News: United States

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United States: news

Taxman grounds US space tripper

Monday, January 29th 2007, 11:54

A US man who won a free space flight in a competition is forced to clip his own wings after finding his prize is taxable.
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Prince Charles wins green award

Monday, January 29th 2007, 4:43
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: New York, Cornwall

The Prince of Wales receives an environmental award in New York while touring the US with the Duchess of Cornwall.
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Iraq clashes 'kill 250 militants'

Sunday, January 28th 2007, 20:42
related countries: Iraq

US and Iraqi troops kill about 250 militants in fierce fighting around the holy city of Najaf, Iraqi police say.
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Pupils killed as Iraq schools hit

Sunday, January 28th 2007, 18:30
related countries: Iraq

Bombs and mortars hit two Iraqi schools, killing seven children, as a US helicopter is reported shot down in Najaf.
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Latin American films top Sundance

Sunday, January 28th 2007, 10:33
related places: Sundance

Two Latin American dramas scoop top honours at this year's Sundance independent film festival.
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Dutch Iraqi suspect flown to US

Sunday, January 28th 2007, 2:37
related countries: Iraq, Netherlands

An Iraqi-born Dutch citizen is extradited to the US accused of plotting attacks on US forces in Iraq.
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Mass US protest against Iraq war

Saturday, January 27th 2007, 22:18
related countries: Iraq
related places: Washington

Tens of thousands march in Washington to demand the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq.
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Crowds greet British royals in US

Saturday, January 27th 2007, 22:10
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Philadelphia, Cornwall

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are met with icy temperatures as they arrive in Philadelphia.
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Two killed in Kenyan carjacking

Saturday, January 27th 2007, 16:31
related countries: Kenya
related places: Nairobi

Two women in a US embassy vehicle are shot dead during a carjacking near the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, police say.
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Caring for America's health

Saturday, January 27th 2007, 12:03
related places: America

Justin Webb reunites with an old friend and discovers just how much the US health care system has let him down.
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Cognac and iPod ban for N Korea

Saturday, January 27th 2007, 1:16
related countries: North Korea

The US bans luxury exports like iPods and fine wines to North Korea over its nuclear bomb test last year.
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US army describes Iraq abductions

Saturday, January 27th 2007, 0:58
related countries: Iraq

The US military says four US soldiers were abducted in an attack last week before being killed.
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Bush assertive on Iraq strategy

Friday, January 26th 2007, 21:28
related countries: Iraq

President Bush reaffirms plans to send more troops to Iraq, as their new commander there is confirmed.
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Compensation for 'tortured' Canadian

Friday, January 26th 2007, 20:49
related countries: Canada, Syria

The Canadian PM apologises to a man allegedly tortured in Syria after being detained in the US as a terror suspect.
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US soldier jailed for Iraq deaths

Thursday, January 25th 2007, 21:36
related countries: Iraq
related places: Tikrit

A US soldier is jailed for 18 years for his part in the murder of three Iraqi detainees last year.
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Donors in aid boost for Lebanon

Thursday, January 25th 2007, 21:03
related countries: France, Lebanon
related places: Paris

Foreign donors pledge $7.6bn to help rebuild Lebanon, as clashes in Beirut leave two people dead, reports say.
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US military unveils heat-ray gun

Thursday, January 25th 2007, 18:36

The US military unveils a "revolutionary" heat-ray gun to repel enemies or disperse hostile crowds.
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Ford hit by record $12.7bn loss

Thursday, January 25th 2007, 14:35
related places: Ford

US car giant Ford reports a $12.7bn loss for 2006, the biggest annual loss in its 103-year history.
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Indonesia jet 'black boxes' found

Thursday, January 25th 2007, 14:26
related countries: Indonesia

A US ship locates the flight recorders of the Indonesian plane missing since 1 January, the US embassy says.
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Georgia and US foil uranium plot

Thursday, January 25th 2007, 12:35
related countries: Georgia, Russia

Georgia gives details of the arrest of a Russian man who tried to sell a small amount of weapons-grade uranium.
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US plane 'bombed Somalia targets'

Thursday, January 25th 2007, 1:30
related countries: Somalia
related places: Monday

US war planes have carried out a fresh air strike against al-Qaeda suspects in Somalia, a US official says.
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New push to control Baghdad area

Thursday, January 25th 2007, 0:20
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad

Iraqi forces backed by US helicopters battle insurgents in Baghdad as part of the new US-led security plan.
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Senate panel rejects Iraq plan

Wednesday, January 24th 2007, 23:56
related countries: Iraq
related places: Congress

A US Senate panel rejects President Bush's Iraq plan, a day after he asks Congress to give it "a chance".
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Kerry will not seek White House

