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CanadaCanadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke dies from injuries sustained in a training accident in the US state of Utah.
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US photography firm Eastman Kodak, the 133-year old company that invented the hand-held camera, files for bankruptcy protection.
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Bank shares lift European stock markets amid hopes of improvement to global economies and encouraging results from US banks.
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Bank of America reports a $2bn profit in or the three months to the end of 2011, signalling continued recovery at the US' second biggest lender.
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United KingdomWikipedia insists its protest over US anti-piracy legislation will continue, while UK interests say they are watching the situation "closely".
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FranceThe wife of former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is to edit a French edition of the US news and opinion website Huffington Post.
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Liverpool finalises a six-year deal with US sports firm Warrior Sports to make the Anfield club's kit from June.
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LiberiaUS authorities say war crimes suspect and former Liberian leader Charles Taylor worked for its intelligence agencies, including the CIA, US media report.
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The US actor apologises after making "disrespectful" comments about terrorist attacks in New York on 9/11.
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United KingdomBritish pop star Adele tops the US album chart for a sixteenth week, putting her album 21 amongst an elite group of best-sellers.
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ChinaYu Jie, a prominent Chinese writer close to Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, describes "inhumane treatment" that forced him to leave for the US.
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Eight US lawmakers withdraw support for anti-piracy legislation being considered in Congress after "blackout" protests on thousands of websites.
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CambodiaThe United Nations appoints former US ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues, David Scheffer, as advisor to the Khmer Rouge trials in Cambodia.
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Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich trade barbs ahead of the South Carolina US Republican primary, amid new trouble for each of the leading candidates.
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CanadaThe US state department recommends rejection of the US-Canada Keystone XL oil pipeline, saying it had insufficient time to review the plans.
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Schools are shut in parts of the US Pacific Northwest, where up to 20in of snow fell in low-lying parts overnight, although Seattle escaped the worst.
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RussiaA pundit on Russian state TV makes a stinging attack on new US ambassador Michael McFaul, suggesting he is on a mission to encourage revolution.
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Wikipedia, WordPress and other websites block access to content to protest against US anti-piracy bills. The movie industry calls the move "irresponsible".
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US banking giant Goldman Sachs cuts its pay and bonus payments by 21% to $12bn in 2011, as profits halve due to economic uncertainty.
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Online encyclopedia Wikipedia shuts down for 24 hours, joining other websites in a protest against plans for new US anti-piracy laws.
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PakistanPakistan postpones a visit by US Special Envoy Marc Grossman until a parliamentary review of bilateral relations is completed.
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"Rocket City" future depends on US appetite for space
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Huntsville, Alabama, is where Nasa hopes to build a "mega rocket", the next giant leap in the US space programme.
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The US Secret Service investigates after a suspected smoke bomb is thrown over the fence of the White House during a mass rally by Occupy activists.
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North Korea, 
South KoreaA "path is open" for a return to stalled North Korea nuclear talks, the US, Japan and South Korea say, as a North Korean official says Kim Jong-un is ready to lead.
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A man arrested in connection with gunshots fired at the White House in November is formally charged with the attempted assassination of the US president.
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States in the US Pacific Northwest are bracing for a blizzard that could bring the heaviest snowfall seen in a generation.
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US banking giant Citigroup saw annual profits rise 6% to $11.3bn in 2011, but fourth quarter figures disappoint.
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United KingdomA Scottish man who is wanted for murder in the United States loses a nine-year legal battle to avoid extradition.
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ArubaBritain's Andy Murray fights back from a set down to beat unseeded American Ryan Harrison and reach round two of the Australian Open.
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South AfricaUS base jumper Jeb Corliss is in hospital in South Africa after crashing during a freefall drop from Cape Town's Table Mountain.
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Bill Clinton praises the courage, spirit and determination of Muhammad Ali ahead of the legendary boxer's 70th birthday on Tuesday, with the former United States President describing Ali as "a ballerina in the boxing ring".
