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'I'm not particularly good' says US tech executive
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The investment firm run by US billionaire Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, reports a record profit in 2013.
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Russia, 
UkraineThe unofficial pro-Moscow leader of Ukraine's Crimea region asks Russia for help to ensure peace as the US warns Moscow against military intervention.
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CubaA Cuban spy freed from US jail after serving a 15-year sentence is greeted by Cuban President Raul Castro at the airport in the capital, Havana.
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Russia, UkraineUS President Obama warns Moscow there will be "costs" for any military intervention in Ukraine, amid reports of Russian forces on the move in Crimea.
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An autographed two-volume set of Adolf Hitler's Nazi book Mein Kampf sells at auction in Los Angeles for $64,850 (£38,700).
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Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died of an accidental overdose of a mix of drugs including heroin, cocaine and amphetamine, a post-mortem reveals.
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A trainee Catholic nun pleads guilty to killing her newborn child at a convent in Washington DC in October.
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MexicoThe US bank Citigroup lowers its fourth quarter and full year earnings after discovering fraud in its Mexican subsidiary.
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A 78-year-old Mississippi man has been found literally alive and kicking in a body bag at a funeral home after being declared dead, a coroner says.
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Slain US Senator Robert Kennedy's daughter is acquitted of drug-driving in New York after taking a sleeping pill and swerving her car into a truck.
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The US economy grew at a rate of 2.4% from October to December, down from a first estimate of 3.2%, as consumer spending proved weaker than predicted.
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MexicoA California high school which banned students from wearing US flag T-shirts on a Mexican holiday did not violate their rights, a court rules.
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US First Lady Michelle Obama is set to appear in TV comedy Parks and Recreation.
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President Obama has launched a plan to help young, minority men in the United States because they 'do worse' in society and wants more opportunities for them.
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Russia, UkraineThe US urges all sides to avoid provocations over Ukraine and says it will watch Russia's actions amid heightened tensions.
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North Korea, 
South KoreaNorth Korea has test-fired four short-range missiles, officials in the South say, in response to South Korea's military exercises with the US.
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US President Barack Obama calls for a national campaign to improve opportunities for black and Hispanic boys and young men.
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SyriaA worldwide human rights report by the US singles out Syria's civil war as a tragedy that "stands apart in its scope and human cost".
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A US woman's harsh response to a young jobseeker who sought to connect on LinkedIn has earned her widespread rebuke since it went viral.
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US Attorney General Eric Holder is released from hospital after being briefly admitted experiencing faintness and shortness of breath at work.
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United KingdomA British man is charged with hacking into US Federal Reserve computer servers and stealing the personal information of users - adding to previous charges.
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First Lady Michelle Obama unveils plans for the most sweeping overhaul of nutrition labels on US food packages in more than two decades.
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CubaFernando Gonzalez becomes the second of five Cubans convicted of spying to be released from a US prison after completing his sentence.
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Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vetoes a bill that would have allowed business owners who cited their religious beliefs to turn away gay customers.
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SyriaThe US accuses the Syrian government of undermining the Geneva II peace talks by detaining the relatives of opposition delegates.
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China, 
JapanOutgoing US Ambassador to China Gary Locke calls on Beijing to improve its human rights record and work with Japan to ease tensions in the East China Sea.
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American Hustle director David O Russell pulls out of the US TV drama he was was set to make, a month after it was commissioned.
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The pair make speeches to American politicians about causes close to their hearts.
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Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has vetoed a bill that would have allowed business owners citing religious beliefs to turn away gay customers.
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Bosnia and HerzegovinaKenan Trebincevic was 12 years old when his family was exiled from Bosnia. After two decades in the US, he returned for the first time looking for answers.
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A US court orders Google to remove from YouTube a crude anti-Islam film which sparked deadly riots in the Muslim world in 2012.
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A US federal judge rules Texas' ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, the latest in a series of decisions overturning such state laws.
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The acting police chief and two officers in a rural California town are sacked after being accused of selling vehicles seized from poor residents.
