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  Bush disputes Iraq in civil war  A Pentagon report described spreading sectarian violence and increasingly security problems in Iraq
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| Sep.6 |
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 Bush admits to CIA secret prisons| President said 14 key terrorist suspects have now been sent to Guantanamo Bay | |
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| Sep.7 |
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  Khatami speaks on nukes, Jews Former Iranian President: Dialogue and negotiation are the only ways to resolve the nuclear issue
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| Sep.8 |
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Saddam 'had no link to al-Qaeda' Senate report: There is no evidence of formal links between Iraqi ex-leader and al-Qaeda leaders prior 2003
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| Sep.11 |
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US remembers 9/11 five years on Four minute-long silences have been observed to mark the fifth anniversary of the attacks
| Relatives read out the names of the 2,749 who died at the site of the World Trade Center.
Mayor Bloomberg spoke of the 'heart-breaking anniversary'
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US waging 'ideological struggle' Bush has said the fight against terror is a struggle for civilisation, marking 5 years since the 9/11 attacks
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 Rice presses Sudan to accept U.N. U.S. Secretary of State pressed Sudan's government to accept a U.N. force in the region of Darfur
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| Sep.12 |
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 US thanks Syria over embassy raid Syria said 3 attackers were killed and a 4th captured as they tried to drive 2 cars at the embassy in Damascus
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 Rice: West 'must not fail Afghanistan' US Secretary of State warned that Afghanistan is at risk of becoming a failed state unless Nato support it
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| Sep.14 |
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 Senators defy Bush on tribunals A Senate committee is approving 15-9 legislation to set up trials for foreign terrorism suspects
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| Sep.20 |
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 United States condemns Thai coup The United States called for the restoration of democracy in its close ally as quickly as possible
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'U.S. threatened to bomb us'| Musharraf: U.S. threatened to bomb Pakistan back to the Stone Age if he did not help war on terror | |
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  Democrats warn Chavez: Don't bash Bush Chavez called Bush 'the devil' in a scorching speech before the United Nations
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US deal struck on terror suspects President W Bush has reached a deal with Republican senators on a bill setting rules for the interrogation
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| Sep.24 |
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U.S. report: Iraq war fueled terror threat A classified intelligence report concludes that the war has worsened the terrorist threat to the U.S.
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| Sep.26 |
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Iraq war fuels terror - US report| Declassified parts of a report: The Iraq conflict has become a 'cause celebre' for Islamic militants worldwide | |
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 Bush talks with Karzai U.S. President rejects that the tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan is undermining the hunt for bin Laden
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| Sep.27 |
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Democrats seek full terror report Senators Democrats said parts of the report declassified on did not give Americans enough information
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Bush refuses to release full terror report The White House refused to release the rest of a secret intelligence assessment that depicts a growing threat
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Bush meets with anti-terror allies  | U.S. President appealed Karzai and Musharraf to put aside their increasingly public differences | |
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| Sep.28 |
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Senate backs terror trial bill The legislation is endorsing Bush's proposals to interrogate and prosecute foreign terror suspects
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| Sep.29 |
Washington |
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Journalist: Bush 'concealing Iraq violence' Veteran journalist Bob Woodward has claimed that the true extent of insurgent attacks has been hidden
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| Sep.30 |
U.S. Congress |
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 Congress OKs 700 miles of Mexico fence Republicans are authorizing a fence along 1/3 of the Mexico border and making a $1.2 billion down payment on it
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