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United States: news

S Dakota abortion ban challenged

Friday, March 24th 2006, 19:31

A US pro-choice group launches a petition drive to overturn a South Dakota ban on nearly all abortions.
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US immigration debate intensifies

Friday, March 24th 2006, 12:56

Thousands rally against US plans to criminalise illegal migrants, as George Bush calls for the debate to be civil.
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American jailed for Japan rape

Friday, March 24th 2006, 8:25
related countries: Japan
related places: Okinawa

A civilian employee of the US military in Japan is jailed for nine years for two rapes on the island of Okinawa.
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FBI 'could have found 9/11 men'

Thursday, March 23rd 2006, 21:57

An ex-FBI agent tells a US court it could have found 11 of the 9/11 plotters before the attacks.
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Indonesia warns US-run mine

Thursday, March 23rd 2006, 10:30
related countries: Indonesia

Indonesia says Grasberg mine in Papua could face legal action unless it does more to protect the environment.
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Japanese trade back in the black

Thursday, March 23rd 2006, 6:17
related countries: China, Japan
related places: February

Japan's trade balance returns to surplus in February as exports to China and the United States pick up.
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Dog handler jailed for Iraq abuse

Wednesday, March 22nd 2006, 21:36
related countries: Iraq

A US army dog handler is jailed for six months for using his dog to mistreat detainees in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.
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US charges Colombian rebels

Wednesday, March 22nd 2006, 20:53
related countries: Colombia

The US charges 50 leaders of Colombia's largest rebel group, Farc, with exporting $25bn of cocaine globally.
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Iraq war veteran wins US primary

Wednesday, March 22nd 2006, 19:54
related countries: Iraq

An Iraq war veteran who lost her legs when her helicopter was shot down is to run for the US Congress.
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Bush calls for Iraqi government

Wednesday, March 22nd 2006, 19:51
related countries: Iraq

US President Bush urges Iraqi leaders to form a government of national unity, to end months of uncertainty.
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Ecuador forces clear roadblocks

Wednesday, March 22nd 2006, 16:25

Ecuadorean security forces clear roads blocked by indigenous groups protesting against US trade talks.
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NKorea weapons 'could not hit US'

Wednesday, March 22nd 2006, 15:42

North Korea does not yet have the ability to hit the continental US with a missile, a US report says.
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Ecuador clamps down on protests

Wednesday, March 22nd 2006, 8:40
related countries: Ecuador

Ecuador declares a state of emergency in five provinces as protests against free trade talks with the US continue.
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Fears over Afghan convert trial

Wednesday, March 22nd 2006, 1:43
related countries: Afghanistan

The US leads appeals to Afghanistan over a Muslim convert to Christianity who could be sentenced to death.
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US soldier abused Iraq prisoners

Tuesday, March 21st 2006, 22:17
related countries: Iraq

A US army dog handler is found guilty of using his dog to mistreat detainees in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.
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US military probes Iraq killings

Tuesday, March 21st 2006, 16:35
related countries: Iraq

The US military is investigating allegations that its marines killed 15 Iraqi civilians last November.
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Bird flu virus 'now in two forms'

Tuesday, March 21st 2006, 10:53

The virus responsible for bird flu has evolved into two separate strains, US scientists confirm.
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Court denies Puerto Rico US vote

Tuesday, March 21st 2006, 10:15
related countries: Puerto Rico

The US Supreme Court rejects a bid to give Puerto Ricans the right to vote in US presidential elections.
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US senators press China on yuan

Tuesday, March 21st 2006, 9:55
related countries: China
related places: Washington

US senators urge China for further currency reform as pressure grows in Washington for tariffs on Chinese goods.
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Guantanamo film in 'US release'

Tuesday, March 21st 2006, 9:31
related countries: Canada

Terror suspects film The Road to Guantanamo is to be released in the US and Canada, reports say.
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US military probes Iraq killings

Tuesday, March 21st 2006, 8:39
related countries: Iraq

The United States military investigates allegations that its marines killed 15 Iraqi civilians last November.
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Bush focuses on Iraq improvements

Monday, March 20th 2006, 18:39
related countries: Iraq

President Bush stresses the positives in a speech on the third anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq.
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Violence marks Iraq anniversary

Monday, March 20th 2006, 15:39
related countries: Iraq

Roadside bombs and sectarian tension herald the third anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq.
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Hamas submits names for cabinet

Sunday, March 19th 2006, 20:46
related countries: Israel
related places: Gaza

Hamas submits its list of nominees for the new cabinet to the Palestinian Authority president for approval.
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Talabani hopeful on US-Iran talks

Sunday, March 19th 2006, 20:10
related countries: Iran, Iraq

Iraq's President Jalal Talabani welcomes the prospect of talks between the US and Iran over the situation in Iraq.
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US captures 13 Somali 'pirates'

