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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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'Hunger critical' in South Asia

Friday, October 13th 2006, 13:43

A report released by a US-based group says South Asia continues to face "critical" levels of hunger.
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US rejects UK Guantanamo call

Friday, October 13th 2006, 7:38
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

The US says the controversial detention camp at Guantanamo Bay is still needed, rebuffing UK criticism.
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Vote on N Korea sanctions delayed

Friday, October 13th 2006, 0:38
related countries: China China, North Korea North Korea, Russia Russia

China and Russia delay a vote on a new US-drafted UN resolution calling for sanctions on North Korea.
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US warned on petrol complacency

Thursday, October 12th 2006, 20:14

The US leader welcomes the fall in petrol prices but says he does not want it to distract from work on alternative fuels.
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Divisions over N Korea sanctions

Thursday, October 12th 2006, 19:18
related countries: North Korea North Korea

UN Security Council members remain divided on a new US resolution on sanctions against North Korea.
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Man admits UK-US terror plot

Thursday, October 12th 2006, 16:49
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

A man pleads guilty to conspiring to murder people in a series of bombings in Britain and the US.
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White House hopeful drops out

Thursday, October 12th 2006, 15:57
related places: Virginia, Democrat

The centrist former Democrat governor of Virginia pulls out of the 2008 US presidential race.
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Guantanamo unacceptable - UK

Thursday, October 12th 2006, 13:54
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

The controversial US detention camp is "unacceptable" in terms of human rights, says the foreign secretary.
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Al Gore picks up literary prize

Thursday, October 12th 2006, 9:16
related places: Quill

Former US presidential candidate Al Gore wins a Quill award for his book An Inconvenient Truth.
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NY air crash kills baseball star

Thursday, October 12th 2006, 8:45
related places: Manhattan

US baseball pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor die as their plane hits a Manhattan apartment block.
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Yankees star dies in plane crash

Thursday, October 12th 2006, 3:07
related places: Manhattan, New York

US baseball pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor die as their plane hits a Manhattan apartment block.
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Al-Qaeda man on US treason charge

Wednesday, October 11th 2006, 21:51
related places: California

A California man who appeared in al-Qaeda propaganda videos is charged with treason by a US court.
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'Huge rise' in Iraqi death tolls

Wednesday, October 11th 2006, 17:42
related countries: Iraq Iraq

An estimated 655,000 Iraqis have died as a result of the 2003 US-led invasion, a US-Iraqi academic study says.
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N Korea to face 'repercussions'

Wednesday, October 11th 2006, 16:54
related countries: North Korea North Korea

US President George W Bush says North Korea will face "serious repercussions" over its nuclear test claim.
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US eases Haiti arms embargo

Wednesday, October 11th 2006, 16:40
related countries: Haiti Haiti

The US announces a partial end to its arms embargo on Haiti, to allow the country to equip its police force.
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Tax funds help cut US deficit

Wednesday, October 11th 2006, 16:14

Bumper tax revenues helped the US trim the 2006 federal budget deficit to a four-year low, the US Treasury says.
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Aide to testify in US e-mail row

Wednesday, October 11th 2006, 12:52

A top aide to disgraced ex-Congressman Mark Foley is to testify before a House of Representatives inquiry.
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N Korea raises threat of new test

Wednesday, October 11th 2006, 11:11
related countries: Japan Japan, North Korea North Korea

North Korea's number two leader warns of more nuclear tests if US policy remains "hostile", reports say.
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Indonesia revokes Exxon deal

Wednesday, October 11th 2006, 9:47
related countries: Indonesia Indonesia

Indonesia revokes a contract with US energy giant Exxon Mobil to develop the Natuna offshore gas field.
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Blasts rock US army base in Iraq

Wednesday, October 11th 2006, 9:42
related countries: Iraq Iraq
related places: Baghdad

The US military says that a fire at a Baghdad arms store was caused by an insurgent mortar attack.
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US tightens Cuba trade sanctions

