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Gaza pullout to bolster US-Israel ties-White House
CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday praised Israel's pullout from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank as a bold move that would strengthen ties between ...
U.S. senator going to Libya to help normalize relations
CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard Lugar is going to Libya in another step toward normalizing relations after Tripoli decided to ...
U.S. court affirms military's abortion policy
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Abortions are only covered by Pentagon medical benefits if a pregnant woman's life is at risk, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday.
Israel looks to U.S. for new aid after withdrawal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Israeli soldiers struggle to force settlers from Gaza and parts of the West Bank, U.S. officials are quietly looking at a $2.2 billion aid request from ...
U.S. should temper textile demands - China media
BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States should not make excessive demands in talks on China's surging textile exports, a newspaper editorial said on Friday, adding Washington should ...
Cheney mourns Iraq war deaths, urges perseverance
CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday offered sympathy to the families of fallen soldiers who face "irreplaceable" losses but insisted the Iraq war was ...
Roberts documents underscore conservative values
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As a White House lawyer in the 1980s, Supreme Court nominee John Roberts was a solidly conservative voice on the hottest topics before President Ronald Reagan ...
Fugitive L.A. alligator becomes local folk hero
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than a week after a man-sized alligator stunned authorities by surfacing in a murky Los Angeles lake, the fugitive reptile has already become a folk hero ...
US women still face bias in science-report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women trying to make it as scientists face bias, hostility and a lack of respect that all combine to hold them back, a team of researchers reported on Thursday.
Foam dilemma helps delay next NASA shuttle launch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA will delay the next launch of a space shuttle until March 2006 in part because more time is needed to fix a problem with foam flying off the external fuel ...
Two officers, paramedic shot in US courthouse square
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A man opened fire in a courthouse square in southwestern Georgia on Thursday, wounding a police chief, a county deputy and a paramedic before he was shot dead by ...
Calif. faces pressure to join border emergency call
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger faced pressure on Thursday to join New Mexico and Arizona in declaring a state of emergency along the troubled border ...
U.S. prosecutors claim home of Calif. lawmaker
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Attorney's Office has initiated attempts to seize the home of U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, alleging that the California Republican's $3.5 million ...
Denver man sues ex-Catholic priest for abuse
DENVER (Reuters) - A man who says he was sexually abused by his godfather, a now-defrocked Catholic priest, sued the Archdiocese of Denver for $10 million on Thursday, claiming that ...
U.S. envoy, high-society pal of Bush, riles Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - He married Mexico's richest woman, is an old pal of President Bush and now Washington's envoy south of the Rio Grande is stirring up controversy in a dispute ...
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