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US News Archive for Octomber 2006:
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Bolton: Ball is in N. Korea's court
The next move is up to North Korea, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said on Sunday, a day after the U.N. Security Council passed a unanimous resolution imposing sanctions on the isolated communist country for reportedly testing a nuclear device...
CNN - October 15, 2006
Pirro and Cuomo Clash Fiercely in First Debate
The combative New York attorney general’s race turned nastier as the candidates met in an hour-long debate...
New York Times - October 15, 2006
Rice to Press China to Enforce North Korean Sanctions
The secretary of state indicated that she would push China on the sanctions when she visits next week...
New York Times - October 15, 2006
Earthquake of 6.6 Magnitude Shakes Hawaii
The earthquake woke up residents and tourists, knocking out power to several of the islands and causing at least a dozen aftershocks...
New York Times - October 15, 2006
Strong earthquake rattles Hawaii
An earthquake knocks out power and topples rock walls across the US state of Hawaii but no-one is killed...
BBC News - October 15, 2006
Man held in Iowa slayings
Authorities were questioning a man arrested in Illinois after his parents and three teenage sisters were found shot to death at their home in southeastern Iowa. Shawn Bentler, 22, was arrested Saturday in Quincy, Illinois, on an unrelated charge of possession of drug paraphernalia, according to the Adams County, Illinois, sheriff's office...
CNN - October 15, 2006
Russia: NK wants to shed nukes
Russia's nuclear envoy says North Korean officials have expressed their commitment to nuclear disarmament despite the North's reported atomic test, and Moscow and Seoul have pledged to try reviving stalled international arms talks...
CNN - October 15, 2006
To Be Married Means to Be Outnumbered
Married couples, whose numbers have been declining, have slipped into a minority of American households...
New York Times - October 15, 2006
The Border Dividing Arizona
The leading edge of a new American nativism? The big Republican divide? Or just a line that voters will ignore next month?...
New York Times - October 15, 2006
Singer Freddy Fender dies at 69
Singer Freddy Fender, best known for his country hit Before The Next Teardrop Falls, dies aged 69...
BBC News - October 15, 2006
U.N. votes to punish North Korea
The U.N. Security Council votes unanimously to slap North Korea with trade, travel and other sanctions as punishment for its claimed nuclear weapons test...
CNN - October 15, 2006
U.N. slaps sanctions on N. Korea
The U.N. Security Council has voted unanimously to slap North Korea with trade, travel and other sanctions as punishment for its claimed nuclear weapons test...
CNN - October 15, 2006
From Crime to Arrest, by Way of Computer
Old-fashioned detective work and a trail of electronic clues helped investigators paint a picture of what led a gay man from Williamsburg into a group of would-be toughs...
New York Times - October 15, 2006
Detroit sweep into World Series
Detroit beat Oakland 6-3 to seal a 4-0 American League Championship Series sweep and reach the World Series...
BBC News - October 15, 2006
'Guantanamo abuse' probed
The Pentagon orders an inquiry into alleged abuses at Guantanamo Bay after reports of boasting by guards...
BBC News - October 15, 2006
Chile head revisits torture site
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet visits the detention centre where she was tortured in 1975...
BBC News - October 15, 2006
Couple, 3 daughters shot to death in Iowa home
Three high school girls and their parents were found shot to death Saturday morning at their home in eastern Iowa, and the couple's son was arrested in Illinois and is considered a suspect, officials said...
CNN - October 15, 2006
Pigeon Wars
What the latest technology and ecological thinking can, and can’t, do about controlling our fine-feathered pests...
New York Times - October 15, 2006
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