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The United States and Mexico reeled off wins in CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers on a day that mixed football with politics.
07/09/2008
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Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, has welcomed the election of Asif Ali Zardari as Pakistan's president and praised what she said is his emphasis on fighting "terrorism".
07/09/2008
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The unemployment rate in the United States has risen to its highest level for almost five years, increasing concerns the US economy may be declining.
06/09/2008
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Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, has met Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's leader, in what she described as "a new phase" in relations between the two countries.
06/09/2008
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Senior military advisers have recommended that the US president maintain current troop levels in Iraq until the end of the year, Pentagon sources say.
05/09/2008
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Jack Abramoff, a disgraced former US lobbyist at the heart of a Washington corruption scandal, has been sentenced to four years in prison.
05/09/2008
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The United States has announced at least $1bn in aid to help its ally Georgia to rebuild after its conflict with Russia over the separatist enclave of South Ossetia last month.
04/09/2008
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Viktor Yushchenko, the president of Ukraine, has threatened to call an early election, accusing his prime minister of effectively breaking the coalition government by joining forces with his rivals.
03/09/2008
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A US court has ordered the release of an Arab-American former professor who had been in jail for five years after he was accused of being a Palestinian terrorist.
03/09/2008
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Officials in the US state of Louisiana say it is still too soon for residents of the city of New Orleans to return home, despite it being spared a direct hit by Hurricane Gustav.
03/09/2008
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The UN's senior aid official has called for greater international efforts to help millions of Ethiopians suffering from a severe drought.
02/09/2008
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The US Republican party has opened its annual convention in the city of St Paul in Minnesota, one week after the Democrats' own convention in Denver, Colorado.
02/09/2008
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Anbar province, the scene of some of Iraq's fiercest fighting, is being handed over to local forces.
01/09/2008
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A United Arab Emirates business group has announced that it has completed a takeover of Premier League club Manchester City.
01/09/2008
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US-led coalition and Afghan forces have killed more than 100 Taliban in the southern Afghan province of Helmand during three days of fighting, the US military has said in a statement.
29/08/2008
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