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Spacecraft flies by remote asteroid, camera stops
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Official Egypt rock slide toll rises to 31
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Philly school rekindles same-sex education debate
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Muslim separatist strike shuts down Indian Kashmir
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Troops, protesters clash in Indian Kashmir 1 dead
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Catholics assert themselves in Hanoi land dispute
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Myanmar says no sign of Suu Kyi hunger strike
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Landslides leave 27 dead or missing in Philippines
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Returning lawmakers make Capitol a campaign stage
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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US News Archive for December 2005:
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New York transit strike ending
The executive board representing more than 30,000 New York transit employees votes to return to work while contract negotiations continue with the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Union chief Roger Toussaint says members are returning to work immediately but it is not clear how soon trains and buses will be moving again...
CNN - December 22, 2005
House passes one-month Patriot Act extension
The House Thursday rejected a Senate-approved six-month extension of the Patriot Act, which expires December 31. Instead, it approved an one-month extension and sent the measure back to the other side of the Capitol, leaving the measure's fate still uncertain...
CNN - December 22, 2005
NYC's transit strike is over
The executive board representing the New York City transit union has voted to send 30,000 striking workers back to work immediately while negotiations continue. Still, the timetable for bus and subway service to resume remains unclear...
CNN - December 22, 2005
State Mediators' Plan Clears Way to Resolve 60-Hour Ordeal
Details of the deal were not announced, but each side received some of what it asked for, according to people close to the talks...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Buses Back First, Then Subways, but Not Right Away
Many New Yorkers this evening will once again have to rely on alternate means of transportation...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Ford gains union healthcare deal
Ford secures a deal with its main union that will help it save an annual $850m in healthcare costs...
BBC News - December 22, 2005
Ex-Colombia minister faces trial
A former Colombian minister is charged with instigating the murder of a presidential candidate in 1989...
BBC News - December 22, 2005
Rumsfeld hints at Iraq troop cut
The US Defence Secretary hints that US troop levels in Iraq could fall next year, but makes no promises...
BBC News - December 22, 2005
House trims US Patriot Act term
The US House of Representatives votes to cut an extension to the Patriot Act from six months to one...
BBC News - December 22, 2005
NYC transit workers strike may end
A mediator in the New York transit strike says union leaders have agreed to "take steps" to have more than 30,000 striking employees return to work while negotiations continue. The union's executive board is expected to approve the deal by the end of the day, he says...
CNN - December 22, 2005
Strikers may be headed back to work
A mediator in the New York transit strike said Thursday that union leaders have agreed to "take steps" to have more than 30,000 striking employees return to work while negotiations continue...
CNN - December 22, 2005
No Timetable Is Announced on Resumption of Service
The agreement, said several people close to the negotiations, would give every side some of what it asked for...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
For New Yorkers, Another Frigid Trek to Work
New Yorkers stoically accepted their plight as they commuted on the third day of the New York City transit strike...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
I.M.F. Approves $3.3 Billion in Debt Relief for Poorest Countries
The I.M.F. approved debt relief for 19 of the poorest countries and predicted that a 20th, Mauritania, would qualify soon...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
US consumers fail to splash out
US consumer spending rose by less than expected last month, as retailers report a mixed holiday season...
BBC News - December 22, 2005
Three stabbed at rap party
Three people are stabbed at a New York club hosting a record release party for a rap duets album...
BBC News - December 22, 2005
Golf: Woods eyes January restart
Tiger Woods will celebrate his 30th birthday at the end of the month before starting his season in late January...
BBC News - December 22, 2005
Envoy summoned on Bolivia hoax
Spain summons its Vatican envoy over a radio station hoax on Evo Morales, who is expected to be Bolivia's new leader...
BBC News - December 22, 2005
Rumsfeld in surprise Iraq visit
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrives in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on an unannounced visit...
BBC News - December 22, 2005
NYC to take union to court
More legal wrangling was expected today in the New York transit strike after Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the city would request a temporary restraining order against union workers over the work stoppage...
