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US News Archive for November 2005:
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Five Marines killed in firefight
Five U.S. Marines have been killed during a firefight near the Syrian border in Ubaydi, the military has said. News of the latest American casualties came as a prominent Sunni Muslim party called for an international investigation into allegations that detainees were being tortured at an Iraqi Interior Ministry compound...
CNN - November 16, 2005
Five U.S. Marines killed in Iraqi firefight
Five U.S. Marines were killed Wednesday during a firefight near the Syrian border, the military said. Sixteen insurgents were also killed in the fighting, part of Operation Steel Curtain, a U.S.-Iraqi military offensive aimed at clearing insurgents out of towns in northwestern Iraq...
CNN - November 16, 2005
Hip-Hop Producer Begins Trial in Brooklyn
Irv Gotti and his brother have the made journey that their artists often sing about: from the recording room to the court...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Movie Review | 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire': The Young Wizard Puts Away Childish Things
Childhood ends for the young wizard with the zigzag scar in the happily satisfying film adaptation of the fourth book in J. K. Rowling's series...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Washington Post's Woodward Apologizes for Lapse on Leak
Bob Woodward testified that an administration official told him about Valerie Wilson's identity before it was disclosed...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Republicans End Push to Fund 'Bridges to Nowhere' in Alaska
Money for the project, which conflicted with the party's reputation for fiscal austerity, will still be delivered to the state...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
UK to extradite Ahmad to US
UK terror suspect Babar Ahmad is to challenge the decision to order his extradition to face charges in the US...
BBC News - November 16, 2005
Committee backs Bernanke bid
The man nominated by the US president to head the US Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, is one step closer to securing the top job...
BBC News - November 16, 2005
Reptile fossil is 'early turtle'
A fossil reptile discovered in Brazil may be the oldest known creature that resembles a modern turtle...
BBC News - November 16, 2005
Gen Pinochet 'fit to stand trial'
Former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet is fit to stand trial on human rights charges, a prosecutor says...
BBC News - November 16, 2005
Five US troops die in Iraq battle
Five US marines die in a firefight close to the Iraq-Syria border, as an offensive against insurgents continues...
BBC News - November 16, 2005
Dangerous storms head to Northeast
Residents in the northeastern United States braced Wednesday for strong thunderstorms that are rolling their way after spawning tornadoes in five states and causing two deaths...
CNN - November 16, 2005
Sunnis demand Iraq torture probe
A prominent Sunni party calls for an international investigation into the discovery of an Iraqi Interior Ministry compound allegedly holding more than 160 detainees -- some with clear signs of torture...
CNN - November 16, 2005
Reid sounds warning on Alito nomination
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday said he has "significant concerns" about Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, calling President Bush's latest choice one of the most conservative judges in the United States...
CNN - November 16, 2005
Washington Post's Woodward Talks to Leak Prosecutor
Bob Woodward learned Valerie Wilson's identity from an administration official nearly a month before it was disclosed...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Baseball Backs Stiffer Penalties for Steroid Use
Players who fail a test for steroids will be suspended 50 games, with the penalties increasing to 100 games for a second offense and a lifetime suspension for a third...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Senate Panel Confirms Bernanke as Next Fed Chief
The Senate Banking Committee voted today to confirm Ben S. Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve, where he would succeed Alan Greenspan...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Consumer Inflation Rate Dropped Significantly in October
The consumer inflation rate touched its lowest level since June as surging gasoline prices fell from their peak in September...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
US consumer price growth slows
Consumer prices grew at their slowest pace in the US for four months during October, official figures show...
BBC News - November 16, 2005
Kazemi killing acquittal upheld
Iran's appeals court upholds its acquittal of an intelligence agent accused of the murder of journalist Zahra Kazemi...
BBC News - November 16, 2005
Colombians flee rumbling volcano
At least 7,500 people are ordered to leave their homes near a volcano in Colombia amid fears it will erupt...
BBC News - November 16, 2005
Woodward testified on CIA leak
Washington Post writer Bob Woodward says he told an inquiry he knew of a CIA agent's identity a month before it was exposed...
BBC News - November 16, 2005
Dominican boxer killed in brawl
A former boxing champion from the Dominican Republic is shot after refusing to let a man dance with his girlfriend...
BBC News - November 16, 2005
Ex-Getty curator appears in court
The ex-curator of California's Getty Musuem appears in a Rome court charged with trafficking antiquities...
