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A couple from Northampton say they could be driven to suicide if they are extradited to the US.
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United KingdomUS and British spy agencies routinely try to gain access to personal data from Angry Birds and other mobile applications, a report says.
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A second arctic blast has caused disruption in the Midwest of the US, with schools closing, airlines cancelling flights and emergency crews working to dig out major roadways.
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US film director Quentin Tarantino sues gossip website Gawker for copyright infringement after it posted a link to a leaked screenplay.
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Exposure to a once widely used pesticide, DDT, may increase the chances of developing Alzheimer's disease, suggest US researchers.
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A teenage student in the US state of Colorado has suffered severe burns after setting himself on fire in his high school cafeteria, authorities say.
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US schoolboy hopes big data can tackle bullying
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The operators of two exchanges for the virtual currency Bitcoin have been arrested in the US in connection with the black market website Silk Road.
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A Florida Republican congressman who pleaded guilty to cocaine possession in November resigns from his seat.
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The world famous Grand Canyon, which snakes through the American state of Arizona, only took its present form in the last six million years, claims a new scientific study.
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SomaliaThe Pentagon says the US has carried out a missile strike in Somalia against a suspected militant leader with ties to al-Qaeda and al-Shabab.
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Asian stocks fall as investors worry that a scaling back of US economic stimulus policies could hurt growth in emerging markets.
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AfghanistanThe US military condemns an order by the Afghan government to release 37 prisoners deemed by the Americans to pose a threat to security.
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United KingdomA handbook for British traders that remains quite true, 90 years on
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US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has alleged the National Security Agency engaged in industrial espionage. Gordon Corera reports.
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GermanyFugitive US leaker Edward Snowden alleges that the National Security Agency engaged in industrial espionage, in an interview with German TV.
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Police in the US state of Maryland identify the gunman who killed two people at a shopping mall and say there are many unanswered questions.
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Drummer drama Whiplash wins the grand jury prize and the audience award at US film festival Sundance.
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A gunman opened fire at a shopping centre in Maryland in the US, killing two people before apparently taking his own life, police say. Beth McLeod reports.
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Three people have died after a shooting incident at a shopping mall in the US state of Maryland, not far from Washington DC, say police.
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AfghanistanAfghan President Hamid Karzai again says he will not sign a US security deal until peace process is under way with Taliban
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US Secretary of State John Kerry insists America not in retreat
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A former senior US Senate aide who was arrested on child pornography charges last month was found dead after hanging himself, authorities say.
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Russia, 
SyriaUS Senator John McCain has criticised Russia for supplying arms to the Assad regime in Syria but Russia's Alexei Pushkov said there had been foreign interference in Syria from the start.
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The US has one of the highest income gaps in the developed world and Americans recognise the problem, studies from the Pew Research Center suggest.
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The FBI has issued a warning to US shops telling them to beef up defences against cyber-thieves.
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The couple are named the most powerful people in the music industry by Billboard Magazine.
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South KoreaNorth Korea sends a letter to Seoul urging reconciliation, a move dismissed by the South, ahead of joint US-South Korea military drills.
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IndiaThe US bans India's largest drugmaker Ranbaxy from producing and distributing drugs for the US market from its Toansa facility in Punjab.
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China, 
IranDavos 2014: The BBC's Robert Peston talks to US Treasury Secretary, Jack Lew, about China, Iran, and whether the global economic recovery is real or a false dawn.
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Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden says that he has "no chance" of a fair trial in the US and has no plans to return there.
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US authorities arrest two men in California for hacking email accounts and stealing nude photos to post on a so-called "revenge porn" website.
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IranUS Treasury Secretary Jack Lew tells the BBC to act "cautiously" with Iran and it is "not softening" its position on sanctions,
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US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel orders a wide-ranging review of the nation's nuclear forces following a series of high-profile scandals.
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The bulk collection of phone data by the US government is illegal and has had "minimal" benefits, an independent US privacy watchdog says.
