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Protesters march to the Justice Department in Washington to demand action against race hate crimes.
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Japan, 
North KoreaPM Yasuo Fukuda tells President Bush he will push to resume Japanese support for US-led operations in Afghanistan.
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PakistanAmerica's John Negroponte goes to Pakistan to boost "moderate forces" and speaks to ex-PM Benazir Bhutto.
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IranIran's president says the US should apologise for the way it has treated Tehran over its nuclear programme.
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IraqRepublicans in the US Senate block a Democratic proposal to tie an Iraq war funding bill to a troop pull-out timetable.
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IndiaIndia's communist parties approve of government talks with a UN watchdog on a US nuclear deal.
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A televised debate in the US city of Las Vegas sees Democratic presidential hopefuls trade verbal blows.
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The US House of Representatives votes to license mortgage brokers and ban predatory lending.
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A US federal grand jury charges baseball home run king Barry Bonds with perjury over a steroids inquiry.
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IranThe US vows to press for further UN sanctions against Iran, following a new report on Tehran's nuclear activities.
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US military airspace will be temporarily cleared for use by commercial planes during the holiday season.
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ChinaChinese espionage poses "the single greatest risk" to the security of US technology, a panel warns Congress.
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CanadaThe Canadian Supreme Court refuses to hear the asylum case of two deserters from the US army.
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IraqUS forces in Iraq say they have killed 25 insurgents but tribal leaders say 45 pro-US fighters were killed.
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Sri LankaThe US government is to freeze the assets of a Tamil charity with links to Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka.
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A US army instruction manual for running the Guantanamo prison camp is published on the internet.
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MexicoMexican President Felipe Calderon urges US presidential hopefuls not to use immigration to score political points.
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IndiaIndia's parliament begins its winter session with discussions over the nuclear deal with the US high on the agenda.
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ChileA powerful 7.7-magnitude quake hits northern Chile, killing two and injuring more than 100 people.
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The US lower house backs an Iraq funding bill with a timeline for troop withdrawals in a new row with the White House.
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Former American football star OJ Simpson will be tried over an alleged armed robbery at a Las Vegas hotel.
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Burkina FasoA senior US official defends Washington's big subsidies to its cotton farmers, on a trip to Burkina Faso.
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Afghanistan, IraqUS Republicans demand the retraction of a Democrats' report on the hidden costs of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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IraqA bomb kills three people near Baghdad's heavily guarded administrative area, US military officials say.
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AustraliaA survey of the world's power stations finds India to be the fifth highest polluter per capita, with Australia at top.
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Belarus, 
RussiaA senior Russian general says missiles could be placed in Belarus to counter a planned US missile defence system.
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A US judge who failed in a $54m dry-clean lawsuit over missing trousers has not been reappointed, it is confirmed.
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BrazilBrazil's policy of bargaining with drug companies on Aids medicine has been a great success, a US study says.
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Afghanistan, IraqThe cost of the US military effort in Iraq and Afghanistan is almost double the official figure, a US report says.
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Producers hit by the writers' strike state their case as the industrial action enters its second week.
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A group of former pilots and government officials calls on the US to take alleged UFO sightings seriously.
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Global stock markets enjoy mixed fortunes as the impact of the US sub-prime crisis on top banks dominates trading.
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FinlandA Finnish school gunman who killed eight had internet contact with a US teen suspect, a lawyer says.
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Hillary Clinton blames aides for planting friendly questions at a presidential campaign rally in the US state of Iowa.
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IraqRocket and mortar attacks in Iraq have fallen to their lowest levels for nearly two years, the US military says.
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AfghanistanUS-led forces say they have killed 15 insurgents and three civilians in fighting in southern Afghanistan.
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A senior US official urges political leaders in Ivory Coast to follow up a peace deal and hold elections.
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IraqIraqi PM Nouri Maliki criticises the US for failing to hand over for execution three Saddam Hussein aides.
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FranceFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy leads tribute to US author Norman Mailer who died on Saturday.
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Germany, IranUS President Bush and Angela Merkel of Germany vow to continue on a diplomatic path to solve problems with Iran.
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American Pulitzer Prize winning author Norman Mailer dies of renal failure aged 84.
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KenyaNick Rankin reflects on a US warship's visit to Kenya and what it says about US strategic interests.
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Germany, IranGermany's Angela Merkel travels to the US president's Texas ranch for talks to focus on Iran's nuclear stand-off.
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The US trade deficit narrows to its lowest level in more than two years, as the weak dollar boosts exports.
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EU growth will slow in 2008 due to a weaker US economy and global financial woes, the European Commission says.
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IraqThe US military in Iraq releases nine of the 20 Iranians held there on suspicion of aiding insurgents.
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Michael Mukasey becomes the new US attorney general despite controversy over his views on interrogation.
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Former New York police commissioner, Bernard Kerik, is to be indicted on corruption charges, reports in the United States say.
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The state of California says it is suing the US government over its failure to regulate vehicle emissions.
