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Last Updated: Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 23:30 GMT 00:30 UK
Armenian refugees attend a burial in a deportation camp 1915 (picture taken by German photographer Armin Wegner; reproduced here by permission of the Armenian National Institute)
US bill on Armenia moves forward
A bill recognising the "Armenian genocide" clears its first hurdle in Congress despite warnings by Turkey.
Turkey's Armenian dilemma
Q&A: Armenian 'genocide'
Timeline: Turkey

A girl cries after leaving the SuccessTech Academy in Cleveland, Ohio Ohio student goes on gun rampage
A 14-year-old student commits suicide after a shooting spree at a school in Ohio, authorities say.
Chrysler cars being loaded Chrysler strike lasts six hours
The United Auto Workers agrees a deal with Chrysler after sending workers to the picket lines for six hours.

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US astronaut Peggy Whitson shows off the Kazakh riding whip given her as a gift for her space station command posting Space station's first woman commander to bring up a whip

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Mitt Romney (l) and Barack Obama (r) Washington diary
Matt Frei on how the long road to the White House is taking a toll
Mary Mosiman The first state
Iowans react to the latest Republican candidates' clash
BBC reporter Jacey Normand travels to the Badlands of Montana, US, to find a preserved footprint left by the dinosaur <I>T. rex</I>. In their footsteps
Tracking the T. rex dino in the Badlands of Montana

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