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US News Archive for January 2005:
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Fourth death in California mudslides
Rescue crews on Tuesday searched for as many as 27 people who may be trapped in Southern California mudslides that have already claimed four lives. Rescuers are keeping an anxious eye on the surrounding hillsides, with more rain forecast, and geologists warning more slides are possible...
CNN - January 11, 2005
U.N. secures $700m for tsunami aid
The U.N. says it now has $717 million -- more than 70 percent of the $977 million it requested -- to use immediately for tsunami relief. The U.N.'s emergency relief coordinator added that several countries indicated their private sectors will likely match government donations...
CNN - January 11, 2005
On New York Free-Agent Stage, Mets Take 1st Bow
The Mets introduced Carlos Beltran three hours before the Yankees were set to unveil Randy Johnson...
New York Times - January 11, 2005
Search Continues After Mudslide in California
Rescuers discovered a fourth dead body, as officials worried about a potential slide in another California town...
New York Times - January 11, 2005
U.S. and Europe Avert Showdown on Boeing-Airbus Dispute
The deal heads off a multibillion-dollar trade dispute by deferring World Trade Organization complaints...
New York Times - January 11, 2005
US names Ryder Cup duo
US captain Tom Lehman names Corey Pavin and Loren Roberts as assistants for the 2006 Ryder Cup...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Abu Ghraib inmate recalls torture
An inmate of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail tells a court that US soldier Charles Graner laughed while dishing out beatings...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Canada reports third mad cow case
Canada confirms a third case of mad cow disease has been found in a cow in the western province of Alberta...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Floods hit Costa Rica and Panama
Costa Rica declares a national emergency after heavy rain leads to flooding...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Bolivians in fuel price protests
Protests over the Bolivian government's decision to cut fuel subsidies bring two cities to a standstill...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Johnson switches to Yankees
Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Randy Johnson joins the New York Yankees...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Allawi: Some Iraqis unable to vote
Fear of violence will keep Iraqis in some parts of the country from voting in the national elections less than three weeks away, interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi says...
CNN - January 11, 2005
Rescuers dig for missing
Crews resumed their search on Tuesday for as many as 22 people feared trapped beneath a mound of mud and debris after a massive mudslide hit a Southern California town, killing at least three people...
CNN - January 11, 2005
Bush nominates new Homeland Security chief
President Bush today nominated federal appeals court judge Michael Chertoff to replace Tom Ridge as the Secretary of Homeland Security. "When Mike is confirmed by the Senate, the Department of Homeland Security will be led by a practical organizer, a skilled manager and a brilliant thinker," Bush said...
CNN - January 11, 2005
Seeking Signs of Life, Rescuers Resume Search in California
Most of the rescue workers were sent home Monday night because of fears that continued rains could cause another slide...
New York Times - January 11, 2005
Bush names Homeland pick
President Bush has nominated Judge Michael Chertoff to replace Tom Ridge as the Secretary of Homeland Security. Chertoff, 51, serves on the 3rd Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals, and was assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice's criminal division from 2001 to 2003...
CNN - January 11, 2005
Bush Picks Ex-Aide to Ashcroft for Homeland Security Post
Michael Chertoff was a top counterterrorism official as head of the Justice Department's criminal division from 2001 to 2003...
New York Times - January 11, 2005
Bush names new US security chief
US President George Bush puts forward judge Michael Chertoff as his new homeland security chief...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Deal sought on EU-US dispute
The EU and US agree to start talks on ending subsidies given to aircraft makers, the EU says...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
UN sanctions 'hitting al-Qaeda'
World efforts to cut off al-Qaeda funding are hailed as a success by a top US official...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Beltran completes New York switch
Houston's Carlos Beltran signs a £64m deal with the New York Mets...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Nortel in $300m profit revision
Telecoms equipment maker Nortel Networks sharply revises downwards its profits for the 2003 fiscal year...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
US prepares for hybrid onslaught
Carmakers are hoping 2005 will see soaring sales of hybrid cars combining normal fuel with electric power...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Three dead, 12 feared trapped after mudslide
Three people are dead and up to 12 others are feared trapped beneath a mound of mud and debris after a massive mudslide crushed several homes in the coastal California community of La Conchita. Rescuers have resumed search efforts, which were suspended for several hours because more mudslides were feared...
CNN - January 11, 2005
Mixed results in Bush poll
President Bush got high marks for his handling of the tsunami disaster, and his job approval rating went up in a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Monday, but most surveyed had doubts about his call to overhaul Social Security...
CNN - January 11, 2005
Tikrit bomb kills 6 Iraqi police
Insurgents early Tuesday detonated a car bomb near a police station in northern Tikrit, killing six Iraqi police, a U.S. military spokesman told CNN...
