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US scientists find that students can boost recall and learning when given material in harder-to-read fonts.
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PakistanUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announces Washington plans to provide $2bn in military aid to Pakistan.
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US proposals to set targets to reduce trade imbalances look to be running into opposition at the meeting of G20 finance ministers.
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AIA, the Asian arm of US insurance giant AIG, announces the price of a share offering it hopes will raise about $18bn (£11.4bn).
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PakistanThe US is set to announce a significant package of military and security aid to Pakistan on Friday, the final day of the latest US-Pakistan strategic talks.
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The codes used by the US president to launch a nuclear strike were lost for months during the Clinton years, a former high-ranking US military officer says.
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IndiaSikh groups urge US President Barack Obama to tour the Golden Temple during his India trip, amid reports he is now unlikely to visit.
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The ultimate cost of rescuing US mortgage agencies Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae may double, their government regulator says.
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McDonald's reports a 10% rise in net profits for the July to September quarter after new menu items in the US and extended opening hours in Europe drove up sales.
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VenezuelaThe presidents of Iran and Venezuela have promised to deepen their "strategic alliance" against US "imperialism".
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An appeals court rules the US military can temporarily reinstate a ban on openly gay people serving, in a move adding to disarray around the issue.
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IraqA US soldier is charged with murdering two comrades and wounding a third after an argument in Iraq, the US Army says.
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SomaliaA US man pleads guilty to supporting a Somali Islamist militant group and encouraging violence against the writers of cartoon show South Park.
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Delta Air Lines, US Airways and American Airlines report profits ahead of expectations in the third quarter.
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Chrysler recalls more than 26,000 vehicles in the US because of a problem with power steering that could be a fire hazard.
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Saudi ArabiaThe US confirms it intends to sell $60bn of arms to Saudi Arabia, possibly supporting some 75,000 jobs.
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The wife of US Justice Clarence Thomas contacts Anita Hill with a request to apologise over accusations of sexual harassment against her husband 19 years ago.
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Best-selling author Ian Halperin is staging a 48-hour 'bed-in' to support an amendment to the US constitution which would allow Arnold Schwarzenegger to be elected president.
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)US bank Morgan Stanley reports a surprise $91m third-quarter loss, partly due to writing down a stake in a casino company.
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ChinaUS trade officials say they are looking into a New York Times report that China is blocking shipments of rare earths to the US and Europe.
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A cat called Stewie from Nevada in the US might not realise it but he has been recorded as the longest domestic feline in the world.
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IranAn Iranian lawyer says the trial of three American hikers accused of spying will begin in November.
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Tributes are paid to veteran US actor Tom Bosley, best known for his role in 1970s TV series Happy Days, who has died aged 83.
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Where November's US elections will be won or lost
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Why US conservatives could soon be in the eye of the political storm
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US researchers use more than 100 giant fans to create hurricane-force winds to test house constructions.
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A US flight attendant who caused a media frenzy by quitting his job and jumping out of a plane using an emergency exit slide has pleaded guilty to attempted criminal mischief.
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The US military starts accepting gay recruits after a judge struck down the "don't ask, don't tell" policy banning openly gay people from serving.
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JordanA US court sentences a Jordanian man to 24 years in prison for trying to blow up a skyscraper in Dallas.
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A one-off charge leaves Bank of America - the US's biggest bank - with a hefty loss for the third quarter of the year.
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US stocks close lower as bank shares fall on fears that Bank of America may be forced to buy back billions of dollars of mortgages.
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Shots were fired at the Pentagon, hitting the US defence department headquarters and causing minor damage, officials say.
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A US flight attendant who caused a media frenzy by quitting his job and leaving a plane using an emergency slide pleads guilty to attempted criminal mischief.
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Hollywood actor Mel Gibson lands a cameo role as a tattoo artist in the Hangover sequel, according to US reports.
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Lady Antebellum and Easton Corbin lead the nominations for the inaugural American Country Awards
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MexicoMexican army and police seize 105 tonnes of marijuana in Tijuana, on the border with the US - by far the biggest haul for years.
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US regulators warn that drugs used to protect brittle bones may actually increase the risk of fracture in rare cases.
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Bank of America, the biggest bank in the US, says it will restart legal proceedings to repossess over 100,000 homes.
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US bank Citigroup reports a $2.2bn profit between July and September as the level of provisions made for bad debts falls.
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China, IranThe US asks China to do more to stop Chinese companies helping Iran with its nuclear programme and missile technology.
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Afghanistan, IranIran takes part in high-level discussions on Afghanistan for the first time after the US said it had "no problem" with its participation
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RussiaPresident Dmitry Medvedev hands top state honours to Russian spies deported from the US earlier this year, reports say.
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US actress Barbara Billingsley, who starred in the popular 1950s TV show Leave It To Beaver, dies at the age of 94.
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Jackass 3D, the third film outing for stunt master Johnny Knoxville and friends, tops the US box office with takings of $50m (£31.4m).
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IraqThe US military assembles a large team to prepare for the expected publication of thousands of Iraq war documents on the Wikileaks website.
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United KingdomDrug addicts across the UK are being offered cash by an American charity to stop having children.
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A hiker has died after being attacked by a mountain goat while walking in the US state of Washington, officials say.
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Italy, United KingdomAmanda Knox, the American convicted of murdering a UK student in Italy, is quoted as saying in a new book her "stubborn naivety created confusion".
