Hillary Clinton, the former Democratic presidential rival of Barack Obama, the US president-elect, has accepted his offer to become secretary of state in his new administration, US media has reported.

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Thousands of followers of Muqtada al-Sadr, a prominent Shia leader, have protested in central Baghdad against a security pact with the United States.

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Tens of thousands of gay rights advocates have taken to the streets across the US, protesting California's recent vote to ban same-sex marriage.

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Asian stocks have posted modest gains despite a gloomy outlook for the US job market which prompted losses on Wall Street.

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China has developed such a sophisticated and active cyber warfare programme that the US "may be unable to counteract or even detect" an attack, a US congressional panel has warned.

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