BBC News - November 16, 2005
Guatemala drugs official indicted
Guatemala's top anti-drug investigator and two other officials are indicted in the US on drug-trafficking charges...
BBC News - November 16, 2005
Katrina hotel payments to be cut
US authorities say they will stop paying hotel bills for thousands of families made homeless by hurricanes...
BBC News - November 16, 2005
Senate demands war accountability
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate demands regular reports on the progress of the war in Iraq but rejects a Democratic plan to require the Bush administration to lay out a timeline for a U.S. withdrawal...
CNN - November 16, 2005
U.S. admits white phosphorous use
Pentagon officials have acknowledged that U.S. troops used white phosphorous as a weapon against insurgent strongholds during the battle of Fallujah last November...
CNN - November 16, 2005
Two murderers on the loose
Authorities are searching for two convicted murderers who escaped from the Iowa State Penitentiary by using a homemade grappling hook to scale an unguarded section of the prison's limestone walls. Convicts Martin Shane Moon and Robert Joseph Legendre were both serving life sentences...
CNN - November 16, 2005
War reports demanded
The Senate has demanded regular reports on the progress of the war in Iraq but rejected a Democratic plan to require the Bush administration to lay out a timeline for a U.S. withdrawal. Bush, in Japan, welcomed the rejection of the timetable as "a positive step."...
CNN - November 16, 2005
Letter From Azerbaijan: Soviet Leftovers, Where Statecraft Is Stagecraft
Several post-Soviet governments are rigging the vote almost as surely as ever, mixing old electoral tricks with a nod to public relations...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Murdoch says share price 'rotten'
Rupert Murdoch admits the share price of News Corp is currently poor, but says it will recover strongly...
BBC News - November 16, 2005
Bernanke backs inflation targets
The man nominated by the US president to succeed Alan Greenspan at the US Fed puts his case for inflation targets...
BBC News - November 16, 2005
China spy 'agents' charged in US
A US engineer working for a defence firm and two of his relatives are charged with acting as agents for China...
BBC News - November 16, 2005
Womack takes country awards
Lee Ann Womack walks away with three trophies at the Country Music Awards in New York...
BBC News - November 16, 2005
MLB gets tough on steroid abuse
Major League Baseball and its players' union agree to increase the penalties for using illegal steroids...
BBC News - November 16, 2005
Cuban stowaway gets US asylum
A Cuban migrant who reached Miami by hiding inside a wooden cargo crate is granted asylum in the United States...
BBC News - November 16, 2005
Venezuela expels missionaries
Venezuela gives a US missionary group 90 days to leave the country, after saying they work for the CIA...
BBC News - November 16, 2005
Iraq abuse claim 'troubles' US
The US condemns the alleged abuse of 173 prisoners held by Iraqi security forces in Baghdad...
BBC News - November 16, 2005
Bush pushes China over freedoms
U.S. President George W. Bush is pushing China to grant more freedoms to its people. "In the 21st century, freedom is an Asian value because it is a universal value," Bush will say according to an advance text released by the White House...
CNN - November 16, 2005
Kerik Is Accused Of Abusing Post As City Official
New Jersey officials said Bernard B. Kerik accepted money from a construction company with ties to organized crime...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Journalists Said to Figure in Strategy in Leak Case
Lawyers for I. Lewis Libby Jr. plan to seek testimony from journalists beyond those cited in the indictment...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Being a Patient: Young, Assured and Playing Pharmacist to Friends
Confident of their abilities and skeptical of psychiatrists, a sizable group of people are deciding on their own what drugs to take...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Fuel Costs Factor in More Heavily
With oil about $60 a barrel, compared with $40 a barrel a year ago, and natural gas prices double those of last year, real estate managers are scrambling to contain their costs for electricity and other forms of energy and to find ways to reduce energy consumption...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Addenda: BMW North America Signs With GSD&M
BMW North America...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Square Feet: Adding Commercial Pizazz to a Chicago Suburb
A new mixed-use development is the latest step in the decade-long transformation of a sleepy college town to a commercial center...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Inflation Eased in October; Car and Energy Sales Drop
Inflation at the wholesale level tapered off in October after surging in the immediate aftermath of the hurricanes, the government reported yesterday, as energy and auto prices fell...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Home Depot Profit Rises
ATLANTA, Nov. 15 (AP) - Home Depot, the home improvement store chain, reported Tuesday a nearly 17 percent increase in fiscal third-quarter earnings on strong sales, beating Wall Street expectations...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Earnings Soar at J. C. Penney; Saks Drops Plan to Sell Chain
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
4 Tenet Doctors Settle U.S. Case
The doctors agreed to pay $32.5 million to settle a federal inquiry into claims that they performed unnecessary procedures...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Allergan Makes a Bid for Implant Maker
