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US News Archive for February 2005:
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Shockwaves after N Korean nuclear claim
World leaders expressed concern on Thursday after North Korea said it will quit nuclear disarmament talks and will "bolster its nuclear weapons arsenal." The announcment, made in the country's official news agency, was the nation's first public admission that it possesses nuclear weapons...
CNN - February 10, 2005
Shockwaves after NK nuclear claim
World leaders expressed concern on Thursday after North Korea said it will quit six-party nuclear disarmament talks and will "bolster its nuclear weapons arsenal."...
CNN - February 10, 2005
House OKs immigration bill
Hoping to keep drivers licenses out of the hands of terrorists, the House voted Thursday to make states verify that applicants are U.S. citizens or legal immigrants...
CNN - February 10, 2005
Civil Rights Lawyer Is Convicted of Aiding Terrorists
Lynne F. Stewart was convicted today of smuggling messages from one of her jailed clients to his terrorist disciples...
New York Times - February 10, 2005
Senate Passes Overhaul of Rules for Class-Action Lawsuits
The Senate today handed President Bush and his supporters in the business world a major legislative triumph...
New York Times - February 10, 2005
U.S. Trade Deficit Exceeds a Record $600 Billion
The figure amounts to more than 5 percent of the U.S. economy, a level some economists and lawmakers said was unsustainable...
New York Times - February 10, 2005
Safety alert as GM recalls cars
The world's biggest carmaker General Motors (GM) recalls nearly 200,000 vehicles in the US on safety grounds...
BBC News - February 10, 2005
Actor Blake wanted wife 'snuffed'
Robert Blake wanted his wife 'snuffed' according to a former stuntman testifying at the actor's trial...
BBC News - February 10, 2005
'Religious abuse' at Guantanamo
Terror suspects at the US base in Guantanamo Bay say they are being subjected to routine religious humiliation...
BBC News - February 10, 2005
US lawyer guilty of terror charge
US lawyer Lynn Stewart is convicted of supporting terrorists by smuggling messages from a client...
BBC News - February 10, 2005
Costa Rica leader in hospital
Costa Rican President Abel Pacheco is taken to hospital after suffering from heart troubles...
BBC News - February 10, 2005
US airports had warnings of 9/11
Aviation officials in the US had many warnings that airlines might be hijacked in the months before 11 September...
BBC News - February 10, 2005
Aid arrives in flood-hit Guyana
Relief slowly starts to reach Guyana, where tens of thousands are reeling from the worst floods in its history...
BBC News - February 10, 2005
North Korea says it has nuclear weapons
Citing what it calls U.S. threats to topple its political system, North Korea said it is dropping out of six-party nuclear talks and will "bolster its nuclear weapons arsenal," the country's official news agency KCNA said today. The report was North Korea's first public admission that it possessed nuclear weapons...
CNN - February 10, 2005
Brother of 'Perfect Storm' victim rescued
A fishing boat sank and the Coast Guard rescued all three men on board, including the brother of one of the fishermen lost in the 1991 sinking portrayed in the book and film "The Perfect Storm."...
CNN - February 10, 2005
Immigration bill vote nears
Although reshaping U.S. immigration law is a priority of President Bush's second term, his proposal for a guestworker program wasn't on the table as the Republican-controlled House took up an immigration bill this week...
CNN - February 10, 2005
Shiite Offers Secular Vision of Iraq Future
Adel Abdul Mahdi personifies a strong secular current that runs through the United Iraqi Alliance, a Shiite coalition...
New York Times - February 10, 2005
PNC Reaches Revised Deal to Buy Riggs Bank
PNC Financial Services Group will acquire the Riggs National Corporation after all, at a lower price than originally offered, in a deal that will head off a lawsuit filed earlier this week by Riggs...
New York Times - February 10, 2005
Eisner Said to Be Open to Staying at Disney
Michael Eisner indicated that he wants to stay on as chairman of the Walt Disney Company after he steps down as chief executive in September 2006...
New York Times - February 10, 2005
Montreal regains swim finals
Montreal is handed back the chance to host July's swimming World Championships...
BBC News - February 10, 2005
Rich grab half Colombia poor fund
Half of the Colombian government's subsidies for the poor are swallowed up by the richest part of society, a study claims...
BBC News - February 10, 2005
Germany rejects Rumsfeld inquiry
Prosecutors in Germany say they will not pursue a war crimes legal case against US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld...
BBC News - February 10, 2005
Skiing: Miller fails in treble bid
Austria's Hermann Maier wins giant slalom gold at the world championships in Bormio...
