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The main suspect in the bombing of the American warship, the USS Cole, has appeared at a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay.
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US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta orders a review of a military mortuary that lost portions of soldiers' remains during 2009.
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US President Barack Obama orders government departments to cut back on the number of branded mugs, t-shirts and key rings they give away.
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Mississippi rejects a proposed constitutional amendment to define a fertilized human egg as a person, which would have effectively outlawed abortion.
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BulgariaBulgarian-born artist Christo, famed for wrapping international landmarks in fabric, gets approval for a new artwork that will see silvery fabric suspended over the Arkansas River.
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Herman Cain has insisted he will stay in the race to become the Republican Party's candidate in next year's American presidential election, despite allegations of sexual harassment.
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Georgia, 
RussiaGeorgia's West-leaning government wants to join Nato - but the border dispute with Russia remains a huge hurdle.
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Gaddafi's American pen pal and his worldwide friends
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BoliviaBolivian President Evo Morales insists US anti-drug agents will not be allowed back, despite an agreement to restore diplomatic ties with Washington.
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Republican candidate Herman Cain strongly denies allegations of sexual misconduct and vows to continue in the race for the White House.
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Pressure is building on one of the most famous figures in American sport to quit amid a child abuse scandal involving a longtime assistant coach.
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Credit Suisse sends letters to some US clients saying their account details may be given to the Internal Revenue Service.
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The US government has formally declared it has no knowledge of the existence of extraterrestrial life, in response to petitions submitted to the White House.
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France, 
IsraelFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy called Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu a "liar" in remarks to US President Barack Obama overheard by journalists.
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A fourth woman, Sharon Bialek, has come forward accusing Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain of sexual misconduct.
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Emmy Award-winning screenwriter Hal Kanter, who wrote films including Elvis Presley's Blue Hawaii, dies at the age of 92.
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BoliviaBolivia and the United States agree to restore full diplomatic ties three years after the US ambassador to La Paz was expelled by President Evo Morales.
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The US state department's handling of the Keystone XL permit request will be reviewed for wrongdoing, after requests from several lawmakers.
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As local elections are held across the US, the state of Oregon begins testing voting via iPad in a bid to make voting more accessible for disabled voters.
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When buying the American dream was cheap
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IsraelThe case of an American-Israeli couple who want the US to recognise their Jerusalem-born son's place of birth as Israel goes to the Supreme Court.
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CanadaThousands of protesters opposed to a proposed Canada-US oil pipeline encircle the White House, calling on President Obama to block the project.
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Animated film Puss in Boots maintains its lead at the US box office for a second week, beating Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy movie Tower Heist.
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Light is a promising tool in the fight against cancer providing a treatment that can be highly targeted, say researchers in the US.
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NigeriaUS citizens in Nigeria should avoid certain hotels in the capital, Abuja, because they may be targets for Islamist militant bomb attacks, the American embassy says.
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NigeriaAn Islamist group which carried out attacks in north-eastern Nigeria, may be planning to bomb hotels in the capital, Abuja, the US embassy warns.
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American singer Andy Williams tells fans he has cancer of the bladder, at a concert in his hometown of Branson, Missouri.
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The US state of Oklahoma is shaken by a 5.6 magnitude earthquake, with reports of cracked buildings and a buckled highway.
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The city of Portland, Oregon, is home to a unique cycling event
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Brown eyes can be turned to blue with a short blast of laser light that destroys pigment in the iris, claims a US doctor.
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AfghanistanA US commander in Afghanistan is dismissed after making disparaging comments about Afghan President Hamid Karzai in an interview.
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Is India's 65 US cents a day poverty line fair?
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How do US adults endure living with their parents?
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The US economy added 80,000 new jobs in October and the unemployment rate dropped to 9% from 9.1%, figures show.
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Anglo American is to take control of diamond company De Beers after agreeing a $5.1bn deal to buy the Oppenheimer family's 40% stake.
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ChinaChina and US share poetry in cultural exchange
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China, RussiaThe US says China and Russia are the top perpetrators of cyberspying against US companies, in an unexpectedly frank report.
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US lawmakers vote to subpoena the White House over an investigation into failed solar-panel maker Solyndra.
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The EU and US carry out their first joint cybersecurity stress test to help co-ordinate their defences.
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PakistanPakistani Sohaib Ather reflects on his unexpected fame after he tweeted details of the US raid in which Osama Bin Laden was killed.
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US TV network CBS should not be fined for broadcasting Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" in 2004, a federal appeals court rules.
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Hollywood actor Robert Vaughn lands a role in Coronation Street, making him the first major US star to join the cast of the ITV1 soap, a spokesman says.
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Troubled US actress Lindsay Lohan is given a 30-day jail term for breaching probation for previous offences.
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ChinaTibetan exile leader Lobsang Sangay urges US politicians to ask China for access to areas where monks have been setting alight to themselves.
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GeorgiaFour elderly men from the US state of Georgia appear in court charged with plotting to murder officials using explosives and the lethal toxin ricin.
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The US Federal Reserve slashes its forecast for US growth and ups its forecast for unemployment, but keeps its policies on hold.
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A man pleads not guilty to hacking into the email accounts of celebrities such as Scarlett Johansson, whose nude photos ended up on the internet.
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JapanJapanese carmakers Toyota and Honda continue to struggle in the US as they report weaker-than-expected sales for October.
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Abuse of prescription painkillers is now at epidemic levels, an official report says, with more deaths caused by the drugs than heroin and cocaine combined.
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US Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain explains how he began to remember allegations of sexual harassment made against him in the 1990s.
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Expansion in the US manufacturing sector slowed to a snail's pace in October, according to the latest monthly survey.
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PolandA Boeing 767 carrying 230 passengers from the US makes an emergency landing in Warsaw after suffering problems with its landing gear.
