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Why do Americans pay so much for home broadband?
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Lou Reed, influential US singer-songwriter and founder member of the Velvet Underground, dies aged 71.
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GermanyThe chief of the US spy agency did not discuss the alleged bugging of German chancellor's phone with President Barack Obama, officials say.
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ColombiaColombia's Farc rebels free US hostage, former Marine Kevin Scott, to Red Cross representatives, after several months in captivity.
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GermanyThe German magazine Der Spiegel has published new allegations about American spying on Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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GermanyGerman media make new claims about US surveillance, including that President Obama knew about Chancellor Merkel's mobile being monitored.
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MalaysiaAuthorities in Malaysia ban a planned concert by US pop star Kesha, saying it would hurt cultural and religious sensitivities.
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GermanyThe US has been spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone since 2002, according to a report in Der Spiegel magazine.
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US actress Marcia Wallace, best known as the voice of Bart Simpson's teacher Edna Krabappel and also for her role in The Bob Newhart Show, dies, aged 70.
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United KingdomThe most powerful man in US sport targets Britain
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The White House admits that revelations about US spying by the whistleblower Edward Snowden have created "tension" with a number of its allies.
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Espionage likely to continue despite public outrage
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US music producer Quincy Jones is suing the estate of the late Michael Jackson, claiming he is owed millions in royalties and production fees.
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JP Morgan has reached a $5.1bn (£3.2bn) settlement with the US Federal Housing Finance Agency relating to charges it misled investors during the housing crisis.
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The prime minister's communications "have not, are not and will not" be monitored by the US, the White House says.
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US music producer Quincy Jones is suing the estate of the late Michael Jackson, claiming he is owed millions in royalties and production fees.
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GermanyGermany says it will be sending its top intelligence chiefs to Washington to "push forward" a probe into allegations of US spying on its leader and citizens.
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JP Morgan agrees to a $5.1bn (£3.2bn) settlement with the US Federal Housing Finance Agency relating to charges it misled investors during the housing crisis.
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Brett Favre, one of the greatest quarterbacks in American football history, says he suffers from memory loss after 20 years in the violent sport.
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BelgiumEU leaders meeting in Brussels say distrust of the US over spying could harm intelligence-gathering in the fight against terrorism.
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US wields 'nuclear arsenal' in global electronic spy war
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A new version of US drama Murder, She Wrote is in the works starring Oscar winner Octavia Spencer, according to reports.
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Italy, United KingdomUK and US intelligence services have been spying on Italy's phone and internet traffic on a huge scale, the Italian weekly L'Espresso reports.
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A former US National Security Agency chief giving off-the-record interviews on a high-speed train has had his remarks reported live on Twitter.
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Somalia, United KingdomA senior Islamist militant who was the target of a recent abortive US special forces raid in Somalia had spent time in the UK, his friends tell the BBC.
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Belgium, 
France, GermanyGermany and France are to seek talks with the US to settle a row over spying, as espionage claims continue to overshadow an EU summit in Brussels.
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MexicoA huge explosion and fire at a sweet factory in the northern Mexico city of Ciudad Juarez kills at least one person and injures dozens.
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Contractors who worked on the much-maligned US healthcare website tell lawmakers that the Obama administration must share the blame for its glitches.
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FranceFormer US ambassador to the United Nations Madeleine Albright has alleged France eavesdropped on her in the 1990s.
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NigeriaPirates seize two US sailors from an oil supply ship near Nigeria, as the White House voices concern over rising piracy off West Africa.
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A US National Guard worker is in custody after a shooting near a naval base in Tennessee that injured two people, officials say.
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A student accused of murdering a Massachusetts high school maths teacher used a box cutter to stab her before disposing of her body, US media report.
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Ford raises its profit forecast for the year, helped by strong profits at its North American business.
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GermanyGermany summons the US ambassador in Berlin over claims that the US monitored German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone.
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PakistanSecret US documents show senior Pakistani government officials have known of and endorsed CIA drone strikes for years, a US newspaper reports.
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IndiaIndia's Supreme Court orders a Calcutta hospital to pay nearly $1m to a US-based Indian doctor in a case of medical negligence which led to his wife's death in 1998.
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A former US campus policeman who pepper-sprayed student protesters has been awarded $38,000 (£23,400) in compensation for psychiatric damage.
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North KoreaThe mother of American Kenneth Bae, jailed by North Korea, says his health has improved but fears he will be returned to a labour camp.
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A 13-year-old US boy carrying a replica assault rifle is shot dead by police in California, a day after a fatal school shooting by a boy in Nevada.
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A 13-year-old boy carrying a replica assault rifle has been shot and killed by police in California.
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Bank of America's Countrywide Financial unit has been found liable for defrauding two government-backed mortgage companies by a US jury.
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PakistanPakistani PM Nawaz Sharif tells President Obama drone strikes there must cease, while the leaders pledge to strengthen the nations' strained ties.
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Michael Skakel, a relative of the prominent US Kennedy family, is granted a new trial in the 1975 beating death of a teenage neighbour.
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GermanyGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel calls President Barack Obama after receiving information the US may have spied on her mobile phone.
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A 14-year-old boy has been charged in the death of a teacher whose body was found in woodland behind her school.
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US food safety officials appeal for help from pet owners to find the cause of an outbreak of deadly sickness in dogs who ate jerky-style treats.
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Saudi ArabiaHow serious is the US-Saudi row?
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A judge sentences an Ohio man who confessed in an online video to a fatal drink-driving crash to six years in prison.
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Several hundred protesters rally outside a court in the US state of Missouri to demand justice for a teenage alleged rape victim.
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Counter-terrorism saga Homeland and 1960s-set drama Masters of Sex are both renewed for another season by US subscription TV channel Showtime.
