Friends or foes?
AMERICA LOOKS EAST
IN THE race to the White House, Asia is getting more than a mention these days.
As the presidential candidates look
United States
Congress and Bush reach ‘historic’ deal on trade policy
Agreement expected to renew Bush’s ‘fast track’ powers to negotiate FTAs.
PRESIDENT George W. Bush and Democrat lawmakers have reached a “historic deal”
US busts ‘homegrown’ plot to attack army base
Six charged with planning massacre were not tied to any terror group.
SIX men have been charged with planning the massacre of hundreds
Cash fuels the race for the White House
UPFRONT
THE money train is back on track with a fury.
In the offices of hedge fund managers, the mansions of Hollywood stars and
Huge tornadoes wreak havoc in US
Massive twister hits Kansas killing nine, more storms hit seven states yesterday, Bush declares Kansas a disaster area.
A WAVE of tornadoes tore
Fight looms as Bush vetoes Iraq Bill
US President says setting deadline for withdrawal will cause chaos.
US PRESIDENT George W. Bush has killed a plan to withdraw American troops
‘George’ and ‘Shinzo’ bond over North Korea and China
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“GEORGE” and “Shinzo” pulled it off.
Another Japanese prime minister has bonded with a US president, reflecting a 50-year-old alliance that on
US and Japan take united stand against N.Korea
Wind up nuclear arms programme or we will impose more sanctions, threaten Bush and Abe.
THE United States and Japan have adopted a
Comfort women issue tops Abe’s US agenda
Japanese leader brings up sensitive subject at meeting with American lawmakers.
THE issue of “comfort women” topped the agenda on the first day
US House sets date that Bush has vowed to veto leaving Iraq by Oct 1?
Leaving Iraq by Oct 1?
Deadline for start of troop pullout is part of narrow vote for $188b war Bill.
A DEMOCRAT-controlled US Congress
Abe off to US to boost bilateral alliance
Leaders expected to show solidarity despite lack of personal chemistry.
JAPANESE Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, unlike his predecessor Junichiro Koizumi, has not managed
Killer felt he was persecuted and was out to get even
A MACABRE message from the grave from the gunman responsible for the Virginia Tech University killings surfaced on Wednesday.
In it, South Korean