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Pepsi says it will invest $2.5bn (£1.72bn) in China over the next three years to build 19 new plants.

Hillary Clinton warns North Korea faces international consequences for sinking a South Korean warship in March.

The US Senate passes a bill providing the most sweeping overhaul of financial regulations since the 1930s.

What issues are raised by synthetic cell creation?

The Canadian mining company Goldcorp is accused of human rights breaches in Guatemala, in a report commissioned by Goldcorp itself.

The mothers of three American hikers held in Tehran since July hold an emotional meeting with their children.

Canada's self-styled "Prince of Pot" Marc Emery is brought to the US city of Seattle to face charges of selling marijuana seeds.

How rule changes put Wall Street banks on new path

The climate sceptics exposing global warming 'myths'

As Lost draws to an end, we look at bizarre TV finales

President Barack Obama's intelligence director resigns after a 16-month tenure marked by a series of security failures.

BP has "fallen short" in providing information about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the US government says.

Stock markets in the US fall again amid continued concerns over Europe's efforts to stem its debt crisis.

There will "definitely be consequences" for North Korea following the sinking of a South Korean warship, the US warns.

BP admits more oil than the 5,000 barrels a day it estimated is flowing from the burst Gulf of Mexico oil well.

Mexico's Felipe Calderon tells the US Congress his country will beat the drug gangs with US help and calls for immigration reform.

Cuban President Raul Castro holds a rare meeting with leading members of the Roman Catholic Church.

Oil spill's impact on Mississippi seafood sellers

First Lady Michelle Obama encountered tricky political questioning from an unlikely source when she was challenged by a small girl over immigration.

The US military opens a criminal investigation into claims that its soldiers were involved in unlawful deaths of Afghan civilians.