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ChinaThe wreckage of a downed US World War II bomber plane has been salvaged from China's Yangtze River, 70 years after it crashed.
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FranceUS spy chief James Clapper denies reports that the US collected data on 70 million French phone calls in a single month.
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LibyaSuspected Libyan militant leader Abu Anas al-Liby, seized earlier this month in a US raid in Tripoli, appears for a second time in a New York court.
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LebanonThe bombing of US marine base in Beirut, 30 years on
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The 150-year-old dome atop the US Capitol building will undergo an extensive, two-year renovation to repair more than 1,000 cracks, officials say.
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A giant oarfish has been found on a Californian beach - the second such discovery in less than a week.
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Pakistan, 
YemenThe US defends its drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan, as Pakistan's PM urges Washington to end the unmanned raids in his country.
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At least six Florida prisoners have attempted to escape using forged release papers, officials say, including two who were successful.
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FranceNew revelations in Le Monde newspaper allege the US National Security Agency spied on French diplomats in Washington and at the UN.
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A cemetery in the US state of Ohio angers the family of a military veteran by removing a SpongeBob SquarePants headstone from her grave.
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The US economy added a lower-than-expected 148,000 jobs in September, official figures show, but the unemployment rate fell to 7.2%.
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FranceFrench President Francois Hollande voices "deep disapproval" over claims the US National Security Agency secretly tapped millions of phone calls in France.
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Pakistan, YemenCIA drone attacks in Pakistan and Yemen are responsible for unlawful killings, some of which could amount to war crimes, human rights groups say.
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FranceFrench President Francois Hollande has expressed "deep disapproval" over claims the US National Security Agency secretly tapped phone calls in France.
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A student at a Nevada middle school shot dead a teacher hailed as a hero for trying to convince the boy to drop his gun, authorities say.
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A man in the US state of Oregon has been arrested on charges of aiming a laser pointer at commercial aeroplanes, authorities say.
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ChinaThe US space agency says it will allow Chinese scientists to attend an astronomy conference in California next month, reversing an earlier ban.
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Gay couples in New Jersey tie the knot as the state recognises same-sex marriages and its governor drops an appeal against the nuptials.
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Two US Boy Scout leaders shown in an online video toppling an ancient rock formation in Utah are removed from their positions with the group.
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FranceFrance summons the US ambassador over claims in Le Monde newspaper that the US routinely spied on millions of phone calls in France.
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Dick Cheney, the former US vice-president, reveals that he had his wireless heart implant modified for fear of terrorist attack back in 2007.
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IndiaThe chief engineer of a US-owned ship detained in India has attempted to take his own life while in jail, police say.
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US comedian Carol Burnett is honoured with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
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Sandra Bullock space adventure Gravity leads the US box office for a third week, as Wikileaks film The Fifth Estate flops in its opening weekend.
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US telecom giant AT&T has agreed to lease nearly 9,100 of its towers and sell another 600 to tower operator Crown Castle International.
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MexicoMexico strongly denounces alleged US spying after a magazine report claims former President Felipe Calderon's emails were hacked in 2010.
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PakistanUS ties with Pakistan "could not be more important", Secretary of State John Kerry says at the start of Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif's US visit.
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Classic images of gas stations in the US
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SyriaOmar Souleyman's traditional folk makes waves in New York
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Former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan tells the BBC that the US debt ceiling crisis is far from over, that the eurozone needs political union, and "crony capitalism" is growing.
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US tech boss who says his firm's success is down to his staff
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US banking giant JP Morgan is set for a record $13bn (£8bn) fine to settle investigations into its mortgage-backed securities, US media reports say.
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United KingdomOnline child abusers will be targeted in a new international agency as Police Minister Damien Green flies to US to seal the deal.
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Two convicted murderers who used forged documents to trick their way out of prison in Florida have been recaptured, US officials say.
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ChinaAmerican jazz star Patti Austin cancels a concert in Beijing after suffering an asthma attack, amid growing concern over air pollution levels in the Chinese capital.
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A US scout leader is potentially facing criminal charges after footage emerged showing him toppling an ancient rock formation in Utah.
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Criminal charges are being considered against a US scout leader who toppled an ancient rock formation in Utah, sparking an international outcry.
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SyriaThe US urges the Syrian government to allow immediate aid convoys to starving civilians cut off for months in rebel-held suburbs of Damascus.
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Former Democratic US Speaker of the House of Representatives Tom Foley, credited with reaching across the aisles in a more bipartisan Congress, dies.
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Afghanistan, 
RomaniaThe US agrees a deal with Romania to use its air base as a key transit point for American forces leaving Afghanistan, officials have said.
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A firefighter responding to July's San Francisco plane crash who ran over and killed a survivor covered in flame-retardant foam will not be charged.
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Two convicted murderers freed from prison thanks to forged paperwork went to a jail to register as felons days after their release, records show.
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A trainee Catholic nun has appeared in court charged with killing her newborn child at a convent in Washington DC.
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Get an Angela Merkel, and other advice for US Republicans
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A UN investigator, Ben Emmerson, calls on the US to provide greater transparency about its drone strikes and civilian casualties.
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IndiaPolice in India arrest the crew of a US-owned ship accused of illegally entering Indian waters with a huge cache of weapons.
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Film producer Harvey Weinstein is to appeal against a decision by US film censors to give Philomena an R rating, according to reports.
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US actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, star of US sitcom Seinfeld and political satire Veep, says she "would relish" taking on more dramatic roles.
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Hong Kong, 
RussiaUS intelligence leaker Edward Snowden says he took no classified documents to Russia when he fled there from Hong Kong.
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Hillary Clinton reveals details about two unprecedented incidents that threatened US-China ties in 2012 - Wang Lijun and Chen Guangcheng.
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