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A judge removes the mayor of the capital city of the US state of New Jersey from office 19 days after he was found guilty of corruption.
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SwitzerlandThe boss of Swiss bank Credit Suisse, Brady Dougan, tells a US Senate Committee that he "deeply regrets" that some of its bankers violated US tax laws.
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AfghanistanAmerica's top military officer says speculation over a possible total US pullout from Afghanistan in 2014 could encourage the Taliban.
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Chris Fawkes reports on water reserves in California and damaging ice in the Mid West.
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Profit at the US retailer Target plunges 46% after a massive security breach over the holiday season, which cost the firm $17m (£10m).
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A California couple found a stash of gold coins buried on their property last year that is worth as much as $10m (£6m), numismatists say.
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ChileA graveyard of whales found beside the Pan-American Highway in Chile has been said to be one of the most astonishing fossil discoveries of recent years.
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A Missouri man who abducted, raped and murdered a 15-year-old schoolgirl is executed after the US Supreme Court dismissed last-minute appeals.
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JapanJapanese tourists trigger a high speed car chase with police on the first day of their holiday in the US.
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Tim Lambesis, the singer for US metal band As I Lay Dying, pleads guilty to attempting to hire an undercover agent to murder his estranged wife.
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A playwriting prize is to be named after late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, funded by a libel settlement with US paper The National Enquirer.
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Russia, UkraineUS Secretary of State John Kerry says Ukraine is not caught in a battle between East and West, as tensions rise in mainly-Russian speaking areas.
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AfghanistanPresident Barack Obama has warned his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai that the US may pull all of its troops out of his country by the year's end.
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SwitzerlandCredit Suisse "helped its US customers conceal their Swiss accounts" and avoid American taxes, a US report alleges.
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AfghanistanPresident Obama tells Afghan leader Hamid Karzai the US may withdraw all its troops by the end of the year if no security deal is signed.
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The obesity rate among young US children fell by 43% since 2003-2004, the first broad decline in years, according to a new study.
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VenezuelaThe United States expels three Venezuelan diplomats, in response to the expulsion of three of its own consular officials from Caracas just over a week ago.
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Ukraine, United KingdomUkraine's interim president warns of "dangerous signs" of separatism, as parliament votes to try ousted President Yanukovych at the ICC.
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US regulators fine Asiana Airlines $500,000 (£300,000) for failing to help victims of a flight that crashed last year at San Francisco's airport.
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The top law enforcement official in the US says state attorneys general are not obligated to defend discriminatory laws banning same-sex marriage.
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Iran, 
IraqThe US says it is "seeking clarification" over a report that Iraq has signed a deal with Iran to buy arms in violation of a UN embargo.
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North Korea, South KoreaA North Korean patrol boat violated a disputed sea border with the South several times, Seoul officials say, amid US-South Korea military drills.
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The Pentagon's chief recommends shrinking the US Army to its smallest size since before World War Two to confront "the magnitude of our fiscal challenges".
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John Dingell, the longest serving congressman in US history and a force behind many landmark liberal laws, announces he is retiring from office.
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GeorgiaA court in the US state of Georgia dismisses an obscenity case against a man who sent a woman an unsolicited photo of his penis in a text message.
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Two ex-Navy Seals on the ship made famous by the film Captain Phillips died of respiratory failure after suspected heart attacks, police say.
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A top US university goes beyond a smoking ban by stopping all sales of tobacco on its campus.
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MexicoThe US is to seek the extradition from Mexico of the world's most wanted drug lord, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, who was captured on Saturday.
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Minnesota's Metrodome, voted in the worst stadium in the United States by Time magazine in 2012, is demolished.
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The Lego Movie is still towering over its rivals on the North American box office chart, spending a third week at number one.
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North Korea, South KoreaAnnual joint US-South Korean military drills begin, amid rare family reunions between North and South Korean relatives separated by the Korean War.
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NBA veteran Jason Collins becomes the first openly gay athlete to play in a major US sports league, and is given a warm reception by spectators.
