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Katrina response: Bush takes the blame
13/09/2005 18:20
US President George W Bush has taken responsibility for the federal government's slow response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster.

Bush: No racism in response

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SERIOUS ISSUES: President George W Bush is grim-faced during a media conference at the White House in Washington. (Ron Edmonds, AP)

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Gaza-Egypt border to be closed
13/09/2005 16:05

Egyptian and Palestinian security commanders have decided to close the Gaza-Egypt border.

Qorei: Please protect this land

'No mosque revenge attacks'

Israel completes Gaza exit

Roberts mum on abortion
13/09/2005 16:05

Supreme court nominee John Roberts has declined to discuss the tribunal's landmark 1973 ruling on abortion.

Bush names new chief justice

Bush judge tough on chips

'No mosque revenge attacks'
13/09/2005 15:07

Extremist Jews have been warned against indulging in revenge attacks against mosques after synagogues were ransacked in the Gaza Strip.

Torching synagogues 'barbaric'

Jihad flags fly from synagogue

UK bomb suspect loses appeal
13/09/2005 13:43

Italy's highest appeals court has granted Britain's request to extradite London bombing suspect Hamdi Issac, a lawyer acting for the British government said.

Jagger blasts Blair over Iraq

UK's political response 'evil'

Attack planners 'still at large'

Qorei: Please protect this land
13/09/2005 12:49

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei has surveyed the wreckage of Israel's former Gaza Strip settlements.

Gaza joy turns into tragedy

Man killed after Gaza pull-out

'Corpses used for cosmetics'
13/09/2005 11:09

A British newspaper has said that a Chinese cosmetics company is using skin from corpses to develop beauty products for sale in Europe.

Katrina: Focus shifting
13/09/2005 18:19

Fema says it will intensify efforts to find more permanent housing for the tens of thousands of Hurricane Katrina survivors now in shelters.

Fema head quits after Katrina

Bush: No racism in response

New Orleans on road to recovery

Probe into UK terror response
13/09/2005 15:05

Lawmakers are quizzing British interior minister Charles Clarke and the country's top policeman Ian Blair about the official response to the London bombings.

UK bomb suspect loses appeal

UK's political response 'evil'

Barbeques for detainees
13/09/2005 15:09

Australia's controversial detention centres are undergoing an image makeover with authorities also promising more and better quality food.

Iran warns of nuclear crisis
13/09/2005 12:58

A senior Iranian official has issued a warning to the EU not to refer a crisis over the Islamic republic's nuclear programme to the UN security council.

Iran to press on with nuke work

Iran ready to resume nuke talks

Suspect held for killing family
13/09/2005 13:03

Police have arrested a suspect in the killings of five Brazilians of Japanese descent who were apparently attacked in their home.

Norway takes a left
13/09/2005 11:10

Norway's left-leaning opposition is readying for talks on forming a new government after winning national elections.