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US News Archive for May 2006:
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2 Car Bombs Kill 14 Outside Baghdad Airport
The attack was the deadliest in a day of violence that left 32 people dead, including two American soldiers...
New York Times - May 14, 2006
Bush Aide Defends Eavesdropping on Phone Calls
President Bush's national security adviser insisted that a government effort to compile data on millions of telephone calls was a legal...
New York Times - May 14, 2006
Israeli Troops Kill 6 Palestinians in West Bank
Those killed included an Islamic Jihad leader accused of orchestrating a suicide bombing last month...
New York Times - May 14, 2006
Athletics 6, Yankees 1: Athletics Pin Another Loss on Johnson
Dan Haren pitched a six-hitter for his first complete game this season, and the Oakland Athletics homered twice off an inconsistent Randy Johnson...
New York Times - May 14, 2006
Windies seal Zimbabwe sweep
West Indies defeat Zimbabwe by 104 runs in the seventh one-day cricket
international to win the series 5-0...
BBC News - May 14, 2006
Brazil gang attacks leave 52 dead
A powerful criminal gang in Brazil launches a wave of weekend attacks against police stations in Sao Paulo and uprisings in jails across Sao Paulo state, leaving as many as 52 people reported dead. There are reports of at least 73 separate attacks with machine guns and grenades...
CNN - May 14, 2006
32 killed in violence across Iraq
A spate of weekend violence, concentrated near the Iraqi capital, has claimed 32 lives -- most of them civilians -- and leveled six Shiite shrines, evidence that sectarian tensions are still strong...
CNN - May 14, 2006
Frist: Guard troops the best short-term border fix
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist on Sunday dismissed concerns about a proposal to use National Guard troops to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border, saying it is the only short-term solution to stem the flow of illegal immigrants...
CNN - May 14, 2006
Nets Not Ignoring O'Neal, but They Have to Stop Wade
The Nets, who trail the best-of-seven series, 2-1, entering Game 4 today (3:30 ET), must figure out Miami's Dwyane Wade if they are to get back in the series...
New York Times - May 14, 2006
Sheen restraining order extended
Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards agree to an extension of a restraining order against the actor...
BBC News - May 14, 2006
Vietnam and US reach WTO deal
Vietnam moves closer to gaining WTO membership after agreeing a bilateral trade deal with the US...
BBC News - May 14, 2006
27 killed in Baghdad bombings
At least 27 people were killed and dozens wounded on Sunday in attacks in and around Baghdad, officials said...
CNN - May 14, 2006
Haiti to inaugurate president
U.N. peacekeepers increased patrols and workers swept trash-strewn streets as international dignitaries arrived for the inauguration of Haitian President-elect Rene Preval...
CNN - May 14, 2006
CIA leak probe looks at Cheney's writings
Notes that Vice President Dick Cheney wrote on a newspaper article might help explain a motive in the perjury and obstruction case of Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, according to documents filed by the prosecutor in the case...
CNN - May 14, 2006
Brazilian Gang Attacks the Police
One of Brazil's most notorious gangs staged dozens of attacks that set off gun battles in three cities and killed at least 30 people...
New York Times - May 14, 2006
Notes Are Said to Reveal Close Cheney Interest in a Critic of Iraq Policy
The vice president's handwritten notes on a newspaper column were cited in a prosecution brief...
New York Times - May 14, 2006
The World: Russians, Busy Making Shrouds, Are Asked to Make Babies
With Russia's population shrinking, will cash incentives work? The data would say: Not quite...
New York Times - May 14, 2006
At Home in Samsonite
Reto Wittwer, chief executive of Kempinski Hotels and Resorts, says that traveling is his down time...
New York Times - May 14, 2006
What Happened to the Fortune Michael Jackson Made?
The pop star made millions with his outsize talent and marketing genius and he invested wisely, but then he went on a spending spree...
New York Times - May 14, 2006
Attention Shoppers: Low Prices on Shots in Clinic
Walk-in health clinics are springing up in retail stores as an antidote to the expense of full-service doctors' offices...
New York Times - May 14, 2006
Cricket: Rain ends WI/Zim match
The one-day international between West Indies and Zimbabwe is abandoned because of rain after Runako Morton hits a century for the hosts...
BBC News - May 14, 2006
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