CNN - December 22, 2005
'White House lies,' Hussein says
In one of his frequent outbursts during his trial, Saddam Hussein says the Bush administration lied when it claimed there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, as well as when it disputed his claims of being beaten...
CNN - December 22, 2005
Senate Agrees to a Six-Month Extension of the Patriot Act
The Senate agreed to the extension to give lawmakers time to resolve differences on an updated version of the act...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
News of Surveillance Is Awkward for Agency
The disclosure of the National Security Agency's secret domestic eavesdropping may revive fears that the agency is a sort of high-tech Big Brother...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
$3.3 Billion in Debt Relief
The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday approved $3.3 billion of debt relief for 19 of the world's poorest countries...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Testing US presidential powers
President Bush's defence of spying within the US shows the issue of presidential powers is as alive today as it has been throughout US history...
BBC News - December 22, 2005
Patent worries fail to dent RIM
Blackberry mobile device maker RIM posts better than expected profits easing fears that a legal row could dent the business...
BBC News - December 22, 2005
Boeing raises 787 delivery target
Boeing raises its forecasts for the number of 787 Dreamliner aircraft it will deliver in the plane's first year of service...
BBC News - December 22, 2005
Tennis: Puerta considers appeal
Mariano Puerta says his eight-year ban for failing a doping test is "extraordinary" and may appeal...
BBC News - December 22, 2005
Golf: Teen sensation to join tour
The LPGA will let Morgan Pressel join the tour before her 18th birthday, waiving its usual age restriction...
BBC News - December 22, 2005
Fresh doubts about Haiti ballot
Haiti's long-awaited elections, scheduled for 8 January, may be postponed for a fourth time, officials say...
BBC News - December 22, 2005
Mexico seeks anti-fence alliance
Mexico tries to form a united front in Latin America against US plans for a fence on its southern border...
BBC News - December 22, 2005
US police dismissed over beating
Two New Orleans police officers are sacked after a TV tape showed the beating of a man in the street...
BBC News - December 22, 2005
Senate reaches Patriot Act deal
In a compromise deal, the US Senate passes a six-month extension of the anti-terror law known as the Patriot Act...
BBC News - December 22, 2005
U.S. Senators set Patriot Act deal
U.S. Senate leaders have reached agreement to extend for six months expiring provisions of the Patriot Act. The act, created after the September 11, 2001 attacks, allows the U.S. government broad authority to investigate people suspected of involvement in terrorist activities...
CNN - December 22, 2005
Patriot Act deal reached
Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate reached an agreement Wednesday night to extend expiring provisions of the Patriot Act for six months. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist announced the agreement on the Senate floor, ending a contentious impasse...
CNN - December 22, 2005
The Overview: Senate Rejects Bid for Drilling in Arctic Area
The Senate passed a $40 billion budget-cutting plan as lawmakers traded moves in a tense end-of-session chess match...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus. He's on the Phone.
Some parents are forgoing the traditional trip to the mall and turning to services that provide phone calls from Santa...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Court Refuses U.S. Bid to Shift Terror Suspect
A federal appeals court refused to allow the transfer of Jose Padilla from military custody to civilian law enforcement authorities...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
News Analysis: Tough Stance, Tougher Fines: Union Leader Is in a Corner
Roger Toussaint has quickly discovered that engaging in an illegal walkout can leave a union with a weak hand...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Tolls Start to Mount: Financial, Medical, Emotional
By Wednesday, the reality of a transit strike had wiped away any sense that this was an adventure. It was an annoyance...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
New York Police Covertly Join In at Protest Rallies
Videotapes show that police officers have conducted covert surveillance of people at seven public gatherings since August 2004...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Qatar Finds a Currency of Its Own: Natural Gas
The tiny emirate is elbowing aside other energy-rich countries to become the leader in the emerging international market for natural gas...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
World Business Briefings: Europe, Asia
EUROPE...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Ex-Executives of Health Care Firm Sued
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Job Cuts to Lower Profit at Times Co.
