We have started to collect the most important news related to United States in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
US envoy Christopher Hill says North Korea is prepared for a prompt shut-down of its main nuclear reactor.
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Economic meltdown will force President Robert Mugabe from power the US ambassador to Zimbabwe predicts.
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The US Senate votes to increase fuel efficiency standards for all cars and SUVs sold by 2020.
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The US House of Representatives votes to overturn a ban on aid to overseas groups practising abortion.
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US envoy Christopher Hill goes to N Korea, as the country casts doubt on a planned trip by nuclear inspectors.
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Large parts of New Orleans are still at risk of floods nearly two years after Katrina, a US Army report says.
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Insurgents in Iraq kill 14 US soldiers in two days, US military officials say, as a truck bomb kills 15 Iraqis.
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Texas police seek witnesses to the fatal beating of a passenger in a car, the driver of which apparently hit a child.
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Sugar found in fruit such as apples can be made into a powerful low carbon biofuel, US researchers say.
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg quashes rumours that he is planning to run for US president in 2008.
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An angry crowd in Texas beats and kills a man who was in a car that hit and injured a young girl.
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A bitter argument erupts between an Afghan family and US-led coalition forces over the shooting of a young man.
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The US president and Israel's PM offer support for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, at Washington talks.
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Jury selection begins in the trial of alleged Chicago mafia boss Joey "the Clown" Lombardo and four others.
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The number of new US homes built in May fell by more than analysts forecast, official data shows.
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Nine US firefighters die in a blaze in a furniture warehouse in Charleston, South Carolina, officials say.
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North Korea reportedly tests a missile, as US officials say it now has access to funds frozen for years.
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The US military says 10,000 US and Iraqi troops are moving against al-Qaeda networks north of Baghdad.
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Vietnamese plaintiffs appeal a ruling over the use of Agent Orange by US forces during the Vietnam war.
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Seven children are killed in a US-led coalition air strike against a suspected al-Qaeda hideout in Afghanistan.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says North Korea's decision to allow UN inspectors in is 'a good step'.
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Two more people die after an accident at a drag car race in Tennessee, bringing the death toll to six.
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Investigators probe the cause of a drag race crash in Tennessee, which killed six people and injured more.
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The US and the EU are to normalise ties with the new Palestinian government that excludes Hamas.
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The US deports a former Bangladeshi officer convicted for his role in killing President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
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Argentina's Angel Cabrera beats Jim Furyk and Tiger Woods by one shot to win a thrilling US Open.
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Lewis Hamilton produces another incredible performance in Indianapolis to claim his second successive Grand Prix victory.
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Briton Lewis Hamilton wins a second straight Grand Prix at Indianapolis in just his seventh F1 race.
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Aaron Baddeley will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the US Open but the chasing pack is led by Tiger Woods.
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The US welcomes North Korea's decision to invite UN nuclear monitors to discuss shutting down a key reactor.
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The US says it will lift sanctions against Palestinians once a new cabinet without Hamas is sworn in.
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Britain's Lewis Hamilton pips McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso to pole at the US GP at Indianapolis.
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US forces launch a major security offensive in Baghdad as Defence Secretary Robert Gates visits the Iraqi capital.
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Nato soldiers shoot dead a civilian at the scene of a suicide bomb attack in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
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Technical problems prevent the transfer of funds to N Korea, but it invites UN monitors for nuclear talks.
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Argentine Angel Cabrera birdies the last to take a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the US Open.
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The US military's outgoing top commander says he opposed plans to replace him at the end of his term.
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The US prosecutor in a high-profile case where three lacrosse players were cleared of rape says he will resign.
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McLaren's Fernando Alonso records the fastest laps in each of the practice sessions for Sunday's United States Grand Prix.
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The US military says all the extra troops sent to Iraq in the "surge" strategy are in place, ready to operate fully.
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South American football nations ask Fifa to suspend its ban on international games at high altitude.
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Five people are killed when a grenade is thrown at a cinema in the central Somali town of Baidoa.
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Auction website eBay pulls its US advertising from search engine giant and adversary Google.
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A weight loss drug used widely in the UK is rejected by US safety officials over fears of an increased suicide risk.
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A US jury convicts an ex-Ku Klux Klan member over the deaths of two black teenagers in 1964.
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US Senate leaders agree to revive debate on a controversial immigration bill after it stalled last week.
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England's Nick Dougherty cards a superb two-under 68 to claim the first-round lead at Oakmont Country Club.
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The US defence secretary confirms plans for a controversial missile defence shield in eastern Europe.
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Lebanon observes a day of mourning as it buries anti-Syrian MP Walid Eido, killed in a bomb blast.
