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US News Archive for December 2005:
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Secret spy powers sparks anger
President Bush refused to confirm a report that he OK'd eavesdropping on U.S. citizens without the need to get a warant first but did defend his actions since September 11, 2001, saying he has done everything "within the law" to protect the American people...
CNN - December 16, 2005
Iraq elections a 'success'
As election officials in Iraq count ballots and look into polling violation complaints, the senior U.N. envoy there says Iraq upheld proper international election standards...
CNN - December 16, 2005
Secret NSA powers prompts Bush defense
Without confirming a report that he OK'd eavesdropping on U.S. citizens in 2002, President Bush defended his actions since September 11, 2001, saying he has done everything "within the law" to protect the American people...
CNN - December 16, 2005
Senate fails to renew Patriot Act
The Senate on Friday rejected efforts to renew expiring provisions of the Patriot Act, dealing a major blow to President Bush and the Republican leadership. The Republican leadership failed to win 60 votes to overcome a Democratic filibuster threat...
CNN - December 16, 2005
Supporters of Patriot Act Suffer a Stinging Defeat in Senate
Supporters are well short of the 60 votes needed to bring the anti-terrorism act to a final vote, leaving it in limbo...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Scientist Defends Stem Cell Work and Vows Proof
A South Korean scientist struck back at his critics today, declaring that his cloning technology works and that he will produce proof within two weeks...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
N.Y. Transit Union Rejects Offer and Calls a Limited Strike
The union plans to halt service on some private bus lines, but delayed a decision on a citywide strike for four days...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Time Warner Plans to Sell 5% of AOL to Google
Rebuffing aggressive overtures from Microsoft, Time Warner has agreed to sell a 5 percent stake in America Online to Google...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Meeting Sister Dorothy
Tom Gibb reflects on a meeting with US-born nun and activist Dorothy Stang as two men are jailed for her murder in Brazil...
BBC News - December 16, 2005
West Wing's Leo dies at age of 58
John Spencer, the actor who played vice-presidential candidate Leo McGarry in NBC's The West Wing, dies...
BBC News - December 16, 2005
Holocaust remarks 'misunderstood'
Remarks by Iran's president that the Holocaust was "a myth" and Israel should be moved were "misunderstood" by Western governments, the country's interior minister says...
CNN - December 16, 2005
Senate fails to renew Patriot Act
The Senate on Friday rejected attempts to reauthorize several provisions of the USA Patriot Act as infringing too much on Americans' privacy and liberty, dealing a huge defeat to the Bush administration and Republican leaders. The GOP leadership failed to earn 60 votes to break a Democratic filibuster...
CNN - December 16, 2005
N.Y. Transit Union Rejects Offer and Will Begin Limited Strike
The union plans to halt service on some private bus lines immediately, but delayed a decision on a citywide strike until at least 12:01 a.m on Tuesday...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Under Pressure, Food Producers Shift to Healthier Products
Major food producers are under increasing pressure to make shifts in the way they sell their products to children...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Ministers at W.T.O. Conference Try to Salvage a Partial Agreement
Trade negotiators have begun holding closed-door meetings nearly around the clock to hammer out a narrowly worded, four-part deal by Sunday night...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Phone Company Bars Reporter From Its Shareholder Meeting
The IDT Corporation, under pressure for its languishing share price, barred a New York Times reporter from its shareholder meeting Thursday...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Black denies racketeering charge
Conrad Black pleads not guilty to four new charges linked to claims he looted millions from Hollinger International...
BBC News - December 16, 2005
Upbeat Microsoft raises dividend
Microsoft raises its quarterly dividend thanks to optimism about sales of its Xbox video games console and software...
BBC News - December 16, 2005
Actress Hatcher wins libel payout
Desperate Housewives star Teri Hatcher accepts "very substantial" libel damages over newspaper allegations...
BBC News - December 16, 2005
Colombia ELN rebels set for talks
Colombian rebel leaders and government officials are to begin exploratory peace talks in Cuba...
BBC News - December 16, 2005
Tourists to view Katrina damage
A New Orleans tour company is to start bus trips through hurricane-hit areas of the city, dividing opinion among locals...
