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News: United States

We have started to collect the most important news related to United States in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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US 'must regulate car pollution'

Monday, April 2nd 2007, 20:54

The US Supreme Court rules the government was wrong to say it did not have the power to regulate vehicle emissions.
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New blow to US housing market

Monday, April 2nd 2007, 16:14

New Century Financial, one of the largest sub-prime lenders in the US, files for bankruptcy protection.
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US court rejects Guantanamo test

Monday, April 2nd 2007, 16:06

The US Supreme Court says it will not decide whether Guantanamo inmates can challenge their detention.
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US 'has to act' on climate report

Monday, April 2nd 2007, 15:45
related countries: Australia Australia

EU leaders call for a change of stance from the US and Australia, as a report details global climate impacts.
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Amish children return to school

Monday, April 2nd 2007, 14:57

Children in the US Amish community attacked by a gunman last year return to school in a brand new building.
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US and S Korea agree trade deal

Monday, April 2nd 2007, 14:08
related countries: South Korea South Korea

The US and South Korea reach a landmark free trade agreement, after 10 months of intensive talks.
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Japan business confidence dips

Monday, April 2nd 2007, 6:20
related countries: Japan Japan

Business confidence dips slightly in Japan on US worries but analysts say economic recovery remains on track.
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Clinton sets fundraising record

Sunday, April 1st 2007, 21:34

US Senator Hillary Clinton raises a record $26m for her presidential bid in the first quarter of 2007, aides say.
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US in last-gasp Seoul trade talks

Sunday, April 1st 2007, 16:40
related countries: South Korea South Korea
related places: Seoul

South Korea and the US are continuing last-gasp efforts to agree a final round of free trade talks.
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UK man freed from Guantanamo

Sunday, April 1st 2007, 13:26
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

A British resident is released from US detention camp Guantanamo Bay after being held for almost five years.
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Small town America's war dead

Saturday, March 31st 2007, 11:03
related countries: Iraq Iraq
related places: America, Texas

James Coomarasamy finds strong support for the US role in Iraq in a town in northern Texas, despite its loss.
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US rejects Iran captives exchange

Saturday, March 31st 2007, 9:59
related countries: Iran Iran, Iraq Iraq
related places: Gulf

US officials rule out a deal to swap 15 Royal Navy personnel captured in the Gulf for five Iranians seized in Iraq.
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Peru 'must protect Amazon tribes'

Saturday, March 31st 2007, 7:09
related countries: Peru Peru
related places: Amazon

The top Latin American rights body says Peru must do more to protect Amazonian tribes from illegal loggers.
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Hicks to serve nine months' jail

Saturday, March 31st 2007, 6:26
related countries: Australia Australia

Guantanamo detainee David Hicks will serve nine months in prison at home in Australia, a US military judge says.
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Guantanamo plea deal for Hicks

Friday, March 30th 2007, 23:18
related countries: Aruba Aruba

Australian David Hicks will serve at most seven years in jail for aiding al-Qaeda, a Guantanamo tribunal hears.
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White House anger over Syria trip

Friday, March 30th 2007, 23:10
related countries: Syria Syria
related places: White House

The leader of the US House of Representatives is to visit Syria - despite objections by the White House.
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Bush apology over troops' neglect

Friday, March 30th 2007, 21:16

US President George W Bush apologises for the poor treatment of wounded veterans at a military hospital.
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Terror suspect 'tortured by US'

Friday, March 30th 2007, 17:12
related countries: Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia

A Saudi detainee at Guantanamo Bay says he confessed after torture, a US transcript shows.
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Trio wins $48bn US telecoms deal

Thursday, March 29th 2007, 22:06

Telecom firms AT&T, Qwest and Verizon win a $48bn contract to supply US government telecom services.
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Gates backs Guantanamo closure

Thursday, March 29th 2007, 21:16
related places: Congress

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says Congress should look for ways to close the Guantanamo Bay military jail.
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US justice head 'knew of firings'

Thursday, March 29th 2007, 20:25

A former aide to the US attorney general says he falsely denied involvement in sacking eight prosecutors.
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Powerful tornados kill four in US

Thursday, March 29th 2007, 19:14

A dangerous spring storm system lashes a swathe of the US with tornados and rain, killing four people.
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Senate backs Iraq pullout date

Thursday, March 29th 2007, 16:26
related countries: Iraq Iraq

The US Senate backs a March 2008 date to withdraw troops from Iraq, defying a presidential veto threat.
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Crocker is new US Iraq envoy

Thursday, March 29th 2007, 14:59
related countries: Iraq Iraq
related places: Baghdad

Ryan Crocker is sworn in as the new chief envoy to Iraq in a ceremony held in Baghdad.
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Ancient wreath returns to Greece

Thursday, March 29th 2007, 10:28
related countries: Greece Greece
related places: Athens

