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AfghanistanRobert 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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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 sees a loss in its first earnings release since the firm's chief executive was killed in a plane crash.
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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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AfghanistanVideo 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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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
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JapanJapan posted a surprise trade surplus for February, after a record high deficit the previous month, as external demand picks up.
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SyriaThe US warns Syria to comply with a UN-backed peace plan, as government tanks reportedly shell suburbs of Damascus
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BurmaBurma 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 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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United KingdomFormer 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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BotswanaBrazilian aircraft-maker Embraer posts a $91.8m (£57.5m) quarterly loss due to its exposure to troubled American Airlines.
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ChinaThe US imposes duties on Chinese solar panel manufacturers after it said that they received unfair subsidies.
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Iran, JapanThe 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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ChinaThe United States has imposed a tariff on Chinese solar panels saying Chinese firms are unfairly benefiting from export subsidies.
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The US Department of Justice has announced an investigation into the shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Florida.
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AfghanistanA 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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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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United KingdomAmerican 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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GermanyThe 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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ChinaChina overtakes the US as a global art market for the first time, according to The European Fine Art Foundation.
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AfghanistanA 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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PakistanA 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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SyriaUS 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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Thousands of possible early human settlements have been discovered by US archaeologists using computers to scour satellite images.
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BurmaBurma 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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ChinaChina and the Inter-American Development Bank announce plans for a $1bn (£630m) fund for Latin American markets.
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The US Justice Department has opened an investigation into the shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin.
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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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How one US site is being targeted for prostitution
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AfghanistanAfghan massacre prompts US debate over post-traumatic stress
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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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Puerto RicoFresh 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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Joseph Kony's victims back online campaign - and want US troops
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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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Iran, 
IsraelIs an Israeli strike against Iran avoidable or inevitable?
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IndiaIndian cricketer Yuvraj Singh says he has completed his cancer treatment in the US and "can’t wait to return home".
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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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Sweden, 
YemenAn 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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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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BotswanaBrazilian 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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IraqA 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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AfghanistanThe US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians on Sunday night has been flown back to the US.
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AfghanistanLyse Doucet on a massacre's impact on US-led withdrawal
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New documents reveal that Osama bin Laden was plotting to kill US President Barack Obama, according to US media reports.
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AfghanistanThe 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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IranSeveral 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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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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AfghanistanAfghan 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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AfghanistanAfghan 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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ChinaThe 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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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 KoreaRegional 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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AfghanistanThe 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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Greater New York City fire department helped Iranians celebrate their festival of fire safely in the open.
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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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Sri LankaSri 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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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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AfghanistanThe United States says it remains committed to reconciliation in Afghanistan, despite the Taliban's suspension of preliminary peace talks.
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UgandaA 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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AfghanistanThe 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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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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AfghanistanThe 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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United KingdomUS 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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JapanThe 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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South KoreaThe long-delayed free trade agreement between South Korea and the US is in effect, amid protests in Seoul.
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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 more black American families are opting for home schooling
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US network HBO cancels its lavish TV horse-racing drama Luck after a third animal was injured and put down during production.
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South KoreaThe free trade agreement between South Korea and the United States comes into effect on Thursday.
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US thieves stealing bottles of Tide detergent from stores are using their bounty to trade for drugs, police say, as a man is held on a $1m bail in California.
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Syria, United KingdomDavid Cameron and Barack Obama stress progress is being made in Afghanistan and pledge to complete the mission, at a joint White House press conference.
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As people awaited the arrival of President Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron at a White House event, a woman was caught on camera vacuuming the red carpet.
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The girlfriend of alleged Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger pleads guilty to helping him evade capture for 16 years, but will not be forced to testify.
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SudanGeorge Clooney has warned US lawmakers of a humanitarian crisis in the volatile border area between Sudan and South Sudan, following the actor's recent visit to the area.
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Samantha Cameron and Michelle Obama have been carrying out their own events while their husbands talk politics.
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United KingdomA manager at US banking giant Goldman Sachs in London quits, saying he could no longer work there "in good conscience".
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Four US financial institutions, including Citigroup, fail stress tests designed to show they could withstand a financial shock.
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US Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum wins the Mississippi and Alabama primaries, upsetting front-runner Mitt Romney once again.
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The Pentagon may commission squads of short-life satellites to provide soldiers with tactical imagery at the push of a button.
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AfghanistanUS defence chief Leon Panetta is in Afghanistan for talks following the massacre of 16 Afghans by a US soldier, as bomb attacks leave nine dead.
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CanadaThe European Parliament eases a long-running trade war with the US and Canada by increasing EU imports of North American beef.
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Conservative US Republican Rick Santorum has won his party's primary elections in the southern states of Alabama and Mississippi.
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Rick Santorum has won the US Republican primaries in Alabama and Mississippi
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TaiwanAU Optronics, one of Taiwan's biggest flat screen makers, is found guilty of fixing prices of LCD panels in the US.
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The city of St Louis, Missouri, remains one of the most segregated cities in the US. But one street in particular has been known to residents as the "dividing line".
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A US student accused of spying with a webcam on a homosexual encounter involving his room-mate is not a criminal, his defence lawyer says.
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AfghanistanDavid Cameron says the public "want an endgame" to the war in Afghanistan ahead of talks with US President Barack Obama about the conflict.
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AfghanistanThe American defence lawyer making waves in Afghanistan
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AfghanistanMilitants in Afghanistan launch an attack on a top government delegation visiting the site where a US soldier killed 16 civilians.
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The US central bank made no change to interest rates at its regular meeting, saying financial market strains had eased.
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GeorgiaA Delta Airlines jet has slid off the end of the runway at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the US state of Georgia.
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ChinaThe US, EU and Japan file a landmark trade case against China over export of rare earths, which are critical to the manufacture of high-tech products.
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United KingdomPlans for UK and US forces to leave their lead combat role in Afghanistan next year, are expected to be agreed by David Cameron and Barack Obama.
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The makers of ITV2's The Only Way Is Essex are "actively in discussions" to make new versions of the programme in Texas or Florida.
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AfghanistanMilitants in Afghanistan have launched an attack on a government delegation visiting the site where a US soldier killed 16 civilians.
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US retail sales jumped by the most in five months in February, official figures show, fuelled mostly by demand for cars.
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PakistanAt least five suspected militants have been killed by a US drone in a volatile tribal region of north-west Pakistan, officials say.
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Russia, United KingdomThe UK's trade deficit was less than expected in January, thanks to strong exports of cars to the US, China and Russia, official figures show.
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