 20th 2012, 12:52
related countries: Syria

US campaign group Human Rights Watch says elements of Syria's armed opposition have carried out serious human rights abuses, including kidnapping, torture and execution.
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Ancient sites spotted from space

Tuesday, March 20th 2012, 10:45

Thousands of possible early human settlements have been discovered by US archaeologists using computers to scour satellite images.
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'Abuses' in Burma's Kachin state

Tuesday, March 20th 2012, 7:17
related countries: Burma

Burma is accused of "serious abuses" against the ethnic Kachin people in a report by the US campaign group Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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China in Latin America fund move

Tuesday, March 20th 2012, 6:40
related countries: China

China and the Inter-American Development Bank announce plans for a $1bn (£630m) fund for Latin American markets.
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VIDEO: Anger over Florida teen shooting

Tuesday, March 20th 2012, 5:27
related places: Florida

The US Justice Department has opened an investigation into the shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin.
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VIDEO: Michelle Obama: Don't make me cry

Tuesday, March 20th 2012, 2:33
related places: America, Monday

America's First Lady, Michelle Obama, was speaking on Monday to US talk show host David Letterman about her family and raising her children.
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VIDEO: Sex selling finds home on US site

Tuesday, March 20th 2012, 0:22

How one US site is being targeted for prostitution
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Afghan rampage sparks PTSD debate in US military town

Monday, March 19th 2012, 22:03
related countries: Afghanistan

Afghan massacre prompts US debate over post-traumatic stress
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Rally for shot US black teenager

Monday, March 19th 2012, 16:50
related places: Florida

Students in the US state of Florida rally to demand the arrest of a community watch volunteer who shot dead an unarmed black teenager.
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Republicans turn to Illinois test

Monday, March 19th 2012, 15:49
related countries: Puerto Rico

Fresh from victory in Puerto Rico, Republican candidate Mitt Romney campaigns hard in Illinois, while rival Rick Santorum vows to fight on.
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Kony victims back online campaign

Monday, March 19th 2012, 14:43

Joseph Kony's victims back online campaign - and want US troops
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21 Jump St remake tops box office

Monday, March 19th 2012, 8:34

A big screen version of 1980s TV show 21 Jump Street comes top of the North American box office chart in its first weekend of release.
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Is a US war with Iran inevitable?

Monday, March 19th 2012, 8:08
related countries: Iran, Israel

Is an Israeli strike against Iran avoidable or inevitable?
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Yuvraj Singh cancer therapy over

Monday, March 19th 2012, 7:34
related countries: India

Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh says he has completed his cancer treatment in the US and "can’t wait to return home".
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VIDEO: US military's 'most troubled' base

Monday, March 19th 2012, 6:27

The Lewis McChord military facility has the worst record for dealing with post traumatic stress disorder, according to the independent military newspaper Stars and Stripes.
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US teacher 'shot dead in Yemen'

Sunday, March 18th 2012, 15:07
related countries: Sweden, Yemen

An American teacher, deputy director of a Swedish language centre, is shot dead by gunmen in Yemen's second city of Taiz, officials say.
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Oprah Winfrey axes The Rosie Show

Sunday, March 18th 2012, 13:18

Rosie O'Donnell's daily US talk show is axed from Oprah Winfrey's TV channel after five months for failing to attract high ratings.
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Brazil to file charges on Chevron

Sunday, March 18th 2012, 0:09
related countries: Botswana
related places: Chevron

Brazilian prosecutors say they will bring charges against 17 executives from the US oil firm Chevron and a drilling contractor after a new leak.
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Iraq militants release US captive

Saturday, March 17th 2012, 20:40
related countries: Iraq

A Shia militant group in Iraq releases a former US soldier who was snatched last year, but the US has not confirmed the man's identity.
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VIDEO: Afghan killing suspect back in US

Saturday, March 17th 2012, 19:23
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Sunday

The US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians on Sunday night has been flown back to the US.
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Arduous path to Afghan 'end-game'

Saturday, March 17th 2012, 12:44
related countries: Afghanistan

Lyse Doucet on a massacre's impact on US-led withdrawal
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Bin Laden 'plotted to kill Obama'

Saturday, March 17th 2012, 11:54
related places: Laden

New documents reveal that Osama bin Laden was plotting to kill US President Barack Obama, according to US media reports.
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US names Afghan killings suspect

Saturday, March 17th 2012, 5:09
related countries: Afghanistan

The US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, named as Staff Sgt Robert Bales, arrives at a military detention centre in Kansas.
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VIDEO: US fear of nuclear Iran 'not new'

