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/ 11 January 2012
The US was told not to interfere in China’s affairs after it voiced concern over the spate of self-immolations by Tibetan monks in the area.
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/ 10 January 2012
A new genome-sequencing machine, which ensures cheaper access to a person’s genetic information, has been launched in the US.
Oil prices fell to near $101 a barrel on Monday in Asia amid investor concern over the outcome of a meeting between the leaders of Germany and France.
Mitt Romney’s rivals for the Republican ticket have ripped into the presidential candidate on live TV in a desperate bid to cut his massive poll lead.
Inmates in Afghanistan’s US-run Bagram Prison have faced abuses including torture, beatings and other mistreatment, according to a government report.
Your electronic device is about to become much more understanding.
Mitt Romney managed an endorsement from US Sentaor John McCain after a new challenge from his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney squeaked out a win in Iowa’s nominating contest: eight votes ahead of rival Rick Santorum.
Presidential contenders Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney are effectively tied in the Republicans’ first nominating contest in Iowa.
Iran has warned one of the US navy’s biggest warships to keep away from the Gulf, in an escalating showdown that may pitch into armed confrontation.
A high turnout is predicted for the Republicans’ Iowa caucus, which looks set to go to presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney, Ron Paul or Rick Santorum.
Boarding an airplane has never been safer in the US but there are still some countries where flying is risky, including Russia, the DRC and Somalia.
Republican presidential hopefuls will go head to head for the first time at Tuesday’s Iowa caucuses in the fight for the GOP ticket to take on Obama.
Iran has test-fired a new long-range missile during naval exercises, after threatening to halt oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.
Will markets begin 2012 with a bang or a whimper? <b>Matt Quigley</b> looks at the economic week ahead.
Mitt Romney’s bid for the Republican presidential ticket boosted as the head of rival Michelle Bachmann’s Iowa campaign walks out on her.
Egyptian security forces have stormed the offices of pro-democracy groups that they say are fomenting protests with the help of foreign funding.
President Barack Obama’s job approval rating climbed steadily this month as he fought Republicans over the extension of a payroll tax cut.
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/ 26 December 2011
The last week of the year is typically economically uneventful, with the exception of a potential credit downgrade to France, the story is the same.
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/ 24 December 2011
The US Central Intelligence Agency has suspended drone missile strikes on gatherings of low-ranking militants in Pakistan.
Piers Morgan’ testimony before a British panel looking into media ethics was big news in the UK, but made little splash in the US.
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/ 20 December 2011
The Republican presidential race has been thrown wide open two weeks before the first votes in the battle for the party’s nomination.
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/ 19 December 2011
Barack Obama faces a new battle after Republicans in the House of Representatives rejected a tax deal already approved by the Senate.
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/ 19 December 2011
The person in charge of the computer network that Bradley Manning used to leak US secrets to WikiLeaks has been singled out in the soldier’s trial.
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/ 19 December 2011
With a fix to the eurozone crisis "technically, politically beyond reach", China’s economy slowing and SA struggling, markets remain deeply unsettled.
As the last American soldiers finally leave Iraq, the United States state department assumes control of a complex and risky operation.
Nato has ended its training mission in Iraq. Hopes for an extension deal collapsed as Baghdad refused to grant the troops immunity from prosecution.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has urged international donors not to let concerns for gay rights affect the country’s need for developmental aid.
South Sudan is due to lay out its economic plans at a US-backed conference aimed at uplifting the country and setting it on the path to development.
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/ 14 December 2011
Studies of Borneo orangutans overeating during lush seasons have given scientists a better understanding of obesity in human beings.
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/ 13 December 2011
Beneath the detritus and shacks constructed on al-Sadah is buried what might be one of the largest unopened mass graves in Iraq’s capital.
The US says it will freeze $700-million in aid to Pakistan until it moves to fight the spread of fertiliser-based explosives to Afghanistan.