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United States: news

Concern at Iraqi chemical bombs

Thursday, February 22nd 2007, 8:07
related countries: Iraq

Iraqi insurgents may be turning to chemical attacks, the US says following three bombs involving chlorine.
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Clinton and Obama row over backer

Thursday, February 22nd 2007, 2:02

A row erupts between two leading contenders for the US Democratic Party's presidential nomination.
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US soldier admits murdering girl

Thursday, February 22nd 2007, 1:40
related countries: Iraq

A second US soldier admits to the gang rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and her family.
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US wants tougher Iran sanctions

Wednesday, February 21st 2007, 23:43
related countries: Iran
related places: Washington

Washington says it will now push for tougher sanctions against Iran over its nuclear activities.
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US helicopter shot down in Iraq

Wednesday, February 21st 2007, 21:12
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad

A helicopter which crash-landed north near Baghdad was shot down, the military says.
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Spears 'leaves rehab after a day'

Wednesday, February 21st 2007, 18:31

Pop star Britney Spears has left a rehab centre after just one day for the second time, according to US reports.
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US probes troops' neglect claims

Wednesday, February 21st 2007, 16:58

The US says it is reviewing the way its wounded soldiers are cared for at hospitals, after critical media reports.
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US consumer prices top forecast

Wednesday, February 21st 2007, 15:45

US consumer prices increased by more than expected in January, figures show, as medical and food costs rose.
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Big Anglo American profits jump

Wednesday, February 21st 2007, 9:36

Mining giant Anglo American is to return $3bn to shareholders after reporting a 46% rise in annual profits.
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Britney Spears 'back into rehab'

Wednesday, February 21st 2007, 9:02

Pop star Britney Spears is back in rehab, days after shaving her head, US media reports say.
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JetBlue vows to win back custom

Tuesday, February 20th 2007, 21:27

US airline JetBlue vows to win back customers with a passenger bill of rights after delays which may have cost it $30m.
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Guantanamo court moves barred

Tuesday, February 20th 2007, 16:35
related places: Bush

A US federal court rules that Guantanamo prisoners cannot challenge their detention in the civilian courts.
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Tobacco firm wins payout appeal

Tuesday, February 20th 2007, 16:05

The US Supreme Court throws out a ruling that Philip Morris must pay $79.5m to the widow of a cigarette smoker.
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US 'Iran attack plans' revealed

Tuesday, February 20th 2007, 10:28
related countries: Iran

US contingency plans for possible air strikes on Iran include most of its military infrastructure, the BBC learns.
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Gay ultimatum for US Anglicans

Tuesday, February 20th 2007, 10:22

The American Episcopal church is given till September to comply with demands on its attitude to homosexuality.
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Cheney set to hold US-Japan talks

Tuesday, February 20th 2007, 9:59
related countries: Iraq, Japan
related places: Tokyo

US Vice-President Dick Cheney arrives in Tokyo to discuss regional security issues and Iraq.
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Most premature baby to go home

Tuesday, February 20th 2007, 9:48

A baby believed to have spent the shortest time in her mother's womb is set to leave hospital in the US.
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Gunmen target Mexican politician

Tuesday, February 20th 2007, 9:43
related countries: Mexico
related places: Nuevo Laredo

Gunmen seriously injure a Mexican congressman in Nuevo Laredo, a city on the US border plagued by violence.
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Rumsfeld 'worst' - top Republican

Tuesday, February 20th 2007, 5:10

Senior Republican John McCain says Donald Rumsfeld was one of the worst defence secretaries the US has had.
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US soldier killed in Afghanistan

Tuesday, February 20th 2007, 4:45
related countries: Afghanistan

An American soldier is killed in fighting in eastern Afghanistan, the US military says.
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New Jersey begins gay 'weddings'

Tuesday, February 20th 2007, 0:59
related places: Gay

Gay couples in New Jersey get new legal rights as it becomes the latest US state to offer civil unions.
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Czech-Polish OK for US missiles

Monday, February 19th 2007, 15:02
related countries: Czech Republic, Poland

Czech and Polish leaders back a US plan to install missile defence facilities on their territory.
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US holds rare Middle East summit

Monday, February 19th 2007, 12:18
related countries: Israel

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice holds her first joint summit with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
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Further flight delays for JetBlue

Monday, February 19th 2007, 12:08
related places: Monday

Passengers travelling with US airline JetBlue face more flight disruptions following bad weather.
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Japan anger at US sex slave bill

Monday, February 19th 2007, 11:27
related countries: Japan
related places: Tokyo

Japan denounces a US resolution calling on Tokyo to apologise over wartime sex slaves.
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Oil prices fall as hostage freed

Monday, February 19th 2007, 7:24
related countries: Nigeria
related places: Monday

