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AfghanistanTough task of selling Afghan policy to US public
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AfghanistanThe US mission in Afghanistan will "fail" unless troops are increased, the top military commander there says in a confidential report.
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IsraelThe US has "no grand expectations" from talks President Obama is hosting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, the White House says.
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The US communications regulator proposes new rules that would require ISPs to respect the principle of "network neutrality".
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AfghanistanA top US general said the mission will "likely result in failure" if there is no change of strategy. What is your view?
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IraqThe US closes Camp Bucca, its largest jail in Iraq
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IranIran's supreme leader denounces nuclear weapons and says US allegations of a covert programme are false.
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RussiaPresident Obama says Russian opposition had no bearing on his decision to scrap the US plan for a missile shield in Europe.
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Another two US banks are closed by the federal regulator, taking the total number of American banking failures this year to 94.
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AfghanistanThree Afghan-born men are arrested in Denver and New York in connection with a plot to launch an attack in the US.
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IsraelPresident Obama will meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Tuesday, in an effort to relaunch Middle East peace talks.
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PakistanPolice raid US-contracted private security firm in Islamabad, securing around 70 allegedly unlicensed weapons.
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The US government objects to a deal that would allow Google to create a digital library. Send us your views.
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American Christian conservatives grow in confidence
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The US justice department urges a court to reject a deal allowing internet company Google to publish millions of books online.
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The American neoconservative writer and thinker Irving Kristol dies from lung cancer at the age of 89.
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The US president rejects the idea that racism is the main reason for angry protests against his planned healthcare reforms.
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Guiding Light, the world's longest running soap opera, ends after more than 70 years on air in the US.
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IranObama missile plan 'better protects Iran's neighbours'
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A court in the US state of Ohio halts a second bid to execute an inmate after officials failed to find a vein in the first attempt.
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IsraelUS envoy George Mitchell's latest round of diplomacy in the Middle East ends without agreement, US and Palestinian officials say.
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RussiaRussian President Dmitry Medvedev welcomes the US move to shelve controversial missile defence bases in Europe.
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ChinaChinese defence officials reject a US description of China's military modernisation programme as a threat.
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Why the US army is going face to face with Afghans
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Lawyers for a US man whose lethal injection was halted as officials failed to find a vein will try to block a second attempt.
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PakistanMissiles fired by a US drone are believed to have killed an al-Qaeda chief and a top Uzbek militant in Pakistan, officials say.
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Czech Republic, 
PolandPresident Barack Obama shelves controversial US missile defence plans for Europe, in a major foreign policy shift.
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The parent of American Airlines raises $2.9bn of new financing - part of it by selling air miles in advance to a credit card group.
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EgyptTwo US couples are jailed in Egypt for two years for trying to illegally adopt children from a Christian orphanage.
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A laboratory technician from Yale University is charged with murdering student Annie Le, US police say.
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The US is to reportedly scrap its plan to develop a missile defence system in eastern Europe. Is it the right decision?
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Folk singer Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary, and a voice of the 1960s protest movement, dies aged 72 after battling leukaemia.
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Mark Mardell on how racism row is playing in US South
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Folk singer Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary, and a voice of the 1960s protest movement, dies aged 72 after battling leukaemia.
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FBI agents search a home of a man near Denver, Colorado, as part of a major anti-terrorism inquiry.
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The US would be able to transfer more Guantanamo detainees worldwide if it took some itself, US envoy Daniel Fried says.
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Murdered Yale student Annie Le was strangled to death before her killer hid her body on campus, US medical experts say.
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SomaliaFunding shortages, caused in part by US sanctions, force the World Food Programme to close Somali feeding programmes.
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CubaCuba's foreign minister says President Barack Obama is not doing enough to end the "absurd" US trade embargo on the island.
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Rapper Jay-Z scores his 11th US number one album, giving him more chart-toppers than any other solo artist, including Elvis.
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US Senator Max Baucus, a key figure in the drive to reform the American healthcare system, publishes his version of a bill.
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Scientists in the United States say they are a step closer to curing colour blindness using gene therapy.
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A US judge sets a 10 November execution date for the man behind the 2002 Washington DC sniper attacks.
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European and Asian shares rise strongly, buoyed by US stocks closing at their highest level so far in 2009 overnight.
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A US judge sets a 10 November execution date for the man behind the 2002 Washington sniper attacks.
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AfghanistanThree US servicemen are killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, a Nato spokesman says.
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IsraelUS Middle East envoy George Mitchell is extending his mission to press for a deal on freezing Israeli settlement activity.
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Former US President Jimmy Carter says much of the vitriol against President Barack Obama's health reform plans is "based on racism".
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A US couple accused of kidnapping a girl held for 18 years are investigated over two other missing children, police say
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The execution of an inmate in Ohio is delayed for a week after US officials fail to find his veins to inject lethal chemicals.
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IraqSeveral mortars or rockets are fired into the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad as US Vice-President was visiting, police say.
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The US recession is probably over but the economy will remain weak for some time, says Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.