Sunday, March 19th 2006, 15:28
related countries: Somalia

Thirteen suspected pirates are captured by the US Navy, their spokesman says, after clashes off the Somali coast.
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US warns against early Iraq exit

Sunday, March 19th 2006, 11:26
related countries: Iraq

The US defence secretary says withdrawing troops prematurely from Iraq would be a serious mistake.
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Google ordered to hand over data

Sunday, March 19th 2006, 9:44

A judge tells Google to turn over search data, including 50,000 web addresses, to the US government.
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US ships in Somali pirate clash

Saturday, March 18th 2006, 23:28
related countries: Somalia

Two US warships fire on suspected pirates off the Somali coast, killing one person, the US says.
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Republicans begin long road to 2008

Saturday, March 18th 2006, 12:37
related places: Republican

Justin Webb takes a close look at the Republican governor of Massachusetts - a potential US president in waiting.
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Delay scuppers Adams' speech

Saturday, March 18th 2006, 9:03
related places: Adams, Day, Washington

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams missed a St Patrick's Day event in the US after being delayed at a Washington airport for "secondary screening".
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Australian talks centre on Iran

Saturday, March 18th 2006, 5:30
related countries: Aruba, Iran, Japan

US, Australian and Japan call on Iran to suspend its nuclear activities, following top-level security talks.
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US warns over Iran talks tactic

Friday, March 17th 2006, 23:55
related countries: Iran, Iraq
related places: Washington

Washington says an offer by Iran to discuss Iraq could be a "device" to divert attention from its nuclear plans.
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New Moussaoui testimony allowed

Friday, March 17th 2006, 20:02

The US judge in the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui rules that new witnesses may testify, after barring "tainted" ones.
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Jordan hangs US diplomat killers

Saturday, March 11th 2006, 11:46
related countries: Jordan

Jordan executes two militants for the 2002 killing of US diplomat Laurence Foley, officials say.
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Alaska hit by 'massive' oil spill

Saturday, March 11th 2006, 10:00
related places: Prudhoe Bay, Alaska

An oil spill at Prudhoe Bay field is confirmed by US officials as the largest ever on Alaska's North Slope region.
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US hostage in Iraq confirmed dead

Saturday, March 11th 2006, 8:00
related countries: Iraq

Tom Fox, one of four peace activists held hostage in Iraq, has been found shot dead in Baghdad.
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Mars orbiter reaches Red Planet

Saturday, March 11th 2006, 1:02
related places: Mars

The US space agency's latest Mars probe successfully places itself in an orbit around the Red Planet.
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Bush warns over port row 'signal'

Friday, March 10th 2006, 23:35

President Bush says the row over a deal giving a Dubai company control of US ports sends a bad signal to allies.
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Syrian bank 'blacklisted' by US

Friday, March 10th 2006, 23:01
related countries: Syria

The US imposes sanctions on the Commercial Bank of Syria forcing all US banks to sever ties with the state-owned bank.
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Second Dubai firm in US port link

Friday, March 10th 2006, 11:53

As Dubai Ports World agrees to cede control of US ports, it emerges that another Dubai-firm has US shipping interests.
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Doctors in Guantanamo attack

Friday, March 10th 2006, 11:02

Some 250 medical experts condemn the US for force-feeding prisoners on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay.
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Dubai firm to 'transfer' US ports

Friday, March 10th 2006, 6:27

An Arab-based company cedes control of six US ports, defusing a row between President Bush and Congress.
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US warns of challenge from Iran

Friday, March 10th 2006, 2:16
related countries: Iran

The US says Iran's nuclear ambitions are a major challenge, and refuses to rule out the use of force.
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US military to leave Abu Ghraib

Thursday, March 9th 2006, 21:44
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad

The US military in Baghdad says it will transfer detention operations away from the notorious Abu Ghraib Prison.
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Iraq hangs 13 for insurgency role

Thursday, March 9th 2006, 17:58
related countries: Iraq

Iraq hangs 13 people accused of taking part in the insurgency for the first time since the US-led invasion.
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US men fight child support laws

Thursday, March 9th 2006, 12:14

Men's activists in the US are to argue in court that fathers should not have to support a child they did not want.
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Setback for Bush Dubai deal

Thursday, March 9th 2006, 11:57
related places: Bush

A Congress committee defies President George W Bush by voting to stop a Dubai-based firm running key US ports.
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US church fires 'started as joke'

Thursday, March 9th 2006, 11:34
related places: Alabama

Three students arrested over nine church arsons in Alabama started some of the fires as a joke, officials say.
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Son to testify against drug baron

Thursday, March 9th 2006, 10:52
related countries: Colombia

The son of one of Colombia's most notorious drug-traffickers agrees to testify against his own father in the US.
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Mid-East peace plan 'out of date'