The New York Times Company said yesterday that expenses related to job cuts would lower its fourth-quarter profit...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Want to Start a Hedge Fund? First, Read This Book
Barton M. Biggs, a former Morgan Stanley strategist, examines the less glamorous side of managing a hedge fund...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Small Business: For Some, a Little Loan Goes a Long Way
When banks say no, microlenders get a chance to fill a small-business need...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Joseph L. Owades, Developer of Recipe for Light Beer, Is Dead at 86
Joseph L. Owades was a biochemist and a leader in the brewing industry...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Daimler Settles U.S. Charges
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Lilly Settles Marketing Suit
By Bloomberg News...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Allergan to Buy Inamed
Allergan, the maker of Botox, entered into a definitive agreement to buy the Inamed Corporation for $3.2 billion...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Seagate to Buy Top Competitor
Seagate Technology agreed yesterday to buy the Maxtor Corporation for $1.9 billion in stock...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Taser Files Delayed Results
Shares of the stun gun maker rose 11 percent...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Lower Pay This Year for Managers of Harvard's Endowment
BOSTON, Dec. 21 (Reuters) - The Harvard Management Company, which invests the university's $26 billion endowment, cut the pay for its top money managers in fiscal 2005, Harvard said Wednesday. Most of the managers recently left to start a hedge fund...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Economy Grew at a Quick Pace in Summer Despite Hurricanes
Booming auto sales offset the adverse effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Commerce Department said...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Advertising: It's Getting Crowded on the Environmental Bandwagon
A growing list of big-name companies appear to be spending ever-bigger chunks of their advertising budgets to promote environmental do-goodism...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Profit Jumps at BlackBerry Maker Despite Legal Woes
Research In Motion reported that profit rose 33 percent, while revenue grew 53 percent, compared with a year ago...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Economic Scene: Tax Cuts for the Wealthy: Waste More, Want More
There is little reason to expect large tax cuts for the wealthy to have resulted in a more efficient allocation of our nation's scarce resources...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
S.E.C. Accuses a New Jersey Hedge Fund
The suit alleges that HMC International and its two principals misappropriated funds to pay for their lavish lifestyles...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Shares Break 4-Day Losing Streak on Earnings and Deals
Stocks snapped four days of losses yesterday after the FedEx Corporation reported strong results, lifting transportation stocks...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
FedEx Profit Up 33% in Quarter
The fiscal second-quarter profits climbed as deliveries rose around the world and the company raised surcharges to cover higher fuel prices...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
I.B.M. to Buy Micromuse for $865 Million
I.B.M. will buy Micromuse Inc., whose software is used to manage Internet-based computing networks that handle voice and video as well as data...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Albertson's Sale Is in Limbo as Board Rejects $9.6 Billion Bid
The giant supermarket chain terminated talks last night with a consortium of investors that had been the leading bidder in an auction for the company...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Three Morgan Directors Resign; All Were Allies of Ex-Chief
The resignations of Edward A. Brennan, John W. Madigan and Miles L. Marsh are the latest sign of a fundamental reshaping of Morgan Stanley's board...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Market Place: $440 Million From Wall St. as Restitution
Checks providing most of the restitution apportioned in a global settlement over tainted research during the technology boom will soon be in the mail...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Time Warner Chooses an Insider as President
The announcement puts Jeffrey L. Bewkes in line to succeed the chief executive, Richard D. Parsons, who is fending off efforts by some investors to break up the company...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Top Banker to Be Retried in Germany
Judges ordered a retrial of Josef Ackermann and five others over large payments to executives at the telecommunications company Mannesmann...
New York Times - December 22, 2005
Brazil opens military era files
Brazil's opens up secret files from the years of military rule after a long campaign from rights groups...
BBC News - December 22, 2005
Terror case rebuke for US
A US appeals court rejects a bid by the government to transfer terror suspect Jose Padilla to civilian custody...
BBC News - December 22, 2005
Colombia plans new rebel meeting
Colombia's government and the country's ELN rebels agree to meet again in January after five days of talks in Cuba...
BBC News - December 22, 2005
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