Wednesday, October 11th 2006, 9:00
related countries: Cuba Cuba

The US announces new measures to enforce Cuba trade sanctions and punish those who violate them.
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Lloyd video shown for first time

Tuesday, October 10th 2006, 20:24
related countries: Iraq Iraq

Video of the aftermath of an attack in which ITN reporter Terry Lloyd died is shown in public for the first time.
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US parents try to 'unadopt' son

Monday, October 9th 2006, 19:02

A couple in the US attempt to dissolve the adoption of their son after discovering his troubled past.
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US scoops Nobel economics prize

Monday, October 9th 2006, 11:51

US professor Edmund Phelps wins the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on unemployment and inflation.
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Foley e-mails 'known of in 2000'

Monday, October 9th 2006, 10:03

A colleague confronted ex-lawmaker Mark Foley about his e-mails with teenagers in 2000, a report says.
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Male contraceptive study expanded

Monday, October 9th 2006, 0:26
related countries: Maldives Maldives

Trials of a new male contraceptive are being expanded in the US after overwhelming initial interest.
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Battle rages in Shia Iraqi town

Sunday, October 8th 2006, 20:36
related countries: Iraq Iraq
related places: Baghdad

US-led and Iraqi troops kill 30 suspected Shia gunmen in the south, as police find 51 bodies in Baghdad.
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Jolie's regret over film location

Sunday, October 8th 2006, 14:58
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan

The US star is "disappointed" at being unable to shoot a film about the murder of Daniel Pearl in Pakistan.
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Darfur campaign cuts Sudan money

Saturday, October 7th 2006, 15:20
related countries: Sudan Sudan
related places: Darfur

A plan to support Darfur by cutting investment in Sudanese companies is bearing fruit in the US.
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Bomber attacks 'model' Iraqi city

Saturday, October 7th 2006, 10:46
related countries: Iraq Iraq

A suicide bomber kills 14 people in north Iraq as suggestions emerge of a major change in US thinking.
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Canada in protest over rendition

Saturday, October 7th 2006, 6:12
related countries: Canada Canada, Syria Syria

Canada is to protest formally to the US over the case of a Canadian deported to Syria over alleged terror links.
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US medic jailed over Iraq murder

Saturday, October 7th 2006, 1:49
related countries: Iraq Iraq

US sailor is sentenced to 10 years in jail over his role in the murder of an Iraqi man, but will only serve one year.
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Medic says marines murdered Iraqi

Saturday, October 7th 2006, 1:09
related countries: Iraq Iraq

A US Navy medic testifies that marines put an Iraqi civilian in a hole and shot him 10 times in the head.
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US hails EU flight data deal

Saturday, October 7th 2006, 0:07

US security chief Michael Chertoff says a deal on sharing EU passenger data will help fight terrorism.
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Venezuela in Cuba 'bomber' plea

Friday, October 6th 2006, 21:21
related countries: Cuba Cuba, Venezuela Venezuela

Venezuela demands the US extradite one of its nationals wanted for bombing a Cuban jet in 1976.
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Thousands told to flee US blast

Friday, October 6th 2006, 17:09

Up to 17,000 people are told to leave their homes after a huge explosion at a chemical plant in North Carolina.
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Passenger data deal for US and EU

Friday, October 6th 2006, 12:58

The US and the EU agree a new deal to share details about airline passengers, after lengthy talks.
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Rice meets Iraqi Kurdish leaders

Friday, October 6th 2006, 12:31
related countries: Iraq Iraq

The US secretary of state holds talks with Kurdish leaders in northern Iraq amid tensions over oil.
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Japan shrine 'to review display'

Friday, October 6th 2006, 12:04
related countries: Japan Japan
related places: Tokyo

A controversial Tokyo shrine is to review a display that says Japan was provoked into war by the US, reports say.
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US Congress opens sex row probe

