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US News Archive for July 2006:
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Shuttle launch scrubbed for second time
NASA postponed the launch of the space shuttle Discovery a second time Sunday because of bad weather. The space agency said it will try for a launch Tuesday at 2:38 p.m. ET...
CNN - July 2, 2006
Olmert steps up pressure in Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday he had ordered the military to step up its operations until a teenage soldier captured by Palestinian militants is released. "No one will go unpunished," he said...
CNN - July 2, 2006
American Takes the Lead in the Tour de France
George Hincapie, the American co-leader of the Discovery Channel team, took over the leadership of the Tour de France...
New York Times - July 2, 2006
Launching of Space Shuttle Is Delayed Again
NASA will try to launch Discovery on Tuesday after storms again cloaked the Kennedy Space Center...
New York Times - July 2, 2006
After Loss, Beckham Resigns as England's Captain
England's soccer team returned home in defeat, its future uncertain after David Beckham resigned his captaincy...
New York Times - July 2, 2006
AT&T Is Calling to Ask About TV Service. Will Anyone Answer?
AT&T's new television service, U-verse, crams video, data and, soon, phone calls down one high-speed broadband line...
New York Times - July 2, 2006
Top Officials of Airbus and EADS Step Down
The officials resigned after Airbus A380 production delays and an investigation into insider trading were disclosed...
New York Times - July 2, 2006
Hussein's wife on most-wanted list
Iraq unveiled a list of the country's most-wanted fugitives Sunday, including Saddam Hussein's wife and daughter. Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, a military commander under Hussein, tops the new list of 41 names...
CNN - July 2, 2006
Weather the wild card
NASA began fueling the space shuttle Discovery early Sunday morning in preparation for a planned afternoon launch, but weather threatened to delay the liftoff for a second day...
CNN - July 2, 2006
New Jersey shutdown enters Day 2
As the state government shutdown entered its second day, lawmakers who have been unable to agree on a budget planned to return to the Statehouse to try to reach a compromise...
CNN - July 2, 2006
Instead of Walking a Beat, Flying One
The New York Police Department's aviation unit has quietly taken an aggressive role in law enforcement, transforming the age-old model of policing...
New York Times - July 2, 2006
Bolivia votes on Morales reforms
Bolivians are voting on plans by President Evo Morales for a new assembly that will rewrite the constitution...
BBC News - July 2, 2006
EADS wins US helicopter deal
Franco-German aerospace and defence firm EADS wins a contract to supply helicopters to the US Army...
BBC News - July 2, 2006
Israel hits Palestinian PM office
An Israeli helicopter gunship fired missiles on the building housing the offices of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya in Gaza City, setting the structure ablaze.The strike was confirmed by Israel, which launched assaults after Palestinians kidnapped Israeli army Cpl. Gilad Shalit on June 25...
CNN - July 2, 2006
Clouds Force Delay of Shuttle Launching for at Least a Day
NASA scrubbed the launch minutes before the scheduled liftoff Saturday as threatening clouds gathered...
New York Times - July 2, 2006
Soggy Weather Compounds Misery of Beleaguered Dairy Farmers in Vermont
Record rainfall, combined with dismally low milk prices and rising fuel prices, has Vermont's dairy farming industry in a crisis...
New York Times - July 2, 2006
'Bin Laden tape' targets Shiites
A message purportedly from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden posted on the Web encourages Sunnis to retaliate against Shiites in Iraq. CNN cannot confirm the authenticity of the 19-minute audiotape, but As-Sahab Media said earlier this week another bin Laden message was expected soon...
CNN - July 2, 2006
Israel hits Palestinian prime minister's office
An Israeli helicopter-fired missile hit the office of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya early Sunday, Palestinian sources said...
CNN - July 2, 2006
France 1, Brazil 0: France Beats Brazil at Its Own Game
Brazil exits having been thoroughly beaten twice by Zinédine Zidane and France in the past eight years...
New York Times - July 2, 2006
Clouds Force Delay of Shuttle Launching for at Least a Day
NASA scrubbed the launch minutes before the scheduled liftoff Saturday as threatening clouds gathered...
New York Times - July 2, 2006
Israel Squeezes, and Gazans Adapt to the Vise
Many Palestinians believe Israel is trying to make them so miserable that they turn against the Hamas government...
New York Times - July 2, 2006
Roberts Is at Court's Helm, but He Isn't Yet in Control
As the dust settled on a consequential Supreme Court term, the question remained whether it was now the Roberts court. The answer: not yet...
New York Times - July 2, 2006
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