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US singer Eddie Fisher, who sold millions of records in the 50s and was married to Elizabeth Taylor and Debbie Reynolds, dies at 82.
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A woman who conspired to murder her husband and stepson is executed in the US, the first female to be put to death there for five years.
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A woman from the US state of Montana has fought off a 200lb (90kg) black bear with a courgette from her garden.
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IsraelUS President Barack Obama urges world leaders at the UN General Assembly to support Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations currently under way.
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The US broadcasting regulator announces it will make unused television airwaves available for new "super wi-fi" technology.
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Iran, 
United KingdomUS and EU delegates have walked out of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's UN General Assembly address. The Iranian president's remarks about a US-backed conspiracy behind the 9/11 attacks triggered the protest.
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PakistanAafia Siddiqui, the female Pakistani scientist convicted of attempting to kill US military personnel, is sentenced to 86 years in prison.
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The largest airlift of horses ever undertaken has begun ahead of this weekend's World Equestrian Games in the United States
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ChinaChinese premier Wen Jiabao says the yuan's exchange rate has no relation to the US trade deficit and should not be politicised.
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US House Republicans vow to cut taxes and government spending and repeal President Barack Obama's healthcare law if the party wins power.
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Sales of previously-owned homes in the US rose 7.6% in August, but activity in the housing market remains at low levels.
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DVD and games rental company Blockbuster files for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for its US business in a New York court.
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David Beckham is taking legal action against a US magazine that published allegations about his private life, his representatives announce.
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Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler are to be the new judges on American Idol after Simon Cowell and Ellen DeGeneres left the show, it is announced.
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US President Barack Obama has warned the world will miss ambitious anti-poverty goals if it does not change its approach to aid and development.
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Why is a woman being executed in the US such big news?
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Bentley, the luxury car maker, is recalling almost 600 vehicles in the United States because of a fault with the iconic 'Flying B' bonnet ornament.
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A Florida court overturns the state's ban on gay adoption, the only one of its kind in the US, and the state's governor says he will no longer enforce it.
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As Teresa Lewis is set to become the first woman to be executed in the US for five years, Briton Linda Carty continues to await the same fate for killing a young mother in Texas.
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Scientists have unearthed two new species of giant plant-eating horned dinosaurs in southern Utah, US.
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The US is revamping foreign aid to focus on development, not dependence, President Barack Obama tells the UN.
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CanadaCanadian fertiliser giant Potash Corporation asks a US court to block a hostile takeover bid from BHP Billiton.
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AfghanistanUS President Barack Obama's senior advisers have been waging internal battles over Afghan policy for 20 months, according to a new book by legendary journalist Bob Woodward.
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates's fortune - estimated at $54bn - leads to him being named as the wealthiest person in the US for the 17th year in a row.
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US President Obama has outlined a new approach to international aid and development.
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US President Barack Obama has warned the world must do better and change its approach or miss the 2015 anti-poverty goals.
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A US man pleads not guilty to charges he attacked a Muslim New York taxi driver with a knife after drinking a pint of Scotch.
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The US Congress is warned that the threat of home-recruited terrorists is causing complex national security problems.
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A construction team has discovered a 24-foot long whale skeleton at the San Diego Zoo in California.
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Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow is to star in the hit US show Glee, creator Ryan Murphy tells the BBC.
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AfghanistanPresident Barack Obama's senior advisers have waged internal battles over Afghan policy for 20 months, according to a new book.
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The US Treasury Department official in charge of overseeing the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program is stepping down.
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The struggle to stop the alienation of American Muslims
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A US judge dismisses a copyright infringement case that claimed Dreamworks' 2007 thriller Disturbia stole the plot of short story Rear Window.
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US schools and libraries may be able to tap into unused high-speed fibre networks in a bid to boost connection speeds, regulators say.
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PakistanAt least 14 militants have died in a suspected US double drone strike in north-western Pakistan, according to local officials.
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The US Supreme Court refuses to halt the Virginia execution of Teresa Lewis, scheduled to be carried out on Thursday.
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President Barack Obama's top economics adviser, Larry Summers, is to leave the administration at the end of the year.
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Eight people, including the mayor, are arrested after a corruption probe into excessive local government salaries in Bell, California.
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US senators reject attempts to open debate on a bill which included a provision allowing the repeal of the ban on openly gay military personnel.
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The US central bank decides to take no further action for now to rejuvenate the country's economy - but hints it may do more to bolster the recovery later.
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IranUS targeted sanctions are hurting Tehran, says policy architect
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Workers building a substation discover 1,500 bone fragments from about 1.4 million years ago.
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The number of new houses started in the US rose to their highest level in four months in August, government figures show.
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The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced a global partnership to tackle the scourge of toxic smoke from indoor cooking fires.
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A clip of Christine O'Donnell in 1999 talking about her experience with witchcraft has been broadcast on a US television show.
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Sportingbet, which was forced out of the US after its activities there became illegal, is to pay $33m to settle an inquiry.
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United KingdomThe story of US student Amanda Knox, who murdered her British housemate Meredith Kercher in 2007, is to be turned into a film starring Hayden Panettiere.
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Denver Broncos wide receiver Kenny McKinley has been found dead in his home in an apparent suicide, police in the US state of Colorado say.
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The US recession lasted 18 months and was the most prolonged since World War II, a report concludes.
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FranceA US judge gives Paris Hilton a one-year, suspended sentence after she pleads guilty to drug possession and obstructing a police officer.
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A controversial Republican candidate for the US Senate tries to play down revelations that she dabbled with witchcraft in high school.
