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The Dark Knight Rises makes $160m at North American box offices, but takings are down on forecasts made before a mass shooting in Colorado.
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JapanTwelve Okinawa-bound US military aircraft arrive in Japan, amid protests by local residents over safety.
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US President Barack Obama tells families of victims of the Batman film attack in Aurora, Colorado, that the whole country stands with them.
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US shoppers are thrown into a panic by a disorientated bear that wandered into a shopping centre in Pennsylvania.
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US President Barack Obama is to visit Colorado to honour victims of Friday's gun attack at a Batman film screening that left 12 people dead.
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A US college removes the statue of football coach Joe Paterno, who was alleged to have covered up sex attacks by a colleague.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
RwandaThe US cuts military aid to Rwanda amid reports it is backing rebels in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Warner Bros. cancels two more red carpet events for The Dark Knight Rises in the wake of an attack at a midnight screening of the film in the US.
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The home of a man suspected of a shooting spree at a movie in the US state of Colorado has been cleared of explosives, police say.
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PeruThe Vatican strips a top liberal Latin American university in Peru of its right to call itself Catholic.
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A vigil is held in Aurora, Colorado, as the US begins to mourn the 12 people killed by a gunman at a screening of the new Batman film.
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A US supporter of al-Qaeda admits trying to blow up the Pentagon and Capitol building with explosives-laden remote-controlled model planes.
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At least 12 people are killed and dozens injured in a shooting at a screening of the latest Batman film near Denver, Colorado.
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Brandt Snedeker matches the lowest 36-hole total in Open history to take a one-shot lead at the halfway stage at Royal Lytham & St Annes.
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US industrial giant General Electric (GE) reports net income of $3.1bn for the second quarter of 2012, down from $3.7bn the same time in 2011.
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HaitiMore than 100 Democratic members of the US Congress call on the United Nations to take responsibility for introducing cholera to Haiti.
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FranceThe Paris premiere of the new Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, has been cancelled following a shooting at a midnight screening in the US.
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Fans with tickets for a cancelled 1979 concert by The Who in Rhode Island, USA, will be able to use them when the band return to the venue next year.
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IndiaIndia's Outlook magazine dubs US President Barack Obama "the underachiever" on its latest cover, two weeks after US-based Time magazine did the same to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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China, 
North KoreaChina's trade ministry will launch an investigation into what it says are unfair import prices of US and South Korean polysilicon, used in solar panels.
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US service personnel can wear uniform at a gay pride march for the first time, after last year's ending of a ban on openly gay people in the military.
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Senior US Republicans strongly condemn former presidential candidate Michele Bachmann for attacks on a longtime aide to Hillary Clinton, Huma Abedin.
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United KingdomGreat Britain's men's basketball team endure a 118-78 defeat against a star-studded US side in their London 2012 warm-up.
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A US judge rules that a Muslim congregation has the right to occupy their newly built mosque, overturning a lower court order.
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EgyptOmar Suleiman, Egypt's former intelligence chief and a close ally of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, dies in hospital in the United States.
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Bulgaria, 
IsraelThe bombing of an Israeli tourist bus in eastern Bulgaria was probably carried out by a male suicide bomber with fake US documents, officials say.
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VenezuelaA Matisse painting stolen from a Venezuelan museum around 10 years ago may have been recovered in a police operation in Miami, it is reported.
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IranBolstering of US forces in Gulf sending a message to Iran
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Australia, 
New ZealandUS country music star Glen Campbell cancels scheduled visits to Australia and New Zealand in August, citing health reasons.
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JapanJapanese bank Mizuho Financial will pay $128m (£82m) to settle claims that a US subsidiary inflated the value of financial instruments.
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SyriaThe killing of three top figures at the heart of Syria's defence establishment shows President Bashar al-Assad is losing control, the White House says.
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The BBC spoke to the co-author of The Last Myth to find out what a rise in apocalyptic thinking says about the US today.
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The US state of Texas executes its first death row inmate with a single dose of the sedative pentobarbital, after switching from a three-drug cocktail.
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Can the US lawfully target its own citizens with drone strikes?
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warns that the worst drought to parch the US in decades will result in higher crop prices.
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YemenRelatives of Americans killed in anti al-Qaeda drone strikes in Yemen sue four senior US officials, saying the killings were unconstitutional.
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US authorities investigating claims JPMorgan manipulated the electricity market are challenging the bank's refusal to hand over subpoenaed emails.
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Former US President Bill Clinton says that Nelson Mandela, on his 94th birthday, is looking healthier and fitter than he did two years ago.
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BurmaBurma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to travel to the US in September, in her first trip there in more than 20 years.
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The US Food and Drug Administration approves the weight-loss drug Qsymia, the second such drug to be approved in recent months.
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Washington is to become the first US state to enrol voters via a Facebook app that could be available as early as next week, officials say.
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Who will Romney choose as his US running mate?
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The Boy Scouts of America say they will not change their policy of excluding openly gay members, following a two-year policy review.
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HondurasHow the US is taking the war on drugs to Honduras
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The US is currently suffering its widest drought since 1956, according to data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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The head of HSBC has apologised at a US Senate committee hearing which heard that HSBC provided a conduit for "drug kingpins and rogue nations".
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The FBI opens an investigation after needles are found in sandwiches on four Delta Air Lines flights bound for the United States from Amsterdam.
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The Libor system, which sets inter-bank lending rates, is "structurally flawed", says Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the US central bank.
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IndiaIndian fishermen injured when their boat was shot at by a US Navy ship near Dubai say they received no warnings before they came under fire.
