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Pentagon review 'will axe troops'
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| Jan.5 |
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 Obama unveils smaller US military  The US military will become 'leaner' while maintaining superiority as it switches focus to the Asia-Pacific, President Barack Obama has announced
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| Jan.6 |
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US economy creates 200,000 jobs The US economy created 200,000 jobs in December, marking the sixth month in a row of gains, official figures show
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| Jan.9 |
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Obama's chief of staff steps down  White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley is stepping down, President Barack Obama has said. Budget Director Jack Lew named as his replacement
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US warns Iran over uranium plant
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| Jan.10 |
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 US, France condemns hardline Assad speech The US and France have condemned a speech by Syrian leader which blamed an 'external conspiracy' for the mass uprising against his rule
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| Jan.11 |
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Video shows alleged U.S. Marine abuse| A number of websites posted a video showing four men dressed in U.S. Marine Corps combat gear urinating on the apparently dead bodies | |
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| Jan.12 |
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 Pentagon chief anger at 'urination' video US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta says a video which appears to show US Marines urinating on the corpses of Afghans is 'utterly deplorable'
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'Urination' US Marines identified At least two of four US Marines shown in a video appearing to urinate on Taliban corpses have been identified, a Marine Corps official has told
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| Jan.13 |
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Body abuse US marines identified All four US marines who were seen in a video apparently urinating on dead Afghans have been identified by US military investigators
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 US and Burma to resume full relations US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced that Washington will start the process of exchanging ambassadors with Burma
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Luther King quote 'to be changed' An inaccurate inscription on the newly opened Martin Luther King memorial in Washington is to be changed
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| Jan.16 |
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 U.S. pens letter to Iran Washington sent a rare letter to the Iranian government, delivered by U.S. Ambassador to the UN to Iran’s permanent representative at the UN
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Sites protest US anti-piracy move | Wikipedia has taken its English-language site offline as part of protests against proposed anti-piracy laws in the US | |
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Nations to write space 'code of conduct' With fears of a catastrophic galactic collision mounting, the U.S. will join a consortium aimed at making outer space a more navigable enter...
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Online protest threatens piracy bill The growing Internet protest–including a planned blackout by some websites– against an online anti-piracy bill moving through Congress is 'd...
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US rejects Keystone XL oil pipeline The state department has recommended the rejection of a crude oil 1,600-mile pipeline from western Canada to refineries on the Texas coast
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Backers desert US anti-piracy bill Eight US lawmakers have withdrawn their backing from anti-piracy laws, amid 'blackout' protests on thousands of internet sites
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 China writer details persecution Yu Jie, a prominent Chinese writer, close to Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo has described 'inhumane treatment' that forced him to leave
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| Jan.20 |
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Hackers retaliate over Megaupload Hackers have targeted the US government and copyright organisations following the shutdown of the Megaupload file-sharing website
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| Jan.24 |
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Obama demands economic fairness | US President Barack Obama has set the tone for his re-election bid as he attacked income inequality in his third state of the union speech | |
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| Jan.26 |
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US to cut almost 100,000 troops| The US will cut almost 100,000 troops as part of its plans for a 'smaller, leaner' military, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has announced | |
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| Jan.27 |
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US economic growth picks up steam | The pace of US economic growth quickened to a 2.8% annualised rate in the three months to December, the Commerce Department says | |
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| Jan.30 |
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 Obama confirms Pakistan drone strikes US President Barack Obama has confirmed that unmanned drones regularly strike suspected militants in Pakistan's tribal areas
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| Jan.31 |
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New tapes from day Kennedy died The US National Archives has released long-lost recordings of the Air Force One flight back to Washington on the day of John F Kennedy's ass...
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