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US News Archive for November 2005:
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No timeline for leaving Iraq
The Senate demanded regular reports on the progress of the war in Iraq on Tuesday but rejected a Democratic plan to require the Bush administration to lay out a timeline for a U.S. withdrawal. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid called the mesures a vote of "no confidence" in the administration. "Staying the course will not do," he said...
CNN - November 15, 2005
Bush pushes China over freedoms
U.S. President George W. Bush has prodded China to grant more political freedom to its 1.3 billion people and held up rival Taiwan as an example of a society that has successfully moved from repression to democracy...
CNN - November 15, 2005
Senate demands war progress reports
The Senate demanded regular reports on the progress of the war in Iraq on Tuesday but rejected a Democratic plan to require the White House to lay out a timeline for withdrawal...
CNN - November 15, 2005
11 Jordanian officials resign
Eleven top Jordanian officials, including the kingdom's national security adviser, resign in the wake of last week's triple hotel bombings, state-run TV announces...
CNN - November 15, 2005
Baseball and Union Agree to Even Stiffer Drug Penalties
The new policy calls for a 50-game suspension for the first offense and a lifetime ban after the third offense...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Alito Plays Down '85 Memo on Abortion
The President Bush's nominee for the Supreme Court said that his written views against abortion rights 20 years ago were the responses of "an advocate seeking a job."...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Fed Nominee Says Low Inflation Promotes Job Growth
Ben S. Bernanke, currently a top economic adviser at the White House, also promised today to protect the Federal Reserve's independence from politics...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Report Says Ex-Chief of Public TV Violated Federal Law
Kenneth Y. Tomlinson was found to have repeatedly broken federal law as he sought to combat what he saw as liberal bias...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Supply hopes drive oil price down
Oil prices hit their lowest level for four months on hopes that already healthy US fuel reserves will remain buoyant...
BBC News - November 15, 2005
Guantanamo appeals backed
US Senators back the right to appeal for Guantanamo terror suspects in a move President Bush may block...
BBC News - November 15, 2005
US used white phosphorus in Iraq
The Pentagon confirms US troops used white phosphorus bombs against enemy fighters in the Iraqi city of Falluja...
BBC News - November 15, 2005
UN reverses oil-for-food sacking
The only UN official sacked over the Iraq oil-for-food scandal is reinstated after an internal appeal in his favour...
BBC News - November 15, 2005
Teen suspect faces hearing
A Pennsylvania teen suspected of killing his 14-year-old girlfriend's parents and fleeing with her will have an extradition hearing Tuesday in Indiana, where he was captured by police after a high-speed chase...
CNN - November 15, 2005
Iraq official: New detainee abuse
Many of the more than 160 detainees who were held at an Iraqi Interior Ministry building were physically abused, Iraq's deputy interior minister admits...
CNN - November 15, 2005
Police hunt Karachi bombers
Police hunt the bombers who attacked a KFC fast-food restaurant in the Pakistani city of Karachi, killing three people and wounding 15. Police and doctors blamed the attacks in the center of the country's commercial hub on Islamist militants...
CNN - November 15, 2005
Yellowstone Grizzlies to Lose Endangered Status
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New York Times - November 15, 2005
Senate pressures Bush on Iraq war
The Republican-controlled Senate on Tuesday easily defeated a Democratic effort to pressure President Bush to outline a timetable for a phased withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. It then overwhelmingly endorsed a weaker statement of U.S. policy in Iraq...
CNN - November 15, 2005
Senate Votes to Demand Regular Iraq Updates From White House
Despite the overwhelming 79 to 19 vote, it is by no means certain that the bill will emerge from Congress...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Johnson Secures Lower Price for Guidant in Revised Buyout Deal
The troubled maker of heart devices agreed to a new offer of $21.5 billion, about $4 billion less than last year's offer...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Wholesale Inflation Slowed in October
Inflation at the wholesale level tapered off in October after surging in the immediate aftermath of the hurricanes, the government reported today...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Boeing Takes On Airbus With New 747 Wide-Body Jets
The new, larger 747-8 will come in both a passenger and freighter version, ending widespread speculation that Boeing would launch only a freighter version...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Car sales weigh on US retail data
US retail sales fall 0.1% in October because of a sharp fall in car sales, but the figures are still better than expected...
BBC News - November 15, 2005
J&J agrees lower bid for Guidant
US giant Johnson & Johnson buys heart care device maker Guidant for $21.5bn, a price 15% less than the original offer...
BBC News - November 15, 2005
Bernanke facing Senate grilling
The man nominated by the US president to succeed Alan Greenspan at the US Fed, Ben Bernanke, puts his case to senators...