Friday, October 6th 2006, 10:15
related places: Republican

An inquiry into a sex scandal inolving a former Republican lawmaker begins at the US Congress.
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Sudan's Darfur threat condemned

Friday, October 6th 2006, 9:36
related countries: Sudan Sudan
related places: Darfur

UN members criticise a Sudanese warning against sending troops to Darfur, but fail to agree on a response.
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US blocks bomb suspect's release

Friday, October 6th 2006, 1:35
related countries: Cuba Cuba, Venezuela Venezuela

The US administration blocks the release of a man wanted by Venezuela and Cuba for a plane bombing 30 years ago.
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Funerals for Amish school victims

Thursday, October 5th 2006, 23:57
related places: Pennsylvania, Amish

The Amish community buries the young victims of a school massacre in the US state of Pennsylvania.
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US House leader 'will not resign'

Thursday, October 5th 2006, 23:07
related places: House

The top Republican in the US Congress apologises for a sex scandal involving a colleague - but says he will not quit.
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US judge drops Karr porn charges

Thursday, October 5th 2006, 21:48

Child pornography charges against a former suspect in the killing of US child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey are dropped.
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Rice in talks on Iraqi violence

Thursday, October 5th 2006, 21:15
related countries: Iraq Iraq
related places: Baghdad

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tells Iraqi leaders they must act quickly to help tackle soaring levels of violence.
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EU and US push for air data deal

Thursday, October 5th 2006, 16:36

EU and US negotiators make a new effort to resolve a dispute over the transfer of data about air passengers.
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Rice seeks to curb Iraq violence

Thursday, October 5th 2006, 13:50
related countries: Israel Israel
related places: Gaza

The US secretary of state holds talks with Israeli ministers in Jerusalem, on the latest leg of her regional tour.
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Iraqis test dead militant's DNA

Thursday, October 5th 2006, 9:54
related countries: Iraq Iraq

Iraqi officials do DNA tests on a militant killed in a US military raid to determine if he is the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.
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US eavesdropping 'can go on'

Thursday, October 5th 2006, 7:19
related places: Washington

Washington can continue wiretapping without warrants until its appeal against a ban on the practice is heard, a US court rules. A US government wiretap scheme breaches the constitution and should be halted at once, a judge says.
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US pledges support for Abbas

Thursday, October 5th 2006, 5:08

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice seeks to boost beleaguered Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
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US 'cannot allow' nuclear N Korea

Thursday, October 5th 2006, 1:46
related countries: North Korea North Korea
related places: Pyongyang

The US issues a strong warning that it will not accept a nuclear-armed North Korea, amid fears of a nuclear test.
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E-mail row hits top US Republican

Thursday, October 5th 2006, 0:41

US Republican leader Dennis Hastert faces new claims he covered up a scandal over lurid e-mails.
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US border fence signed into law

Wednesday, October 4th 2006, 21:01
related countries: Mexico Mexico

President Bush signs a law to pay for a 700-mile fence along the Mexican border in a bid to stop illegal immigrants.
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US Fed issues inflation warning

Wednesday, October 4th 2006, 20:46

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says inflation in the US is still too high despite a slowdown.
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EU considers visa snub against US

Wednesday, October 4th 2006, 18:57
related countries: Belgium Belgium

Brussels suggests making US diplomats vet visas, as many EU citizens still need them to travel to the US.
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Amazon crash pilot passports held

Wednesday, October 4th 2006, 11:33
related countries: Botswana Botswana

A Brazilian court seizes the passports of two US pilots involved in a mid-air collision that killed 155 people.
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US pagans seek cemetery symbol

Wednesday, October 4th 2006, 10:14

Pagans of the Wicca faith in the US demand they be allowed to display their symbol in military graveyards.
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US publisher quits amid Cuba row

Wednesday, October 4th 2006, 9:40
related countries: Cuba Cuba
related places: Florida

The publisher of a Florida paper quits after it rehires three journalists sacked over anti-Cuba broadcasts.
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Bush 'disgust' at e-mail scandal

