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US News Archive for January 2006:
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More unrest over Hamas 'revolution'
Hundreds of armed Fatah demonstrators surrounded Palestinian government buildings in the West Bank and Gaza Saturday, denouncing Hamas' election victory and Fatah's failure to make reforms...
CNN - January 28, 2006
In 200 Years of Family Letters, a Nation's Story
The Cowan family has kept letters written to one another for more than 200 years, creating one of the largest private family troves that has turned up in recent years...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Coca grower in Bolivia drug post
New Bolivian President Evo Morales appoints a coca grower to lead the fight against drug-trafficking...
BBC News - January 28, 2006
Hamas: 'Palestinian army' possible
A leader of the militant group Hamas promises reforms and indicates the possibility of a Palestinian army in the wake of the historic elections that swept his party into power...
CNN - January 28, 2006
Iraq captors: Last chance for demand
The captors of four Western peace activists in Iraq say they are giving U.S.-led forces a last chance to free Iraqi prisoners or they will kill four Western humanitarian workers, Al-Jazeera reports...
CNN - January 28, 2006
Remembering Challenger
Twenty years ago, space shuttle Challenger blew apart in jets of fire and plumes of smoke, a terrifying sight witnessed by the families of the seven astronauts and by those who came to watch the historic launch of the first teacher in space...
CNN - January 28, 2006
Climate Expert Says NASA Tried to Silence Him
NASA's top climate scientist says the Bush administration tried to stop him from calling for reductions in emissions linked to global warming...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Hamas Leader Vows to Pursue Stance on Israel
The exiled political head of Hamas said that the group would not "submit to pressure to recognize Israel."...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
A Decade After Clinton's Plan, Bush Revisits Health Care Issue
President Bush is expected to push a series of health care proposals in his State of the Union address on Tuesday...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Seeing Fakes, Angry Traders Confront EBay
The heart of eBay's business model is being challenged by users who have discovered knockoff products being sold on the site...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Court-martial convicts US soldier
A US court-martial in Afghanistan finds an American soldier guilty of mistreating prisoners...
BBC News - January 28, 2006
Iraq hostages in new video
Iraq abductors release video footage of four Western hostages - more than a month after they were last seen...
BBC News - January 28, 2006
Shockwaves follow Palestinian vote
In the wake of the militant group Hamas' apparent victory in Palestinian elections, Fatah supporters rallied to denounce their party's poor showing. Meanwhile, scattered violence was reported between Fatah and Hamas supporters...
CNN - January 28, 2006
Triple Jumps and Double Axels Earn Kwan a Last Shot at Gold
Michelle Kwan performed so convincingly that U.S. Figure Skating officials decided that she was fit to compete at the Turin Games...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
NBA banishes drugs star
New Orleans forward Chris Andersen is the first player for 10 years to be thrown out of the NBA for drug use...
BBC News - January 28, 2006
Golf: Jobe ahead in Buick
Brandt Jobe fires a five-under-par 67 to lead after the second day of the Buick Invitational...
BBC News - January 28, 2006
Haiti gang frees French nationals
Three French citizens and their local driver who were abducted in Haiti are released unharmed, say police...
BBC News - January 28, 2006
Diabetes inhaler given approval
A form of insulin that can be inhaled rather than injected is to be available in the UK for people with diabetes...
BBC News - January 28, 2006
Chavez vows to 'lock up' US spies
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela threatens to jail any US officials caught spying in his country...
BBC News - January 28, 2006
Scandal clouds Getty re-opening
The Getty Villa in Los Angeles re-opens after a $275m facelift amid controversy over museum acquisitions...
BBC News - January 28, 2006
Kerry appears to lack votes for Alito filibuster
Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry has urged his Democratic colleagues to unite and filibuster Judge Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court, but senators from both sides of the aisle said Friday that isn't going to happen...