Wednesday, January 24th 2007, 21:11

Senator John Kerry, who lost to George W Bush in 2004, will not run for US president in 2008, he says.
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Somali airport comes under fire

Wednesday, January 24th 2007, 13:14
related countries: Kenya, Somalia

Somalia's main airport is attacked a day after Ethiopian forces began their withdrawal from the capital.
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China net use may soon surpass US

Wednesday, January 24th 2007, 5:50
related countries: China

China could have more internet users than the US within two years' time, the country's state media reports.
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Bush asks for 'a chance' on Iraq

Wednesday, January 24th 2007, 4:48
related countries: Iraq
related places: Union

President Bush urges America to give his new Iraq strategy "a chance to work" in his State of the Union address.
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Crackdown 'nets 600 Sadr forces'

Tuesday, January 23rd 2007, 21:17
related countries: Iraq

Hundreds of Mehdi Army fighters and 16 leaders are captured in a crackdown in Iraq, the US military says.
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CIA trial under way in Washington

Tuesday, January 23rd 2007, 20:49
related countries: Iraq

The trial of ex-White House aide Lewis Libby opens and is set to reveal the Bush team's actions before the Iraq war.
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US general admits hard Iraq task

Tuesday, January 23rd 2007, 18:16
related countries: Iraq

The general nominated to be the new US Iraq commander tells senators the situation is hard but "not hopeless".
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Bush 'must fight climate change'

Tuesday, January 23rd 2007, 4:54
related places: Union

Heads of major US firms call on President Bush to back mandatory emissions cuts in his State of Union speech.
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US brings in new passport rules

Tuesday, January 23rd 2007, 3:07
related countries: Bermuda, Canada

Citizens of Canada, Mexico and Bermuda from now on must show a passport on arrival by air into the US.
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View of US's global role 'worse'

Tuesday, January 23rd 2007, 0:16

The view of the role of the United States in the world has deteriorated, according to a BBC poll.
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Al-Qaeda 'mocks Bush plan'

Monday, January 22nd 2007, 23:52
related countries: Iraq
related places: Bush

Al-Qaeda's deputy mocks President Bush's plan to increase Iraq troop numbers, a US website says.
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Drug firm Pfizer cuts 10,000 jobs

Monday, January 22nd 2007, 18:40

Pfizer is to cut 10,000 jobs as the US drugs giant seeks to slash annual costs by up to $2bn.
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Downed US chopper missile hint

Monday, January 22nd 2007, 17:23
related countries: Iraq

A US helicopter that crashed in Iraq killing 12 soldiers may have been shot down by insurgents, US officials say.
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'Friendly fire' death in Pakistan

Monday, January 22nd 2007, 16:40
related countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan

Pakistan says US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan have mistakenly killed one of its border soldiers.
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'US probe' knocks gaming shares

Monday, January 22nd 2007, 15:07

Shares in online gaming firms tumble on reports the US government is stepping up its probe into the industry.
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Missile shield 'threatens Russia'

Monday, January 22nd 2007, 14:47
related countries: Russia

A US plan to expand its missile defence scheme to eastern Europe directly threatens Russia, Moscow says.
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UK report criticises Guantanamo

Sunday, January 21st 2007, 11:45
related countries: United Kingdom

MPs who visited Guantanamo Bay say Britain and the international community should help the US close it.
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US man survives 17-storey tumble

Sunday, January 21st 2007, 10:43
related places: Minneapolis

A 29-year-old man falls out of a 17th floor window at a hotel in Minneapolis, but survives with just broken bones.
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US suffers heavy losses in Iraq

Saturday, January 20th 2007, 23:37
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad

US forces in Iraq suffer some of their heaviest casualties in recent months, with 18 personnel killed.
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Mexico extradites drug suspects

Saturday, January 20th 2007, 7:34
related countries: Mexico

Mexican extradites key drugs smuggling suspects to the US, including the reputed leader of a powerful drug cartel.
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US sub commander punished

Saturday, January 20th 2007, 4:01
related countries: United Kingdom

The commander of a US submarine is dismissed from his post over the deaths of two sailors off southern England.
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Venezuela democratic - Chavez

Saturday, January 20th 2007, 2:24
related countries: Venezuela

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez defends his country is "fully democratic" at a Latin American summit.
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US demands China test answers

Friday, January 19th 2007, 22:25
related countries: China
related places: Beijing, Washington

Washington asks China to explain its intentions after Beijing reportedly carried out an arms test in space.
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China 'space weapon' criticised

Friday, January 19th 2007, 15:12
related countries: China

China faces international criticism over what the US says was the use of a ballistic missile to destroy a satellite.
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'Progress' in N Korea-US talks