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The Democratic-led US Congress has for the first time overturned a veto by President George W Bush.
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US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke warns the US economy will slow in the last three months of 2007.
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The US House of Representatives passes a bill to protect gay people from discrimination in the workplace.
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IraqThe US military in Iraq releases about 500 detainees in what was described as a goodwill gesture.
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)Investment bank Morgan Stanley says it has suffered a $3.7bn loss from its US sub-prime mortgage exposure.
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PakistanUS President George W Bush tells Pakistan's leader by phone to step down as army chief and hold elections soon.
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More than 100 workers at Chicago's O'Hare airport are found to have fake security badges, with 23 arrested.
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George Ryan, the former governor of the US state of Illinois, begins a prison sentence for corruption.
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US stock markets fall sharply as the dollar weakens further and Morgan Stanley discloses sub-prime related losses.
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FranceThe US and French presidents say they will work jointly to convince Iran to give up its nuclear programme.
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Oil prices reach a fresh high above $98 a barrel but fall back on higher-than-expected US crude supply figures.
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Gubernatorial elections in two states yield mixed results, while in New Jersey voters reject a plan to fund stem cell research.
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IraqThe death of six US troops this week makes 2007 the US' most deadly year in Iraq since the invasion in 2003.
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Bhutan, 
NepalBhutanese refugees in Nepal face "severe intimidation" ever since plans to resettle them in the West were announced, a US official says.
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FranceFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy is warmly welcomed in Washington at the start of his first official visit to the US.
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FrancePresident Sarkozy of France begins his first official US visit, sealing a rapprochement between the two nations.
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The US Air Force orders the grounding of all F-15 fighter jets, after a crash last week in Missouri.
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Oil prices reach another fresh high above $97 a barrel, amid concerns over tight fuel stocks and a weak US dollar.
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The euro hits fresh highs against the dollar as negative views of US economic prospects take their toll.
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ChinaA US congressional panel rebukes internet giant Yahoo over its actions in a Chinese human rights case.
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A US Senate panel approves Michael Mukasey as attorney general despite his refusal to denounce water-boarding.
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Iran, IraqThe US military says it will release nine Iranians being held in Iraq including two who Iran says are diplomats.
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US TV's two top late-night talk shows become the first casualties of the writers' strike.
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North KoreaUS nuclear experts say they have made a "good start" to disabling North Korea's main nuclear reactor.
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Author Harper Lee is presented with America's highest civilian honour by President George W Bush.
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PakistanUS President George W Bush urges Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf to end his state of emergency.
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Hollywood screenwriters begin striking after talks with studios fail to resolve a dispute over royalties.
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NicaraguaA US jury awards $3.3m to workers who say they were left sterile by a pesticide used at a banana plantation in Nicaragua.
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US markets fall, echoing slides in Europe and Asia after the resignation of Citigroup's boss dents confidence further.
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Iraq, 
TurkeyUS President George W Bush promises Turkey's prime minister extra help in tackling Kurdish rebels in Iraq.
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South AfricaUS chat-show host Oprah Winfrey spells out the action taken after abuse charges at her South African academy.
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PetroChina trumps US rival Exxon Mobil to become the world's biggest company by market value.
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West BankPalestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is upbeat about Mid-East peace after talks with US envoy Condoleezza Rice.
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PakistanThe US is to review aid to Pakistan after President Pervez Musharraf imposes a state of emergency.
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The need for a two-state solution in the Middle East is more urgent than ever, says the US secretary of state.
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SudanA US envoy says north and south Sudan have agreed to fully implement a peace deal after friction over delays.
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North KoreaTechnicians are due to begin disabling North Korea's nuclear complex on Monday, a top US envoy says.
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A bounty hunter's US TV series is taken off-air after he is heard using a racist term in a phone call to his son.
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A US astronaut carries out a dangerous spacewalk to fix a damaged solar panel on the International Space Station.
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Late-night US TV shows with stars such as David Letterman and Jay Leno are set to be hit by a writers' strike next week.
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EgyptJustin Webb reflects on how despite the US's promise of backing democracy in the Middle East little seems to have changed in Egypt.
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SingaporeUS Open champion Angel Cabrera keeps a firm grip on the Singapore Open by opening up a four-shot lead after the third round.
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US markets ended higher but European shares dropped, amid fears that the credit crisis may get worse yet.
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IsraelUS Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is ordered to testify in the spying trial of two pro-Israel lobbyists.
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The largest US nuclear plant is put into "lockdown" after a suspicious device is found in a worker's lorry.
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IraqA US network reveals the key Iraq war source codenamed Curveball and says he lied to support his asylum claim.
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Two photo albums documenting art looted b the Nazis are donated to the US National Archives.
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Iraq, TurkeyThe US says it shares with Turkey an enemy in the Kurdistan Workers' Party in northern Iraq.
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AzerbaijanThe US criticises Azerbaijan over the jailing of an independent newspaper editor.
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South Carolina Democrats thwart US TV comedian Stephen Colbert's bid to enter their presidential primary.
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