Wednesday, October 4th 2006, 5:57

US President George W Bush voices disgust at a former congressman accused of sending suggestive e-mails.
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Toyota sales far exceed rivals'

Tuesday, October 3rd 2006, 22:51
related countries: Japan Japan
related places: Toyota

Japanese car firm Toyota sees vehicle sales soar in September, in contrast to its US rivals.
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US killer in sex abuse confession

Tuesday, October 3rd 2006, 21:45

A gunman who attacked a US Amish school said he molested two young members of his family 20 years ago.
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Nato set for Afghan expansion

Tuesday, October 3rd 2006, 17:03
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan

The Nato alliance is to assume control of military operations across the whole of Afghanistan from Thursday.
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Key powers to seek Iran sanctions

Tuesday, October 3rd 2006, 16:16
related countries: Iran Iran, United Kingdom United Kingdom

The US and the UK say key world powers will seek UN sanctions against Iran over the nuclear stand-off.
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Motive probed in US school attack

Tuesday, October 3rd 2006, 15:49
related places: Pennsylvania, Amish

Police investigate why a gunman killed five girls at an Amish school, saying it may have been "revenge".
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Rice plea on Palestinian clashes

Tuesday, October 3rd 2006, 13:54

The US secretary of state calls for an end to the violence in the Palestinian territories, during a regional tour.
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Rice on new Mid-East tour

Tuesday, October 3rd 2006, 6:03
related countries: Israel Israel

The US secretary of state begins a regional tour to try to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace moves.
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Fatal shooting at US Amish school

Tuesday, October 3rd 2006, 3:10
related places: Pennsylvania, Amish

A gunman shoots dead four girls before killing himself in an attack on a Pennsylvania Amish school.
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New system will 'block' gambling

Tuesday, October 3rd 2006, 0:22
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

The US government is tipped to propose a system to stop internet gambling sites, say experts, as UK gambling stocks tumble.
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Scandal-hit US lawmaker in rehab

Monday, October 2nd 2006, 23:07

Former US Congressman Mark Foley, embroiled in an e-mail sex scandal, says he is being treated for alcoholism.
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Al-Qaeda HQ 'based in Pakistan'

Monday, October 2nd 2006, 10:52
related countries: Iraq Iraq, Pakistan Pakistan

A 2005 letter found after the death of al-Qaeda's chief in Iraq says its leaders were in Pakistan, a US paper reports.
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Nobel prize for genetic discovery

Monday, October 2nd 2006, 10:43

Two US scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for their pioneering work in genetics.
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US sex e-mail scandal deepens

Monday, October 2nd 2006, 4:11

Key US officials call for a full probe into sexually suggestive e-mails former Congressman Mark Foley sent to aides.
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Q&A: EU passenger data row

Sunday, October 1st 2006, 15:01

Why EU-US talks on renewing a deal on the transfer of air passenger data collapsed.
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EU-US airline data talks collapse

Saturday, September 30th 2006, 22:49

Talks on sharing airline passenger data between the US and EU states have broken down, the EU says.
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US Senate backs border fence

Saturday, September 30th 2006, 3:47
related countries: Mexico Mexico

The US Senate approves the building of a fence along the Mexican border designed to keep out illegal migrants.
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US nurtures ties with Kazakhstan

Saturday, September 30th 2006, 0:12

US President George W Bush holds talks with the Kazakh president, boosting ties with the oil-producing nation.
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Head teacher shot in Wisconsin

Friday, September 29th 2006, 23:48

A head teacher is shot at a high school in the US state of Wisconsin and a suspect is in custody.
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US 'hiding Iraq woes' - Woodward

Friday, September 29th 2006, 23:02
related countries: Iraq Iraq
related places: Woodward

Washington Post writer Bob Woodward says, in a new book, that the true extent of the Iraq war is being hidden.
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White House lobbyist ties 'wider'