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US bank Goldman Sachs says its net profits halved in the second quarter compared with the first quarter, blaming deteriorating market conditions.
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Premier League football club Manchester United is the world's most valuable sports club says US business magazine Forbes.
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India, 
United Arab EmiratesIndia seeks answers after a US navy vessel kills one of its fishermen off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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MexicoA US Senate probe discloses how lax controls at Europe's largest bank left it vulnerable to being used to launder dirty money from around the world.
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US Congressman Barney Frank on the act he gave his name to
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US carmaker forced to look at unsavoury options to survive
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The US is enduring the widest drought since 1956, according to new data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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Egypt, IsraelThe US will use all its powers to prevent Iran developing a nuclear weapon, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says on a visit to Israel.
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The US space agency may not have its prime communications satellite in the right place to receive instant confirmation that its Curiosity rover has landed on Mars.
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Drug company GlaxoSmithKline buys Human Genome Sciences for an improved offer $3bn (£1.9bn), ending a three-month pursuit of the US biotech firm.
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Stephen Covey, the influential author of best-selling The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, dies at the age of 79.
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United Arab EmiratesA US Navy ship fired on a boat that ignored warnings off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, US officials say, with one person reported killed.
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EgyptTwo Americans are freed days after their abduction in Egypt's Sinai peninsula by a Bedouin demanding his uncle's release from jail.
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US health regulators for the first time approve a drug to prevent HIV infection, despite warnings it could engender a false sense of security.
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US consumers cut back on retail spending in June, official figures have shown, raising worries over the strength of the economy.
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Citigroup, the US banking giant, has reported a 12% fall in net income to $2.9bn (£1.9bn) for the second quarter of 2012.
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HondurasHow Honduras is the new frontline in US war on drugs
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Ice Age: Continental Drift has stormed to the top of the US box office chart in its opening weekend.
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EgyptUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Egypt's army chief Mohamad Hussein Tantawi, and urges the protection of people's rights.
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A US man recovers a 1967 Austin-Healy he spotted being sold on eBay 42 years after thieves stole the car from him.
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Following the departure of Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, singer Jennifer Lopez announces that she too is giving up her role as American Idol judge.
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Amir Khan suffers a second successive defeat as he is stopped in round four by undefeated American Danny Garcia in Las Vegas.
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EgyptUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls for "full transition" to civilian rule in Egypt after talks in Cairo with President Mohammed Mursi.
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Police in the USA have released CCTV footage of a high-speed crash to warn drivers of the dangers of jumping red lights.
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EgyptUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets Egypt's new leader Mohammed Mursi, and reaffirms US support for a "full transition to civilian rule".
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The war of words in the US presidential campaign has escalated with the Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, accusing President Obama of using 'disgusting and demeaning tactics'.
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American 400m runner Debbie Dunn withdraws from the Olympics 4x400m relay team after returning a positive drugs test.
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US Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney hits back at attacks about his record as CEO of Bain Capital, saying the Obama campaign should apologise.
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Ex US president Bill Clinton calls on governments to convince voters of the need to tackle climate change and resource scarcity.
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US bank JPMorgan Chase raises its estimated losses in a recent trading error to $5.8bn, but still reports a big profit, sending shares higher.
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An autistic man from the US state of Colorado is recovering in hospital after surviving for three weeks in a remote Utah desert.
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United KingdomBank of England head Sir Mervyn King and then US bank official Timothy Geithner discussed concerns about Libor as early as 2008, documents show.
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The big growth in oil extracted from shale rock will mean the US will not need to import any crude within two decades, the former boss of BP has said.
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Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has announced he is quitting American Idol's judging panel to concentrate on his band.
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LG Display is to pay $380m (£246m) to settle an LCD price-fixing case in the US, the most paid by any of the 10 companies that have settled.
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Syria, YemenThe United States has suggested that what it calls the "Yemen scenario" could be the solution to stopping bloodshed in Syria.
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BurmaUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet President Thein Sein at a business forum, after the easing of restrictions on US firms investing in Burma.
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MexicoMexican and US agents discover two tunnels under the US-Mexico border, believed to have been constructed to smuggle drugs.
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Japan's successful exports to America's MLB
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IranThe US blacklists new firms and people said to be aiding Iran's nuclear programme, and identifies front companies allegedly helping Iran evade sanctions.
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China, United KingdomUS athletes at the London Olympics will wear stylish uniforms designed in the US but made in China, prompting bipartisan dismay in Washington.
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US bank Wells Fargo will pay at least $175m (£113m) to settle accusations that it discriminated against African-American and Hispanic borrowers.
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The euro falls to its lowest level against the dollar since June 2010 after the latest US Fed minutes dampen hopes of any new stimulus measures.
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US planemaker Boeing announces an "historic" order from United Airlines for 150 Boeing 737s, in a deal worth up to $14.7bn (£9.5bn).
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The biggest survey of Native American DNA has concluded that the New World was settled in three major waves.
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ChinaUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi say the two countries will co-operate on Asian issues, during talks at an Asean meeting in Phnom Penh.
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Cars full of ethanol exploded after a train derailed in Ohio's state capital Columbus.
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BurmaBarack Obama eases restrictions on US firms investing in Burma, while the Burmese president calls for all Western sanctions to be scrapped.
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IsraelAn Israeli man convicted of arranging kidney transplants for profit has been jailed for two and a half years in New York.
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PeruPeru launches a US-funded scheme aimed at reducing child labour in the country, where almost a third of children have to work for a living.
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A Mississippi judge continues a temporary block on a law that could result in closure for the state's only abortion clinic.
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