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US News Archive for February 2005:
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Bush in Europe to heal wounds
President Bush arrived in Belgium Sunday on a five-day, three-nation trip to Europe, hoping to heal relations frayed by the Iraq war. "We do not accept a false caricature that divides the Western world between an idealistic United States and a cynical Europe," Bush said Saturday...
CNN - February 20, 2005
Bush in Europe to heal wounds
President Bush arrived in Belgium Sunday on the five-day, three-nation trip to Europe, hoping to heal relations soured from the Iraq war...
CNN - February 20, 2005
New al-Zawahiri tape lashes U.S. policy
Ayman al-Zawahiri, the No. 2 man in al Qaeda, lashed out at U.S. efforts to extend democracy around the world in a videotape aired Sunday on Al Jazeera, saying those efforts "will end with your defeat, the killing of your sons and the destruction of your economy."...
CNN - February 20, 2005
Actress Sandra Dee Is Dead
Ms. Dee was the actress who became an icon for a generation of teenagers in the late 1950's and early 1960's...
New York Times - February 20, 2005
U.N. Refugee Chief Resigns Over Scandal
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 20 - Ruud Lubbers, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees and a former Dutch prime minister, is resigning just two days after a news conference in which he vehemently denied sexual harassment accusations made against him...
New York Times - February 20, 2005
California braces for more rain, snow
Light showers kept Southern California wet on Sunday as residents braced for yet another blast of the stormy weather that has caused flash flooding and knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses...
CNN - February 20, 2005
Israeli Cabinet OKs settlement withdrawals
Israel's Cabinet gave final approval Sunday to the government's planned withdrawal from Gaza and four West Bank settlements, marking the first time an Israeli government decided to dismantle Jewish settlements on land claimed by the Palestinians for a future state. The Cabinet also approved the final route of Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank...
CNN - February 20, 2005
Bush heads to Europe
President Bush left on a five-day, fence-mending trip to Europe on Sunday, hoping to heal frayed feelings from the Iraq war and to bolster U.S.-European alliances...
CNN - February 20, 2005
Israeli Cabinet OKs settlement withdrawals
Israel's Cabinet gave final approval Sunday to the government's planned withdrawal from Gaza and four West Bank settlements, marking the first time an Israeli government decided to dismantle Jewish settlements on land claimed by the Palestinians for a future state...
CNN - February 20, 2005
Continent Is Divided, Though Views Soften
NAPLES, Italy - In an unadorned classroom at the NATO military base here, 18 European and 3 American officers came together recently for an intense orientation on how to train the Iraqi Army's new officer corps...
New York Times - February 20, 2005
Bush departing on Europe fence-mending tour
President Bush heads to Europe today with an ambitious agenda for patching relations with "old Europe," bolstering support from eastern European nations, and spreading democracy throughout the world. The trip to Belgium, Germany and Slovakia is the president's first European visit since his November re-election...
CNN - February 20, 2005
Clinton and Bush visit Aceh
The former US presidents tour Aceh in Indonesia, the region worst hit by the Asian tsunami disaster...
BBC News - February 20, 2005
Mass escape at Haitian prison
More than 350 detainees escaped from Haiti's largest prison Saturday afternoon, after armed masked men in two vans broke through barricades and attacked the facility, according to police and eyewitness reports...
CNN - February 20, 2005
Storms pelt waterlogged California
Thunderstorms packing powerful winds and nickel-size hail pounded an already waterlogged California Saturday and raised the threat of mudslides. The rain was also blamed for collapsing the flat roof of a store in Burbank...
CNN - February 20, 2005
In Secretly Taped Conversations, Glimpses of the Future President
The tapes provide a rare record of George W. Bush as a politician as he was first moving onto the national political stage...
New York Times - February 20, 2005
Testing New Ban, Britons Run With the Hounds
Hunters gathered across England and Wales to test the limits of the government's ban on hunting with dogs...
New York Times - February 20, 2005
Audit Faults U.S. for Its Spending on Port Defense
The Department of Homeland Security has given millions of dollars to protect ports without focusing on those most vulnerable...
New York Times - February 20, 2005
For Pain Management, Doctors Prescribe Caution
Pain management experts said they expected Celebrex, Vioxx and Bextra to be prescribed much less readily...
New York Times - February 20, 2005
You Want Any Fruit With That Big Mac?
McDonald’s new focus on fresh fruits and vegetables is making the company a major player in the American produce industry...
New York Times - February 20, 2005
Did MCI Get the Right Door or the Wrong Number?
Did Michael D. Capellas, the chairman and chief executive of MCI, choose the wrong suitor in his latest go-round on "Let's Make a Deal"?...
New York Times - February 20, 2005
Why a Real Estate Agent May Skip the Extra Mile
A recent study suggests that the housing market remains inefficient, and the incentives for brokers to maximize profits for their clients aren't powerful enough...
New York Times - February 20, 2005
Manufacturers Try to Thrive on the Wal-Mart Workout
In the age of Wal-Mart, a few manufacturers are trying to find a way to survive without sacrificing their network of smaller retailers - or their profit margins...
New York Times - February 20, 2005
When Greenspan Is Stumped, Investors Should Play It Safe
When Alan Greenspan says he cannot explain why longer-term interest rates are so low, what's an investor to do? Take cover...
New York Times - February 20, 2005
Four Strong Emerging Markets. But How to Play Them?
What do Brazil, Russia, India and China have in common? They have the greatest prospects for long-term economic growth among big emerging-market countries, in the view of many analysts...
New York Times - February 20, 2005
Moves to save NHL season falter
The NHL and players' union fail to reach agreement in talks to try and salvage the 2004/5 campaign...
BBC News - February 20, 2005
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