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US rapper TI is sentenced to 11 months in jail for violating his probation after he was arrested on a drugs charge last month.
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US Tea Party supporters explain what they stand for
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UkraineUkraine's Vitali Klitschko retains his WBC heavyweight title in Hamburg on Saturday, beating American challenger Shannon Briggs on points.
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The world's most expensive Monopoly set is on loan to the Museum of American Finance on Wall Street.
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AfghanistanUS soldiers express concerns over the Afghan army
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ChinaThe US delays a report that could brand China a "currency manipulator", as Beijing says it should not be used as a "scapegoat".
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The BBC gauges the political temperature in Missouri and Illinois ahead of the US Mid-term elections
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AfghanistanOne of five US soldiers accused of the premeditated murder of Afghan civilians is to face a court martial, the US army says.
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The former boss of US firm Countrywide Financial agreed to pay record fines to the financial watchdog to settle fraud charges.
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AfghanistanUS troops have told the BBC of serious worries about drug-taking among Afghan soldiers and high rates of desertion.
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ChinaThe US says it is investigating claims China has broken trade agreements by giving billions of dollars of subsidies to its own green energy sector.
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The US budget deficit hit $1.3 trillion in the year to 30 September, US Congress estimates say.
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New England Sports Ventures completes its takeover of Liverpool after former owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett remove the temporary restraining order blocking the £300m sale.
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US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke opens the way to a new round of quantitative easing in a speech.
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A Pennsylvania town offers prospective homeowners a bargain: a free house, condition as-is, delivery not included.
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US retail sales increased by a better-than-expected 0.6% in September, helped by a rise in car sales, figures show.
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AfghanistanPrisoners are being abused at a "secret jail" in the main American military base in Afghanistan, according to a report from a US policy think tank.
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A dedication ceremony has taken place for the Hoover Dam bridge, which has been completed after eight years' work.
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United KingdomLabour ministers are accused by the defence secretary of writing a £3.3bn cheque that could not be cashed in their last year in government.
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FranceLike his American counterpart, French President Nicolas Sarkozy was elected on a platform of change but is now facing a struggle to reverse tumbling approval ratings.
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The US administration asks a judge to stay her order lifting a ban on gay people serving openly in the US military, pending an appeal.
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The memorial to Crazy Horse in South Dakota has been 62 years in the making and will eventually eclipse the faces of the US presidents at Mount Rushmore.
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United KingdomUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton admits Washington is "worried" over the scale of the UK government's planned spending cuts for defence.
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NigeriaA Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a US-bound airliner with a bomb sewn into his underwear acts as his own lawyer in a court hearing.
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BelgiumUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she now has a partner in Brussels who discusses children and shopping, as well as "life and death issues".
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Wealthy Pakistanis must do far more to help countrymen devastated by this summer's floods, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says.
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ChinaThe US trade deficit was wider than expected in August following record imports from China, official figures show.
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SudanUS actor George Clooney calls for the freezing of assets held by Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for war crimes in Darfur.
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JapanThe US dollar has continued its fall against the yen, hitting a fresh 15-year low against the Japanese currency.
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US officials charge 73 people, mostly Armenians, over a massive fraud against the country's medical insurance system.
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GeorgiaUS rapper TI helps to talk a suicidal man down from the top of a 22-storey building in Atlanta, Georgia.
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United KingdomThe death of kidnapped British aid worker Linda Norgrove during a US rescue attempt will be discussed by the prime minister and a top US general.
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The euphoria of being in love may directly influence how much pain we feel, according to US researchers.
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MexicoA Mexican commander looking into the disappearance of a US tourist from a border lake is killed.
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SudanThe American actor and political activist, George Clooney, has called for the freezing of assets held by the Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges.
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PakistanEight militants, including four foreign nationals, have been killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, officials say.
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How will the people of Nevada, the state with the highest unemployment in the US, vote in November's mid-term elections?
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All 50 US states start a joint investigation into whether mortgage firms were wrong to repossess hundreds of thousands of US homes.
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US officials say there will be no fine for Paramount Pictures over an accident that left a woman brain damaged during filming of Transformers 3.
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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates warns a court-ordered halt of a ban on openly gay military personnel could have "enormous consequences".
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A US worker found after being swept a mile down a 27-inch sewer pipe is treated for hypothermia and given antibiotics.
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AfghanistanA mutilated Afghan girl who featured on a controversial Time magazine cover receives a new nose in the US.
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Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman is to receive a lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute.
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ChinaThe United States calls on China to end the apparent house arrest of the wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner and jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo.
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A movie about the rise of internet phenomenon Facebook, holds on at the top of the US box office chart for a second week.
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US clothes retailer Gap scraps a new logo just one week after its introduction following an "outpouring of comments" online.
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Toilet paper is strewn round the home of the former manager for the Californian town of Bell, accused of involvement in a pay scandal.
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A jury convicts a man of murdering his brother, two nephews and three others at a home in Memphis, in the US state of Tennessee.
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US doctors have begun the first official trial of using human embryonic stem cells in patients after getting the green light from regulators.
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Afghanistan, United KingdomThe US commander in Afghanistan, Gen David Petraeus, orders an investigation into the death of a kidnapped British aid worker in a rescue attempt.
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The US dollar hits a fresh 15-year low against the yen after IMF and G7 meetings produce little to ease currency tensions.
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The US space agency is given a new direction, one that will seek to put astronauts in orbit using privately-run launch services.
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