CNN - January 28, 2006
Bush Presses On in Legal Defense for Wiretapping
Despite the administration's arguments, many legal scholars remain skeptical about the domestic spying program's legality...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Mauresmo Wins First Grand Slam Title
Amélie Mauresmo won the Australian Open, her first Grand Slam title, after Justine Henin-Hardenne withdrew with stomach pain...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Questions for Others in Frey Scandal
In all of the attention focused on James Frey in recent weeks, two main characters in the drama — Mr. Frey's literary agent and the book's editor — have largely escaped scrutiny...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
In One Village, Anger and a Hunger for Change
Many Palestinian voters said they turned to Hamas out of exhaustion with Fatah's perceived corruption and incompetence...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
An Exotic Tool For Espionage: Moral Compass
A group of intelligence officers and academics are meeting this weekend to hammer out a code of ethics for spies...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
[TS] A Revenge Fantasy, Except It's Reality
The fascination with Enron — our hunger to know what really happened; our thirst to punish those responsible for its demise — hasn't really diminished...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
What, You Got a Problem Paying $102.13 for 2 Tomatoes?
Surveys indicate that consumers lose $1 billion to $2.5 billion each year because of scanner pricing errors...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Slightly Testy Nike Divorce Came Down to Data vs. Feel
When William D. Perez was named chief executive of Nike 13 months ago, the company's idiosyncratic founder and chairman, Philip H. Knight, called it the "beginning of an exciting new chapter" in Nike's history...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
The Saturday Profile: Sex! Sleaze! Filth! Britain's Scandal King Sells All!
Max Clifford, Britain's highest-profile public relations agent, runs "a virtual monopoly on tabloid kiss-and-tell stories."...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
S.E.C. Chairman to Undergo Surgery for Tumor
Christopher Cox, the new chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, will undergo surgery to remove a tumor on his thymus...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Bush Names 2 to Fill Fed Board Seats
President Bush nominated an economics professor at the University of Chicago and a White House economics policy aide to fill two vacancies on the Federal Reserve's board of governors...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
United Air Narrows Loss on Operations
CHICAGO, Jan. 27 (AP) — Poised to leave bankruptcy despite continuing losses, the UAL Corporation, the parent of United Airlines, reported a fourth-quarter operating loss of $182 million on Friday that showed significant improvement after a three-year restructuring but still ran its money-losing streak to five and a half years...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
After Crash, Safety Board Warns Pilots on Reversers
The board said pilots should never assume the success of their thrust reversers, which are used after touchdown to turn around the jet blast and slow the plane...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
'Cyclone Silvio' of Italy Is on the Air, Everywhere
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has thrown himself with his usual energy into an unusual media blitz: a round-the-clock hard sell to Italian voters...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Basic Instincts: Plan to Retire, but Don't Let Numbers Rule
EVERY time I read that many Americans are not saving enough for retirement, it makes me nervous, because I'm one of them. When I was younger I didn't set aside retirement money — not a dime — so I'm now playing catch-up...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Executive Pursuits: A Career, Briefly, in Polo
I SWUNG into the saddle above a chestnut gelding named C.X., knowing I was about to bet my house — and maybe my life — on the outcome of a polo match at Cypress Creek Farm near Wellington, Fla. A groom offered up a borrowed polo mallet. I clutched the double reins with my left hand and grabbed the mallet with my right, hoisting the hitting end above my polo helmet like a spear...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
What's Offline: Don't Plan Too Much. Decide.