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Ivory Coast on a visit intended to show US support for the country's reconciliation process.
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ArubaSerena Williams and Lleyton Hewitt bid to follow Britain's Andy Murray into the second round of the Australian Open.
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Genetically modified goats at a farm in the US are being farmed to produce large quantities of spider silk, one of the strongest known substances.
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The King Center publishes online 200,000 personal papers belonging to Martin Luther King Jr, as the US marks the birthday of the civil rights leader.
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US Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman is going to announce he is ending his campaign for his party's nomination, media reports say.
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Action movie Contraband, starring Mark Wahlberg, enters the North American box office in the number one slot.
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China, 
IranChina criticises US sanctions imposed on oil firm Zhuhai Zhenrong for trading with Iran as Premier Wen Jiabao visits the Gulf.
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Does the Chavez theory about a US cancer weapon stack up?
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The trial of ex-US presidential hopeful John Edwards for violating campaign finance laws is delayed because he has a "serious" heart problem.
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RussiaA Russian tanker and a US Coast Guard icebreaker reach the ice-bound town of Nome in western Alaska, which was running out of fuel.
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BurmaThe US announces that it will exchange ambassadors with Burma, after a landmark Burmese political prisoner amnesty.
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The US military has now identified all four US Marines who appear to be urinating on enemy dead in a video released on the internet, US media say.
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US President Barack Obama throws down the gauntlet to Republicans by asking Congress for the power to shrink the federal government.
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United KingdomUS insurance broker Aon, sponsor of Manchester United, says it plans to move its corporate headquarters from Chicago to London.
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Record imports and falling exports contributed to a 10% increase in the US trade deficit in November, official figures show.
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ThailandA suspected Lebanese Hezbollah militant is arrested in Thailand after the US warns its citizens in Bangkok to be alert for a "possible terror threat".
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IranA retired businessman loses a High Court fight against being extradited to the United States over charges of conspiring to sell parts for Iranian missiles.
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The US will pull some 7,000 combat troops out of Europe, Defence Secretary Panetta says, as part of military budget cuts.
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At least two of four US Marines shown in a video appearing to urinate on Taliban corpses have been identified, a Marine Corps official has told the BBC.
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IndiaDavid Boxley has carved a totem pole made from the trunk of a 500-year-old red cedar tree for an exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC.
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A US military officer recommends a court martial for Bradley Manning, suspected of leaking classified documents to anti-secrecy website Wikileaks.
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ArubaA judge in Alabama declares 18-year-old Natalee Holloway dead, almost seven years after she went missing on the Caribbean island of Aruba.
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A video purportedly showing US Marines urinating on dead Afghans is "utterly deplorable", says Defence Secretary Leon Panetta, vowing to investigate.
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US First Lady Michelle Obama starts a Twitter account - run by campaign staff from her husband's re-election bid - and immediately picks up a huge following.
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US President Barack Obama's re-election campaign raises $68m (£44m) in the last quarter of 2011, considerably more than Republican rival Mitt Romney.
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US retail sales continue their upward crawl in December, posting a 0.1% monthly rise, according to initial estimates.
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US rock band The Velvet Underground launch legal action in Manhattan to stop its famous Andy Warhol banana image being used on other products.
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AfghanistanAfghan President Hamid Karzai "strongly condemns" a video apparently showing US Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters.
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Astronomers at the American Astronomical Society say they have worked out what colour the Milky Way would appear to be - from outside.
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Iran, 
JapanJapan will take "concrete steps" to reduce its oil dependency on Iran, its finance minister announces after a meeting with US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
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The US military says it is investigating a video that appears to show Marines joking as they urinate on dead Taliban fighters.
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Antarctica, North Korea, 
New Zealand, 
VietnamNew Zealand officials confirm three Vietnamese crewmen died when a South Korean fishing boat caught fire in Antarctica, as a US vessel treats injured crew.
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Fifty people are accused of selling Puerto Ricans' identities to illegal immigrants, in one of the largest ever frauds of its kind, US officials say.
