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Tribal Areas |
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Drone strikes kill 17 |
| Jan.3 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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Deal values Facebook 'at $50bn' |
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California |
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California swears in new governor |
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Ivory Coast |
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Offer to Gbagbo to come to U.S. 'closing' |
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Miami |
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Stanford Cardinal win Orange Bowl |
| Jan.4 |
Los Angeles |
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Jackson's doctor 'hid drug dose' |
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Washington |
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Captain loses post for lewd video |
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South Korea |
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U.S. envoy in Asia for Korea talks |
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Washington |
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US urges action on insider leaks |
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New Orleans |
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Ohio State wins Sugar |
| Jan.5 |
Washington |
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Ambassador to Libya may be replaced |
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Cost cuts 'led to BP oil spill'
US panel: The companies involved in the BP oil spill had made decisions to cut costs and save time that contributed to the disaster
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Microsoft |
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Microsoft uses mobile phone chips |
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House of Representatives |
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Republicans take charge of House |
| Jan.6 |
Washington |
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Daley to be Obama's chief of staff
President Barack Obama has named bank executive and former commerce secretary William Daley as the next White House chief of staff
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Washington |
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Pentagon budget to get $78bn cut
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has announced a military budget cut, to be achieved in part by scrapping a $14bn amphibious vehicle
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Los Angeles |
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Jackson doctor 'cleaned up drugs' |
| Jan.7 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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49ers hire Harbaugh |
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Washington |
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Obama hails 'clear' jobs growth
President Obama has cautiously hailed a 'clear' trend of job growth, and called on businesses to boost investment
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Iceland |
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US 'wants Wikileaks Twitter data' |
| Jan.8 |
Arizona |
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Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords shot
Map of Tucson Arizona Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords, 40, was shot at close range during a public meeting. 6 other people have been killed
She is in a critical condition. The dead included a 9-year-old girl and a federal judge
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Seattle |
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Seattle stuns New Orleans in playoffs |
| Jan.9 |
Arizona |
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Shot US congresswoman 'doing well'
Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head by a gunman, is responding well to treatment and can follow simple commands after surgery
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Indiana |
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Jets edge Colts on last-second kick |
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Iran |
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Iran frees American woman |
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Arizona |
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Arizona shooting suspect charged
Federal prosecutors charged Jared Loughner with trying to assassinate Gabrielle Giffords, 40, and killing two other government officials
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Philadelphia |
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Packers knock Eagles out of playoffs |
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Beijing |
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China seeks to ease US concerns |
| Jan.10 |
Arizona |
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'Arizona gunman' appears in court
Map of Phoenix Arizona Jared Loughner charged with trying to assassinate a congresswoman in a shooting that left six people dead and more than a dozen wounded
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Texas |
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DeLay gets three years in prison |
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Arizona |
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Auburn beats Oregon for BCS title |
| Jan.11 |
Los Angeles |
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Trial for Michael Jackson doctor |
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USA |
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Clinton reacts to Arizona attack |
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China |
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China tests stealth fighter as Gates visits |
| Jan.12 |
Arizona |
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Obama honours victims in Arizona
President Barack Obama has paid tribute at a memorial service in Arizona to the six people killed and 13 injured in Saturday's shooting
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New Jersey |
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Winter storm hits north-east US |
| Jan.13 |
USA |
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US banks to end diplomat accounts
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Arizona |
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Funeral for young Arizona victim
| Jan.14 |
Washington |
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Obama eases US Cuba travel rules US President Barack Obama has said he will ease restrictions on US citizens travelling to Cuba
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Los Angeles |
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Zsa Zsa Gabor has leg amputated
| Jan.15 |
Mosul |
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US soldiers killed in Mosul drill
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Sri Lanka |
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U.S., India send help to flooded Sri Lanka