Friday, September 29th 2006, 17:33
related places: White House

Disgraced US lobbyist Jack Abramoff had more contacts with the White House than it has admitted, an inquiry finds.
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Priests 'took US church millions'

Friday, September 29th 2006, 11:48
related places: Florida

A Catholic priest is held in Florida and another is on the run after stealing millions from parishioners, police say.
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US Senate backs terror trial bill

Friday, September 29th 2006, 9:58

The US Senate endorses President Bush's plans to interrogate and prosecute foreign terror suspects.
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Iraq convoy troops 'did not flee'

Friday, September 29th 2006, 6:29
related countries: Iraq Iraq

The US military rejects claims that its soldiers abandoned civilian truck drivers during an insurgent attack in Iraq.
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US school gunman 'abused' girls

Thursday, September 28th 2006, 21:24
related places: Colorado

Colorado police say the gunman in a fatal high school siege sexually abused some of his girl hostages.
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US imposes Thai sanctions

Thursday, September 28th 2006, 19:17
related countries: Thailand Thailand

The US cancels military assistance to Thailand in response to last week's military coup.
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Afghan attacks up despite truce

Thursday, September 28th 2006, 16:34
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan, Pakistan Pakistan

Attacks near the Afghan border with Pakistan triple in some areas despite a peace deal, the US military says.
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US shares set new record

Thursday, September 28th 2006, 15:02

The New York Stock Exchange's benchmark Dow Jones share index trades above its record closing high.
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Bush seeks truce in leaders' spat

Thursday, September 28th 2006, 10:24
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan, Pakistan Pakistan

The US president appeals to the Afghan and Pakistani leaders to put aside their differences to fight terrorism.
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US school siege ends in blood

Thursday, September 28th 2006, 6:27
related places: Colorado

A gunman kills himself and a teenage girl hostage as US police storm a Colorado school, officials say.
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US House passes terror trial bill

Wednesday, September 27th 2006, 23:43

The US House of Representatives passes a bill allowing military tribunals for foreign terrorism suspects.
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Attack on Baghdad mosque kills 10

Wednesday, September 27th 2006, 21:47
related countries: Iraq Iraq
related places: Baghdad

Ten people are killed in an attack at a Baghdad mosque, as the US says suicide attacks are at record levels.
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NY Mafia son's third trial folds

Wednesday, September 27th 2006, 19:42

US prosecutors fail yet again to convict John "Junior" Gotti, son of New York Mafia boss John Gotti.
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EU restricts hand-luggage liquid

Wednesday, September 27th 2006, 13:38
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Air passengers travelling to European Union countries may face a 100ml limit on how much they can take on board.
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Democrats seek full terror report

Wednesday, September 27th 2006, 10:00
related countries: Iraq Iraq
related places: Bush

US Democrats urge the Bush administration to release in full a report linking the Iraq conflict and global terrorism.
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Iraq war fuels terror - US report

Wednesday, September 27th 2006, 7:39
related countries: Iraq Iraq

The Iraq conflict has become a "cause celebre" for Muslim jihadists, a declassified US intelligence report says.
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Colombian drug lords jailed in US

Wednesday, September 27th 2006, 7:26
related countries: Colombia Colombia
related places: Cali

Two brothers who led Colombia's infamous Cali drug cartel are each sentenced to 30 years in US jails.
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US military set to quit Iceland

Wednesday, September 27th 2006, 7:18
related countries: Iceland Iceland

The US reaches agreement with Iceland on how to end its military presence in the country.
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N Korea hits out at US sanctions

Wednesday, September 27th 2006, 3:51
related countries: North Korea North Korea

North Korea blames US financial sanctions for deadlock in multilateral talks on its nuclear programme.
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Golf: US legend Nelson dies

Tuesday, September 26th 2006, 20:17
related places: Nelson, Texas

Byron Nelson, one of American golf's greatest players, has died at the age of 94 in his native Texas.
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