Thursday, March 9th 2006, 8:49

The US-backed Middle East peace plan is "hopelessly out of date", according to a UN human rights envoy.
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US seeks further pressure on Iran

Thursday, March 9th 2006, 8:27
related countries: Iran

The US says there is a sense of urgency given Iran's defiance of the world over its nuclear programme.
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Iraqi rights abuses 'increasing'

Thursday, March 9th 2006, 6:41
related countries: Iraq

Cases of killings and torture by the Iraqi government and its agents increased in 2005, a US report says.
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China hits back at US criticism

Thursday, March 9th 2006, 6:23
related countries: China
related places: Washington

China rejects US criticism of its human rights record, telling Washington to "look squarely" at its own problems.
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China hits back at US criticism

Thursday, March 9th 2006, 6:23
related countries: China
related places: Washington

China rejects US criticism of its human rights record, telling Washington to "look squarely" at its own problems.
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Warning to N Korea over missiles

Thursday, March 9th 2006, 0:33
related countries: North Korea

The US urges North Korea not to conduct missile tests after it apparently fires two short-range missiles.
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Setback for Bush's US ports plan

Wednesday, March 8th 2006, 23:24
related places: Bush

A US Congress committee votes to block a government deal to give a Dubai-based firm control of six ports.
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Weight rise blamed in US sinking

Wednesday, March 8th 2006, 14:46
related places: Baltimore

The fatal sinking of a US water taxi in Baltimore was partly caused by Americans' rising weights, a report says.
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DeLay sees off mid-term challenge

Wednesday, March 8th 2006, 11:40
related places: Texas

Embattled Republican Tom DeLay holds on to his party's nomination to contest a seat in November's mid-terms.
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March against US immigration bill

Wednesday, March 8th 2006, 10:55
related places: Senate

Thousands protest outside the US Congress as the Senate prepares to debate tougher immigration measures.
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Final approval for US Patriot Act

Wednesday, March 8th 2006, 3:26

The US Congress gives its final approval to a renewal of the Patriot Act, after wrangling over civil liberties.
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US envoy warns of Iraq civil war

Wednesday, March 8th 2006, 1:42
related countries: Iraq

The US ambassador to Iraq warns that continuing sectarian violence there could lead to a civil war.
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US, Russia reject Iran compromise

Tuesday, March 7th 2006, 21:00
related countries: Iran, Russia
related places: Tehran

The US and Russia rule out an Iranian compromise deal to allow Tehran to enrich uranium.
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Iran forces 'infiltrating Iraq'

Tuesday, March 7th 2006, 19:07
related countries: Iran, Iraq

Iranian revolutionary forces have been crossing the border into Iraq, the US defence secretary says.
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Top US official denies 'torture'

Tuesday, March 7th 2006, 16:36

The US attorney general defends the treatment of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay.
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China warning to US over Taiwan

Tuesday, March 7th 2006, 11:52
related countries: Taiwan

China urges the US to take "concrete measures" against any Taiwanese moves towards independence.
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US state tightens abortion laws

Tuesday, March 7th 2006, 5:17

South Dakota signs into law a bill banning most abortions, in a bid to force the Supreme Court to review a key ruling.
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Call for Moussaoui death penalty

Tuesday, March 7th 2006, 2:44

Prosecutors in the sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui seek the death penalty for his role in the 9/11 attacks.
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US government near to debt limit

Monday, March 6th 2006, 22:52
related places: Congress

The US treasury secretary tells Congress to raise the government's credit limit, or risk closing down some operations.
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Amnesty attacks 'dire' Iraq abuse

Monday, March 6th 2006, 12:25
related countries: Iraq

Thousands of detainees in Iraq are still being denied basic rights with torture rife, an Amnesty report says.
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Iranian in US campus 'car attack'

Sunday, March 5th 2006, 8:08
related countries: Iran

An Iranian student ploughs his car into a US university crowd to "avenge deaths of Muslims", he tells police.
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US army to probe NFL star's death

Sunday, March 5th 2006, 2:07
related countries: Afghanistan

The army death of American footballer Pat Tillman in Afghanistan will be subject to a criminal investigation.
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Hamas hails 'breakthrough' visit

Saturday, March 4th 2006, 17:39
related countries: Russia
related places: Moscow

Members of Palestinian militant group Hamas say their visit to Moscow counters US attempts to isolate it.
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Bush U-turn on Iranian pipeline

Saturday, March 4th 2006, 15:35
related countries: India, Iran, Pakistan

President George W Bush says the US no longer opposes a gas pipeline from Iran to India via Pakistan.
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Pentagon reveals Guantanamo names

Saturday, March 4th 2006, 14:43

After four years of secrecy the Pentagon releases the names of detainees being held in Guantanamo Bay.
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Congressman jailed over bribery