A golden wreath goes on display in Athens after a 10-year campaign to bring it back from the US.
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Castro hits out at US biofuel use

Thursday, March 29th 2007, 9:35
related countries: Cuba Cuba

Cuban leader Fidel Castro condemns the use of biofuels by the US, in his first article since surgery last year.
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Saudi: US Iraq presence illegal

Thursday, March 29th 2007, 9:26
related countries: Iraq Iraq, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
related places: `Arab

The Saudi monarch criticises the US presence in Iraq as an "illegal foreign occupation" and appeals for Arab unity.
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US Marines prohibit large tattoos

Wednesday, March 28th 2007, 21:42

The US Marines ban the wearing of large tattoos, saying they do not represent "traditional values".
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Wall Street reacts to Fed caution

Wednesday, March 28th 2007, 20:32

US stocks tumble after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says economic uncertainty has risen.
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Bush threatens veto on Iraq bills

Wednesday, March 28th 2007, 19:25
related countries: Iraq Iraq

US President George W Bush renews a vow to veto any bill linking funding for troops in Iraq to a deadline to leave.
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US 'no longer technology king'

Wednesday, March 28th 2007, 15:57

The United States has lost its status as the world's engine of technology innovation, the World Economic Forum says.
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US boot camp death family settle

Wednesday, March 28th 2007, 9:21
related places: Florida

Florida authorities are ordered to pay $2.4m to the family of a boy who died after being beaten at a boot camp.
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US Senate votes for Iraq deadline

Wednesday, March 28th 2007, 6:46
related countries: Iraq Iraq
related places: March

The US Senate backs a March 2008 deadline for troop withdrawals from Iraq, in a blow to President Bush.
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Rumsfeld torture suit dismissed

Tuesday, March 27th 2007, 21:49

Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld cannot be sued over prisoner abuse, a US court rules.
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Senator's aide arrested over gun

Tuesday, March 27th 2007, 20:34

An aide to US Senator Jim Webb is arrested for carrying a loaded gun and ammunition into a US Senate building.
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US offers $5m for terror suspect

Tuesday, March 27th 2007, 17:08
related countries: Malaysia Malaysia, Philippines Philippines

The US offers a $5m reward for the capture of a Malaysian terror suspect wanted for bomb attacks in the Philippines.
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Bush spokesman's cancer returns

Tuesday, March 27th 2007, 15:22
related places: White House

Surgery shows US presidential spokesman Tony Snow's cancer has returned, the White House says.
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US Navy starts war games in Gulf

Tuesday, March 27th 2007, 14:40
related countries: Iran Iran
related places: Gulf

The US denies major war games by two carrier groups in the Gulf region are sabre-rattling aimed at Iran.
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Reach out to Israel, Arabs urged

Tuesday, March 27th 2007, 8:09
related countries: Israel Israel
related places: Arab

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calls on Arab nations to reach out in peace to Israel.
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Guilty plea from detainee Hicks

Tuesday, March 27th 2007, 2:54
related countries: Aruba Aruba
related places: Hicks

Australian David Hicks, the first Guantanamo terror suspect to face a new trial system, pleads guilty.
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US army faulted in Tillman case

Monday, March 26th 2007, 22:48
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan
related places: Tillman

An army probe criticises nine US officers over the mis-reported death in Afghanistan of football star Pat Tillman.
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Kenya attacks suspect sent to US

Monday, March 26th 2007, 21:33
related countries: Kenya Kenya

A man accused of helping carry out twin terror attacks in Kenya in 2002 is sent to Guantanamo Bay.
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Errant fathers shamed by pizza

Monday, March 26th 2007, 21:04

Pizzerias in the US are trying to track down child support defaulters by sending 'most wanted' posters out with pizzas.
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Tennis: Davydenko out of Masters

Monday, March 26th 2007, 18:15
related countries: Russia Russia
related places: Masters

Russian fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko loses to US qualifier Amer Delic in the third round of the Miami Masters.
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Jordan backs Mid-East peace plan

Monday, March 26th 2007, 15:18
related countries: Jordan Jordan
related places: Arab

Jordan's King Abdullah offers his backing to an Arab plan for Middle East peace, in talks with the US secretary of state.
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Drug overdose killed Anna Nicole

Monday, March 26th 2007, 15:00
related places: Florida

An accidental drug overdose killed former model Anna Nicole Smith, officials in the US state of Florida say.
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US held talks with Iraq militants

Monday, March 26th 2007, 9:55
related countries: Iraq Iraq

Outgoing US ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad confirms that he held talks with insurgents last year.
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Rice in renewed Mid-East push

Monday, March 26th 2007, 7:12

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calls for a united effort to establish a Palestinian state.
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Ninja Turtles top US box office

