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US News Archive for May 2005:
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'Deep Throat' identity confirmed
The man who was No. 2 at the FBI in the early 1970s was "Deep Throat" -- the source whose leaked information about Watergate led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon -- The Washington Post confirmed today. The two reporters who broke the scandal, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, said: "W. Mark Felt was "Deep Throat" and helped us immeasurably."...
CNN - May 31, 2005
Talabani: Saddam trial nearing
Former dictator Saddam Hussein could go on trial "within two months," and U.S. troops might begin leaving Iraq in large numbers be the end of 2006, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told a group of international journalists Tuesday...
CNN - May 31, 2005
F.B.I. Official Revealed He Was Watergate Source in Interview
The paper made its announcement today after the official, W. Mark Felt, made the admission to Vanity Fair magazine...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
Justices Unanimously Overturn Conviction of Arthur Andersen
The ruling will not revive the accounting firm, but other companies now have clearer rules about handling documents...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
Row over El Salvador Arafat park
Israel is to delay the return of its ambassador to El Salvador after a city plaza was renamed after Yasser Arafat...
BBC News - May 31, 2005
Bush: Iraq 'plenty capable' of handling insurgents
President Bush today firmly backed Iraq's government, echoing comments by his vice president that the county's insurgency will be defeated. Speaking about insurgents during a news conference, Bush said, "I believe that the Iraqi government's going to be plenty capable of dealing with them." Meanwhile, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani says Saddam Hussein's trial will begin within two months...
CNN - May 31, 2005
Bush: Amnesty report 'absurd'
President Bush called a human rights report "absurd" for criticizing the United States' detention of terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and said Tuesday the allegations were made by "people who hate America."...
CNN - May 31, 2005
Iraqi provincial governor found dead
The governor of Iraq's Anbar province, abducted earlier this month, has been killed, a spokesman for the Iraqi prime minister said...
CNN - May 31, 2005
Former F.B.I. Official Says He Was Watergate's 'Deep Throat'
W. Mark Felt, the No.2 official at the F.B.I. during the Nixon era, made the admission to Vanity Fair magazine...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
Bush Says Abuse Charges by Rights Group Are 'Absurd'
At a news conference, the president defiantly stood by his domestic policy agenda while defending his actions abroad...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
Supreme Court Overturns Arthur Andersen Conviction
Justices cited vague jury instructions as the reason to void a conviction for destroying Enron documents before its collapse...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
Ruling Expected in United Airlines Labor Contract Case
A federal bankruptcy court judge is expected to rule today on a request by United Airlines to terminate the contract covering its 20,000 baggage handlers and ground workers...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
Russian Oil Tycoon Is Convicted and Sentenced to 9 Years in Jail
Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, the Yukos founder, was handed a verdict that carried the feel of conclusions long ago foregone...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
Andersen's Enron verdict quashed
The US Supreme Court overturns a guilty verdict against accounting group Arthur Anderson for destroying Enron-related papers...
BBC News - May 31, 2005
'Mermaid girl' to have operation
A Peruvian baby girl is to have a four-hour operation to begin separation of her legs, fused together since birth...
BBC News - May 31, 2005
Cheney: Iraq war will end before 2009
The insurgency in Iraq is in its last throes, Vice President Dick Cheney says, and he predicts the war will end during President Bush's second term, which ends in 2009. "The level of activity that we see today from a military standpoint, I think, will clearly decline," Cheney told CNN's "Larry King Live. "I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency."...
CNN - May 31, 2005
Forecast: 'Very active' hurricane season
On the eve the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, forecasters at Colorado State University predicted it would be "very active" with 15 named tropical storms and eight hurricanes...
CNN - May 31, 2005
Purported al-Zarqawi tape to bin Laden
Insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi suffered only a minor combat wound and called on Osama bin Laden to put an unspecified plan into motion, according to an audiotaped statement attributed to the Jordanian-born terrorist...
CNN - May 31, 2005
Russian Oil Tycoon Convicted
A Russian court today convicted Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, the founder of the Yukos oil company, on criminal charges and sentenced him to nine years in jail...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
French President Appoints Villepin as New Prime Minister
Jacques Chirac named Dominique de Villepin as his new prime minister in a shake-up of the government after Sunday's no vote on the European constitution...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
Microsoft approaches EU deadline
Microsoft could be about to face a $5m-a-day fine from the European Union unless it can reach agreement over an antitrust dispute...
BBC News - May 31, 2005
Clinton visits tsunami-hit Aceh
Former US President Bill Clinton visits Indonesia's Aceh province to finish a tour of tsunami-hit countries...