Allergan, a company best known for eye-care products and its Botox antiwrinkle therapy, said yesterday that it had offered a $3.2 billion combination of cash and stock to acquire Inamed, a leader in breast implants and the fast-growing market for antiobesity devices...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Buyback Urged at McDonald's
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Google Aims for the Classified Ads Business
Google is poised to enter the highly competitive classified advertisement business, posing a threat to online and traditional businesses in that field...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Pension Board Says Deficit Is Steady for Now
The federal agency that insures pensions reported yesterday that its financial position stayed roughly constant over the last fiscal year, after three years of record losses. But its executive director warned that the pension system's troubles, and the risk to the agency, were not over...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
A Compromise of Sorts on Internet Control
Representatives from the U.S. and nations that had sought to break up some of its control over the Internet left the supervision of domain names unchanged...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Raising Stakes, Boeing Plans a Larger 747
International Herald Tribune...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Dogfight: Wild Demand, and Competition, for New Pet Products
As more big companies take note of the boom in pet products, the market could become more difficult for the niche firms that are now flourishing...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Technology Lets High-End Hotels Anticipate Guests' Whims
Hotels are keeping track of guests' preferences and changing the room conditions automatically - from temperature to what's in the minibar...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Advanced Micro Raises Profit Forecast
Advanced Micro Devices expects its operating profit and earnings per share to improve significantly in 2006...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
High Doses of Lipitor Questioned in Heart Study
High doses of Lipitor were no better at preventing major heart problems than regular doses of a competing drug, Zocor, according to a study...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
A.I.G.'s View on Suits
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Broadcast Chief Violated Laws, Inquiry Finds
Investigators said they had uncovered evidence that Kenneth Y. Tomlinson had broken laws in a campaign to combat what he saw as liberal bias...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Market Place: Morgan Stanley Bankers Brace for Cuts
JOHN J. MACK, under pressure to lift Morgan Stanley's profits and its flagging stock price, will take his eponymous knife to the firm's highly regarded investment banking division and dismiss as many as 22 managing directors in the coming days, said a person briefed on the plan...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Inside TV Magazine to Publish Final Issue
Gemstar-TV Guide International said that it would stop publishing its money-losing Inside TV magazine, just eight months after it was introduced...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Big Board Settles With Dissidents Opposed to Planned Merger
The New York Stock Exchange reached a settlement yesterday with 10 dissident seat holders, or exchange owners, who had sued to halt the exchange's merger with the electronic trading operator Archipelago Holdings...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Senate Panel Approves Special Tax on Oil Profits
The Senate Finance Committee voted to impose a $5 billion tax on oil companies, a sign of the impact of soaring energy prices...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Preston Robert Tisch, Owner of Loews Hotels and Giants, Dies at 79
Preston Robert Tisch, who was a half-owner of the New York Giants, built a business empire with his older brother, Laurence...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
CD's Recalled for Posing Risk to PC's
Sony BMG plans to recall millions of CD's because they contain copy restriction software that poses risks to the computers of consumers...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Stocks & Bonds: Inflation Signals Push Markets Lower
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
In Germany, a Puzzling Prescription for Economic Health
Germany, saddled with some of the highest taxes in Europe, has put an improbable measure at the heart of its economic agenda: an increase in the tax on consumption...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Vodafone Issues a Profit Warning, and Shares Drop
Facing fierce competition in Europe and poor results in Japan, the Vodafone Group warned that its profit margins would narrow through early 2007...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Low Inflation and Rising Wages Can Coexist, Fed Nominee Says
Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman nominee, stoutly defended his proposal to base monetary policy on an explicit target for inflation...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Price Tag of Guidant Is Lowered
Guidant, the troubled maker of implantable heart devices, agreed to be acquired by Johnson & Johnson for $21.5 billion, $4 billion lower than the original price...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
Advertising: Celebrities Taking a Gamble
Online casinos are signing endorsement deals with celebrities, but the stars could be putting themselves in legal jeopardy...
New York Times - November 16, 2005
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