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ChinaThe US ambassador in Beijing expresses concern at the trials of Chinese anti-corruption activists and calls for their release from custody.
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MexicoThe US state of Texas executes Mexican national Edgar Tamayo Arias, convicted of killing a policeman in 1994, despite objections from the US and Mexican governments
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MexicoJason Clark, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, confirms the execution of a Mexican man for murder, despite objections from the US and Mexican governments.
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David O Russell, the Oscar-nominated director of American Hustle, is to make his first drama for US television.
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ChinaA US judge rules that Chinese units of the so-called Big Four accounting firms should be suspended from auditing firms publicly traded in the US.
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MexicoTexas executes Mexican Edgar Tamayo, convicted of murdering a policeman, despite protests from Mexico and the US state department.
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BoliviaBolivian President Evo Morales announces plans to build the country's first nuclear reactor, making it the fourth Latin American country to do so.
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IsraelThe Israeli Shin Bet security service arrests three alleged members of an al-Qaeda cell , who, it says, were targeting the US embassy.
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The US military eases its strict uniform regulations to allow beards, turbans, skullcaps and tattoos worn for religious reasons.
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Police are investigating why a San Francisco-area police officer shot and killed a colleague during a search of a suspect's home on Tuesday.
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Dame Angela Lansbury says she is "relieved" that a planned remake of her 80s series Murder, She Wrote has been scrapped.
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A US judge rules that Samsung's use of a word auto-complete feature on its handsets infringes a patent owned by its rival Apple.
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The US east coast is hit by the second major winter storm of the year, with up to 12in (30cm) of snow, blowing wind and bitter cold forecast.
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The US east coast is hit by the second major winter storm of the year, with up to 12in (30cm) of snow, blowing wind and bitter cold forecast.
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IranAn Iranian-American engineer is indicted for attempting to ship stolen documentation on a high-tech military plane to Iran, authorities say.
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Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife are charged with illegally accepting lavish gifts from a businessman while he was in office.
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SyriaThe US and UN express horror at allegations in a new report that Syria has systematically tortured and executed about 11,000 detainees.
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American car giant General Motors are offering racing enthusiasts a 'performance data recorder' on its Corvette range.
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A suspected gunman is in custody after at least one person was shot dead at Purdue University in the US state of Indiana, a university official says.
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A South Carolina judge hears arguments over whether to grant a new trial to a 14-year-old black boy executed for the murder of two girls in 1944.
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The European Commission partially suspends EU-US talks on free trade amid fears that hard-won social protections in Europe might be at risk.
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Belgium, 
ItalyUS President Barack Obama will visit Pope Francis and Italian, Belgian, EU and Nato leaders on a three-country European tour in March, officials say.
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The number of US households signing up to online TV subscriptions such as Netflix grows by 4%, while more subscriptions to premium pay-TV channels like HBO have been cancelled.
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United KingdomBritish number two Dan Evans is not included in the Davis Cup squad to face the United States later this month.
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AfghanistanAn American general who led Nato troops in Afghanistan warns that the greatest danger facing the country when foreign troops leave is civil war.
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An explosion and partial building collapse at an animal feed processing plant in Omaha, Nebraska, kills two people and injures 10, officials say
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The family of two Northampton women who were found dead in the US along with two children and a man say they are "devastated".
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North KoreaKenneth Bae, an American citizen held in North Korea, speaks to foreign media and calls for US "cooperation" to secure his release.
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US Republican star Chris Christie's deputy denies allegations they made payment of disaster aid hinge upon approval for a real estate project.
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RussiaSeveral senior US lawmakers allege that intelligence leaker Edward Snowden may have been working with a foreign power, possibly Russia.
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Cop buddy comedy Ride Along easily beats political thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit to the top of the North American box office chart.
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JapanJapan's government says the relocation of a US military base on Okinawa will proceed, despite the re-election of a city mayor opposed to the plan.