Oil prices dip on Monday following news that a captured US oil worker in Nigeria has been freed.
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US and Israel 'back boycott plan'

Sunday, February 18th 2007, 20:01
related countries: Israel

The US and Israel will shun a Palestinian unity government unless it recognises Israel, Ehud Olmert says.
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American hostage freed in Nigeria

Sunday, February 18th 2007, 18:38
related countries: Nigeria
related places: Delta

An American engineer and his Nigerian driver, who were taken hostage in Nigeria's Delta region, are freed.
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Western eyes on Albanian polls

Sunday, February 18th 2007, 17:58
related countries: Albania

Albanians vote in municipal polls that are being closely watched by the EU and the United States.
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US troops killed in chopper crash

Sunday, February 18th 2007, 14:37
related countries: Afghanistan

Eight US troops are killed and 14 wounded in a helicopter crash in south-eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
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Hicks to return home 'this year'

Sunday, February 18th 2007, 11:35
related countries: Australia

The Australian detainee at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay could be home by the end of the year.
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Marine jailed over Iraqi murder

Sunday, February 18th 2007, 5:48
related countries: Iraq

A US marine is sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in the murder of an Iraqi civilian in Hamdaniya.
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US Senate blocks vote on Iraq war

Saturday, February 17th 2007, 19:44
related countries: Iraq

Senate Republicans block a motion attacking President Bush's Iraq troop boost, a day after the House passed it.
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Rice reviews Iraq security plan

Saturday, February 17th 2007, 18:50
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad, Kirkuk

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Iraq's security plan has started well, as she visits Baghdad.
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Italians march in US base protest

Saturday, February 17th 2007, 18:47
related countries: Italy

Thousands march in Vicenza in north-east Italy against the planned expansion of a US army base.
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US Spector trial to be televised

Saturday, February 17th 2007, 15:29

Full TV coverage of the murder trial of producer Phil Spector will be allowed, says a US judge.
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China lets Aids activist visit US

Saturday, February 17th 2007, 14:44

China is to allow a critic of its HIV/Aids policy to receive an award in the US - a reversal of its earlier stance.
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Eastwood receives French honour

Saturday, February 17th 2007, 13:55
related countries: France
related places: Legion

US director Clint Eastwood is awarded France's highest civilian distinction, the Legion d'honneur.
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US House rejects Bush Iraq plan

Saturday, February 17th 2007, 2:35
related countries: Iraq
related places: Bush

US lawmakers adopt a non-binding motion opposing President Bush's deployment of extra troops in Iraq.
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Italy orders CIA kidnapping trial

Friday, February 16th 2007, 16:51
related countries: Egypt, Italy

A Milan judge orders the trial of 26 US citizens and seven Italians over the alleged kidnap of an Egyptian imam.
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Setback for Church conservatives

Friday, February 16th 2007, 13:56
related places: Church

Conservative Anglicans suffer a setback in their efforts to expel the US Church over its liberal stance on homosexuality.
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Libel damages for US actress Diaz

Friday, February 16th 2007, 13:15
related places: Diaz

Actress Cameron Diaz accepts "substantial" libel damages from a US tabloid over claims she had an affair.
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US rejects Masri wounding claim

Friday, February 16th 2007, 10:57
related countries: Iraq

US military sources say they do not believe report that the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq has been wounded.
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US Democrats warn Bush on Iran

Friday, February 16th 2007, 9:57
related countries: Iraq

Top Democrats in the US warn President Bush he does not have the authority to go to war with Iran
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US mulls move on China piracy

Friday, February 16th 2007, 7:27
related countries: China

The US considers complaining to the WTO about what it says is Chinese intellectual piracy.
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Cuba bomb suspect faces US trial

Friday, February 16th 2007, 5:00

An anti-Castro militant wanted for a plane bombing, faces trial in the US on immigration charges.
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US releases details against Hicks

Friday, February 16th 2007, 4:33
related countries: Aruba
related places: Hicks

The US military releases details of its case against David Hicks, an Australian held at Guantanamo Bay.
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Bush issues Afghan call to Nato

Thursday, February 15th 2007, 16:57
related countries: Afghanistan

US President Bush says other Nato nations must do more in the battle against Afghanistan's Taleban.
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Iraq invasion plan 'delusional'

Thursday, February 15th 2007, 12:41
related countries: Iraq

US commanders originally thought only 5,000 troops would be in Iraq by the end of 2006, documents show.
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US troops diverted to Afghanistan

Thursday, February 15th 2007, 12:38
related countries: Afghanistan, Iraq

The US says that 3,200 troops of the 173rd Airborne Brigade will be deployed to Afghanistan in the spring, instead of Iraq.
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Air force demotes Playboy poser

