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20 October 2011 Last updated at 12:32 ET

Citigroup settles US fraud caseCiti logo

Citigroup is paying $285m to settle fraud charges that it sold investors products based on US home loans and bet against them as the market tanked.


Linda Ann Weston, in a booking photoUS police widen 'dungeon' probe

Eight children and four young adults are put in protective custody in Philadelphia amid a probe into the chaining of four people in a so-called 'dungeon'.

A sign warns passing motorists about exotic animals on the loose in Zanesville, Ohio, on 19 October 2011 Ohio police hunt escaped animals

Police shoot and kill dozens of dangerous animals on the loose in rural Ohio after their zoo cages were left open and their owner found dead.

Mark Mardell Article written by Mark Mardell Mark Mardell North America editor

A new kind of US foreign success

The death of Col Gaddafi is a vindication of sorts for Barack Obama's foreign policy, and the awkward US decision to 'lead from behind'.

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Katty Kay Article written by Katty Kay Katty Kay Washington Correspondent, BBC World News America

Fox: 'Legalise drugs to stop violence' Watch

The former President of Mexico, Vicente Fox, said consumption of drugs in the US was at the root of much of the violence in his country and called for the legalisation of drugs in America.

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