Friday, January 19th 2007, 12:17
related countries: North Korea

N Korea and the US call recent talks positive, as Washington's envoy prepares for more nuclear negotiations.
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Iraq troops 'seize Shia militant'

Friday, January 19th 2007, 11:08
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad, Security

Security forces in Iraq have seized a high-level militia leader in a raid in Baghdad, the US military says.
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Democrats reject US oil subsidies

Friday, January 19th 2007, 9:46
related places: Democrat

The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives votes to overturn billions in subsidies to the oil industry.
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US defence chief arrives in Iraq

Friday, January 19th 2007, 8:35
related countries: Iraq

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrives in the Iraqi city of Basra, on a previously unannounced visit.
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US harsh weather extends its grip

Friday, January 19th 2007, 4:29
related places: Snow, California

Snow hits California and storms threaten the south-eastern US, as weather-related deaths rise above 60.
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New US rules on terror detainees

Friday, January 19th 2007, 1:44
related countries: Cuba

The US defence department drafts a new manual for trying detainees at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
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US congressmen seek Iran block

Thursday, January 18th 2007, 23:54
related countries: Iran

A bipartisan group of US congressmen propose a new law to block an attack on Iran without congressional approval.
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Iraq rape soldier to plead guilty

Thursday, January 18th 2007, 22:20
related countries: Iraq

A US soldier will plead guilty in the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl in the town of Mahmudiya.
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US people-smuggler gets life term

Thursday, January 18th 2007, 21:21

A lorry driver escapes the death penalty for one of the deadliest attempts at people-smuggling in the US.
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Iran condemns US 'kidnap' in Iraq

Thursday, January 18th 2007, 18:14
related countries: Iraq

Iran accuses the US of kidnapping five of its citizens alleged by the Americans to be fuelling Iraqi violence.
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US satirist Buchwald dies

Thursday, January 18th 2007, 15:42

Pulitzer Prize-winning satirist Art Buchwald dies at the age of 81, his son announces.
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US 'to halve' no-fly watch list

Thursday, January 18th 2007, 12:37

The US hopes to halve the number of names on the list it uses to bar suspected terrorists from air travel.
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Iraqi PM seeks US weapons boost

Thursday, January 18th 2007, 11:55
related countries: Iraq
related places: Washington

Iraq's need for US troops could fall dramatically if Washington supplies more weapons, Iraq's PM says.
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US slams Somali speaker's sacking

Thursday, January 18th 2007, 11:25
related countries: Somalia

The US criticises the sacking of Somalia's speaker of parliament, saying reconciliation is needed.
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Washington 'snubbed Iran offer'

Thursday, January 18th 2007, 10:55
related countries: Iran

Iran offered the US a package of concessions in 2003, but it was rejected, a former top official tells the BBC.
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Senators oppose Iraq troop boost

Thursday, January 18th 2007, 4:54
related countries: Iraq

Three top US senators agree on a resolution to oppose President Bush's plan to increase Iraq troop numbers.
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Rice to brief Blair on Mid-East

Thursday, January 18th 2007, 3:15
related places: Blair

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to brief Tony Blair following her tour of the Middle East.
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Aid worker killed in Iraq ambush

Thursday, January 18th 2007, 2:08
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad

A US aid worker is among four people killed during an ambush on their convoy in Baghdad.
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US to end warrantless wiretaps

Wednesday, January 17th 2007, 21:49

President Bush decides not to renew a scheme allowing domestic spying on terror suspects without a warrant.
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Clinton urges US Iraq troops cap

Wednesday, January 17th 2007, 20:04
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Likely

Likely presidential contender Senator Hillary Clinton urges a limit on US Iraq troops and more forces for Afghanistan.
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US still gripped by extreme cold

Wednesday, January 17th 2007, 16:54

Severe weather continues across a huge swathe of the US, leaving at least 50 dead and thousands without power.
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Top Iraqi Shia condemns US

Wednesday, January 17th 2007, 16:53
related countries: Iran, Iraq

One of Iraq's most powerful Shia politicians accuses the US of undermining Iraqi sovereignty.
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Official 'sorry' for lawyers jibe

Wednesday, January 17th 2007, 13:42

A Pentagon official apologises for criticising US law firms for representing Guantanamo detainees.
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Big freeze sours US orange crops

Wednesday, January 17th 2007, 12:05
related places: California

Prices of oranges and other citrus fruits have been pushed sharply higher, following a severe freeze in California.
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US water contest radio sacks 10

Wednesday, January 17th 2007, 11:15

A radio station dismisses 10 of its staff after a woman who took part in a water-drinking contest dies.
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Rice wraps up Middle East mission

Wednesday, January 17th 2007, 9:37
related countries: Iraq

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ends her tour of the Mid-East seeking support for the US' new Iraq plan.
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US doctors plan womb transplant