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AfghanistanThe US may need to deploy even more troops in Afghanistan to defeat the Taliban, its top military officer says.
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IsraelUS Middle East envoy George Mitchell meets Israeli and Palestinian leaders in a bid to set up new peace talks.
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IraqSeveral mortars or rockets are fired into the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad as US Vice-President was visiting, police say.
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SomaliaSomali Islamists will avenge the US raid which reportedly killed a top al-Qaeda suspect, a commander tells the BBC.
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Dirty Dancing film star Patrick Swayze dies aged 57 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, his publicist says.
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US may have to scale down foreign policy ambitions
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US retail sales rose sharply in August, boosted by the 'cash for clunkers' incentive scheme, figures show.
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CubaPresident Barack Obama signs an order, extending the US trade embargo against Cuba for another year.
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Afghanistan, IraqThe US commander in Iraq tells the BBC that he is concerned that it will be forgotten, amid the current focus on Afghanistan.
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US actor Patrick Swayze has died, aged 57, of pancreatic cancer. How will you remember him?
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ChinaChina says it does not think its trade dispute over tyres with the US will hurt ties, playing down the threat of a trade war.
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Juan Martin del Potro ends the five-year unbeaten US Open reign of Roger Federer in five sets to win his first Grand Slam title.
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Dirty Dancing film star Patrick Swayze dies aged 57 after a long battle with cancer, his publicist says.
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The fact that children raised in homes without a dad have sex earlier is down to their genes, say US researchers.
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A body discovered in a wall at Yale University has been confirmed as that of missing student Annie Le, US officials say.
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Russia, 
VenezuelaThe US says it is concerned by an arms build-up in Venezuela, a day after the country announced an arms deal with Russia.
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Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro beats defending champion Roger Federer to win the US Open.
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Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu has ruled out a total freeze on settlement building, as requested by the US.
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US President Obama warns bankers against complacency, saying they ignore the lessons of the financial crisis at their peril.
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AfghanistanSome of the 600 prisoners held by the US in Afghanistan will be given the right to challenge their detentions, the Pentagon says.
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A man accused of kidnapping an 11-year-old girl and holding her captive for 18 years will be held on $30m bail, a US court rules.
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A man accused of kidnapping an 11-year-old girl and holding her captive for 18 years will be held on $30m bail, a US court rules.
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LebanonThe lawyer for a US citizen of Lebanese origin on trial in the UAE says his client was tortured into a confession.
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India, PakistanFormer president Pervez Musharraf says US military aid to Pakistan during his tenure was used for defences against India.
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Shock US Open champion Kim Clijsters says she learned lessons during her two-and-a-half year retirement that helped her deal with her emotions.
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ChinaChina has requested talks with the US over its recent trade dispute involving imports of Chinese tyres.
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IraqAn Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former US President George W Bush is to be released a day later than expected.
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US President Barack Obama has warned bankers against complacency, saying that some in the industry are ignoring the lessons of the financial crisis. Do you agree?
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The US launches a new bid to set terms for resuming Mid-East peace talks, amid calls for a freeze on settlement building.
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ChinaChina launches an "anti-dumping and anti-subsidy" probe into imports of some US car products and chicken meat.
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PakistanAt least three suspected militants are killed in a US drone attack in north-west Pakistan, officials say.
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A taped message purportedly by Osama Bin Laden is released, days after the US marked eight years since 9/11.
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Belgian Kim Clijsters wins the US Open, becoming the first mother to win a Grand Slam tennis title since 1980.
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Serena Williams is fined $10,000 by US Open organisers for her tirade towards a line judge during her semi-final defeat by Kim Clijsters.
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Audio and text on pivotal events of September 2008
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SwitzerlandDefending champion Roger Federer will face Juan Martin del Potro in Monday's US Open final after the Swiss beats Novak Djokovic.
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Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy come from a set down to win the US Open men's doubles crown.
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IsraelIsrael's PM says gaps need to be bridged before peace talks with the Palestinians can resume, as the US envoy begins a visit.
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ArgentinaArgentina's Juan Martin del Potro hammers world number three Rafael Nadal to reach his first Grand Slam final at the US Open.
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Belgian wildcard Kim Clijsters takes on Danish ninth seed Caroline Wozniacki in the final of the US Open.
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Tens of thousands protest against President Obama's health plan. Will it cause economic ruin?
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AfghanistanThe US is preparing new guidelines that will allow prisoners held in Afghanistan to challenge their detention, officials say.
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US Nobel Peace laureate Norman Borlaug, who helped save millions of lives with the Green Revolution in food production, dies at 95.
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Kim Clijsters reaches the US Open final in dramatic circumstances as Serena Williams receives a point penalty on match point for abusing an official.
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Tens of thousands protest in the US against healthcare proposals as President Obama seeks to boost support for his plan.
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World number three Rafael Nadal wastes no time in completing a rain-delayed win over Fernando Gonzalez to reach the semi-finals of the US Open.
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Serena Williams takes on Kim Clijsters and Caroline Wozniacki plays Yanina Wickmayer in the rain-delayed US Open semi-finals.
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