Sunday, March 25th 2007, 18:53

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles seal their cinema comeback by topping the US box office chart.
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Joyce letters court case settled

Sunday, March 25th 2007, 12:28

A US professor wins the right to quote James Joyce's letters to his daughter in a book after settling a court case.
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US concern over Egypt reforms

Sunday, March 25th 2007, 11:56
related countries: Egypt Egypt

The visiting US secretary of state voices concern at constitutional reform in Egypt, a day before its referendum.
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Rice urges end to Mid-East enmity

Sunday, March 25th 2007, 11:11
related countries: Israel Israel
related places: Arab

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calls on Arab states to do their utmost to reach peace with Israel.
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Rice begins new Mid-East mission

Saturday, March 24th 2007, 23:19

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has been holding talks in Egypt at the start of a Middle East tour.
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Gibson in Apocalypto college row

Saturday, March 24th 2007, 15:25

Mel Gibson exchanges heated remarks at a US university screening of his controversial film Apocalypto.
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Snoop Dogg denied UK tour visa

Saturday, March 24th 2007, 13:12
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

US rap star Snoop Dogg is denied a visa to enter the UK on a European tour with fellow hip-hop star P Diddy.
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US pullout 'would undermine Iraq'

Saturday, March 24th 2007, 10:23
related countries: Iraq Iraq

Iraq's vice-president warns that a quick withdrawal of US troops from the country would create a security vacuum.
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US House votes for Iraq deadline

Saturday, March 24th 2007, 1:50
related countries: Iraq Iraq

The US House votes to order George W Bush to pull troops out of Iraq, but he vows to veto the bill.
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Suspect 'aided US embassy blast'

Friday, March 23rd 2007, 23:58
related countries: Tanzania Tanzania

A Guantanamo inmate says he unwittingly took part in the US embassy bombing in Tanzania, a transcript shows.
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US House votes for Iraq deadline

Friday, March 23rd 2007, 17:27
related countries: Iraq Iraq

The House of Representatives votes to order George Bush to pull troops out of Iraq by 31 August 2008.
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US house sales jump as prices dip

Friday, March 23rd 2007, 15:02

US existing home sales rise at their fastest rate in almost three years, as prices slip, official figures show.
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US urges China military openness

Friday, March 23rd 2007, 9:44
related countries: China China
related places: Beijing

The top US general urges China to be more transparent about its military intentions in talks in Beijing.
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N Korea talks 'may soon restart'

Friday, March 23rd 2007, 6:20

The US envoy to six-party talks on N Korea says they may soon restart, despite their recent suspension.
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Reconstruction in Iraq criticised

Friday, March 23rd 2007, 1:31
related countries: Iraq Iraq

US reconstruction programmes in Iraq are chaotic and badly managed, a report by a special inspector says.
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US networks plan YouTube rival

Thursday, March 22nd 2007, 19:36

Two US groups are to create a portal for TV shows in an attempt to hit back against video sharing sites.
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Judge overturns US web porn law

Thursday, March 22nd 2007, 19:25

A US federal judge strikes down a law to protect children from internet pornography, saying it violated free speech.
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Bush aides face new probe threat

Thursday, March 22nd 2007, 17:30
related places: Bush

US senators authorise orders to force Bush aides to testify over the sacking of eight federal prosecutors.
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Cancer setback for Edwards' wife

Thursday, March 22nd 2007, 17:16
related places: Edwards

US presidential candidate John Edwards says his wife's cancer has returned but his campaign will go on.
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'US blocked Lebanon truce'

Thursday, March 22nd 2007, 13:10
related countries: Lebanon Lebanon

Former US envoy John Bolton says he resisted ceasefire calls in Lebanon to give Israel time to defeat Hezbollah.
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Afghan hostage deal condemned

Thursday, March 22nd 2007, 12:46
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan, Italy Italy, United Kingdom United Kingdom

The US and UK criticise Italy and Afghanistan over a deal made with the Taleban to release a kidnapped journalist.
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Freed Sadr aide meets Iraq's PM

Thursday, March 22nd 2007, 11:49
related countries: Iraq Iraq

A Shia militia leader once deemed a security threat appears with Iraq's PM after being freed by US forces.
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'Militants' caught in Afghan raid

Thursday, March 22nd 2007, 6:30
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan

US-led coalition troops in Afghanistan say they have detained seven suspected militants in two raids.
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Bush set for showdown over aides

Thursday, March 22nd 2007, 4:01
related places: White House

US lawmakers move closer to ordering presidential aides to testify over the firing of eight federal prosecutors.
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US Anglicans refuse UK demand

Thursday, March 22nd 2007, 2:38
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

US Anglican bishops refuse to create a parallel church for their traditionalist wing, amid a row over homosexuality.
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Gore makes global warming plea

