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US News Archive for March 2005:
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Syria vows to pull back troops in Lebanon
Syria will move all its troops in Lebanon to the Bekaa Valley, close to the Syrian border, and will later pull the troops back to the border, President Bashar Assad announced Saturday in Damascus...
CNN - March 5, 2005
Funeral for judge's husband
As scores of police officers stood guard, hundreds of mourners filled a church Saturday to bid farewell to a federal judge's slain husband, less than a week after the judge discovered his body in their home, along with that of her mother...
CNN - March 5, 2005
Syria promises to pull back in Lebanon
Syria will withdraw all its forces in Lebanon to the Bekaa Valley area, closer to the Syrian-Lebanese border, Syrian President Bashar Assad said today. The move comes after the United Nations, the Arab League, the United States, France, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Egypt all stepped up pressure on Damascus to quit Lebanon...
CNN - March 5, 2005
Torn From Moorings, Villagers Grasp for Past
After the tsunami, a group of Sri Lankan villagers are a placeless people nostalgic even for homes linked with horror...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
Suspect in 10 Murders Seemed a Stickler for Living by the Rules
Dennis L. Rader seemed to have stayed meticulously and constantly within the strictest mores of society in Wichita...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
Gabor gets $2m crash settlement
Zsa Zsa Gabor is to receive a $2m settlement over a car crash which left her partially-paralysed...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
New photos believed to be al-Zarqawi
CNN has obtained new pictures believed to be of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most wanted terrorist in Iraq. The Zarqawi network carries out frequent attacks against Iraqi and U.S. civilians and multinational troops and has been linked to kidnappings and beheadings...
CNN - March 5, 2005
Assad: Troops go if not welcome
Syrian President Bashar Assad says he has been taking steps to withdraw his country's military forces from Lebanon, and "should not stay one day if there is a Lebanese consensus asking us to leave."...
CNN - March 5, 2005
Unexpected Whiff of Freedom Proves Bracing for the Mideast
A similar mixture of anticipation and dread has emerged as the Middle East enters uncharted political and social territory...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
Defying Experts, Insurers Join Medicare Drug Plan
A substantial number of big insurance firms plan to offer prescription drug coverage to Medicare beneficiaries next year...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
How the Tumultuous Marriage Of Miramax and Disney Failed
The story behind the breakup, on one level, is about money and ego. But it is also a morality play with important lessons...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
Man convicted of stalking Gibson
A homeless man who wanted to pray with Mel Gibson is found guilty of stalking the Hollywood star...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Bush: Syria get out of Lebanon
U.S. President George W. Bush has rejected any partial withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon, saying he wants "complete withdrawal." Syrian President Bashar Assad is expected to announce a pullback of Syrian troops to eastern Lebanon on Saturday...
CNN - March 5, 2005
Wounded Italian hostage back home
Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena has returned to Rome, hours after U.S. troops in Iraq fired on the car she was in, wounding her and killing an Italian intelligence officer with her. Friday's shooting happened shortly after Sgrena was released by kidnappers in Iraq...
CNN - March 5, 2005
Boxing: Hoye to battle for crown
Britain's Clinton Woods claims the IBF light heavyweight belt by stopping Rico Hoye...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
Efforts to Hide Sensitive Data Pit 9/11 Concerns Against Safety
Federal officials will decide whether to remove signs from tank cars, fearing that terrorists could use them to identify targets...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
The Peacock Princess of China
China's dance sensation Yang Liping is the director, choreographer and star of a new show that is drawing sellout crowds all over the country...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
Enough About 'Gates' as Art; Let's Talk About That Price Tag
It appears that at least some of the $21 million price tag for "The Gates" may be as conceptual as the work itself...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
Pro and Con Line Up as Bush Presses Social Security Effort
President Bush asserted that the retirement system requires a drastic change and urged skeptics to put their own ideas forward...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
Violent New Front in Drug War Opens on the Canadian Border
A potent form of marijuana from Canada has become the center of an increasingly violent cultivation and smuggling industry...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
Citgo's Status Is Giving Houston the Jitters
Few places are as jittery as Houston when it comes to the future of Citgo Petroleum, the oil refining giant owned by the government of Venezuela...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
Home Sweet Home Confinement
The five months of home confinement that Martha Stewart must complete certainly threaten to cramp her style as the ultimate practitioner of the domestic arts...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
Jurors in the Ebbers Trial Begin Their Deliberations
Jurors in the trial of Bernard Ebbers, the former chief executive of WorldCom, began deliberations to determine whether he orchestrated an $11 billion fraud...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
Saks Earnings Climb 18%
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 4 (AP) The department store operator Saks Inc. said Friday that its fourth-quarter profit rose 18 percent as sales were up sharply at its Saks Fifth Avenue shops...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
Baseball Star Costs Tribune 3 Cents a Share
Sammy Sosa has one more big hit for the Chicago Cubs: a $13.5 million charge to the bottom line of his old team's corporate owners, the Tribune Company...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
Job Growth Rises, to Delight of Investors
Job growth surged in February, providing fresh evidence that the economy remained on a path of robust and sustained growth...
New York Times - March 5, 2005
Malnutrition hits Brazil Indians
Brazil's health authorities say at least eight indigenous children have died of malnutrition in western Brazil...
BBC News - March 5, 2005
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