HERE is something to ponder the next time you receive a memo scheduling an off-site meeting to think about the company's future: Strategic planning, which costs corporations billions of dollars and hundred of thousands of work hours annually, is actually "a barrier to good decision making."...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Major Indexes Bounce Back After Last Week's Tumble
By The Associated Press...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
3 Phone Companies to Offer AOL's Broadband Services
In an effort to curtail the steady loss of dial-up customers, AOL announced that it would sell high-speed Internet services through AT&T, BellSouth and Qwest Communications...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Suit by A.I.G. Adds to the Rancor of Breaking Up Old Ties
A messy corporate divorce between American International Group and C. V. Starr & Company, a private insurer run by Maurice R. Greenberg, A.I.G.'s former chairman and chief executive, just got messier...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Halliburton Says Unit Will Offer Shares
Halliburton said that it was moving forward with a plan to sell shares in its KBR unit even amid criticism of its contracts in Iraq...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Gillette Acquisition Bolsters P. & G. Profit
CINCINNATI, Jan. 27 (AP) — Procter & Gamble, the consumer products company, said Friday that its second-quarter profit rose 29 percent, driven by growth in most businesses and the October acquisition of Gillette, the razor and battery maker...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Rising Oil Prices Help Lift Chevron Profit to Quarterly Record
SAN RAMON, Calif., Jan. 27 (AP) — The Chevron Corporation said Friday that its fourth-quarter profit climbed 20 percent, to a record $4.14 billion, as the oil company capitalized on high fuel prices...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Zimbabwe Issues Warning to Remaining Journalists
The security minister said "the net will soon close" on those remaining journalists whose criticism threatens the nation's security...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Hermès to Hang Its $400 Hats On Wall Street
Hermès, the French leather goods retailer, plans to open a store next year in a development at Broad and Wall Streets...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
What's Online: The Crumbs You Leave Behind
The idea that on the Internet, there really is no privacy, has been widely circulated in the last couple of weeks. But there are measures that Net users can take to protect themselves...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Off the Charts: Corporate Chiefs Take a Dim View of Politicians, Davos Survey Shows
Politicians are incompetent, and they pay too much attention to public opinion. Or so a substantial number of corporate leaders attending the World Economic Forum say they believe...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Investor in Bertelsmann Might Sell Its Stake
The investment firm Groupe Bruxelles Lambert signaled that it might sell its minority stake in Bertelsmann, the German media conglomerate...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
U.S. Regulators Approve Insulin in Inhaled Form
Diabetes experts say the new inhaler could offer more convenience and less pain for many Americans already using insulin...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
AOL Wins Judgment Against Spammer
America Online won a $5.6 million award against a Minnesota man who sent billions of spam e-mails over the service in 2003 and whose case helped lead to legislation to control spam...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
European Regulator Recommends Generic Copy of Biotech Drug
The European Union's drug regulator recommended approval on Friday of a generic version of a growth hormone...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
U.S. Subpoena Opens a New Front in Investigation of Heart Devices
Federal prosecutors have issued a subpoena seeking records disclosed in a lawsuit that indicate the Guidant Corporation knew that some heart devices could catastrophically fail...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Output Cuts by OPEC Appear Unlikely
With oil prices still in record territory, OPEC is unlikely to alter its policy of pumping at full capacity when it meets in Vienna next week...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Five Days: Carmaking Bites Bullet; Other Industries Dine Well
The nation's biggest manufacturers took radical steps this week to address their accelerating declines while entertainment and energy companies grew bigger, stronger and more profitable...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Saturday Interview: On Lookout for Masters of Retailing
Harold D. Reiter, chairman and chief executive of Herbert Mines Associates, is a specialist on who is going where in the retail and wholesale industries...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
U.S. Economy Slowed Sharply at End of 2005
Economic growth weakened unexpectedly in the fourth quarter, rising 1.1 percent, the slowest pace in three years...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Mittal Steel Makes Bid for a Rival
Mittal Steel shocked the industry on Friday with an unsolicited $22.8 billion bid for the world's second-biggest steel company, Arcelor...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
Cricket Anyone? Sneaker Makers on Fresh Turf
The sneaker wars, once fought on the basketball courts and football fields of the United States, are increasingly being waged in long overlooked markets...
New York Times - January 28, 2006
New Honduran president sworn in
The new centre-right president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, is sworn in in the capital, Tegucigalpa...
BBC News - January 28, 2006
Colombia to vote on Farc swap
Colombia backs a referendum on whether to exchange imprisoned Farc guerrillas for hostages...
BBC News - January 28, 2006
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