BBC News - November 15, 2005
US 'failing to stem terror risk'
The US is not doing enough to stop terrorists acquiring nuclear weapons, says an influential lobby group...
BBC News - November 15, 2005
'Australian Taleban' trial delay
A federal judge in the US suspends the war crimes trial of an Australian prisoner at Guantanamo base...
BBC News - November 15, 2005
Chile's ex-police chief jailed
Chile's former secret police chief, Manuel Contreras, is sentenced to prison for the disappearance of a teacher...
BBC News - November 15, 2005
Alarm over Colombian refugees
Fighting has displaced more than 2,000 people along Colombia's border with Ecuador since last month, the UN says...
BBC News - November 15, 2005
US Senate seeks Iraq exit reports
The US Senate calls on the White House to give regular reports on progress towards a phased pullout from Iraq...
BBC News - November 15, 2005
Chavez and Fox dispute escalates
Mexico threatens to cut all diplomatic ties with Venezuela as a row between their leaders escalates...
BBC News - November 15, 2005
Rice: Gaza border deal reached
Israeli and Palestinian leaders have reached an agreement on Gaza border crossings, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announces...
CNN - November 15, 2005
3 dead in Karachi blast
A powerful bomb explodes outside the front entrance to a KFC restaurant in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi, police say, killing at least three people and wounding 12 others -- two seriously...
CNN - November 15, 2005
Teen suspect captured
Indiana police on Monday captured a man wanted in a double homicide and found a girl traveling with him unharmed. Authorities had been looking for Kara Beth Borden, 14, and David G. Ludwig, 18, since Michael and Cathryn Borden, both 50, were found shot to death in their home in Lititz, Pennsylvania...
CNN - November 15, 2005
Ambassador turns on Blair over Iraq
Memoirs from the former British ambassador in Washington are full of gossip - but also show how early the decision came to go to war with Iraq...
BBC News - November 15, 2005
Rice pushes for Mid-East peace
The US secretary of state extends talks with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators over border crossings...
BBC News - November 15, 2005
Hurricane damage hits AIG profits
Insurance claims for damage caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit profits at insurer American International Group...
BBC News - November 15, 2005
NBA: Kings rapped for city jibes
The NBA fines the Sacramento Kings for displaying insulting pre-game images of a visiting team's city...
BBC News - November 15, 2005
US condemns Uzbek terror trial
The US says the trial in Uzbekistan of 15 men involved in an uprising in Andijan in May was "unfair"...
BBC News - November 15, 2005
Bush embarks on East Asian tour
Trade, bird flu and democracy are expected to top the agenda as President Bush begins a tour of Asia...
BBC News - November 15, 2005
EU urged to probe 'CIA prisons'
MEPs want the European Commission to formally investigate claims of secret CIA jails in Europe...
BBC News - November 15, 2005
Explosion shakes Karachi
A powerful bomb exploded outside the front entrance to the U.S. restaurant chain KFC in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Tuesday, killing at least three people and wounding eight others, witnesses said. Video from the scene showed about half a dozen cars on fire and the windows of buildings blown out...
CNN - November 15, 2005
Voters Showed Less Appetite for Tax Cuts
The rejection of ballot measures in three states that would have rolled back taxes or limited spending may indicate a cooling of American voters' ardor for tax cuts...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Storms Put Focus on Other Disasters in Waiting
The Gulf Coast hurricanes have officials in other parts of the country thinking about their own vulnerabilities...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Supreme Court Roundup: Parents Carry Burden of Proof in School Cases
Parents who challenge a special-education plan for their child must show the plan is inadequate, the Supreme Court ruled...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Senate Republicans Pushing for a Plan on Ending the War in Iraq
A Republican proposal calls for Iraqi forces to take the lead next year and for the Bush administration to lay out its strategy...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Report Details F.D.A. Rejection of Next-Day Pill
Congressional investigators found irregularities in the decision against over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Addenda: Shareholders Endorse Interpublic's Managers
Shareholders Endorse...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
A.I.G. Profit Declines on Hurricane Claims
By Reuters...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Unfolding Scandal Nears Finance Official in Brazil
A scandal that has wracked Brazil's government may yet topple an official long considered a pillar of stability: Antonio Palocci, the influential finance minister...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Host Marriott to Buy 38 Starwood Hotels
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 14 (AP) - The Host Marriott Corporation will buy 38 hotels from Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide for about $3.4 billion to expand its upscale and overseas hotel and resort holdings...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Itineraries: Less Style, More Substance
Many business travelers do not want their hotels to convey a "hip urban attitude."...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Kohlberg Buying Auto Lubricants Maker, Its First Takeover in Italy
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company, the buyout firm, agreed to purchase an Italian maker of automotive lubricants, F. L. Selenia of Turin, for $976 million...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Memo Pad: Fighting for Seats
FIGHTING FOR SEATS ... It's better-plan-ahead time again for business travelers. Airlines based in the United States will carry a record 21.7 million passengers on domestic and international flights during the Thanksgiving holiday travel period (which begins Saturday and ends Nov. 29), the Air Transport Association estimates. Last year, the airline trade group said, 16.3 million passengers traveled by air during the period, the busiest of the year...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Frequent Flier: 100 Nations, 7 Continents and 1 Missed Flight