Thursday, February 15th 2007, 12:15

A US air force sergeant is demoted and removed from active duty after posing naked in Playboy magazine.
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US Iraq refugee plan welcomed

Thursday, February 15th 2007, 11:10
related countries: Iraq

The UN refugee chief says US willingness to take up to 7,000 Iraq refugees is "a very good step".
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Comedian Franken in Senate bid

Thursday, February 15th 2007, 10:55
related places: Senate

US political commentator and comedian Al Franken announces he will run for Senate.
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DaimlerChrysler cuts 13,000 jobs

Wednesday, February 14th 2007, 23:15

DaimlerChrysler says it is to cut 13,000 jobs at its loss-making US unit Chrysler, closing one plant in Delaware.
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US says Shia cleric has left Iraq

Wednesday, February 14th 2007, 14:26
related countries: Iran, Iraq

The US says radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr has left Iraq for Iran but his aides deny the claim.
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US military recruits more felons

Wednesday, February 14th 2007, 14:18

US defence department data shows people with criminal records are being recruited to the armed forces.
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Top US general doubts Iran proof

Wednesday, February 14th 2007, 11:51
related countries: Iran, Iraq

The most senior US military officer says Iran's government may not be directly involved in arming Shias in Iraq.
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Katrina homeless hit by tornado

Wednesday, February 14th 2007, 11:24
related places: New Orleans

A tornado rips through New Orleans, damaging trailers housing people left homeless by Hurricane Katrina.
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Insurgents downed Iraq helicopter

Wednesday, February 14th 2007, 7:57
related countries: Iraq

A US helicopter which crashed in Iraq last week killing all seven marines aboard was shot down, US officials say.
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US House clashes on Iraq policy

Tuesday, February 13th 2007, 22:21
related countries: Iraq

There are sharp exchanges in the US House of Representatives at the start of a marathon debate on Iraq.
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Cheney 'not to testify for Libby'

Tuesday, February 13th 2007, 20:39
related places: Libby

US Vice-President Dick Cheney will not testify for ex-aide Lewis Libby, accused of lying to investigators.
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Rice hails N Korea nuclear deal

Tuesday, February 13th 2007, 19:40
related countries: North Korea

The US Secretary of State welcomes a deal with North Korea over its nuclear programme as a "good start".
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Iran drones 'can attack US ships'

Tuesday, February 13th 2007, 12:45
related countries: Iran

An Iranian website says Iran has drones capable of launching attacks on US warships in the Persian Gulf.
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Womb attack woman pleads guilty

Tuesday, February 13th 2007, 12:01

An American woman pleads guilty to all charges relating to her trying to cut a foetus from a neighbour's womb.
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Bush rejects talk of Iran strike

Tuesday, February 13th 2007, 10:33
related countries: Iran
related places: White House

The US president dismisses speculation that the White House is paving the way to a strike against Iran.
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US village 'hit by 12ft of snow'

Tuesday, February 13th 2007, 10:33
related places: New York

Heavy snowfall for 10 days in the US state of New York leaves snowdrifts of up to 12ft (3.7m) deep, reports say.
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Six dead after US shooting spree

Tuesday, February 13th 2007, 6:36
related places: Utah

A man opens fire in a precinct in the US state of Utah, killing five people before being killed in a shoot-out with police.
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US offers $5m to catch militants

Tuesday, February 13th 2007, 3:12

The US offers a $5m reward each for the capture of two Islamic militants accused of a string of attacks.
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Palestinian PM urges boycott end

Monday, February 12th 2007, 23:57

Palestinian PM and Hamas leader Ismail Haniya urges the US and EU to lift their boycott of the Palestinian Authority.
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Key Farc role in US cocaine trade

Monday, February 12th 2007, 22:29
related countries: Colombia

Much of the cocaine entering the US passes through the hands of Colombia's Farc rebels, a US official says.
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Iran 'does not fear attack by US'

Monday, February 12th 2007, 17:27

Iran's President Ahmadinejad warns the US any attack on his country will be "severely punished".
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Blast close to US base in Japan

Monday, February 12th 2007, 17:12
related countries: Japan
related places: Tokyo

A small blast takes place near a US military base south of Tokyo, causing no casualties.
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US urges N Korea to make decision

Monday, February 12th 2007, 14:51
related countries: North Korea
related places: Pyongyang

The chief US negotiator says the onus is on N Korea to reach a deal at talks on its nuclear programme.
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Iran's president attacks US claims

Monday, February 12th 2007, 13:05
related countries: Iran, Iraq
related places: Tehran

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad condemns US accusations that Tehran is fomenting violence in Iraq.
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Tehran rejects US weapons claims

Monday, February 12th 2007, 12:09
related countries: Iran, Iraq

Iran describes allegations by the US that it has been supplying Iraqi militias with weapons as baseless.
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Australia PM slams US candidate