BBC News - May 31, 2005
Letters of the fallen touch hearts
Quoting letters of the fallen from the war in Iraq, President Bush vowed Monday to a Memorial Day audience of military families and soldiers in uniform that the nation will honor its dead by striving for peace and democracy...
CNN - May 31, 2005
For Train Riders, Middle Seat Isn't the Center of Attention
New Yorkers have a hard time reaching a consensus on many things, but they tend to agree that nobody wants to sit in the center...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
Is the Check-in Kiosk in the Lobby for Real?
Automated check-in kiosks at hotels are unreliable, but the hotel industry is determined to get the job done right...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
The Spa Experience as Tuneup
More men than ever before are venturing into spas on their business trips, but they approach the experience as more of a job to get done than a retreat...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
Crowds at the Airport
CROWDS AT THE AIRPORT Airports and airplanes are more crowded than any time since 2000 as summer bears down. The Air Transport Association says that 200 million people will board airplanes in the United States this summer, a 4.1 percent increase over last summer. In April, airplanes in North America took off with an average of 78.2 percent of their seats full, according to the International Air Transport Association, and that percentage is expected to rise as continuing low fares lure record summer leisure travel...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
The Smoking Broccoli, and Other Travelers' Tales
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 25...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
Euro Bruised by Rejection of New Pact by France
FRANKFURT, May 30 - While France's rejection of the proposed European Union constitution was a stinging rebuke to its own leaders, it could have painful consequences for economic integration in Europe and for the most tangible symbol of that unity: the euro...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
Fed Debates Pricking the U.S. Housing 'Bubble'
The idea of deflating a possible housing market bubble runs counter to a deep-seated view at the central bank, which views its main job as preventing inflation...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
Diamond Polishing Is One More Dynamic Facet of China
China is becoming the newest power in the diamond industry, as several companies set up polishing and manufacturing operations there...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
Scrushy on Trial: Class, Race and the Pursuit of Justice in Alabama
Disagreement among the jurors in the trial of Richard Scrushy, former chief of HealthSouth, has threatened a mistrial, casting attention on the jurors themselves...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
After the Vote, No Signs of Collapse
In the aftermath of France's vote against the proposed European Union constitution, the European markets simply shrugged...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
Labor Tensions Remain High as United Awaits Ruling
A federal bankruptcy court judge is expected to rule today on a request by United Airlines to terminate the contract covering its 20,000 baggage handlers and ground workers, a move their union maintains would trigger an immediate strike...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
G.E. to Help Restart Power Plant in India
General Electric will team up with two state-owned Indian companies to find ways to restart the Dabhol power plant, which has been shut down since 2001...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
Imports Rise in Canada
Canada's current-account surplus narrowed in the first quarter, chiefly because of increased imports...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
HVB Talks Are Confirmed
The HVB Group, Germany's second-largest bank, confirmed Monday that it was in talks about a possible takeover by UniCredito of Italy...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
China to End Its Taxes on Textile Exports in Retaliation for U.S. and European Quotas
China said Monday that it was lifting self-imposed textile export tariffs in reaction to quotas on the exports by the United States and European Union...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
Recalling When Flying Was an Elegant Affair
As business travel picks up, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have created advertising campaigns to promote their business-class service to American executives...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
Middleman Now Rich Man in Real Estate Boom
With house prices skyrocketing, some real estate brokers are enjoying incomes and lifestyles that approach those of their wealthiest clients...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
Despite Vow, Drug Makers Still Withhold Clinical Information
Nearly a year after drug makers promised to provide more research data, facts about many clinical trials remain hidden...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
U.S. to Begin Trade Case Over Airbus
The U.S. case against the European Union over subsidies to the aircraft maker Airbus may be the largest dispute ever heard by the World Trade Organization...
New York Times - May 31, 2005
Cricket: Best in for second Test
Tino Best is the sole change to the West Indies squad to face Pakistan on Friday...
BBC News - May 31, 2005
Bottle message saves lost vessel
A message in a bottle saves a boat of shipwrecked migrants floating off the coast of Costa Rica...
BBC News - May 31, 2005
Canada seizes Portuguese trawler
A Portuguese captain is charged with over-fishing in Canadian waters after his ship is boarded...
BBC News - May 31, 2005
US officials may face Caracas ban
Venezuela's vice-president threatens to ban US officials amid a diplomatic row over a cancelled visa...
BBC News - May 31, 2005
Stoudemire keeps Suns in series
Amare Stoudemire top-scores and blocks a Tim Duncan dunk to lead Phoenix to a 111-106 win over San Antonio...
BBC News - May 31, 2005
Football: Brazil's Ronaldo out
Ronaldo will miss next week's two World Cup qualifiers and the Confederations Cup...
BBC News - May 31, 2005
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