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Phil Mickelson says he is still suffering the effects of his wrist injury as he prepares for the US Open at Oakmont.
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The US hands over more than 400 Incan and pre-Columbian artefacts to the government of Peru.
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US lawmakers pass a bill that could tighten controls on gun ownership, in response to the Virginia Tech shootings.
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Oakmont Country Club is expected to provide a stern test for the US Open, which tees off on Thursday.
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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says "substantial" quantities of Iranian arms are flowing into Afghanistan.
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Pakistan's opposition parties differ on how to interpret remarks by US officials on President Musharraf's future.
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A US man jailed for running a private prison in Kabul and torturing Afghans is freed, officials say.
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US Senators go ahead with plans to target the yuan as the US Treasury rejects charges of manipulation.
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US retail sales grew 1.4% in May, suggesting that US economic growth may recover faster than expected.
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The US places key Middle East allies on its blacklist of countries that fail to stop people trafficking.
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The US threatens tough penalties against international energy companies that do business with Iran.
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Seven Afghan police officers are killed by US forces in an apparent "friendly fire" incident, Afghan officials say.
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Russia is to help resolve a banking row holding up a North Korean nuclear deal, US officials say.
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A US man jailed for having consensual oral sex with a teenage girl has his sentence overturned.
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Hundreds of Hmong protest in the US as a key leader appears in court accused of plotting a coup in Laos.
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US Senate Republicans block a no confidence vote in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, a key Bush ally.
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US war veterans are twice as likely to kill themselves as ordinary civilians, a study suggests.
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A Qatari man accused of links to al-Qaeda cannot be held in indefinite military detention, a US court rules.
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Three US soldiers are killed after a bombing causes a bridge across a highway near Baghdad to collapse.
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A drug used to treat high-blood pressure may slow the development of Parkinson's, US researchers say.
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Millions of US viewers tune in for the finale of The Sopranos, to learn the fate of mob boss Tony Soprano.
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Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell urges the immediate closure of the US prison in Guantanamo Bay.
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Albania lays on a hero's welcome for George Bush, the first US president to visit what is now a staunch ally.
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Iran confirms it is holding a fourth Iranian American, academic Ali Shakeri, on suspicion of spying.
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A Egyptian court says the American University of Cairo cannot ban the Islamic face covering from its campus.
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Russia says the US should halt plans for a missile defence shield in central Europe, pending further talks.
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Six prisoners die and at least 50 are wounded in an attack on a US-run detention camp in Iraq.
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Pope Benedict calls for a "regional and negotiated" solution in the Middle East, in talks with George Bush.
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Jack Kevorkian, the man who helped the terminally ill to die in the US, says he did "the right thing".
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Space shuttle Atlantis launches from the US Kennedy Space Center in Florida, for its first mission in 2007.
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Adm Mike Mullen is nominated as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the country's top military post.
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Nato reacts cautiously to a Russian proposal to form a joint missile defence system with the US.
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The US State Department relaxes some of its passport rules after a surge in demand creates long delays.
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The Pentagon asks US military judges to reconsider a decision to drop charges against two Guantanamo inmates.
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US lawmaker William Jefferson, accused of hiding $90,000 in his freezer, pleads not guilty to soliciting bribes.
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An immigration bill stalls in the US Senate, dealing a blow to President Bush's hopes of reform before his term ends.
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The US House votes to ease curbs on funding stem-cell research, defying President Bush's threat to veto the bill.
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Lt Gen Douglas Lute, nominated to become the first US 'war tsar', says he had doubts over the surge strategy.
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George Bush describes as interesting a Russian proposal for resolving the row over the US missile defence shield.
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A missing teenage girl is found locked in a hidden room in a house in Connecticut, USA.
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Human rights groups ask the US to reveal the whereabouts of 39 people allegedly held in secret CIA-run prisons.
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Women forced to have abortions can seek asylum in the US with their partners, a California court decides.
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The US embassy in the Philippines rewards four men whose information led to the deaths of terror suspects.
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The US says a suspected al-Qaeda member has been captured in East Africa and sent to Guantanamo Bay.
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Five Latin American nations meet in Bolivia to formalise a protest against a ban on high-altitude football.
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A US TB patient who sparked an health scare in May says doctors had told him he was not contagious.
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Republican candidates for the US presidency hold a fresh TV debate, with heated exchanges on immigration.
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Leaders from major industrial powers are in Germany for a G8 summit overshadowed by US-Russian tensions.
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US President Bush says Russia "derailed" democratic reforms, as a row over missile defence stokes tensions.
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The US has become a major importer of illegal ivory, according to a report by a UK animal welfare charity.
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