CNN - January 11, 2005
Mudslide kills at least 3
Three people are dead and up to 12 other people are feared trapped beneath a mound of mud and debris after a massive mudslide crushed several homes in the coastal California community of La Conchita. Rescue efforts are continuing...
CNN - January 11, 2005
For Honduras and Iran, World's Aid Evaporated
All too often when disaster strikes, the relief mission seems to last only as long as the media attention...
New York Times - January 11, 2005
Your Call (and Rants on Hold) Will Be Monitored
The message, "This call may be monitored for quality assurance purposes," is so common that many callers assume no one is listening. But they would be wrong...
New York Times - January 11, 2005
Pupils Step Back Into Their Future: A World of Books and Blackboards, and Hope
Across Sri Lanka and Indonesia, schools reopened in an effort to restore a semblance of normalcy...
New York Times - January 11, 2005
Soaked Hillside Gives Way, Killing 3 on California Coast
At least 12 people are still missing after part of a rain-saturated hillside came crashing down, burying four blocks of an oceanfront town...
New York Times - January 11, 2005
Post-Mortem of a Flawed Broadcast
An independent assessment of CBS's report on the president's military service is a major blow to the news operation's credibility...
New York Times - January 11, 2005
Wall Street Hears Pitch for Social Security Plan
Treasury Secretary John Snow began a sales effort on Monday to drum up Wall Street support for President Bush's plans to overhaul Social Security...
New York Times - January 11, 2005
Oil Find Hints at a Less Dependent Cuba
President Fidel Castro, in an announcement that raised eyebrows at energy companies, disclosed that oil deposits were discovered off Cuba...
New York Times - January 11, 2005
I.B.M. to Give Free Access to 500 Patents
I.B.M. plans to announce on Tuesday that it is making 500 of its software patents freely available to anyone working on open-source projects...
New York Times - January 11, 2005
Overhaul Plan for Pensions Is Outlined
The Bush administration outlined an ambitious plan on Monday to shore up America's pension funds and the federal agency that insures them...
New York Times - January 11, 2005
Pfizer to Halt 'Good as Floss' Listerine Ads
Pfizer will spend $2 million to replace what a judge called misleading advertising suggesting that Listerine mouthwash is as effective as flossing...
New York Times - January 11, 2005
Mass DNA test for murder town
Police in a Massachusetts town approach local males for DNA tests in an attempt to solve a 2002 murder...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Surprise win for anti-Bush film
Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 wins best film at the US People's Choice Awards, voted for by the US public...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
US aid helicopter crashes in Aceh
At least two people are injured after a US helicopter on an aid mission crashes near Banda Aceh in Indonesia...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Powell looks to tsunami long haul
America's outgoing secretary of state says he will call for long-term US aid to the Indian Ocean region...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Dollar slips after New Year gains
The US dollar edges back down from a week of solid gains as investors await trade figures later this week...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Deforestation paves way in Brazil
Jan Rocha travels through Brazil's Amazon region where farmers and environmentalists are at loggerheads...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Abu Ghraib troops 'did not abuse'
The lawyer for a US soldier accused of mistreating Iraqi prisoners says he used valid control techniques...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Venezuela head signs land decree
Venezuela's President Chavez signs a decree on land reform, which he says will bring justice to the poor...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Oil-for-food officials criticised
UN audits newly released point to widespread mismanagement in the former UN oil-for-food programme for Iraq...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Cubans end EU diplomatic freeze
Havana ends its "cocktail wars" with Brussels, resuming ties with the EU and four of its member states...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Bush names key adviser
President Bush names Al Hubbard, a close friend and financial backer, as his chief economic adviser...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Peru minister quits after siege
Peru's interior minister resigns over an army reservist uprising in which six people were killed...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
CBS sacks four over Bush report
Four staff of US TV channel CBS are fired over the use of allegedly fake documents about US President Bush's military past in a report...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Beltran set to seal Mets switch
Houston's Carlos Beltran is on the verge of signing a £64m deal with the New York Mets...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Colts pound Broncos
Peyton Manning leads Indianapolis to a 49-24 victory over Denver in the AFC wild card game...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Chile's Gen Pinochet granted bail
Former military ruler Gen Augusto Pinochet, who is charged with murder and kidnapping, is released on bail...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
Colombia rejects 'kidnap' charge
Colombia rejects accusations that its security forces violated Venezuelan territory to capture a rebel leader...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
US columnist axed over payment
A US black commentator is dropped by a top syndicate over a payment from the Bush administration...
BBC News - January 11, 2005
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