Monday, February 12th 2007, 11:50
related countries: Aruba

Australian PM John Howard says al-Qaeda should be praying for Barack Obama to win the US presidency.
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US 'not to repeat Afghan errors'

Monday, February 12th 2007, 10:19
related countries: Pakistan

The US will not repeat its error of letting extremists take over Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Robert Gates says.
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India aluminium firm buys Novelis

Monday, February 12th 2007, 7:27
related countries: Canada

India's largest aluminium producer, Hindalco, agrees to buy its US-Canadian rival Novelis for $5.9bn.
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Democrats wary over Iran claims

Monday, February 12th 2007, 5:36
related countries: Iran, Iraq

US Democrats urge caution after American officials say they have evidence that Iran is arming militants in Iraq.
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Putin attacks 'very dangerous' US

Saturday, February 10th 2007, 19:36
related places: America

Russia's president says America's "almost uncontained" use of force is fuelling a nuclear arms race.
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New command for US Iraq forces

Saturday, February 10th 2007, 19:16
related countries: Iraq

The new head of US forces in Iraq, Lt Gen David Petraeus, formally takes charge ahead of a big security push.
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Obama launches presidential bid

Saturday, February 10th 2007, 17:42
related places: White House

Democratic Senator Barack Obama formalises his bid for the White House, calling for US troops to leave Iraq.
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Model's death remains a mystery

Saturday, February 10th 2007, 8:18

Initial autopsy findings on ex-model Anna Nicole Smith have not revealed how she died, US doctors say.
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Australia in trouble in Davis Cup

Friday, February 9th 2007, 22:40
related countries: Belgium, Czech Republic

Australia trail Belgium while the United States are tied with the Czech Republic in the first round of the Davis Cup.
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Pentagon 'twisted Iraq findings'

Friday, February 9th 2007, 20:28
related countries: Iraq

A Pentagon watchdog's report criticises a former key official's intelligence work in the run-up to the Iraq war.
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US air strike kills Iraqi troops

Friday, February 9th 2007, 19:36
related countries: Iraq
related places: Mosul

Eight Iraqi soldiers die in a US helicopter strike in the northern Iraq city of Mosul, local officials say.
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Model's corpse to be preserved

Friday, February 9th 2007, 19:28

A judge orders the body of former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith to be preserved amid a paternity row.
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US navy returns to Cambodia

Friday, February 9th 2007, 11:04
related countries: Cambodia, Vietnam

A US navy warship arrives in a Cambodian port, the first to dock there since the Vietnam war.
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Muted response to Mecca deal

Friday, February 9th 2007, 9:40
related countries: Israel
related places: Mecca

Israel and the US react with caution to an agreement by Fatah and Hamas to form a national unity government.
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US cash for Agent Orange study

Friday, February 9th 2007, 9:25
related countries: Vietnam

The US agrees for the first time to help towards cleaning up a site where Agent Orange was kept in the Vietnam war.
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Casey backed as US army head

Friday, February 9th 2007, 5:10
related places: Rice

US senators approve the nomination of General George Casey as the country's next army chief of staff.
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Marine changes Iraq murder plea

Thursday, February 8th 2007, 22:31
related countries: Iraq

A US marine who had pleaded guilty to the murder of an Iraqi civilian asks to change his plea at the last minute.
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Top Iraqi official held in raid

Thursday, February 8th 2007, 18:11
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad

Iraq's deputy health minister is detained, as US and Iraqi troops step up operations against suspected militants.
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Tehran warns US against attacks

Thursday, February 8th 2007, 17:44
related countries: Iran

Iran will strike against US interests worldwide if attacked, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warns.
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US downplays Montagnards threat

Thursday, February 8th 2007, 12:24
related countries: Vietnam

A senior US government official says Vietnamese Montagnards no longer suffer significant persecution.
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US housing knocks HSBC

Thursday, February 8th 2007, 8:04

HSBC warns bad debt provisions will be higher than expected due to problems at its US mortgage business.
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Telescope mirror nearly ready

Thursday, February 8th 2007, 2:15

A giant mirror that will fly on the US space agency's next space telescope is a step closer to completion.
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US war objector's trial misfires

Wednesday, February 7th 2007, 23:32
related countries: Iraq

A mistrial is declared in the court martial of a US army officer who refused to deploy to Iraq.
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Five charged over US Iraq 'scam'

Wednesday, February 7th 2007, 22:22
related countries: Iraq

A US court charges five people over an alleged multi-million dollar scam involving Iraq reconstruction contracts.
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'No sign' of Guantanamo beatings

Wednesday, February 7th 2007, 20:20

A US army investigation finds no evidence of guards beating detainees at Guantanamo Bay, the US military says.
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