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US News Archive for November 2005:
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Cheney: War debate legitimate
Vice President Dick Cheney continues the Bush administration's efforts to pull back on attacks against a decorated war veteran who called for the near-term withdrawal of U.S. troops in Iraq...
CNN - November 21, 2005
Shiite Leader Says He Will Work For Federal Region After Poll
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New York Times - November 21, 2005
Former Aide to DeLay Pleads Guilty in Conspiracy Case
Michael Scanlon pleaded guilty today as part of a deal in which he agreed to cooperate with an investigation into possible wrongdoing by some lawmakers...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
Intel deal for iPod memory chips
The world's largest chipmaker will team up with Micron to make flash memory chips for Apple...
BBC News - November 21, 2005
Mexico arrests 'drug cartel head'
Mexico says it has captured a man believed to be one of the leaders of the powerful Juarez drugs cartel...
BBC News - November 21, 2005
Nike jet in emergency landing
A Nike corporate jet suffers landing gear problems but makes a safe emergency landing at a US airport...
BBC News - November 21, 2005
Sharon to form new party
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has resigned from the right-wing Likud Party he helped found, announces the formation of a new "liberal movement," saying Likud can no longer achieve the country's national goals...
CNN - November 21, 2005
Iraqis killed as U.S. fires on car
As many as four Iraqis were killed and five others wounded when a U.S. military patrol opened fire on a vehicle driving near a U.S. military base on the road between Baquba and Khalis, a Baquba police official said...
CNN - November 21, 2005
GM cutting 30,000 jobs
Embattled automaker General Motors Corp. announced Monday it would close three U.S. assembly plants by 2008 in an effort to stop billions in annual losses at its core North American auto operations and make deeper cuts than previously announced...
CNN - November 21, 2005
Cheney: Murtha a 'patriot'
Vice President Dick Cheney continued the Bush administration's efforts Monday to pull back on attacks against a decorated war veteran who called for the near-term withdrawal of U.S. troops in Iraq...
CNN - November 21, 2005
U.S. Is Slow to Respond to Phosphorus Charges
At a time when opposition to the war is growing, the white phosphorus issue has reinforced the worst suspicions about U.S. actions...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
Alito Often Ruled for Religious Expression
Both supporters and opponents say Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. has the potential to become the most aggressive supporter of religious liberty on the court...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
G.M. to Cut 30,000 Jobs and Close 12 Facilities in 3 Years
Rick Wagoner, the embattled chief, announced a new effort to stem the company's billion-dollar losses...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
Sprint Nextel to Buy Alamosa Wireless Affiliate for $3.4 Billion
Sprint Nextel Corporation said Monday it will acquire Alamosa Holdings Inc., its largest wireless affiliate, for $3.4 billion...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
Colombia 'seeking' hostage talks
The Colombian government seeks a humanitarian agreement for left-wing rebels to free nearly 60 hostages...
BBC News - November 21, 2005
Gamma kills 14 in C America
Tropical Storm Gamma leaves 14 dead in Central America before being downgraded to a tropical depression...
BBC News - November 21, 2005
Cheney says Iraq debate essential
The US vice-president says he does not believe it is wrong for opponents to criticise America's Iraq policy...
BBC News - November 21, 2005
Car giant GM to cut 30,000 staff
US carmaking giant General Motors says it will cut 30,000 jobs under a shake-up that aims to save it $2.5bn a year...
BBC News - November 21, 2005
Last US plane leaves Uzbek base
The US flies its last plane out of its air base in Uzbekistan, after being asked to leave by President Islam Karimov...
BBC News - November 21, 2005
Mall gunman wounds 6
A man accused of shooting six people at a Tacoma, Washington, shopping mall surrendered to police after a three-hour hostage standoff Sunday afternoon, authorities said. One of those wounded was in critical condition. A police spokesman said the suspect "was in the mall, walking along, firing."...
CNN - November 21, 2005
Sharon quits Likud to form new party
In what some observers are calling a "huge political earthquake" for Israel, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has quit his right-wing Likud party to form a new political organization, Israel Radio reported...
CNN - November 21, 2005
Tribes' Basketball Passion Turns Into Business
American Indians are making their way into college, semiprofessional and professional basketball...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
Public TV Overseer Faces New Questions
An auditors' report of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has raised questions about the propriety of a number of large contracts...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
A Newly Merged Company Maintains a Familiar Globe
SBC Communications completed its purchase of AT&T on Friday and the new company logo will keep the blue globe as its basic motif...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
New Xbox Goes on Sale at Midnight. Good Luck.
Wall Street analysts expect a shortage in the U.S., with some saying Microsoft has purposely stoked demand beyond the company's ability to meet it...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
G.M. Set to Announce Restructuring Plan
General Motors is expected to outline a restructuring plan on Monday that could include a series of plant closings and other cutbacks...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
Oil prices rise on colder weather
Global oil prices rise as colder weather hits the north-east of the US, raising concerns about heating oil supplies...
BBC News - November 21, 2005
Polar bears face warmer future
The BBC's Kevin Bishop visits Churchill, Canada, to see how polar bears are faring ahead of the big winter freeze...
BBC News - November 21, 2005
Bolivia's prison children
Prisons in Bolivia are not only overcrowded with adults, but also with children sharing their parents' cells...
BBC News - November 21, 2005
Singer Christina Aguilera marries
Christina Aguilera marries boyfriend and music executive Jordan Bratman in a ceremony in California...
