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Gustav stalls offshore in Haiti after killing 23
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Indian security forces kill 3 in Kashmir
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Indian security forces kill 5 in Kashmir
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Kashmir police and suspected rebels in shootout
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Swiss exonerate Europes last executed witch
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Combat flares in 3rd area of Pakistan border belt
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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At least 5 dead in Kashmir battle over hostages
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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9 killed in bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Garth, Doherty make nice while filming new 90210
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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US News Archive for December 2005:
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Martin ups war of words with U.S.
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin has escalated a war of words with the United States, telling Washington not to dictate to him what topics he can raise in the run-up to Canada's January 23 election...
CNN - December 14, 2005
House Approves Renewal of Patriot Act
The House vote was 251 to 174, but prospects for the anti-terrorism law in the Senate remained uncertain...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Mayor Outlines Plan to Cope With a Transit Strike
Mayor Bloomberg warned residents to be prepared for large crowds and long delays in the event of a strike Friday...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
S.E.C. Looks to Ease Delisting Rules for Foreign Companies
The S.E.C. chairman said he hoped the new rules would encourage foreign companies to list in the U.S. since they would know it would be relatively easy to leave...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Swiss Re Is Reported to Be Selling Investment Bank
The insurance company Swiss Re has put its research and investment banking subsidiary Fox, Pitt, Kelton on the block, according to an executive briefed on the matter...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Bush praises Iraq efforts on eve of election
In his fourth and final speech leading up to Iraq's Thursday election for a four-year parliament, President Bush today praised U.S. efforts to fight terrorism and to create a new Mideast democracy. Bush called the election "a watershed moment in the story of freedom."...
CNN - December 14, 2005
Iran leader: Holocaust a 'myth'
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has described the Holocaust as "a myth" and suggested that Israel be moved to Europe, Canada or Alaska. Germany, the United States, the European Commission and Israel condemned his remarks...
CNN - December 14, 2005
Bush: 'I am responsible'
On the eve of Iraq's historic election for a permanent parliament, President Bush defended his decision to go to invade Iraq, despite flawed pre-war intelligence. "It is true that much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong. As president I am responsible for the decision to go into Iraq," the president said. "And I'm also responsible for fixing what went wrong by reforming our intelligence capabilities. And we're doing just that."...
CNN - December 14, 2005
U.S. Trade Deficit Hits New Record of $68.9 Billion
The surprising widening suggests that the problems caused by the hurricanes have taken a larger-than-expected a toll...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
New York Police Mourn at Second Funeral in Eight Days
Officer Daniel Enchautegui was fatally shot after confronting two men who the police say were attempting a burglary...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Ex-President Ford leaves hospital
US former President Gerald Ford is released from hospital after undergoing tests...
BBC News - December 14, 2005
US trade plunges further into red
The US trade gap has widened unexpectedly to a fresh record, as oil imports surge and Hurricane Katrina...
BBC News - December 14, 2005
Bosses 'upbeat' about US economy
Business leaders in the US expect the world's biggest economy to show robust growth in 2006, a survey says...
BBC News - December 14, 2005
Mayan treasure found
Archaeologists say they have discovered a 2,000-year-old Mayan mural in Guatemala...
BBC News - December 14, 2005
Four found shot at Boston studio
Four men are found shot inside a converted recording studio in the basement of a Boston home...
BBC News - December 14, 2005
Pregnant skydiver describes fall
A US woman who plunged to ground when her parachute failed to open has been speaking of her experience...
BBC News - December 14, 2005
Football: Sao Paulo FC reach final
Sao Paulo reach the World Club Championship final after a hard-fought encounter with Saudi side Al Ittihan...
BBC News - December 14, 2005
Anger in Beirut as editor buried
Thousands line the streets of Beirut for the funeral of Gebran Tueni, an anti-Syrian MP and head of a prominent newspaper who was killed Monday in a car bombing...
CNN - December 14, 2005
Elections to change Iraqi politics
Iraqis began the year with a historic transitional assembly election. They voted for a constitution in October. And on Thursday as many as 10 million people are expected to vote for a full four-year parliament, despite possible violence...
