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US News Archive for December 2005:
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Uneasy calm in Sydney suburbs
Attacks linked to two nights of race rioting in Sydney were reported in two other Australian cities, but an uneasy calm returned to the streets of Cronulla after a heavy police presence effectively locked down the beachside suburb...
CNN - December 13, 2005
Nigeria grounds two airlines
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has grounded Sosoliso Airlines in the wake of a weekend crash that killed 108 people, many of them Catholic secondary school students on their way home for the holidays, the president's office said Tuesday...
CNN - December 13, 2005
Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Barring Transit Strike
New York City's transportation workers' union will face millions of dollars in fines if employees walk out...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
China Suppresses News of Violent Crackdown on Demonstration
A week after the police fired on protesters, leaving as many as 20 people dead, most of China knows nothing of the event...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Pfizer Plans Study of 20,000 Patients on Risks of Celebrex
Celebrex has agreed to pay for a clinical study with an estimated price tag of more than $100 million involving about 20,000 patients at high risk for heart attack and stroke...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Fed Hikes Rates and Hints They May Go Higher
After 13 back-to-back increases, the Fed is entering an uncertain phase when the need for higher rates is less clear...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Venezuela jails opposition leader
Venezuela's opposition leader Carlos Ortega is jailed for 15 years on charges of inciting civil unrest during a strike...
BBC News - December 13, 2005
Probe: CIA flight claims credible
European investigators say they have evidence that supports allegations the CIA "abducted and transferred" people between countries and temporarily held them "without any judicial involvement." Dick Marty, who heads the Council of Europe probe, did not specify which countries were involved...
CNN - December 13, 2005
Parents mourn 50 crash children
Nigerian parents holding school awards and photographs of their children, who died in a plane crash at Port Harcourt airport, pray and weep at a memorial service within sight of the wreckage...
CNN - December 13, 2005
Katrina victims: 'Living in barns'
More than three months after thousands lost homes in Hurricane Katrina, local and federal officials are trading blame over the slow delivery of trailer housing. St. Bernard Parish president Henry "Junior" Rodriguez, told CNN: "This is the beginning of winter. This is unacceptable." But federal officials said the housing holdup was down to the parish...
CNN - December 13, 2005
Poll: Most say Bush has no Iraq victory plan
Despite a series of recent speeches spelling out the administration's policies on Iraq, the majority of Americans in a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll said they do not believe President Bush has a plan that will achieve victory in Iraq...
CNN - December 13, 2005
Stanley Tookie Williams, Crips Gang Co-Founder, Is Executed
To his supporters, Stanley Tookie Williams had become an icon of jailhouse redemption and a powerful critic of gang life...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Red Cross Chief Steps Down; Interim Successor Is Named
Marsha J. Evans may be taking the fall for the group's much-criticized response to Hurricane Katrina...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Explosion Rocks Apartment Building in N.J.
An apartment building in this northern New Jersey community ignited into flames this morning after excavation work to remove an underground oil tank apparently pinched a gas line, authorities said...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
ConocoPhillips in $35bn gas deal
Energy giant ConocoPhillips buys gas firm Burlington Resources for $35bn, spurred by record natural gas prices...
BBC News - December 13, 2005
Mixed message for US retailers
The latest US retail figures give a mixed message on consumer confidence ahead of the important Christmas shopping season...
BBC News - December 13, 2005
Ex-US President Ford in hospital
Former US President Gerald Ford is in hospital in California for tests, his spokesman says...
BBC News - December 13, 2005
Katrina e-mails show 'PR worries'
Louisiana governor aides were concerned about their boss' image in the aftermath of Katrina, e-mails show...
BBC News - December 13, 2005
Gang co-founder executed
Stanley Tookie Williams -- the co-founder of the violent Crips street gang who became an anti-gang crusader while on death row -- has died by lethal injection for the 1979 killings of four people in two Los Angles robberies...
