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Chinese military build-up "counterproductive": U.S.

Sun, 2024-05-19 00:45
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's military build-up opposite Taiwan is counterproductive and fans pro-independence tendencies on the island, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said on Thursday.

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Bush to press Saudi king on oil prices and Iran

Sun, 2024-05-19 00:45
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President George W. Bush heads for Saudi Arabia on Friday to renew his appeal to help tame record oil prices and try to shore up Arab support for containing Iran's growing regional clout.

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Senate poised to vote on media ownership measure

Sun, 2024-05-19 00:45
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate could vote as early as Thursday night on a measure aimed at overturning new, looser media ownership restrictions in the 20 biggest U.S. cities, aides said.

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Congress trims Bush anti-drug plan for Mexico

Sun, 2024-05-19 00:45
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Thursday voted to scale back President George W. Bush's plan to aid Mexico in its increasingly deadly war on illegal drug cartels.

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House blocks Iraq war money and sets pullout plan

Sun, 2024-05-19 00:45
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives, in a surprise and largely symbolic move, defeated legislation on Thursday to fund the war in Iraq for another year.

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U.S. reassures Brazil on territorial waters and fleet

Sun, 2024-05-19 00:45
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The United States will respect Brazil's maritime claims, including offshore oil reserves, and will use a new naval fleet in Latin America mostly for peaceful purposes, the U.S. commander for the region said on Thursday.

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Reopening NAFTA too risky: ex-Mexican president

Sun, 2024-05-19 00:45
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Reopening the North American Free Trade Agreement to address concerns raised by U.S. Democratic presidential candidates could kill the three-way pact, former Mexican President Carlos Salinas said on Thursday.

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U.S. House approves more veteran, jobless benefits

Sun, 2024-05-19 00:45
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars would get expanded education benefits, while unemployment benefits for jobless Americans would be lengthened under legislation passed on Thursday by the House of Representatives.

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U.S. House sets Iraq troop pullout goal for end-2009

Sun, 2024-05-19 00:45
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives defied President George W. Bush by passing legislation on Thursday that would set the end of 2009 as the goal for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq.

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U.S. House defeats $162.5 bln in new war funds

Sun, 2024-05-19 00:45
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday defeated legislation that would have funded the war in Iraq for another year, in a surprise move that the Senate could overturn.

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Congress says can override Bush farm bill veto

Sun, 2024-05-19 00:45
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate gave final congressional approval on Thursday to a $289 billion farm bill that expands programs to help feed poor Americans, and lawmakers said Congress could easily override a presidential veto.

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Bush, Cheney assets stable as economy slowed

Sun, 2024-05-19 00:45
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the U.S. economy slowed in 2007, President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney saw their assets stay stable, according to financial disclosure reports released by the White House on Thursday.

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Bush sees calls for Iran talks as "appeasement"

Sun, 2024-05-19 00:45
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday decried his critics' calls for negotiations with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as comparable to the "appeasement" of Adolf Hitler before World War Two.

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Gas prices hurt but tax holiday no solution: poll

Sun, 2024-05-19 00:45
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sixty nine percent of Americans see gasoline prices as a serious problem for their families but only 41 percent favor a temporary repeal of the gasoline tax as proposed by presidential candidates John McCain and Hillary Clinton, a poll released on Thursday said.

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Steelworkers' union backs Obama for White House

Sun, 2024-05-19 00:45
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United Steelworkers Union, a politically powerful U.S. labor group with 600,000 members, endorsed Barack Obama for president on Thursday as the Democratic Party began to rally around the Illinois senator.

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W.House says won't veto bill to halt oil storage

Sun, 2024-05-19 00:45
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday dropped its resistance to putting a halt on filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, saying that President George W. Bush will not veto a final bill from Congress that suspends oil deliveries while crude prices are very high.

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Senators reach deal on housing rescue: sources

Sun, 2024-05-19 00:45
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee have reached a deal on a broad housing rescue plan in which Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would provide funds to support a federal mortgage insurance fund, two industry sources said on Thursday.

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U.S. Sen Shelby-in touch with White House on housing

Sun, 2024-05-19 00:45
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on Thursday said he was working with the White House as he negotiated with Democrats on a housing bill, adding that the two sides were close to a deal.

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McCain urges UK-style sessions for U.S. president

Sun, 2024-05-19 00:45
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Thursday that, if elected, he would like to take a page from the British government and appear in question-and-answer sessions with lawmakers.

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China, U.S. must avoid protectionism: Gutierrez

Sun, 2024-05-19 00:45
BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States and China both need to fend off a troubling rise in economic nationalism in order to keep their economies strong, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said on Thursday.

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