CNN - December 14, 2005
Poll: U.S. can win, but won't
As President Bush prepares to make his final speech on the strategy for winning the war in Iraq, a recent poll indicates that fewer people are opposed to the U.S. presence there, but they don't think the U.S. is winning the effort...
CNN - December 14, 2005
Cut in Minimum Tax Not Likely, Lawmaker Says
The tax, created to prevent the rich from escaping tax liability, is expected to hit another 15 million Americans next year...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Election: Sunni Bastion Now Turning to Ballot Box
Turnout is expected to be high in Tikrit, Iraq, reflecting the shift in attitude of many Sunni Arabs toward the political process...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
As a Face Transplant Heals, Flurries of Questions Arise
An argument is swirling over the ethics of the groundbreaking surgery and the psychological health of the recipient...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Suspicious Transfers Investigated
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New York Times - December 14, 2005
Addenda: Arnell Group to Develop Branded Programs for Fox
Arnell Group to Develop...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
World Business Briefing
EUROPE...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Brazil to pay off IMF debts early
Brazil plans to pay off its entire $15.5bn debt to the International Monetary Fund two years ahead of schedule...
BBC News - December 14, 2005
Enron boss blames finance chief
Former Enron boss Kenneth Lay says his finance officer Andrew Fastow was solely to blame for the firm's collapse...
BBC News - December 14, 2005
US ex-President Ford in hospital
US former President Gerald Ford is in hospital in California for tests, his spokesman says...
BBC News - December 14, 2005
US accused over jailing reporters
The US appears for the first time among the top 10 in a list of the countries accused of imprisoning journalists...
BBC News - December 14, 2005
Envoy demands Haiti apology
The Dominican Republic's envoy to Haiti demands an apology after clashes mar his president's visit there...
BBC News - December 14, 2005
UN highlights children's plight
Hundreds of millions of "forgotten" children suffer exploitation and discrimination, the UN says...
BBC News - December 14, 2005
Cuba 'bars women from prize trip'
Cuban women activists say they are being stopped from going to Europe to collect a human rights prize...
BBC News - December 14, 2005
Bolivia's Morales meets military
The left-leaning front-runner for Sunday's election in Bolivia, Evo Morales, holds a meeting with senior military commanders...
BBC News - December 14, 2005
Former President Ford released from hospital
Former President Gerald R. Ford has been released from the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California, where he was undergoing medical tests. The 92-year-old Ford has been suffering from a cold, but he went to the hospital for routine tests that have been scheduled for some time, his top aide said...
CNN - December 14, 2005
East Asia debates who belongs
East Asia's first summit of leaders ended on Wednesday with a rare handshake between the leaders of Japan and China. Leaders of the grouping -- which represents half of the world's population and one-fifth of global trade -- have agreed to hold annual talks on issues of regional and strategic importance...
CNN - December 14, 2005
Wines of The Times: Champagne: How Low Can You Go?
The tasting panel was relieved and happy to find some cheap Champagnes that it could recommend enthusiastically...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Vodafone to Buy Turkish Phone Company
Vodafone made an expensive bet that it can fix the Turkish mobile operator Telsim...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Moderate Gain in Retail Sales for November
Retail sales posted a moderate increase in November as falling gasoline prices left consumers with more money to spend...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Text of Fed Statement on Rates
Following is the text of a statement released by the Federal Reserve yesterday after the Fed's monetary policy panel, the Federal Open Market Committee, decided to raise its benchmark interest rates a quarter-point:...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Square Feet: As Goes MBNA, So Goes Delaware
The merger announcement between MBNA, the state's largest private employer, and Bank of America knocked the wind out of the construction market overnight...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Bright Spot on Gulf as Casinos Rush to Rebuild
Casinos are serving as an economic lifeline in Biloxi, Miss., which lost well over 10,000 jobs after Hurricane Katrina...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
European Court to Rule on G.E. Merger Appeal
The quashed $42 billion merger of General Electric and Honeywell International will be decided Wednesday...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
DirecTV Fined for Sales Calls
DirecTV will pay $5.34 million to settle charges that its telemarketers called households listed on the national do-not-call registry...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Square Feet: With Rentals Cold, a Shift to Retail
GDC Properties of Hawthorne, N.Y has sold many of its rental apartment complexes and is reinvesting the capital in shopping centers...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Advertising: Can a Hard-Goods Executive Rescue Havas?
