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Bush disputes Iraq in civil war A Pentagon report described spreading sectarian violence and increasingly security problems in Iraq
| Sep.6 |
Washington |
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Bush admits to CIA secret prisons President said 14 key terrorist suspects have now been sent to Guantanamo Bay | |
| Sep.7 |
Washington |
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Khatami speaks on nukes, Jews Former Iranian President: Dialogue and negotiation are the only ways to resolve the nuclear issue
| 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
| 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
| Sep.12 |
Washington |
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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
| Sep.14 |
U.S. Senate |
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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
| Sep.20 |
Washington |
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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
| Sep.21 |
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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
| Sep.24 |
Washington |
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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.
| Sep.26 |
Washington |
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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
| Sep.27 |
U.S. Senate |
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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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Washington |
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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 | |
| Sep.28 |
U.S. Senate |
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Senate backs terror trial bill The legislation is endorsing Bush's proposals to interrogate and prosecute foreign terror suspects
| 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
| 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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