UN mandates renewed after compromise on US troopsUN: The mandates for two threatened UN peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Croatia have been renewed following agreement at…Mon Jul 15 2002 - 01:00
War with Iraq begins to lose appeal in WashingtonLetter from America: "Who really wants this war?" Michael Kinsley, the Washington Post columnist asked yesterday of the prospects…Sat Jul 13 2002 - 01:00
Bush loans at Harken coming back to haunt himNew claims about President Bush's involvement in the Texas oil company Harken Energy in the late 1980s are fuelling increasingly…Fri Jul 12 2002 - 01:00
US backs down over war crimes court immunityThe US has backed down significantly in the row involving the new international war crimes court which is jeopardising a renewed…Fri Jul 12 2002 - 01:00
Massive nuclear dump to be built in NevadaAmerica is to build a huge nuclear waste dump 1,000 feet under a mountain in Nevada, despite local objections, after the US Senate…Thu Jul 11 2002 - 01:00
Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of controversial school voucher system in USTHE US: A ruling by the US Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of the hugely controversial school voucher system …Sat Jun 29 2002 - 01:00
US reaction to pledge deletion is God-fearingTHE US: The reaction here to a San Francisco court's expurgation of God from the iconic Pledge of Allegiance has been fast, …Fri Jun 28 2002 - 01:00
Blair stops short of endorsing Bush's call to reject ArafatBRITAIN: The British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, yesterday stopped short of endorsing the Bush call for Palestinians to dump…Thu Jun 27 2002 - 01:00
Allies are wary about call to oust ArafatG8 SUMMIT: President Bush flew yesterday to Calgary in Canada to the summit of the Group of Eight leaders, ostensibly about…Wed Jun 26 2002 - 01:00
Amtrak needs urgent aid to surviveUS: A game of brinkmanship that may strand hundreds of thousands of US commuters within days is being played out between the…Wed Jun 26 2002 - 01:00
Further reversal for US death penaltyUS: The United States Supreme Court yesterday overturned death sentences on at least 150 convicted killers in a ruling that …Tue Jun 25 2002 - 01:00
Two devastating fires in Arizona merge into a 100 foot wall of fireUS: Firefighters left helpless as huge blaze moves closer to threatened resort town writes Patrick Smyth, Washington Correspondent…Tue Jun 25 2002 - 01:00
Ann Landers, trail- blazing agony aunt, dies of cancer at 83THE US: She once wrote a column about whether a lavatory roll should be hung with the free end coming over or, as she preferred…Mon Jun 24 2002 - 01:00
Court rules out execution of mentally retardedTHE US: Reversing a 13-year-old decision, the US Supreme Court yesterday deemed the execution of the mentally retarded a "cruel…Fri Jun 21 2002 - 01:00
Plane causes White House alarmTHE US: White House staff and reporters were evacuated for 15 minutes on Wednesday night after a small private aircraft, a Cessna…Fri Jun 21 2002 - 01:00
Bush authorised CIA to topple Saddam-reportTHE US: Earlier this year the Bush administration gave the CIA the go-ahead to wage a covert campaign against Iraq, including…Mon Jun 17 2002 - 01:00
Church shoots the messenger rather than face truthLETTER FROM AMERICA: By the time the US Catholic bishops' conference convened on Thursday in Dallas press accreditation for …Sat Jun 15 2002 - 01:00
US court rejects groups' claimsA US Federal appeals court in Washington DC yesterday upheld the designation of both the 32-County Sovereignty Movement and Irish…Sat Jun 15 2002 - 01:00
Please do not fish from horseback or howl at ladies within city limitsTHE US: Capitalising on the runaway success of their website, two high school students in Columbus, Georgia, have just published…Sat Jun 15 2002 - 01:00
US bishops will approve policy of zero toleranceTHE US: US Catholic bishops were last night set to approve a new zero tolerance policy requiring the laicisation of all abusing…Sat Jun 15 2002 - 01:00
US bishop accepts hierarchy's failure to aid abusedTHE US: Apologising profusely to victims of abuse, their families, the laity, and priests, the president of the US Conference…Fri Jun 14 2002 - 01:00
Two-thirds of US bishops allowed priests involved in abuse to workTwo-thirds of Catholic bishops leading 178 dioceses in the US have in the past allowed priests known to have been involved in…Thu Jun 13 2002 - 01:00
Bishop accused of child abuse resignsTHE US: Pope John Paul has accepted the resignation of the third US bishop implicated in the ongoing sex abuse scandal since…Wed Jun 12 2002 - 01:00
Survey reveals high levels of clerical sex abuse in USTHE US: The scale of the challenge facing US Catholic bishops when they meet in Dallas was brought into sharp relief yesterday…Mon Jun 10 2002 - 01:00
Bush unwilling to set timetableTHE US: President Bush was unwilling to back Arab demands to set a specific timetable for Palestinian statehood when he met …Mon Jun 10 2002 - 01:00