Vincent Bolloré has played the poker-faced outsider who keeps everyone guessing at his intentions since taking control of the troubled advertising company...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Los Angeles Times Is Ending Its National Edition Next Week
Officials said the loss would not be so great because the paper was widely read online...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Travel Unit Dims Cendant's Outlook
The Cendant Corporation said that its fourth-quarter earnings would be at the lower end of its projected range...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Procter & Gamble Predicts Higher Earnings
Teh company said the increase would come from higher sales and lower-than-anticipated costs from its acquisition of the Gillette Company...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
British Concern and New Mexico Agree on Building a Spaceport
Virgin Galactic, the British company created by the entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, plans to send tourists into space...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Shares Rally on Fed's Hint of an End to Rate Increases
The fourth-quarter stock rally got a jump-start yesterday after the Federal Reserve signaled it might stop raising interest rates soon...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
U.S. Ranks Sixth Among Countries Jailing Journalists, Report Says
The U.S. has tied with Myanmar for sixth place among countries that have the most journalists behind bars, according to a new report...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
It's Star Wars on Satellite Radio
Watch out, Howard Stern: Bob Dylan has signed on to host his own show on XM Satellite Radio...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
S.E.C. Decides Not to Act Against Taser on Safety Statements
Taser's shares jumped 15 percent on the news, though they remain far below the highs they set a year ago...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Time Inc. Lays Off 105, Including Top Executives
The layoffs are part of a wide-ranging overhaul of Time Inc.'s business side, prompted partly by pressure to offset advertising losses...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Lehman Says Its Earnings Rose 41% in 4th Quarter
The results were driven by gains in merger and acquisition advice, bond trading and stock and bond sales...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Pfizer to Finance $100 Million Safety Study of Celebrex
The study will examine the safety of Celebrex in arthritis patients prone to heart attack and stroke...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
MTV to Start Music Service With Microsoft
The service, to be called Urge, will offer more than two million songs for sale individually or as part of a subscription package...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Best Buy Profit Declines 6.8 Percent
The electronics retailer also said that high expenses would hurt fourth-quarter results...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Fed Gives Mixed Sign on Rates
After 13 back-to-back increases, the Fed left its message even more ambiguous than usual in a clear effort to increase its flexibility in the months ahead...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
No Sign of Progress on Farm Issue as World Trade Meeting Opens
Many countries vowed to provide aid and greater export opportunities for poor countries but there was little sign of progress on lifting global barriers to farm trade...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Tax-Shelter Inquiry Focuses on Restaurant Operator
The questionable tax shelter, called Insureco, was sold by the accounting firm KPMG in the late 1990's...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Protests Well Up as Delphi Workers Ponder Cuts
The company's initial demand for wages as low as $9.50 an hour, versus the $27 an hour workers now receive, was met with grass-roots protests...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Market Place: Hewlett Chief Tells Wall St. Efficiency Drive Is Still On
Mark V. Hurd delivered a clear message: the company's business strategy has not yet changed, but the management style and focus certainly have...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Six Flags Appoints a Chief as Its Chairman Takes Hold
Mark Shapiro, a former ESPN executive who joined the Six Flags board late last month, was appointed to the company's top post...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Whistle-Blower Sues Pfizer
A former vice president has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the drug maker...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Two Utilities Said to Hold Merger Talks
The parent of Florida Power and Light is in advanced talks to acquire the Constellation Energy Group for more than $11 billion...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
More Deaths Are Linked to Device
The F.D.A. has received several new reports about patient deaths associated with short circuits in heart devices made by the Guidant Corporation...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Enron's Chief Offers His Case
In a rare appearance, Kenneth Lay spoke to the Houston Forum and proclaimed his innocence in Enron's collapse...
New York Times - December 14, 2005
Venezuela MPs accuse US of 'plot'
Two leading Venezuelan lawmakers accuse the US of a plot to damage the government of President Hugo Chavez...
BBC News - December 14, 2005
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