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United KingdomThe mother of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Dorothy Rodham, has died at 92, prompting Mrs Clinton to cancel a trip London and Istanbul.
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North KoreaAn American soldier is jailed for 10 years for raping a South Korean teenager, one of the heaviest sentences ever for a US serviceman in the country.
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Canada, 
ThailandHonda will cut production at its US and Canada factories by 50% as it faces a shortage of parts due to floods in Thailand.
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Close to two million homes still have no power and Halloween trick-or-treating is on hold after the weekend's US East Coast snowstorm.
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MexicoUS authorities smash a huge drugs-smuggling network in Arizona linked to one of Mexico's most powerful cartels.
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RussiaThe FBI has released video it says shows Russian agents under surveillance in the United States.
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AfghanistanAn Army staff sergeant charged with killing three Afghan civilians admits taking fingers off their bodies as war trophies.
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A misheard slang word uttered by Manchester City Council's leader is censored on a US radio show with 30 million listeners.
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RussiaThe FBI releases video showing how Anna Chapman and other members of a Russian spy ring apparently exchanged information and money in the US.
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The US announces it is cutting its dues to the UN's cultural body Unesco, after the agency votes to grant the Palestinians full membership.
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IsraelThe UN cultural body Unesco votes to grant the Palestinians full membership, prompting the US to announce a big cut to the organisation's funding.
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The newly-elected Kyrgyz president speaks to the BBC about democracy, ethnic tensions and the US base in his country.
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US brokerage firm MF Global files for bankruptcy protection after revealing £4bn of eurozone debt exposure.
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New Kyrgyz leader Almazbek Atambayev says he will work to unify his troubled country - and that a key US base should not stay.
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"All hell has broken loose" in some parts of the US that have been hit by an unseasonable snowstorm, according to a presenter on WABC Radio.
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Animated Shrek spin-off movie Puss in Boots tops the North American box office chart, according to early figures.
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An unseasonable snowstorm hits the US East Coast, killing at least nine people and leaving more than three million homes without electricity.
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More than three million homes on America's east coast are without power after electricity supplies were knocked out by an unseasonably early snow storm.
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It is a white Halloween for some people on America's east coast, where up to 40cm of snow has fallen.
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IndiaFour organisers of a planned Indian gig by US rock group Metallica are arrested after the show was called off, leading fans to smash up the stage.
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Rory McIlroy beats Anthony Kim in a sudden-death play-off to win the Shanghai Masters and claim the richest prize in golf.
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Flights have been disrupted and power cut in more than a million homes after heavy winter snow hit the US East Coast.
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AfghanistanA suicide bomber kills at least 13 US soldiers in the Afghan capital, in one of the deadliest attacks against foreigners in Kabul since the war began.
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ThailandThe Thai authorities ask US military helicopters to survey flooding, which has proved deadly in the north and is now also threatening the capital, Bangkok.
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One of the most famous symbols of the United States, the Statue of Liberty, celebrated its 125th birthday on Friday.
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The NBA commissioner cancels the US basketball league's season until December, after talks between owners and players break down.
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Shares in Whirlpool fall sharply after the US appliance giant announced 5,000 job cuts and slashed its full-year profit forecast.
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Occupy Wall Street protesters are arrested for criminal trespassing in the southern city of Nashville, Tennessee and in San Diego, California.
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GeorgiaMother of two, Ashley Brown, saves her children and her mother after a fire broke out in her block of flats in the US state of Georgia.
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Bosnia and HerzegovinaA gunman who fired shots at the US embassy in Bosnia's capital, Sarajevo, is wounded and arrested by police.
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AfghanistanStaff Sergeant Calvin Gibbs appears for trial in the US state of Washington for allegedly murdering three Afghan civilians and keeping body parts as war trophies.
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Ethiopia, 
SomaliaThe US military begins flying unarmed drone aircraft from a base in Ethiopia, as part of its fight against Islamist militants in neighbouring Somalia.
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Two US acting unions have criticised movie website IMDb over its policy of giving actor's ages and dates of birth.
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Consumer spending picked up in September, rising 0.6%, funded by a reduction in saving.
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Can a former military ruler fix the troubled US-Pakistan relationship?
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The US has launched NPP, its next-generation of polar-orbiting satellites, dedicated to gathering weather and climate data.
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North Korea, 
South KoreaThe US and South Korea say they will deepen military co-operation to counter attacks by North Korea, as defence chief Leon Panetta visits Seoul.
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The US launches the first of its next generation of polar-orbiting satellites dedicated to gathering weather and climate data.
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Tweets posted on Twitter by US comic Steve Martin are to be released in a book with all profits going to a charity, he has announced.
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Asian markets rise following gains in the US and Europe after eurozone leaders agree a debt crisis deal.
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North Korea, South Korea, MexicoThe United States puts preliminary anti-dumping duties on some fridge freezers from South Korea and Mexico.
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Shares in the US join Europe's market rally after eurozone leaders agree a deal to help resolve the debt crisis.
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Occupy Oakland calls for a general strike after a man is critically injured, as several cities around the US march in solidarity with the California protesters.
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The US chocolate maker Hershey, which makes Reece's chocolates, has forecast low growth and sales in 2012.
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IsraelUS-Israeli citizen Ilan Grapel, who was detained by Egypt on spying charges, arrives in Israel after being freed as part of a prisoner exchange.
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Afghanistan, PakistanUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tells Congress the US has made significant progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but warns that challenges remain.
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Facebook is locating its first non-US data centre in a place with an inhabitant even more famous than Mark Zuckerberg.
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The US economy grew at an annualised rate of 2.5% in the third quarter of this year, according to figures from the US Commerce Department.
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