BBC News - December 16, 2005
Official: Al-Zarqawi caught, freed
Last year Iraqi security forces captured Abu Musab al-Zarqawi -- the al Qaeda in Iraq leader who has a $25 million bounty on his head -- but let him go because they didn't know who he was, the Iraqi deputy minister of interior has said...
CNN - December 16, 2005
A wintry mix of misery
Much of the Northeast was under a winter storm warning early today as freezing rain, sleet and snow made roadways dangerous. In the Southeast, freezing rain across Georgia and the Carolinas closed schools, snarled traffic and cut power to more than 450,000 customers...
CNN - December 16, 2005
Iraq vote count under way
Vote counting in Iraq continues after a surprisingly high number of voters turns out to choose the nation's first full-term parliament since the ousting of Saddam Hussein...
CNN - December 16, 2005
Greenhouse Gas Pact Is in Disarray
Officials in New York, New Jersey and several Northeastern states tried to salvage a regional pact to control power plant emissions...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Transit Talks Halted After Long Night of Negotiating
Talks were halted at about 5 a.m. today with no immediate sign of a resolution. Subways and buses continued to run this morning...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Three Executives at Times Are Named to New Positions
Dennis L. Stern, the vice president for human resources at The New York Times, has been promoted to the newly created position of senior vice president and deputy general manager...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Head to head: Iraq veterans
The BBC speaks to two former US army officers about their experiences in Iraq as the country votes in a general election...
BBC News - December 16, 2005
Bargain hunters hit small towns
As the annual Christmas shopping season gets into high gear, some of America's least known towns and districts are seeing an influx of bargain hunters from across Asia, Europe and Latin America...
BBC News - December 16, 2005
Ice Hockey: Penguins fire coach
Pittsburgh fire coach Eddie Olczyk, replacing him with former Montreal boss Michel Therrien...
BBC News - December 16, 2005
Bolivia candidate 'US nightmare'
The front-runner in Bolivia's poll, Evo Morales, tells supporters his movement is "a nightmare for the US"...
BBC News - December 16, 2005
Canadian leaders clash in debate
Leaders of Canada's four main political parties take part in a televised debate ahead of the January elections...
BBC News - December 16, 2005
Probe into 'fake stem cell work'
One of South Korea's leading universities says it will step up an investigation into the country's top stem-cell scientist after reports of fabrication, in what could rank as one of the biggest science fraud cases in years...
CNN - December 16, 2005
Art Review | 'Pixar': It's a Pixar World. We're Just Living in It.
The Museum of Modern Art's informative if exhausting exhibition clarifies the immense analog effort underlying digital animation...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
The Negotiations: Transit Talks Pass Deadline for a Strike
Negotiations continued as the 12:01 a.m. deadline passed, and New York City's subways and buses were still running...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
President Backs McCain Measure on Inmate Abuse
President Bush reversed course and reluctantly backed a law banning cruel treatment of prisoners in American custody...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
[TS] Shining Light on Corporate Political Gifts
Under pressure from some institutional shareholders, a handful of major companies are disclosing which politicians - and which political causes - they are financing...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Advertising: Frank Lowe Is Back, Looking for Clients
Sir Frank Lowe, whose advertising career began in the 1960's, is emerging from retirement and starting another agency, scheduled to open next month in London...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Shares Decline as Oil Price Drops Below $60 a Barrel
By Reuters...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
NTL Reassigns Its Chief, Naming a Comcast Executive
The British cable and telephone company NTL unexpectedly replaced its president and chief executive, Simon Duffy, with an executive from Comcast...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Bear Stearns Agrees to Pay $250 Million in Fund Case
Bear Stearns said that it would pay $250 million to regulators to settle accusations that it engaged in abusive mutual fund trading practices...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Influencing Young Diets
As major food producers face scrutiny over their role in contributing to childhood obesity rates, they are under pressure to make shifts in the way they sell their products to children...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Grocery Chain Indicted in Labor Case
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15 (AP) - The Ralphs supermarket chain, owned by the Kroger Company, was indicted on Thursday on federal charges of hiring workers under false names and violating numerous other labor laws during the 2003 grocery strike in Southern California...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Profit at Goldman Sachs Rose by 37% in the Fourth Quarter