Saturday, March 4th 2006, 1:31

US Republican Congressman Randy Cunningham is jailed for eight years for taking $2.4m in bribes.
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Settlement ends Blackberry case

Friday, March 3rd 2006, 22:53
related places: Blackberry

The maker of the Blackberry reaches a $612.5m settlement to end a legal case that could have closed its US service.
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India courts more US investment

Friday, March 3rd 2006, 13:31
related countries: India

On the third day of President Bush's visit to India, ministers urge US firms to increase their investment in the country.
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Guantanamo man tells of 'torture'

Friday, March 3rd 2006, 12:55

A Kuwaiti held at Guantanamo since 2002 criticises the US regime at the military camp, in a rare BBC interview.
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US presses Taiwan over council

Friday, March 3rd 2006, 12:04
related countries: China, Taiwan

The US is pressing its ally Taiwan over the wording of a controversial statement which has angered China.
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Bush to hail Indian partnership

Friday, March 3rd 2006, 11:37
related countries: India
related places: Hyderabad

George Bush is to outline a new strategic partnership with India, on the last day of his visit to the country.
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US ex-nurse jailed for 22 murders

Friday, March 3rd 2006, 0:32

An ex-nurse is sent to prison for the rest of his life for killing 22 New Jersey patients in his care.
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Atomic agency hails US-India deal

Thursday, March 2nd 2006, 22:42
related countries: India

The UN atomic watchdog welcomes a US-Indian nuclear deal, but there are mixed reactions from US lawmakers.
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Nuclear deal boosts Indian shares

Thursday, March 2nd 2006, 16:19
related countries: India

Indian shares jump to new record highs after a US agreement to share civilian nuclear technology and fuel.
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Pakistan bomb kills US diplomat

Thursday, March 2nd 2006, 16:09
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Karachi

A suicide bomber kills a US diplomat and two other people in Karachi two days before President Bush visits Pakistan.
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Gunmen seize UN worker in Somalia

Thursday, March 2nd 2006, 12:30
related countries: Somalia

An American Unicef official is kidnapped by gunmen while assessing the effects of drought in Somalia.
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Deportation of Cubans 'illegal'

Thursday, March 2nd 2006, 3:50
related places: Miami

The US should not have deported 15 Cubans who reached a disused bridge, a federal judge in Miami rules.
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Nigeria rebels free six hostages

Wednesday, March 1st 2006, 21:58
related countries: Nigeria

Militants in southern Nigeria release six out of nine foreign oil workers seized nearly two weeks ago.
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Afghan poppy cultivation 'down'

Wednesday, March 1st 2006, 21:02
related countries: Afghanistan

Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan fell by almost half in 2005, a new report by the US government says.
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Bush arrives to Indian protests

Wednesday, March 1st 2006, 14:59
related places: Bush

US President George W Bush arrives in Delhi after tens of thousands march in protest at his first visit to India.
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Bush praises Afghanistan progress

Wednesday, March 1st 2006, 14:24
related countries: Afghanistan

US President George W Bush praises Afghan democracy on a surprise visit there before heading to India.
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Uruguay curbs smoking in public

Wednesday, March 1st 2006, 9:37
related countries: Uruguay

Uruguay becomes the first South American country to ban smoking in enclosed public places.
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Intel to invest $300m in Vietnam

Tuesday, February 28th 2006, 11:50
related countries: Vietnam

US computer chip giant Intel says it plans to build a $300m assembly plant in Vietnam.
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US Coast Guard warned about ports

Tuesday, February 28th 2006, 11:19
related places: Arab, Senate

The US Coast Guard aired security concerns over an Arab firm trying to take over six key ports, the Senate hears.
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US 'settles 9/11 detainee's suit'

Tuesday, February 28th 2006, 10:42
related countries: Egypt

The US government agrees to settle a lawsuit brought by an Egyptian arrested after the 9/11 attacks, reports say.
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Palestinians hail EU aid deal

Monday, February 27th 2006, 22:59
related countries: Israel

An EU aid package worth 120m euros is hailed by Palestinians and the US but condemned by Israel.
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High Court asked to stop P&O bid

Monday, February 27th 2006, 22:24

A US firm urges the English High Court to block the controversial £3.9bn takeover of shipping giant P&O.
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Colombia seals trade deal with US

Monday, February 27th 2006, 17:30

Colombia clinches a free trade deal with the United States after nearly two years of talks, US officials confirm.
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Yemen executes US hospital killer

Monday, February 27th 2006, 17:04
related countries: Yemen

A man convicted of killing three US missionaries in southern Yemen in 2002 is executed by firing squad.
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Indian PM defends US nuclear deal

Monday, February 27th 2006, 15:07
related countries: India

Indian PM Manmohan Singh says a landmark nuclear deal with the US will not compromise national security.
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