CNN - December 13, 2005
Williams is put to death
Convicted killer and Crips gang co-founder Stanley Tookie Williams was executed early today at the California state prison at San Quentin. He went to the death chamber for killing four people during two separate robberies in 1979...
CNN - December 13, 2005
Golf: Woods will miss tour opener
Tiger Woods will miss the PGA Tour's season-opening Mercedes Championship to spend more time with his family...
BBC News - December 13, 2005
Doubts greet opening of WTO summit
Trade ministers from around the world are gathering in Hong Kong Tuesday to debate a global trade pact and how best to deliver aid to poor nations...
CNN - December 13, 2005
Lebanese call for bombings probe
The Lebanese Cabinet session called for an international investigation into a string of high-profile attacks on critics of Syrian involvement in Lebanon, prompting five pro-Syrian ministers to suspend participation in the government. The latest victim was politician and journalist Gebran Tueni who was killed Monday...
CNN - December 13, 2005
Supreme Court denies stay
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to stay the execution of convicted killer Stanley Tookie Williams, clearing the way for him to die by lethal injection early Tuesday at San Quentin State Prison, near San Francisco. Hours earlier, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger denied clemency for the convicted killer...
CNN - December 13, 2005
Supreme Court to Hear Dispute on Texas Redistricting
The court will decide the validity of a much-disputed Congressional map that cost the state's Democrats five seats in Congress...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Governor Rejects Clemency for Inmate on Death Row
Stanley Tookie Williams, a leader of the Crips gang of Los Angeles, is scheduled to die by injection at 12:01 a.m. P.S.T...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
After 14 Weeks, Evacuees Settle Into 14th Home
More than three months after Hurricane Katrina uprooted thousands of lives, many of the poorest victims remain in limbo...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Rule by Law: Legal Gadfly Bites Hard, and Beijing Slaps Him
A self-proclaimed "rights defender" in China has become the most prominent in a string of outspoken lawyers facing persecution...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Mixed Day as Oil Prices Offset Lift From Merger Reports
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
On the Road: Why I Looked a Mileage Run in the Eye and Blinked
TUCSON...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Memo Pad: Competition in Registered Travel
COMPETITION IN REGISTERED TRAVEL There is growing competition in the nascent Registered Travel program that enables passengers to move more quickly through airport security. The program is run by private companies under federal supervision, and passengers pay a fee to be prescreened to get a biometric encoded identification card, which uses fingerprints and iris scans. Right now, the only operating program is called Clear, run at the airport in Orlando, Fla., by Verified Identity Pass of New York. Yesterday, the Saflink Corporation, a security company based in Bellevue, Wash., said it had expanded a partnership that now includes Microsoft to compete in the Registered Traveler program. Other partners include Johnson Controls., Expedia Corporate Travel and ID Technology Partners. The Transportation Security Administration has said a wide rollout of the program beyond Orlando would begin next year at airports nationally. At Orlando, more than 11,000 frequent fliers have already signed up for Clear, which costs $79.95 a year, the company's founder, Steven Brill, said. Saflink, in announcing yesterday that it had expanded its partnership, said its competing card could also be used as a credit card...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Market Place: Energy, the Hot Deal Field, Is Likely to Get Still Hotter
LONDON, Dec. 12 - A ConocoPhillips bid to acquire the natural gas producer Burlington Resources for more than $31 billion would cap what has already been a frothy year for energy deals. Even before this expected deal, which could be announced this week, Chevron bought Unocal, Chinese and Russian companies cut deals from Venezuela to Kazakhstan, and even Warren Buffet, the famed value investor, bought a power company...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Tokyo Exchange Struggles With Snarls in Electronics
Last month, a computer glitch shut down trading on the exchange, and last week a typographical error generated a $330 million loss...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Gays Pressure Ford to Reject Boycott Group
DETROIT, Dec. 12 - Gay rights groups are pressuring Ford Motor to distance itself from a conservative religious group that declared victory after Ford announced it would cut back on advertising in publications aimed at gay people...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Times Promotes Executive