Wall Street continues to mint money...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Philips to Separate Its Chip Business
Royal Philips Electronics, Europe's largest maker of consumer electronics, said it planned to separate its semiconductor division in a step seen as a prelude to a merger or sale...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Merck Plans More Cost-Cutting
TRENTON, Dec. 15 (AP) - Merck announced plans on Thursday to cut an additional $1 billion in costs through 2010 and to focus its research on drugs for the most common diseases...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Legal Beat: Linking Those in Need With Volunteer Lawyers
LET'S face it, lawyers have a mercenary image. Even when a lawyer helps a victim of a horrible accident recover millions from a negligent wrongdoer, the lawyer gets a cut. The role of altruism is, at best, obscured...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Phone Company Bars Reporter From Its Shareholder Meeting
The IDT Corporation, a telecommunications and entertainment company that is under pressure for its languishing share price, barred a New York Times reporter from its shareholder meeting yesterday...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Boeing's Lead Director
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Ex-Insider Is Out to Shake Up Video Games
A venture capital firm is putting its backing behind a couple of upstarts...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Schwab to Leave N.Y.S.E.
By Reuters...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Zucker Named Chief of NBC; Seen as Heir to Chairman
NBC elevated Jeff Zucker to chief executive of the NBC Universal Television Group, establishing him as the likely successor to NBC's longtime leader, Bob Wright...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Cable Giant Offers Family Plan
Time Warner Cable became the first major cable company to introduce a family-friendly tier of programs in response to calls from organizations and lawmakers concerned about offensive programming...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Oracle Results in 2nd Quarter Meet Forecasts
The Oracle Corporation yesterday reported quarterly sales and profits that met Wall Street expectations as a strong performance in business software overcame sluggish growth in database software...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Patent Lawsuit Seeks to Block Microsoft's Wireless E-Mail Service
Visto, a maker of software for wireless e-mail, filed a patent lawsuit Thursday seeking to block the sale and operation of an e-mail service developed by Microsoft...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Dispute Over Natural Gas Prices in Ukraine
The Russian natural gas company Gazprom is demanding that Ukraine pay Western European rates for Russian gas or hand over control of its gas pipeline network to a consortium...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Morgan Stanley Bonuses
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Bass Family Is Expected to Sell Gas Pipelines to Southern Union
The Bass family of Fort Worth agreed to sell the gas pipeline company, Sid Richardson Energy Services, to Southern Union for $1.6 billion in cash...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Price Index Shows Big November Drop
The nation's chief measure of inflation, the Consumer Price Index, fell by six-tenths of a percent in November, the biggest monthly drop since the Truman administration...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
House Passes Bill to Fortify Pension Plans
The House passed a measure yesterday aimed at strengthening the United States' system of company pensions, but many members said they considered the bill flawed...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Farm Goods Impasse Stalls Trade Talks in Hong Kong
Trade talks here are making little progress because of an impasse over agriculture, reinforcing worries that the negotiations may resolve little before ending late Sunday...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Four Additional Charges for Black in Hollinger Case
Conrad M. Black, former chairman of Hollinger International, was indicted by a grand jury on four new federal charges...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Big Victory for Altria in Illinois
A class-action lawsuit had accused Philip Morris USA of fraudulently misstating the amount of tar and nicotine in "light" cigarettes...
New York Times - December 16, 2005
Bush Snr appointed quake envoy
George Bush Senior is appointed special UN envoy to the devastated South Asia earthquake zone...
BBC News - December 16, 2005
Argentina to pay off debt early
Argentina says it will pay its $10bn foreign debt to the International Monetary Fund three years early...
BBC News - December 16, 2005
New Orleans to see levees rebuilt
The levee system in New Orleans, which failed to withstand Hurricane Katrina, will be rebuilt at a cost of $3.1bn...
BBC News - December 16, 2005
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