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Six killed in Argentina air crash - 09 Mar 2006 22:25:18 GMT
An Argentine air force plane crashes near the Bolivian capital, killing six military personnel. |
Dubai firm to 'transfer' US ports - 09 Mar 2006 22:19:46 GMT
Dubai Ports World says it will transfer six ports to a US "entity" in a bid to end the row over its takeover of P&O. |
US military to leave Abu Ghraib - 09 Mar 2006 21:44:51 GMT
The US military in Baghdad says it will transfer detention operations away from the notorious Abu Ghraib Prison. |
Lula and Blair push trade talks - 09 Mar 2006 19:11:29 GMT
Brazil and Britain call for a summit of world leaders to give a decisive push to global trade liberalisation talks. |
Iran 'poses major US challenge' - 09 Mar 2006 16:08:27 GMT
Iran may pose a greater challenge than any other country to the US, Condoleezza Rice says. |
US trade deficit widens further - 09 Mar 2006 15:19:28 GMT
The US trade deficit increases to a record high of $68.5bn in January, due in part to rising imports of oil and cars. |
Oil touches $60 on Opec guarantee - 09 Mar 2006 14:05:50 GMT
Oil prices are hovering around $60 a barrel after producers' group Opec decides to leave output levels unchanged. |
Sex dolls fight Mexican machismo - 09 Mar 2006 12:54:21 GMT
Mexico's government is using blow-up sex dolls in a new TV campaign against sexual harassment in the workplace. |
US men fight child support laws - 09 Mar 2006 12:14:44 GMT
Men's activists in the US are to argue in court that fathers should not have to support a child they did not want. |
US church fires 'started as joke' - 09 Mar 2006 11:34:45 GMT
Three students arrested over nine church arsons in Alabama started some of the fires as a joke, officials say. |
Son to testify against drug baron - 09 Mar 2006 10:52:30 GMT
The son of one of Colombia's most notorious drug-traffickers agrees to testify against his own father in the US. |
Baseball: Canada win shocks US - 09 Mar 2006 10:27:59 GMT
Canada stun a powerful US team at the inaugural World Baseball Classic. |
Ecuador oil output 'recovering' - 09 Mar 2006 09:45:13 GMT
Ecuador's oil firm says it is resuming production despite a strike and clashes between workers and troops. |
NBA: Hornets back in N Orleans - 09 Mar 2006 07:20:55 GMT
Professional sport returns to New Orleans for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. |
Lay 'lied about Enron finances' - 09 Mar 2006 06:27:20 GMT
Ken Lay claimed Enron's finances were sound as it was tumbling towards bankruptcy, a former colleague claims. |
Plotter 'had White House dream' - 08 Mar 2006 23:59:20 GMT
Zacarias Moussaoui's sentencing trial hears how he dreamed of crashing an aircraft into the White House. |
MS vaccine testing to start in US - 08 Mar 2006 23:57:52 GMT
A US company is set to begin a trial of a vaccine which it claims halt the progress of multiple sclerosis. |
Trading starts in shares of NYSE - 08 Mar 2006 22:18:56 GMT
The New York Stock Exchange sees its own shares float for the very first time on Wednesday. |
Menezes family to meet Lula - 08 Mar 2006 21:20:39 GMT
Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes will meet the Brazilian president on Thursday, the family says. |
Baseball star 'abused steroids' - 08 Mar 2006 16:47:54 GMT
Barry Bonds, one of baseball's all-time greats, used illegal steroids for years, a new book alleges. |
Mexico rape women 'denied help' - 08 Mar 2006 02:22:27 GMT
Rape victims in Mexico are routinely denied access to legal abortion, says Human Rights Watch in a new study. |
US prepares for mid-terms battle - 07 Mar 2006 03:11:40 GMT
Can the Democrats get the US behind them in the mid-terms or will the conservative mood prevail, asks the BBC's Paul Reynolds. |
The end of Roe v Wade? - 06 Mar 2006 19:51:53 GMT
South Dakota legislators hope a vote to all but end abortion in the state could have consequences nationwide. |
In pictures: Funny road signs - 02 Mar 2006 14:09:12 GMT
BBC News website readers sent in their pictures of funny and strange road signs. |
Turning trash into cash - 28 Feb 2006 16:28:23 GMT
Thousands gather in New Orleans for the climax of the first Mardi Gras carnival since Hurricane Katrina. |