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Race row erupts over Jimmy Carter claim
Jimmy Carter's suggestion that most opposition to Barack Obama and his policies was due to racism has sparked heated debate in the US.
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Bin Laden appeals to Obama to end war
Osama bin Laden has allegedly said in a new audiotape that President Obama's Afghanistan strategy is "hopeless" and has called on the US to end the Afghanistan war and break its alliance with Israel.
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Mexico: heroin now legal in small doses
A controversial new law decriminalising the possession of small amounts of heroin, marijuana, cocaine and other illicit substances has quietly slipped on to the statute books in Mexico.
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Barack Obama's 'other woman'
You may not recognise her face, or her name. Yet Valerie Jarrett is arguably the most powerful person in the White House apart from the President.
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US may be over recession
The US economy is improving at a faster rate than anticipated but the IMF says recovery is likely to be gradual.