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US banks kick off their earning season, with JP Morgan Chase the first big outfit to report its fourth-quarter results.
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The rise of the non-affiliated voter in the US
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Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney heads to the US south buoyed by a strong victory in the New Hampshire primary.
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IranThe US condemns the killing of Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan in a car bomb attack in north Tehran.
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Every star in the Milky Way is host to at least one planet, say astronomers reporting at the American Astronomical Society meeting.
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Aruba, 
PeruA suspect in the disappearance of US teenager Natalee Holloway on the Caribbean island of Aruba pleads guilty to killing a young woman in Peru.
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US First Lady Michelle Obama challenges an account in a new book's account of her becoming a behind-the-scenes force in the White House.
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The maker of Twinkies, the well-known cream filled sponge cakes, files for bankruptcy protection in the US, citing the economic downturn.
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A 25-year-old Kosovo-born American has been charged with plotting to attack nightclubs and a sheriff's office with bombs and guns.
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Victims of a decades-old sterilisation programme in the US state of North Carolina are to receive $50,000 each in compensation after a task force report.
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US scientists document potentially dangerous viruses in illegally imported wildlife products that were confiscated at major American airports.
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China, IranUS Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is in Beijing meeting Chinese leaders to seek support for sanctions on Iran.
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Toyota seeks to increase exports from its North American factories in a bid to cushion the impact of a strong yen.
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Michael Williams, the chief executive of US mortgage giant Fannie Mae, will step down once a successor has been found, the company says.
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Mitt Romney wins the Republican New Hampshire primary, cementing his lead in the race to take on US President Obama in November's election.
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Afghanistan, PakistanA US drone attack kills at least three militants in Pakistan's tribal area near the Afghan border, local intelligence officials say.
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Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney aims to build his momentum, even as his rivals turn up the heat, as New Hampshire hosts the first primary of this year's US election season.
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The race to win the Republican nomination for US president has reached New Hampshire - the first primary in the Republican nomination process.
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France, 
SyriaThe US and France condemn a speech by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad which blamed a foreign plot for the 10-month uprising against his rule.
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A US federal appeals court rules that a constitutional amendment barring Oklahoma courts from considering Islamic law in judgements is unconstitutional.
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IranA US ship rescues a group of Iranians in trouble at sea, in the second such incident in less than a week, the Pentagon says.
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YemenThe US defends a draft Yemeni law granting President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his aides immunity from prosecution over the deaths of protesters
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IranIs a maritime clash between the US and Iran inevitable?
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IranThe US says Iran's enrichment of uranium at an underground site is "a further escalation" of its ongoing violation of UN resolutions.
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ChinaGrowth in China's exports and imports slows in December because of sluggish demand from the US and Europe.
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ChinaUS carmarkers General Motors and Ford report record sales in China for 2011, despite a slowdown in the market in that country.
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US Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney comes under attack after remarking how he likes to fire people, ahead of the New Hampshire primary.
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IranUS man of Iranian descent has been sentenced to death by a court in Tehran for spying for the CIA.
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Iraq, 
KenyaA former US Army soldier who served in Iraq has been charged with trying to help the al-Shabab militant group after being arrested in Kenya.
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US consumer borrowing in November saw its biggest rise in a decade, the Federal Reserve says, in a further sign that the economy is improving.
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IranAn Iranian court sentences Iranian-American Amir Mirzai Hekmati to death for spying for the CIA, amid rising tensions between Tehran and the West.
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Why is the US marriage rate at a record low?
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PakistanA group of prominent US scholars expresses concern to Hillary Clinton over the safety of Husain Haqqani, the former Pakistani envoy to the US.
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JapanChecks on banks in the EU, US and Japan are to begin early this year to see how well they are implementing rules on capital, central bankers say.
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Low budget horror film The Devil Inside spirits its way to the top of the North American box office, taking $34.5m (£22.4m) on its opening weekend.
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