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US News Archive for January 2005:
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Iraq vote count under way
Senior Iraqis and world leaders praised Iraqis for voting despite a spate of stop-the-vote attacks that killed least 25 people. As the count began, Iraq's national security adviser told CNN: "This is the greatest day in the history of this country." President Bush said Iraqis "have taken rightful control of their country's destiny."...
CNN - January 30, 2005
Jackson protests media leaks
Michael Jackson on Sunday condemned recent media leaks in his molestation case as "disgusting and false," saying he deserved a fair trial and predicting that he would be acquitted...
CNN - January 30, 2005
Bush: Iraq election 'resounding success'
President Bush on Sunday called Iraq's historic election a "resounding success" as Iraqis "take rightful control of their country's destiny." With polls now closed, Iraqi officials are reporting a higher turnout than expected, despite a spate of attacks and threats aimed at disrupting the vote...
CNN - January 30, 2005
In Baghdad Neighborhood, Voting Becomes a Communal Celebration
If there were doubts about the ability of Iraqis to grasp democracy, they seemed to evaporate in the polls of Karada...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
Najaf: Top Shiite Cleric Inspires Many to Vote
There were no reports of any violence and turnout appeared to be fairly good, particularly at noontime...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
Bush: Iraq election 'resounding success'
President Bush today called Iraq's historic election a "resounding success" as Iraqis "take rightful control of their country's destiny." With polls now closed, Iraqi officials are reporting a higher turnout than expected, despite a spate of attacks and threats aimed at disrupting the vote. At least 25 people were killed and more than 70 wounded in a string of attacks...
CNN - January 30, 2005
Iraqis vote amid violence
Polls close in Iraq's first free election in a half century, with officials reporting a higher than expected turnout of registered voters amid attacks and threats of violence...
CNN - January 30, 2005
In Mosul, Many Votes and Glitches for the Kurds
Khaled Kazar, an election official, said early signs indicated a "good turnout" in Nineveh province...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
OPEC Ministers Leave Production Unchanged
OPEC ministers are increasingly convinced that current high prices are not hurting global economic growth...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
US and Mexico ease border tension
The US and Mexico try to defuse a row about increasing violence near their shared border...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Bombers target Iraqi voters, polling stations
A string of attacks, some targeting lines of voters waiting to cast ballots in Iraq's first free elections in half a century, killed at least 16 people Sunday and injured scores more. Turnout was sporadic, yet in some parts of the country polling stations were packed with Iraqis waiting to vote, many of them for the first time in their lives...
CNN - January 30, 2005
Bombers target Iraqi voters
A string of suicide bombings and mortar attacks, some targeting lines of Iraqi voters waiting to cast their ballots in the first free elections in half a century, kill at least 16 people and injure scores more...
CNN - January 30, 2005
Boxing: Gatti retains crown
Arturo Gatti eyes Floyd Mayweather Jr after victory over "Jesse" James Leija...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Halliburton to pull out of Iran
US energy services company Halliburton is to end its operations in Iran after existing contracts come to an end citing a poor environment...
BBC News - January 30, 2005
Polls open in Iraq
30,000 polling booths open in Iraq amid curfews, travel and weapons banViolence raged Saturday, with rocket hitting the U.S. Embassy in BaghdadIntelligence sources: Insurgents have 150 car bombs and 250 suicide bombs prepared...
CNN - January 30, 2005
Iraqis begin voting
Voters are casting ballots Sunday in Iraq in their first free election in more than 50 years. As the voting began, the looming question was how many of the 14.2 million Iraqis registered to vote would actually cast ballots, amid vows by insurgents to "wash" the streets with "voters' blood."...
CNN - January 30, 2005
The Vote, and Democracy Itself, Leave Anxious Iraqis Divided
Questions over the election go beyond U.S. stewardship, to issues that touch on whether it was ever realistic to think that democracy could be implanted in Iraq...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
U.S. Is Close to Eliminating AIDS in Infants, Officials Say
Mother-to-child transmission of H.I.V. has dropped so sharply that public health officials now talk about wiping it out...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
Under One Roof, Aging Together Yet Alone
In the past decade, the number of elderly Americans in assisted living has tripled, to nearly one million...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
In Jacksonville, Faith, Hope and Charity at a Super Bowl
Some residents are trying to infuse faith into the week of celebrations that culminate on Feb. 6 with Super Bowl XXXIX...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
Clothes With Lots of Style and a Little History, Too
The growing popularity of vintage clothing has made cheap finds harder to come by, as shoppers become as knowledgeable about designers as retailers and wholesalers...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
OPEC Suggests No Output Change Till Cut in April
Oil ministers suggested they might cut output in April to fend off a seasonal slowdown in demand when winter ends in the Northern Hemisphere...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
Best C.E.O.'s? Er, Never Mind
It used to be so easy for business magazines to assemble a list of celebrity chief executives to champion as the best of the best...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
The Sisterhood Judging WorldCom
Although Denise Cote and Barbara Jones have presided over major trials, their oversight of the WorldCom cases is drawing the national spotlight...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
Taking the Wheel Before a Pension Runs Into Trouble
Who stands to lose when a pension plan fails? And, just as important: If you find that you are not fully insured, what can you do?...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
U.S. Property Prices Too High? Some Funds Look Abroad
Investors who worry that the American property market may be peaking have another option: putting money into real estate abroad...
New York Times - January 30, 2005
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