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Piers Morgan's talk show on US TV network CNN is to end amid lacklustre ratings and an audience "tired" of a Briton weighing in on US issues.
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US doctors are warning of an emerging polio-like disease in California where up to 20 people have been infected.
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Top academics appeal to Penguin India to contest a legal challenge over a book on Hinduism by a US scholar.
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MexicoHundreds of people from Mexico and Latin America who have been deported from the US have set up camp on the border - all of them waiting for another chance to cross illegally into the United States.
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IsraelIsraeli special forces shoot dead an American-Israeli prisoner - jailed for a brutal murder in the US - after he opened fire on prison guards.
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Netflix agrees a deal with Comcast, the biggest internet service provider in the US, that will see its videos streamed faster and more smoothly.
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Can North Korea tone down ritual anger over US military drill?
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MexicoOne of the world's most wanted drug barons, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, is arrested in a joint US-Mexican operation in Mexico's Sinaloa state.
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Russia, UkraineUkraine's opposition asserts control in parliament, as protesters walk unchallenged into official buildings and President Yanukovych leaves Kiev.
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VenezuelaVenezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro invites US President Barack Obama to join him in talks aimed at resolving the problems between the two countries.
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The White House will award the top US military accolade to 24 veterans after a review of cases potentially overlooked because of discrimination.
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UgandaPresident Museveni asks the US to advise Ugandan scientists about homosexuality, as he decides whether to sign a law increasing penalties.
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The University of Mississippi wants to question three white students suspected of draping a noose over a statue of the college's first black student.
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Detroit's emergency manager files an $18bn plan to restructure the city's debts in the wake of the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history.
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ChinaUS President Barack Obama hosts the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, a move denounced by China as "gross interference".
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The US Federal Reserve initially failed to grasp the scope of the 2008 crisis, newly released transcripts from during that period show.
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Canada, 
SwedenCanada defeat the United States to book a men's Winter Olympic ice hockey final meeting with Sweden.
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World champion Mikaela Shiffrin of the USA becomes the youngest Olympic slalom champion with victory at Rosa Khutor.
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Four people including a Native American tribal leader are killed and two injured after a woman attacked a tribal centre in California, police say.
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United KingdomA new longer cut of Will Ferrell's Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues is to be released in US and UK cinemas for a single week.
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US computer giant Hewlett-Packard shows signs of recovery as quarterly revenues fall by less-than-expected and profits rise.
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A thief in the US dropped his stolen cash on the floor, then fell over while being chased on foot by police because his getaway car had flat tyres.
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VenezuelaVenezuela's President Nicolas Maduro threatens to expel the US news network CNN from the country over its reporting of recent protests there.
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How US couples try to search for happiness
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Drugs were found in the cabin where two US security staff were discovered dead on a freighter made famous in the movie Captain Phillips.
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Two Los Angeles Dodgers fans are sentenced for the 2011 beating of a San Francisco Giants fan, which left the victim permanently disabled.
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A man in the US state of Iowa lost his job after using a forklift to dislodge a chocolate bar from a jammed vending machine, according to state records.
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CanadaMarie-Philip Poulin scores in overtime as Canada beat USA to win a fourth successive Olympic women's ice hockey title.
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USA's Maddie Bowman lives up to her favourite tag by winning the Winter Olympics women's halfpipe in Sochi.
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France, 
Saudi Arabia, 
YemenA Saudi man held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay pleads guilty to his role in the deadly 2002 attack on a French oil tanker off Yemen.
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UkraineUkrainian Americans in New York City are angry that protests in Kiev have turned violent, as the BBC's Nick Bryant reports.
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About 35 teenagers are injured when the first storey of a church in the US state of Mississippi collapses during a worship service.
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Coldplay will perform on the opening night of the iTunes festival, taking place in the US for the first time at the South by Southwest event in Texas.
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Shares in BAE Systems drop 10% after the defence group says its earnings for the year ahead will be hit by continued cuts in the US defence budget.
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