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US Georgia |
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Packers Bury Falcons |
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Pittsburgh |
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Steelers Oust Ravens |
| Jan.16 |
Chicago |
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Bears Reach NFC Title Game |
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Los Angeles |
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Glee and Network dominate Globes
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New England |
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Jets Send Patriots Packing |
| Jan.17 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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Apple boss takes 'medical leave' In an e-mail to employees Steve Jobs has announced that he is to take 'medical leave' from the company
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Yemen |
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Yemeni court sentences US-born militant
| Jan.18 |
Washington |
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Obama hosts China's Hu at dinner
Map of White House USA Chinese President Hu Jintao has kicked off a four-day US visit with a rare private dinner at the White House with President Barack Obama
Relations have been strained on currency controls, trade disputes, human rights and Taiwan
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San Francisco Bay Area |
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Apple makes record $6bn profits
| Jan.19 |
Washington |
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U.S., China pledge cooperation
Map of White House USA U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao lifted glasses at a White House state dinner. Obama saying that 'let us never forg... | |
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House of Representatives |
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House votes to repeal health law
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Washington |
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Hu vows to boost human rights Chinese President Hu Jintao has acknowledged that 'a lot still needs to be done' in China over human rights
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New York |
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Goldman Sachs weighs on Wall Street
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Arizona |
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Giffords to move to rehab clinic
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London |
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Britain bans controversial U.S. pastor Britain has denied entry to Terry Jones who said last year that he was 'praying about' whether to burn Qurans to protest the 9/11 attacks
| Jan.20 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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Schmidt to step down as Google CEO Eric Schmidt will step down from his role as CEO in April and be replaced by co-founder Larry Page. Schmidt will stay on as executive chairman. Eric Schmidt will focus on deals, partnerships, customers and broader bus... | |
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New York |
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Dozens of 'mobsters' held in US
Map of New Jersey USA US federal agents have charged 127 suspected mobsters in multiple investigations into New York's organised crime families
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Washington |
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China 'not seeking to dominate' Chinese President Hu Jintao has said China has no interest in pursuing an arms race or exerting military dominance over other nations
| Jan.22 |
Virginia |
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Alleged teen torture victim returns to U.S. A 19-year-old Gulet Mohamed says he was kidnapped and tortured by Kuwaiti authorities and placed on a 'no-fly' list
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Haiti |
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Former U.S. lawmaker assisting Duvalier Former Republican Congressman Bob Barr was among a group of American attorneys accompanying former Haitian dictator 'Baby Doc'
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Houston |
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Giffords move to rehab 'flawless'
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Italy |
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Amanda Knox 'murder knife' tests
| Jan.23 |
Chicago |
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Rodgers leads Pack to Super Bowl
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Pittsburgh |
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Steelers Hold Off Jets
| Jan.25 |
Moscow |
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Nuclear treaty passes lower house
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U.S. Congress |
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Obama hails US 'Sputnik moment' US President Barack Obama has addressed the US public before both houses of Congress in the annual State of the Union address. U.S. President Barack Obama called for unit... | |
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Los Angeles |
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King's Speech leads Oscars field
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New York |
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Bin Laden's driver gets life sentence
| Jan.26 |
North Mexico |
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U.S. missionary in Mexico fatally shot
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Texas |
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Allen Stanford 'unfit for fraud trial'
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New York |
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US and Canada hit by snow storm
| Jan.27 |
Washington |
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US financial crisis 'avoidable'
Regulators, politicians and bankers were to blame for the 2008 US financial meltdown, the US Financial Crisis Inquiry Commissionhas claimed
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Lahore |
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US diplomat kills two Pakistanis
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Washington |
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Carney is Obama press secretary
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Los Angeles |
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Charlie Sheen 'taken to hospital'
| Jan.28 |
Washington |
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Obama to Mubarak: Deliver on promises
| Jan.29 |
Lahore |
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US demands release over shooting
| Jan.30 |
Egypt |
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U.S. charter flights to begin out of Egypt
| Jan.31 |
Washington |
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US spending 'best in three years' Consumer spending in the US grew 3.5%, at its fastest pace in three years during 2010, official figures have shown