Wednesday, January 17th 2007, 7:42
related places: New York

A team of doctors in New York say they are planning to perform the first uterus transplant in the US.
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Bush defends boost to Iraq troops

Wednesday, January 17th 2007, 5:02
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad

President Bush defends his decision to send more US troops to Iraq, after 70 people die in twin blasts in Baghdad.
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Ex UN oil-for-food chief charged

Tuesday, January 16th 2007, 22:09
related countries: Iraq

The US charges the former head of the UN oil-for-food for Iraq programme with bribery and conspiracy.
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Deadly US storms hit north-east

Tuesday, January 16th 2007, 19:01

The US winter storms spread north, killing 42 people and leaving half a million without electricity.
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Spain seeks US soldiers' arrest

Tuesday, January 16th 2007, 18:51
related countries: Iraq, Spain

Spain issues an international warrant for three US soldiers over the killing of a cameraman in the Iraq war.
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Obama steps into White House race

Tuesday, January 16th 2007, 16:55
related places: White House

Barack Obama, tipped by some to be the first black US president, takes initial steps towards a campaign.
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US defence chief in Kabul talks

Tuesday, January 16th 2007, 15:07
related countries: Afghanistan
related places: Kabul

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates is in Kabul to discuss responses to escalating violence in Afghanistan.
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Report 'to criticise BP safety'

Tuesday, January 16th 2007, 10:35

BP's safety record at its US oil refineries is expected to come under heavy fire in an independent report.
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Saudi support for US Iraq plans

Tuesday, January 16th 2007, 9:50
related countries: Iraq, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia says it will back the US ' Iraq plans as Condoleezza Rice holds talks with top officials.
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Egypt backs US strategy on Iraq

Monday, January 15th 2007, 19:22
related countries: Iraq

Egypt tells visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice it supports the new US strategy on Iraq.
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Deadly ice storms lash US

Monday, January 15th 2007, 18:35

US winter storms have now killed about 35 people and left hundreds of thousands without power.
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Rice makes bid for Mid-East peace

Monday, January 15th 2007, 15:35
related countries: Israel

The US secretary of state, Israel's PM and the Palestinian leader agree to hold a three-way summit soon.
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No 'quick fix' for Bush Iraq plan

Monday, January 15th 2007, 14:48
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad

There are no guarantees of success of the new US-Iraqi security drive in Baghdad, a top US general says.
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US warns Iran on Iraq 'meddling'

Sunday, January 14th 2007, 21:30
related countries: Iran, Iraq

US Vice President Dick Cheney warns Iran not to interfere in Iraq, saying it is "fishing in troubled waters".
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Rice firm on Mid-East roadmap

Sunday, January 14th 2007, 21:04

Condoleezza Rice stresses the US is deeply committed to the Mid-East roadmap as she continues her regional tour.
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US woman dies after water contest

Sunday, January 14th 2007, 19:13

A US woman who took part in a water-drinking contest to win a video game system dies of water intoxication.
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Iran demands nationals' release

Sunday, January 14th 2007, 14:59
related countries: Iran, Iraq

Iran demands the US military free five Iranians detained in Iraq as the US again accuses Tehran of aiding insurgents.
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Two die in US mine roof collapse

Sunday, January 14th 2007, 1:30
related places: West Virginia

Two miners die in West Virginia after a tunnel roof collapses deep inside the mine, safety officials say.
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Iran and Venezuela back oil cuts

Sunday, January 14th 2007, 0:56
related countries: Iran, Venezuela

Iran and Venezuela call for Opec to cut oil production, as the Iranian president begins a Latin American tour.
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Missing son's return a 'miracle'

Sunday, January 14th 2007, 0:26

The mother of a boy found by US police four years after he went missing aged 11 says his return is a "miracle".
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Rice begins Mid-East peace push

Saturday, January 13th 2007, 18:42
related countries: Iraq

The US secretary of state is in Israel as part of efforts to revive peace talks and win support for US Iraq plans.
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Missing US teens discovered alive

Saturday, January 13th 2007, 13:28

Two missing US teenage boys, including one missing since 2002, are found near the US city of St Louis.
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Double veto for Burma resolution

Friday, January 12th 2007, 22:36
related countries: Burma, China, Russia

China and Russia veto a draft UN resolution by the US calling for an end to human rights abuses in Burma.
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US House backs Medicare bill

Friday, January 12th 2007, 21:38

The US House of Representatives passes a bill requiring the government to directly negotiate lower drug prices.
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'No timetable' for Iraq progress

Friday, January 12th 2007, 21:35
related countries: Iraq
related places: Senate

The US defence secretary says there is no timetable for Iraq to comply with President Bush's new strategy.
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