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Sen. Baucus says Congress to pass China bill
BILLINGS, MT (Reuters) - Senator Max Baucus said on Tuesday that Congress will pass currency legislation aimed at easing U.S.-China trade imbalances regardless of whether the Bush ...
U.S. stance on world trade deals seen hardening
NAPA, California (Reuters) - The appetite for trade deals in the United States is fading and the window to strike an agreement in the Doha round of farm talks is closing, analysts and ...
Key senator asks study of beef trade barriers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. International Trade Commission was directed by a key senator on Tuesday to report on barriers to U.S. beef sales in major trading partners such as Japan and ...
Officials laud unmanned weapons, see challenges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. military officials on Tuesday underscored the growing importance of unmanned planes, boats and ground vehicles for national security, but said they also ...
U.S. tells Moscow to tone down rhetoric on Georgia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States told Russia on Tuesday to tone down its "rhetoric" after a missile attack against Georgia that Moscow and Tbilisi blamed on each other.
U.S., UK present resolution to boost U.N. Iraq role
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States and Britain introduced on Tuesday a resolution charging the United Nations with trying to bring together Iraq's embattled factions as the two ...
Paulson warns lawmakers on China trade bills
BILLINGS, Montana (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson warned on Tuesday it was a mistake for U.S. lawmakers to blame American job losses on global competition and use it as an ...
Clinton proposes crackdown in mortgage market
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the U.S. mortgage market in turmoil, Democratic presidential front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton on Tuesday proposed clamping down on lending abuses and providing ...
Raul Hilberg, pioneer scholar of Holocaust, dies
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Raul Hilberg, who spent more than half a century researching the Holocaust, has died at 81 of lung cancer, the University of Vermont said on Tuesday.
New York could skip subway fare rise till 2010: Thompson
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City bus and subway riders would not have to pay higher fares until 2010, two years later than now planned, the city comptroller said on Tuesday, provided the ...
Thompson wife Jeri caught between two stereotypes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Fred Thompson's wife, Jeri, is caught between two images: blond, beautiful companion to her older husband and powerful, behind-the-scenes player in his ...
Americans extremely wary of China goods: poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumers are extremely wary of products made in China in the wake of a series of safety scandals, with nearly two-thirds saying they would support a boycott of ...
Testimony ends in Padilla's terrorism trial
MIAMI (Reuters) - Testimony ended on Tuesday in the trial of former "dirty bomb" suspect Jose Padilla and two other men on charges of supporting terrorism, but Padilla's lawyers ...
Pollution closes record number of beaches: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. beaches declared unsafe for swimming reached a record last year, with more than 25,000 cases where shorelines were closed or prompted health ...
Ten charged with starting California wildfires
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles charged 10 people on Tuesday with negligently starting wildfires that destroyed hundreds of homes and burned huge swaths of ...
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