US plans to clamp down on 100,000 visitorsTHE US: Up to 100,000 "high-risk" visitors to the US each year will now be fingerprinted and required to register with the immigration…Fri Jun 07 2002 - 01:00
Key figure in September 11th attacks identified, say officialsTHE US: US intelligence believes it has identified a key, previously underestimated figure in the September 11th attacksThu Jun 06 2002 - 01:00
US bishops to debate handling of sex abuseTHE US: An acknowledgement of, and abject apologies for, the enormous pain caused by the Catholic Church's handling of sex abuse…Wed Jun 05 2002 - 01:00
Enron papers released to SenateThe long, and until now fruitless, process of prising information from the White House about its many contacts with Enron took…Wed Jun 05 2002 - 01:00
Bush Administration admits climate change is likely to produce serious permanent effectsTHE US: The Bush Administration has admitted in a report to the UN that climate change, brought about largely by the burning…Tue Jun 04 2002 - 01:00
WTO panel to rule on row between EU and US over imposition of steel tariffsThe World Trade Organisation (WTO) yesterday agreed to set up a panel to rule on the dispute between the EU and US on the latter…Tue Jun 04 2002 - 01:00
CIA was aware of hijackers, magazine claimsStartling claims in Newsweek magazine that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) knew of and tracked two of the September 11th…Mon Jun 03 2002 - 01:00
Waging a war of attrition on the constitution as the goalposts move againThere is a school of thought among those debating the future structures of the EU, that argues that the public would be reassured…Sat Jun 01 2002 - 01:00
FBI to focus on fight against terrorSmarting from media and congressional criticism of the FBI's pre-September 11th failures, the Bush administration yesterday announced…Thu May 30 2002 - 01:00
Intern was killed - coronerUS: Ms Chandra Levy, the Washington intern whose body was found last week in a park in Washington DC 13 months after her disappearance…Wed May 29 2002 - 01:00
Fears of serial killer attack after Washington intern's body foundTHE US: The confirmation by police pathologists that the body found yesterday in a Washington park is that of missing intern…Fri May 24 2002 - 01:00
SEC granted interim orderA New York court yesterday granted the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) an emergency interim order against an international…Thu May 23 2002 - 01:00
Security stepped up as US unnerved by warnings about future terrorist attacksA combination of the intensification of the debate about "who knew what and when?" and generalised warnings about future attacks…Thu May 23 2002 - 01:00
Report details US concern at arrest of SF men in ColombiaThe three alleged IRA members arrested in Colombia were "clearly assisting the FARC with training", and the guerilla group's …Wed May 22 2002 - 01:00
Bush plays hardball with Cuba and coaxes RussiaUS: On the eve of his departure to Russia for what is being billed as a major summit with President Putin to set the seal on…Tue May 21 2002 - 01:00
Contradictory Vatican advice on priest abuse allegationsTHE VATICAN: Contradictory signals and advice appear to be emanating from the Catholic Church leadership to dioceses facing …Mon May 20 2002 - 01:00
Right of citizens to bear arms comes under scrutinyLETTER FROM AMERICA: Ever since the US Supreme Court in 1939 considered a bootlegger's right to carry a sawn-off shotgun, the…Sat May 11 2002 - 01:00
Cardinal says he let subordinates deal with claims of paedophiliaUS: Testifying under oath for the first time about events surrounding paedophile priest Father John Geoghan, Cardinal Bernard…Fri May 10 2002 - 01:00
Kennedy connection in trial for 1970s Moxley murderUS: Who murdered Martha Moxley? Twenty six and a half years ago, the pretty 15-year-old was bludgeoned to death with a golf …Wed May 08 2002 - 01:00
Bush stresses unflagging US support for IsraelUS: Stressing what his spokesman described as "America's unflagging support for Israel", President Bush yesterday appealed to…Wed May 08 2002 - 01:00
US disavows new international war crimes courtUS: The US has completed its repudiation of the new international war crimes court by notifying the UN it is withdrawing its…Tue May 07 2002 - 01:00
Church abuse crisis as deal is abandonedTHE US: Lawyers for the victims of alleged clerical sexual abuse in Boston have vowed to pursue the archdiocese through the …Mon May 06 2002 - 01:00
Unemployment in US increases to 6% high despite signs of economic upturnDespite strong signs that the US economy is recovering, unemployment in April hit a 7½-year high at 6 per centSat May 04 2002 - 01:00
Russia says US arms deal 'very probable'US: There is a very high possibility that the US and Russia will be able to sign off on a nuclear arms reduction agreement when…Sat May 04 2002 - 01:00
Retired priest agrees to return to face abuse chargesUS: Waiving his right to fight extradition, Father Paul Shanley yesterday agreed in a San Diego court to return to face child…Sat May 04 2002 - 01:00