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US President Barack Obama says smoking marijuana is no more dangerous than alcohol, but still calls it a "bad idea".
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The cast of 1970s crime caper American Hustle takes the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild awards, while Breaking Bad and Modern Family dominate the TV categories.
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American Hustle has scooped a top prize at the Screen Actors' Guild (SAG) Awards in Los Angeles.
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GermanyPresident Barack Obama says he will not let controversial surveillance by US intelligence services undermine Washington's ties with Germany.
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Switzerland, SyriaUS Secretary of State John Kerry welcomes a decision by Syria's main political opposition group to attend next week's peace talks in Switzerland.
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Five members of the same family, including two women from Northampton, are found shot dead in the US state of Utah.
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A West Virginia firm responsible for a chemical spill that led to drinking water bans for 300,0000 residents declares bankruptcy.
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A Mississippi man pleads guilty to sending President Barack Obama and other US leaders letters laced with the poison ricin.
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A Pennsylvania judge strikes down a law requiring voters to show photo identification in order to cast a ballot, calling it an unreasonable burden.
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A four-year-old girl shot and killed her four-year-old cousin in what authorities in the US city of Detroit call a tragic and avoidable accident.
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President Obama is expected to order the NSA to stop storing data from Americans' phones, after a series of damaging leaks about spying.
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)US banking giant Morgan Stanley sees quarterly net income more than halved by heavy legal fees relating to mortgage-backed securities.
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US lawyers are to challenge the drugs used in executions in Ohio after a murderer took 25 minutes to die from a new lethal cocktail.
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Orange is the New Black actress Michelle Hurst wakes up after being put into a medically-induced coma following an accident.
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SyriaUS Secretary of State John Kerry urges Syria's main political opposition group to decide on Friday to attend next week's Geneva peace talks.
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The clandestine online marketplace, Silk Road, forfeits Bitcoins worth $28m (£18m), after it is shut down by US prosecutors.
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NamibiaTexas hunter Corey Knowlton who won an auction to hunt an endangered black rhino in Namibia says he has received death threats from animal lovers.
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United KingdomThe US National Security Agency has collected almost 200 million text messages per day - and British spies have had access to some data, British media report.
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A woman issued with a traffic ticket for driving while wearing Google Glass has had her case dismissed in San Diego for lack of evidence.
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One US soldier was killed and two others injured after a helicopter slammed into the ground during a training mission, the US Army says.
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An ice jam nearly one kilometre in length is prompting flood warnings along the Maumee River in the US state of Ohio.
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Afghanistan, United KingdomIn a rare interview with the BBC, the Taliban tell the BBC's John Simpson that they will retake control of Afghanistan when British and US troops leave at the end of 2014.
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A man convicted of murder in the US state of Ohio is executed using a new, never-before-tried combination of lethal injection drugs.
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Con drama American Hustle and space movie Gravity lead this year's Oscar nominations with 10 nods each.
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US consumer inflation spiked in December, driven higher by rising fuel prices, the US Labor Department says.
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US investment bank Goldman Sachs reports a big fall in quarterly profits, due largely to reduced revenue from bond trading.
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A new video of a US soldier held captive since 2009 by the Taliban has given his family hope for his eventual safe return.
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United KingdomSpending cuts to the UK's armed forces will prevent it having a full military partnership with America, ex-US Defence Secretary Robert Gates warns.
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IraqThe US Marine Corps says it is trying to determine the authenticity of photographs that appear to show marines burning bodies of Iraqi insurgents.
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Thirty-four US Air Force officers in charge of launching nuclear missiles are suspended over accusations they cheated in proficiency tests.
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ChinaFirefighters responding to a San Francisco plane crash last July knew a Chinese teenager was on the ground nearby before they ran over her.
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US retailer JC Penney says it plans to cut 2,000 jobs and close 33 stores, while Sears is to make about 1,600 redundancies.
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A 12-year-old alleged to have shot two of his classmates in New Mexico may have warned other students, police say.
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