Wednesday, March 21st 2007, 23:18
related places: Congress

Former US Vice-President Al Gore testifies in Congress about the need to counter global warming.
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US 'to slash funding for Abbas'

Wednesday, March 21st 2007, 21:34

The US is to cut funds earmarked for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, amid fears they could reach Hamas.
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US interest rate stays at 5.25%

Wednesday, March 21st 2007, 20:18

The US Federal Reserve leaves its main interest rate unchanged for a sixth meeting in a row at 5.25%.
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Iraq 'talking to militant groups'

Wednesday, March 21st 2007, 19:00
related countries: Iraq Iraq

Talks are taking place between the Iraqi government and some insurgent groups, a senior Iraqi official says.
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US lawsuit over 'pet food death'

Wednesday, March 21st 2007, 13:31

A US woman who says her cat died after eating tainted pet food involved in a massive health scare sues makers.
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Bush rejects Senate 'show trials'

Wednesday, March 21st 2007, 2:29
related places: Senate

The US president rebuffs Senate efforts to question his staff in the escalating row over the firing of prosecutors.
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Zimbabwe reaching 'turning point'

Wednesday, March 21st 2007, 0:43
related countries: Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

The US envoy to Zimbabwe says people are more willing to defy President Mugabe despite a crackdown.
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Dinosaur den diggers discovered

Wednesday, March 21st 2007, 0:38
related places: Montana

The fossil remains of small dinosaurs that burrowed into the ground have been found by scientists in Montana, US.
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Vote keeps pressure on Gonzales

Tuesday, March 20th 2007, 23:11
related places: Gonzales

The US Senate votes to strip Attorney General Alberto Gonzales of the power to appoint federal attorneys.
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'Children used' in Iraq bombing

Tuesday, March 20th 2007, 22:41
related countries: Iraq Iraq

A US military official says insurgents in Iraq used children in a bomb attack, raising fears of new tactics.
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Athens embassy attack reward

Tuesday, March 20th 2007, 18:42
related countries: Greece Greece
related places: Athens

Greece and the US both offer rewards of $1m for information on an attack on the US embassy in Athens.
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US and Palestinian officials meet

Tuesday, March 20th 2007, 17:20

A Palestinian minister says he met a top US diplomat, in what would be the first US contact with the government.
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BP 'is to blame for Texas blast'

Tuesday, March 20th 2007, 16:37
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom
related places: Texas

BP is heavily criticised by US safety investigators over a refinery disaster that killed 15 of the UK oil firm's workers.
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A380 prepares for tour around US

Tuesday, March 20th 2007, 13:20

Having landed on US soil for the first time, the Airbus A380 prepares for a tour of the country.
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Palestinian sanctions to remain

Tuesday, March 20th 2007, 2:07

The EU and US withhold recognition for the new Palestinian unity government, sworn in on Saturday.
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Stars' sleuth faces wider charges

Tuesday, March 20th 2007, 0:05

US celebrity private eye Anthony Pellicano pleads not guilty to wire-tapping charges.
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US high court mulls free speech

Monday, March 19th 2007, 20:55

The US Supreme Court is considering its first major test of free speech for students in a generation.
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A380 in maiden US voyage

Monday, March 19th 2007, 17:19
related places: Monday

The Airbus A380 lands on US soil for the first time after a test flight from Frankfurt with 500 passengers on board.
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Police defend Zimbabwe travel ban

Monday, March 19th 2007, 17:03
related countries: Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe police say opposition officials were stopped from going abroad as they may still be charged with inciting violence.
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US approves Ahmadinejad trip

Monday, March 19th 2007, 15:58
related countries: Iran Iran

The US approves a visa for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to address the UN as it votes on sanctions.
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Pessimism 'growing among Iraqis'

Monday, March 19th 2007, 12:12

Iraqis are pessimistic about the future but do not think Iraq is in a state of civil war, a major survey shows.
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US 'resolves N Korea funds row'

Monday, March 19th 2007, 11:44
related countries: North Korea North Korea

The US says it has resolved a financial dispute with North Korea as talks on nuclear issues resume.
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Kabul suicide attacker targets US

Monday, March 19th 2007, 10:57
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan
related places: Kabul

A suicide car bomber attacks a US convoy in the Afghan capital, the first such attack in Kabul this year.
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US probes Hicks 'sedated' claim

Monday, March 19th 2007, 8:29
related countries: Aruba Aruba
related places: Hicks

The Pentagon is examining claims that Australian David Hicks was forcibly sedated at Guantanamo Bay.
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US in second day of Iraq rallies

Monday, March 19th 2007, 2:25
related countries: Iraq Iraq

Thousands of people take to the streets of US cities for a second day of protests against the war in Iraq.
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US 'set' for non-Hamas contacts

Sunday, March 18th 2007, 19:36

The US decides to have contact with some ministers in the new Palestinian national unity government.
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