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A US court issues an arrest warrant for actress Lindsay Lohan, who faces 30 days' jail after failing a court-enforced drugs test.
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Authorities in the state of Virginia are preparing to execute a woman, the first to face the death in the US for five years.
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Afghanistan, United KingdomBritish troops in Afghanistan hand over to US forces in Sangin, an area of Helmand province which has seen the UK's heaviest losses.
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BAE Systems is to buy three part of US intelligence services specialist L-1 Identity Solutions for $296m (£190m).
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Ben Affleck crime drama, The Town, debuts at the top of the US box office chart.
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IranIran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls on the US to release Iranian citizens after Tehran freed on bail a US hiker it accuses of spying.
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MexicoOil giant BP finally seals the ruptured well that has spewed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, US officials say.
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US actor Randy Quaid is charged by police with illegally occupying his former home in California.
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ChinaAn adviser to China's central bank rebuffs criticism from the US treasury secretary over Beijing's exchange rate policy.
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US cadets take philosophy classes to learn ethics of war
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A freak storm with two tornadoes is to blame for a trail of destruction across New York City that left one person dead, US weather experts say.
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United Airlines and Continental Airlines are cleared to merge, creating the world's largest carrier.
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VenezuelaA husband and wife team of former nuclear contractors are charged in the US with attempting to leak nuclear secrets to Venezuela.
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Consumer prices in the US rose by 0.3% in August, official figures show, reflecting a jump in petrol prices.
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A US woman who said an unknown assailant had splashed acid in her face on a city street admits to disfiguring herself, police say.
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Padraig Harrington warns Europe to beware a motivated Tiger Woods at next month's Ryder Cup against the United States at Celtic Manor.
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Israel, 
Russia, 
SyriaRussia's defence minister says it will supply Syria with anti-ship cruise missiles despite protests by the US and Israel, Russian media report.
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RussiaUS aerospace giant Boeing announces a contract worth $3.7bn to sell 50 of its 737 planes to Russian Technologies.
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Czech Republic, 
Serbia and MontenegroUS Open finalist Novak Djokovic will miss the opening rubber of Serbia's Davis Cup semi-final against the Czech Republic because of gastroenteritis.
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Unexpectedly strong sales of business software help US technology firm Oracle post a big jump in quarterly profits.
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GuatemalaA US court sends a former Guatemalan soldier accused of involvement in a 1980s massacre to prison for 10 years, for misleading immigration officials.
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A US cartoonist whose work inspired an Everybody Draw Muhammad Day Facebook group has disappeared into hiding after an FBI warning, her newspaper says.
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RussiaA US Senate panel has approved a nuclear arms control treaty with Russia, paving the way for a vote in the full Senate.
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The US Muslims trying to promote the modern face of Islam
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The US Senate has finally backed President Obama's call to give help to struggling small businesses, with a $30bn fund.
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A man shoots a doctor at a hospital in the US city of Baltimore, before shooting his ailing mother dead in her bed and killing himself, police say.
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One in seven Americans was living in poverty in 2009 with the level of working-age poor the highest since the 1960s, the US Census Bureau says.
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ChinaThe US Treasury secretary says China's currency is significantly undervalued and a mix of tools is needed to hasten change.
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Oil prices fall for the third day in a row as a US government report suggested that demand remains sluggish.
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There has been a sharp rise in the number of Americans who believe the US role as a world leader is on the decline, a survey suggests.
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AfghanistanTwo ex-employees of a US security company killed two Afghan nationals while fuelled by alcohol and rage, a US court has heard.
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America's Got Talent viewers cast their votes and crown the winner of the US TV show.
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MexicoBP's ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to be permanently sealed by Sunday, says the US official in charge of the clean-up operation.
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Firefighters in the US state of Oregon were called to one of their more unusual jobs - digging a camel out of a sinkhole.
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US voters will use mid-terms to punish Democrats over economy
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Firefighters in the US state of Oregon have to use all their shovelling skills to do a delicate job: dig a camel out of a sinkhole.
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United KingdomUS universities dominate an international league table of the best institutions, with the UK featuring just five times in the top 50.
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Arctic OceanIce floating on the Arctic Ocean melted unusually quickly this year, but did not shrink down to the record minimum area seen in 2007, say US scientists.
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PakistanThe US dismisses suggestions that Pakistan's army should take over from the civilian government, which has been criticised for its handling of the floods.
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The World Trade Organisation has ruled some US government subsidies should be withdrawn from Boeing, say agencies.
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MexicoThe US says oil companies will soon have to plug 3,500 idle Gulf of Mexico oil wells and dismantle old kit in an effort to prevent future leaks.
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AfghanistanAt least nine people are injured in a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, over a cancelled plan to burn copies of the Koran in the US.
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Conservative challengers deal a blow to mainstream Republicans in US primary contests, ahead of crucial November mid-term polls.
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NigerMillions of people across central and western Africa are going hungry. The worst affected is Niger, a country larger than the US states of California and Texas put together, but with a population of just 15 million.
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US President Barack Obama is to release a children's book on 16 November, two weeks after Congressional mid-term elections.
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PakistanTwelve people die as missiles are fired by a suspected US drone targeting militants in north-west Pakistan - the third such raid in under 24 hours.
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IranAmerican Sarah Shourd, freed after a year in an Iranian jail, pledges to campaign for the release of the two men she was arrested with.
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An explosion injures six workers at a manufacturing plant in the US state of Tennessee that produces flares for the US military.
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