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Page last updated at 01:45 GMT, Thursday, 12 November 2009

Barack Obama speaks at a Navy base in Jacksonville, Florida, 26 Oct
Obama in Afghan troop level talks
The US president meets his national security team to discuss Afghanistan as speculation mounts over troop levels.
Obama's troops dilemma
Mardell: Looking after the troops
Veterans Day pledge

Rio's Copacabana beach during the blackout Storm blamed for Brazil power cut
A severe storm is blamed for widespread power cuts in Brazil which lasted more than five hours, the government says.

Anne Pressly US man guilty of newsreader death
A jury finds a US man guilty of killing a female TV newsreader after attacking her attacked at her home in Arkansas.


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Recent undated jail photo of John Allen Muhammad Final moments
A meal, then lethal injection ends life of Washington sniper
Matthew Tannin (l) and Ralph Cioffi Swift acquittal
Hunt for sub-prime villain goes on as US pair cleared
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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Adobe lays off one in 10 workers
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US trio 'on Iran spying charge'
BUSINESS
Microsoft disconnects Xbox gamers
Major power failures hit Brazil
Games maker EA to cut 1,500 jobs
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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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The beach in Turks and Caicos Island mutiny
Trouble in paradise on the Turks and Caicos islands
"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

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MARDELL'S AMERICA
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"America won't let you down"
Military losses at home and abroad
MATT FREI'S DIARY
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