Saturday, March 17th 2012, 0:03
related countries: Iran
related places: Tehran

Several US government figures have spoken to the BBC about cables leaked by Wikileaks, the holes in US foreign intelligence regarding Tehran and how three successive US administrations have worried about a nuclear Iran.
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Sachs letter 'could change bank'

Friday, March 16th 2012, 23:48

A letter calling Goldman Sachs "toxic" could prompt the US investment bank to take more care of clients, a senior executive tells the BBC.
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Karzai chides US on deaths probe

Friday, March 16th 2012, 22:39
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Sunday

Afghan President Hamid Karzai accuses the US of not fully co-operating with a probe into the massacre of 16 civilians by a US serviceman.
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VIDEO: US 'not co-operating' over deaths

Friday, March 16th 2012, 21:52
related countries: Afghanistan

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accused the US of not fully co-operating with the investigation into the killing of 16 civilians by a rogue American soldier.
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Apple factory radio show 'lied'

Friday, March 16th 2012, 20:43
related countries: China
related places: Apple

The producers of a hit US radio show that criticised working conditions at Apple's Chinese suppliers admit the show contained fabrications.
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Guilty verdict for US webcam spy

Friday, March 16th 2012, 20:34

A US student who used a webcam to secretly film his room-mate in a gay encounter is found guilty of hate crime and invasion of privacy.
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North Korea rocket plan condemned

Friday, March 16th 2012, 16:42
related countries: North Korea

Regional neighbours and the US call North Korea's plans to launch a rocket-mounted satellite a breach of UN resolutions and a grave provocation.
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Afghan accused 'loath to serve'

Friday, March 16th 2012, 12:46
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Seattle

The US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghans at the weekend had been unhappy to be sent to serve in Afghanistan, a Seattle lawyer says.
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VIDEO: US firemen mark festival with blazes

Friday, March 16th 2012, 11:24

Greater New York City fire department helped Iranians celebrate their festival of fire safely in the open.
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'Pink slime' off US school menu

Friday, March 16th 2012, 1:43

The US agriculture department relaxes its rules on beef products for school meals, allowing schools to avoid lean mince commonly called "pink slime".
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VIDEO: Sri Lanka anger at UN resolution

Friday, March 16th 2012, 1:16
related countries: Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan government supporters have held a rally to protest against US plans to table a resolution critical of the country at the UN Human Rights Council.
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VIDEO: Robinson's video letter from America

Friday, March 16th 2012, 0:29
related places: America

The BBC political editor Nick Robinson has spent the last few days in the US as the Camerons and the Obamas got together. He sent a video diary of a very American week.
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US renews Afghan talks commitment

Thursday, March 15th 2012, 23:55
related countries: Afghanistan

The United States says it remains committed to reconciliation in Afghanistan, despite the Taliban's suspension of preliminary peace talks.
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Uganda gay group sues US minister

Thursday, March 15th 2012, 19:09
related countries: Uganda

A Ugandan gay rights group sues a US minister accusing him of involvement in a campaign to persecute gay people in the East African country.
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Afghan Taliban suspend US talks

Thursday, March 15th 2012, 18:54
related countries: Afghanistan

The Taliban in Afghanistan suspend preliminary peace talks with the US, as President Hamid Karzai tells Nato forces to move out of Afghan villages.
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VIDEO: Camerons visit NY's Ground Zero

Thursday, March 15th 2012, 18:47
related places: New York

David and Samantha Cameron have been shown around New York's Ground Zero by the city's mayor, Michael Bloomberg, on the final day of their official US visit.
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Afghan shooting suspect flown out

Thursday, March 15th 2012, 14:53
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Sunday

The American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians on Sunday has been flown to Kuwait, as the US defence secretary visits Afghanistan.
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UK's NDS bought for $5bn by Cisco

Thursday, March 15th 2012, 14:08
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Cisco

US technology giant Cisco buys British digital video firm NDS, currently owned by a private equity firm and media giant News Corp, for $5bn (£3.2bn).
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Yen hits an 11-month dollar low

Thursday, March 15th 2012, 7:05
related countries: Japan

The Japanese yen hits an 11-month low against the dollar as the US currency strengthens on hopes of a recovery in the US economy.
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S Korea-US free trade deal starts

Thursday, March 15th 2012, 5:41
related countries: South Korea
related places: Seoul

The long-delayed free trade agreement between South Korea and the US is in effect, amid protests in Seoul.
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Deadly gun spree at Texas court

Thursday, March 15th 2012, 2:42
related places: Texas

A man opens fire outside a court in the US state of Texas, killing at least one person and injuring three, taking hostages before being arrested.
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Why US black families are home-schooling

Thursday, March 15th 2012, 1:29
related places: Why

Why more black American families are opting for home schooling
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