BBC News - February 10, 2005
Annan defends United Nations role
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan outlines his vision for the UN in the 21st Century...
BBC News - February 10, 2005
North Korea claims nuclear weapons, pulls out of talks
Citing what it calls U.S. threats to topple its political system, North Korea said today it is dropping out of six-party nuclear talks and will "bolster its nuclear weapons arsenal," North Korea's official news agency KCNA reported. It is the first time the secretive communist state headed by Kim Jong Il has claimed publicly to possess nuclear weapons...
CNN - February 10, 2005
Suspect wounded, captured
A man police say shot to death a Lake County, Florida, sheriff's deputy and wounded two others was captured Wednesday afternoon after a gunfight in the Ocala National Forest, the county sheriff said. The suspect, 29-year-old Jason Lee Wheeler, was wounded in the shootout...
CNN - February 10, 2005
North Korea claims nuclear weapons
Citing what it calls U.S. threats to topple its political system, North Korea said Thursday it is dropping out of six-party nuclear talks and will "bolster its nuclear weapons arsenal," North Korea's official news agency KCNA reported...
CNN - February 10, 2005
Foes Dig In as Wal-Mart Aims for City
Small businesses, union leaders, City Council members and even some mayoral candidates are gearing up to prevent Wal-Mart from setting foot in New York City...
New York Times - February 10, 2005
U.S. Audit Faults Federal Regulators on Rail Safety
America's four biggest railroads suffer from substantial and systemic safety problems, according to a new federal audit...
New York Times - February 10, 2005
Wounded suspect nabbed
A man police believe shot a Lake County, Florida, sheriff's deputy to death and wounded two others was captured late Wednesday afternoon after a gunfight in the Ocala National Forest, the sheriff said. More than 500 officers from up to 30 law enforcement agencies swarmed the woods of rural Florida north of Orlando...
CNN - February 10, 2005
Bush to seek $600 million more for tsunami aid
President Bush says he will ask Congress for an additional $600 million to aid victims of the December 26 Indian Ocean tsunami. The cash would be on top of $350 million already pledged and would represent "the most extensive in American history for the U.S. government," said Andrew Natsios, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development...
CNN - February 10, 2005
Too Late for Katie, Town Tackles a Drug's Scourge
The death of a girl and the arrest of an unemployed high school dropout have shaken a small Indiana town out of silence about the scourge of methamphetamine...
New York Times - February 10, 2005
So Many Paths. Which Shaolin Is Real? The Reply: Yes.
Is Shaolin kung fu popular entertainment or solemn exercise? The short answer to this question is yes...
New York Times - February 10, 2005
Sudden Stress Breaks Hearts, a Report Says
The little known and poorly understood syndrome seems to affect primarily women, researchers are reporting...
New York Times - February 10, 2005
9/11 Report Cites Many Warnings About Hijackings
The report takes the F.A.A. to task for failing to pursue domestic security measures that could conceivably have altered the events of Sept. 11, 2001...
New York Times - February 10, 2005
Lawyers' Groups File Brief Supporting Quattrone Appeal
Several associations of public defenders and lawyers have filed a brief in support of Frank Quattrone's appeal to overturn his conviction and have the case retried...
New York Times - February 10, 2005
S.E.C. Chief, Under Cross-Pressure, Sees Some Modest Changes
The Securities and Exchange Commission chairman said the commission would consider making modest changes to regulations adopted after a wave of corporate scandals...
New York Times - February 10, 2005
A.I.G. Hit Bonus Pool to Pay Bulk of Penalty
Most of the $126 million that American International Group paid to settle with regulators last year came out of a bonus pool for executives...
New York Times - February 10, 2005
A February to Remember for TV and Marketers
For the major broadcast networks, February is bringing the kind of advertising dollars they have perhaps not seen in a month of Sundays...
New York Times - February 10, 2005
In Quest of Sales, Unilever May Simplify Its Structure
Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch food and soap conglomerate, may consolidate its two headquarters to simplify its structure and win back market share...
New York Times - February 10, 2005
Fiorina's Confrontational Tenure at Hewlett Comes to a Close
The resignation of Carleton Fiorina was an ignominious end to an effort to shake up a slow-moving corporate culture...
New York Times - February 10, 2005
US bank in $515m SEC settlement
Five subsidiaries of Bank of America agree settlements with the US market watchdog totalling $515m for fraudulent fund trading...
BBC News - February 10, 2005
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