Boeing says it expects commercial flights of its grounded Dreamliner 787 plane to restart "within weeks".

Samsung has launched a smartphone which allows users to control its 5in (12.5cm) screen using only their eyes.

Animal activists in the US react angrily after a white tipped-shark being used in an advert for the Kmart chain dies of apparent stress.

Samsung has launched its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4, which allows users to control the device with their eyes.

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An emergency financial manager with wide-ranging powers is appointed for the troubled US city of Detroit as it struggles with debts of $14bn.

The US central bank says that most major US banks have strong enough balance sheets to proceed with their plans for payouts for shareholders.

Arab uprising hip hop artists wow New Yorkers

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he is considering what Canada could contribute to ongoing efforts to fight Islamist militants in Mali.

The mother of a New York City teenager whose shooting by police has caused three days of community protests speaks out.

A sharply split US Senate panel passes a bill to ban assault weapons, but the measure is viewed as unlikely to go much further in Congress.

President Obama makes his third and final trip to Capitol Hill this week, in a rare outreach that aims to end the budget battles crippling Washington.

The new head of UBS's investment bank, Andrea Orcel, receives a $26m "golden hello" in 2012, the bank's annual report reveals.

A US general warns that troops in Afghanistan face greater risks after an "inflammatory speech" by President Hamid Karzai.

A man suspected of shooting four people dead in New York state is killed by police, who storm his hideout after he guns down a police dog.

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Fans of defunct American TV show Veronica Mars have raised $2m (£1.3m) to help bring the series about a young private investigator to the big screen.

Catholics in New York give their reaction to the election of Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina as the new Pope.

The latest in Samsung's Galaxy smartphone range is expected to be unveiled at an event in New York on Thursday evening.

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