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23 October 2011 Last updated at 04:55 ET

Obama: All US troops leaving IraqBarack Obama speaks at the White House 21 October 2011

All US troops will leave Iraq by the end of the year, President Obama announces, bringing to an end a nine-year military campaign there.

A Great White Shark [file image]Shark which killed US diver hunted

Australian officials launch a hunt for a Great White shark which killed a 32-year-old US diver off the west coast, near Perth.

Marco RubioRubio admits Cuban exile muddle

A Republican often touted as a possible 2012 vice-presidential candidate admits his Cuban parents did not come to the US as exiles from Fidel Castro's rule.

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

Obama ends the long war

22:54 UK time, Friday, 21 October 2011

The president's re-election prospects will benefit from the announcement that all US troops will leave Iraq by the end of the year, writes BBC North America editor Mark Mardell.

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

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