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Page last updated at 21:38 GMT, Tuesday, 10 November 2009

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the memorial service in Texas (10 November 2009)
Obama sorrow at Fort Hood service
US President Barack Obama says "no faith justifies" the killings at Fort Hood army base, as he attends a memorial service.
Fears for Muslims in US Army
Mardell's view: Red flags
Profile: Maj Hasan

Recent undated jail photo of John Allen Muhammad Washington sniper faces execution
Washington sniper John Allen Muhammad faces execution in hours, after Virginia's governor rejected a last-ditch appeal.

Bear Stearns office Bear Stearns ex-managers cleared
Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers charged with fraud are found not guilty by a New York jury.


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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
October 2002 file photo: A bullet hole is visible in the window as people bring flowers to lay on a bench in Rockville Weeks of terror
DC sniper's looming execution revives fear of 2002 spree
The beach in Turks and Caicos Island mutiny
Trouble in paradise on the Turks and Caicos islands
A digger cleans up some of the wreckage in San Salvador Your pictures
BBC News readers' photos of the El Salvador floods

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Oprah settles 'aha moment' case
Canadian rescued from bears on Arctic ice
EU objects to Oracle bid for Sun
Kraft in Cadbury takeover bid
GMAC to get more bail-out funds
Electricity blackouts in Ecuador
Chavez steps up Colombia war talk
BUSINESS
Games maker EA to cut 1,500 jobs
AIG posts second quarterly profit
Fannie Mae asks for another $15bn
FEATURES
Tennessee blues
Canada's biker massacre
J Street on Washington map
Mothers at risk in the US
Wildlife on Brazil roads

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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
"Captain Victor", one of La Paz's most popular skulls Day of the Skulls
Ancient rituals and Catholic belief collide in Bolivia
Chesapeake shale gas drilling rig (Statoil image) Gas rocks
New technology makes it easier to find natural gas
Brazilian flag Future gazing
Is Brazil finally set to reach its full potential?

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National mourning in El Salvador
Colombian troops killed in clash
US warns over Koreas naval clash
US trio 'on Iran spying charge'
Pushchairs recalled over 'amputations'
US and Israeli leaders hold talks
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A mock-up of a similar number plate prepared for use in Florida Judge bans 'Christian' licence plate in South Carolina

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MARDELL'S AMERICA
Mark Mardell Political analysis and a British perspective on life in the US

Spotting a red flag
The hard fact of healthcare costs
MATT FREI'S DIARY
Matt Frei How the Obama presidency slipped from poetry to prose

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Charlie Davies US striker Davies leaves hospital


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