I AM obsessed with airline timetables. As a kid, I would collect systems timetables from as many airlines as possible, creating fantasy trips, stringing connections from one destination to another in as short a time as possible. My goal was to also create an imaginary trip around the world through exotic places like Istanbul and Calcutta...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Natural Gas: Big Worry This Winter
Problems with natural gas production mean shortages and higher prices as consumers compete with businesses...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
On the Road: Air Taxi, Anyone? Business Jets Sell Briskly
Orlando, Fla...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Battery Maker Investigated
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
New Record Price for Seat on Big Board
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Microsoft Enters the High-Performance Computing Fray
Microsoft is planning to unveil its first entry into the market for high-performance scientific and technical computing...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Advertising: Visa USA Decides It Wasn't Where It Wanted to Be
Visa USA is unexpectedly dismissing its creative agency for the last two decades, BBDO Worldwide, and shifting the account to TBWA/Chiat/Day...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Canadian Winery Matures Enough to Draw Suitors
The president of Vincor International is focusing on a a hostile takeover bid from Constellation Brands valued at $1.18 billion...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Other Nations Hope to Loosen U.S. Grip on Internet
The crucial issue for many people at a United Nations summit meeting on the information age is that control of the Internet is mainly in the hands of the U.S...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Quiet Trading as Investors Await Key Consumer Data
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Market Place: Koch Industries and Georgia-Pacific May Be a Perfect Fit
BY any measure, Koch Industries is a huge company, even if little known outside the oil patch. With 30,000 employees in 50 countries, and a growth rate of 1,600 percent since 1961, the privately held global energy conglomerate is one of the biggest companies that is not a household name...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Editor of Harper's Magazine Will Retire
Lewis H. Lapham, the editor of Harper's Magazine for nearly 30 years, said that he would retire as editor in the spring...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Ex-Cendant Chief Denies Fraud
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Thomas H. Lee Partners Files Suit Against Former Refco Executives
Thomas H. Lee Partners, the private equity firm that owns more than half of Refco, the collapsed futures and commodities brokerage firm, sued former Refco executives yesterday, seeking to recover at least $245 million...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Storm Repairs Help Increase Profit 26% at Lowe's
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 14 (AP) - The Lowe's Companies, the home-improvement retailer, said Monday that earnings rose nearly 26 percent in its third fiscal quarter, surpassing Wall Street's forecast, as residents of the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast region and others improved or rebuilt their houses...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
S.E.C. Appoints Acting Chief Accountant
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (Reuters) - The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday named Scott A. Taub as acting chief accountant in a move to fill one of several vacancies in the agency's senior ranks...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Sara Lee Selling Its European Apparel Unit
The Sara Lee Corporation is selling its European clothing unit to an affiliate of the Sun Capital Partners investment firm for more than $117 million...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Tyson Warns 2006 Profit Will Lag Estimates
By Reuters...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Amazon to Join S.& P. 500 Index
Standard & Poor's said that Amazon.com, the Internet retailer, would join its flagship 500-stock index after the close of trading on Friday...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Inflation Issue to Dominate Questioning of Fed Choice
Ben S. Bernanke, President Bush's nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, will have to fend off concerns about his beliefs on inflation...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Awash in Petrodollars, Russia Frets About the Paradoxes of Bounty
Russia is taking in $500 million a day from crude oil exports, but the cash is gushing faster than the nation can absorb it without causing inflation...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Pressured, Knight Ridder Ponders Sale of Company
Knight Ridder, which is contending with falling circulation and tepid revenue growth, hired Goldman Sachs to help it evaluate "strategic alternatives."...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Medicare Says Bonuses Can Improve Hospital Care
Linking hospital payments to the quality of patient care can significantly improve the level of care, Medicare officials said...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
U.S. Urges China to Open Markets and Help Break an Impasse in Global Trade Talks
Senior U.S. officials displayed a combination of demands and pleas that increasingly characterizes the relationship between the countries...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
Wal-Mart Forecasts Big Season
Wal-Mart has sent an early Christmas card to Wall Street: stop worrying about the holidays...
New York Times - November 15, 2005
A-Rod scoops second MVP award
New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez is named the American League's Most Valuable Player...
BBC News - November 15, 2005
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