Todd Haskell, executive director of business development for the advertising department of The New York Times, has been promoted to the new position of vice president for business development...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Saudi Arabia Looks Past Oil in Attempt to Diversify
Saudi Arabia has taken steps to help diversify its private sector and reduce the risk associated with the boom-and-bust oil markets...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
OPEC Leaves Output Unchanged, and Prices Climb
OPEC decided to keep its current production levels unchanged but hinted that it would consider paring its output if it expected a drop in demand next spring...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Delta Pilots' Accord to Cut $143 Million
By Reuters...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Don't Go There
Pre-trip audits of business travel are beginning to catch on in corporate America...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Appeals Court Orders a Review of Medco Settlement Challenge
An appeals court panel has ordered a federal judge to re-examine a challenge to a $42.5 million settlement agreement in a class-action lawsuit against Medco Health Solutions, the pharmacy benefits management company...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Pfizer Raises Its Dividends
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Frequent Flier: The Chatter Is Nonstop Whether the Flight Is or Not
YOU know the seatmate who doesn't stop talking for the entire flight - the one no one wants to get stuck next to? I'm that guy...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Advertising: 'Naked' Vodka for the Unhip Among Us
A campaign meant to reintroduce American drinkers to Finlandia vodka portrays it as the alternative to brands chosen by fashionistas or trendy types...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Roche to Let Chinese Producer Make Flu Drug
Roche, the Swiss maker of the influenza drug Tamiflu, reached an agreement with China's state-owned Shanghai Pharmaceutical Group to make the drug...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Japan Partially Lifts 2-Year Ban on U.S. Beef, Defusing Trade Dispute
Tokyo eased the ban after months of negotiations and amid threats of retaliation by members of Congress...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Bit of Pressure Gets Protester Past the Gates of Hong Kong
An antiglobalization protester best known for attacking McDonald's restaurants has been granted a pass to the World Trade Organization conference...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Calpine Appoints a Chief Executive
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12 (Reuters) - The Calpine Corporation, the independent power producer, said on Monday that directors had named Robert P. May, formerly nonexecutive chairman of HealthSouth, as chief executive and a director...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
The Sweater, That Staple Holiday Gift, May Be Losing Its Allure
Hard times have befallen the dependable sweater, with sales down sharply this year, and some are beginning to ask if it has become the new holiday fruitcake...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
S.& P. Cuts G.M. Rating to Lowest in 52 Years
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services cut its rating on General Motors' debt two more notches into junk status...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Europe Expected to Require Keeping of Phone-Call Data
Legislation would require telecommunications companies to keep details on their clients' phone calls, faxes and e-mail messages to combat terrorism...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Parent of Dunkin' Donuts Sold for $2.4 Billion to Equity Firms
Three private equity firms confirmed yesterday that they had agreed to buy the parent of Dunkin' Donuts for $2.4 billion...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
A Mistrial Is Declared in 3rd Suit Over Vioxx
In an apparent setback for Merck, a judge in Houston declared a mistrial after jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Cable Relents on Channels for the Family
Cable companies plan to offer packages of channels to parents who want to shield their children from potentially offensive shows...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Investor Takes Aim at Wendy's
Nelson Peltz, a billionaire investor who has been quietly buying shares of Wendy's International, plans to propose a radical overhaul of the fast-food company...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
The Baltic Life: Hot Technology for Chilly Streets
Skype has become a hot calling card for Estonia, which has turned itself into a sort of Silicon Valley on the Baltic Sea...
New York Times - December 13, 2005
Fed 'set to raise rates to 4.25%'
The US Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates, sparking a debate over whether more are to come...
BBC News - December 13, 2005
Haiti clashes mar Dominican talks
Several people are hurt in Haiti during a protest rally against a visit by the president of the Dominican Republic...
BBC News - December 13, 2005
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