BBC News - November 21, 2005
Tennis: Nalbandian beats Federer
Roger Federer says he has had a great year despite defeat to David Nalbandian at the Masters Cup...
BBC News - November 21, 2005
NFL: Colts keep up winning run
Peyton Manning throws three touchdown passes as the Indianapolis Colts beat Cincinnati for their 10th straight win...
BBC News - November 21, 2005
Colombia lawmaker killed in crash
A Colombian congressman who strongly supported the peace process with the paramilitaries dies in a helicopter crash...
BBC News - November 21, 2005
Bush makes first visit to Mongolia
U.S. President George W. Bush thanks Mongolia for standing with him in Iraq and compared the struggle against Islamic radicalism to this country's battle against communism...
CNN - November 21, 2005
'We're being held hostage'
At first it sounded like a kiosk had fallen over in the Tacoma Mall, but then people started screaming and Stacy Wilson spotted the gunman. Wilson ran with a group of women into a Victoria's Secret store and crouched behind a wall. She heard 15, maybe 20 shots. Then the shooting subsided, and a store employee ran to shut a security gate...
CNN - November 21, 2005
After Eminent Domain Victory, Disputed Project Goes Nowhere
Five months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that New London, Conn., could seize private property through eminent domain, no one has been forced to leave...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
The Congress: In the Senate, a Chorus of Three Defies the Line
In the center of the fray over the Iraq war, pushing Congress to reassert itself, are three Republicans: John W. Warner, John McCain and Lindsey Graham...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
Bush Is First U.S. President in Mongolia
The President arrived in the capital ready to hail a young democracy that has sent troops to Iraq...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
TiVo to Transfer Shows to iPods, Sony PSP
The announcement builds on TiVo's release in February that allows its users to transfer programs to personal computers and DVD's...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
At Harvard, a Man, a Plan and a Scanner
Harvard, together with Google, plans to create searchable digital copies of entire collections at five leading research libraries...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
Sony Has NBC Ask, 'Mom, What's a Geisha?'
Last Monday's episode of NBC's "Medium" offered a new twist on product placement, with a story line woven around an upcoming Sony Pictures movie...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
Link By Link: Railing at Sony BMG, Disguised as a Review
Snarky Internet shoppers have quickly turned Amazon.com's new tagging system into digital graffiti...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
Drilling Down: Public Radio's Growth Is No Longer a Given
The number of people listening to public radio has been at a plateau since 2003...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
Woodward? Google? A Plague Week
Google's new database could be more a spike to the heart than just another nail in the coffin for newspapers...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
Advertising: A Survey Shows Problems Remain in Agency-Advertiser Relationships
Significant differences still prevent advertisers and agencies from working together more productively...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
Seeking Clean Fuel for a Nation, and a Rebirth for Small-Town Montana
If the vast, empty plain of eastern Montana is the Saudi Arabia of coal, then Gov. Brian Schweitzer may be its Lawrence...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
Skype Says RadioShack to Sell Kits for Its Web-Based Phone Service
Skype Technologies, which provides free- and low-cost Web-based telephone services, is reaching for the American consumer mainstream...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
Process Is Served as Lord Black Sues a Biographer
Peter C. Newman, a best-selling author and former editor of Maclean's magazine, was served with a $1.8 million lawsuit from Conrad Black at a black-tie social event in Toronto...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
Search Engines Gaining in Use, a Study Says
Search now claims the No. 2 spot among online tasks after sending and receiving e-mail messages...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
Boeing Announces New Orders Worth $13.7 Billion
The deals are for 112 aircraft from Emirates Airlines and China and extend Boeing's gains in new business this year over its larger rival...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
Drug Maker Rejects Bid for Takeover
Medicis Pharmaceutical rejected an unsolicited $2.2 billion merger bid made late Friday by the Mentor Corporation...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
Rival Ad Executives Are Said to Join in an Effort to Buy Aegis
The French investor Vincent Bolloré has teamed up with Martin Sorrell and the private equity group Hellman & Friedman to bid for the Aegis Group...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
E-Commerce Report: Where Is Wal-Mart's Fancy Stuff? Try Online
Walmart.com sells goods designed to appeal more to the Tiffany crowd than to the bargain hunters who browse the company's terrestrial stores...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
Tapping a New Age Life on the Web, Cellphone and TV
Lime is a media company devoted to new-age lifestyle programs on subjects like organic food, hybrid cars and alternative medicine that has big-name backers...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
Journalist, Cover Thyself
Tireless media critic Howard Kurtz writes for The Washington Post and broadcasts on CNN, raising conflict questions...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
For Fox's 'Idol,' Success Is Set on a Shaky Pedestal
"American Idol" is the financial lifeblood of Fox's prime-time business, but the network has kept news about the series almost completely under wraps in the last several months...
New York Times - November 21, 2005
Cricket: W Indies defeated
Australia have few problems in wrapping up a nine-wicket win over the West Indies in the second Test in Hobart...
BBC News - November 21, 2005
Six injured in US mall shooting
At least six people are hurt in a shooting in a shopping mall in Tacoma in the US state of Washington...
BBC News - November 21, 2005
Bush tour ends with Mongolia stop
President Bush pays a flying visit to Mongolia on the final leg of his week-long tour of Asia...
BBC News - November 21, 2005
Grand opening for new Ali centre
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali attends the star-studded opening of a new museum in his honour in Kentucky...
BBC News - November 21, 2005
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