Ashcroft meets resistance over the pace of emergency legislationThe US Attorney-General, Mr John Ashcroft, says he is "deeply concerned by the slow pace" of emergency legislation in the Senate…Thu Oct 04 2001 - 01:00
Coup foiled plot to seize bin LadenThe US covertly trained a 60-strong group of Pakistani commandos to seize Osama bin Laden, but the plan had to be abandoned in…Thu Oct 04 2001 - 01:00
Allies say US case against bin Laden is compellingUS diplomats have moved to strengthen the international legitimacy of imminent military action against Afghanistan by setting…Wed Oct 03 2001 - 01:00
US backs 'eventual' Palestinian state, Bush confirmsPresident George Bush confirmed yesterday that his Administration, is now willing to support for the first time publicly, the…Wed Oct 03 2001 - 01:00
Airport near Washington to reopen under tight security with air guardsPresident Bush yesterday said Reagan National Airport just outside Washington would reopen under tight security, with armed air…Wed Oct 03 2001 - 01:00
Supreme Court disbars ClintonIn a largely symbolic but deeply embarrassing act, the US Supreme Court yesterday disbarred former President Clinton from practising…Tue Oct 02 2001 - 01:00
US funding for groups opposed to TalibanThe US Administration has authorised the secret funding of a variety of anti-Taliban Afghan groups and the immediate dispatch…Tue Oct 02 2001 - 01:00
US protesters clash on the streetsThey chanted, "War is not the answer", as they gathered on Saturday in Washington's Freedom PlazaMon Oct 01 2001 - 01:00
American, British special forces are in AfghanistanAmerican and British special forces are on the ground in AfghanistanSat Sept 29 2001 - 01:00
Letter aimed to banish doubts"Remind yourself that in this night you will face many challenges. But you have to face them and understand it 100 per cent.Sat Sept 29 2001 - 01:00
Security measures for US aircraft unveiledThe US will "dramatically increase" the number of armed plainclothed guards flying on commercial flights, President George Bush…Fri Sept 28 2001 - 01:00
Cowen praises US resolve and restraintThe US Administration yesterday thanked the Irish Government for its solidarity and the offer of military landing rights as both…Thu Sept 27 2001 - 01:00
Pressures on Taliban grow as Saudi Arabia severs linksThe international diplomatic and military noose on Afghanistan tightened yesterday with the severing by Saudi Arabia of its diplomatic…Wed Sept 26 2001 - 01:00
US freezes assets of groups linked to bin LadenIn what he described as a "strike on the financial foundation" of terrorists, President Bush yesterday warned the international…Tue Sept 25 2001 - 01:00
US preparing evidence for allies on bin Laden guiltThe US Administration yesterday said that it is preparing to document evidence for its allies that Osama bin Laden was responsible…Mon Sept 24 2001 - 01:00
US on alert as hunt for terrorist cells continuesThe US yesterday took another step towards a return to "normalcy" as flags on Federal buildings were raised to full mast for …Mon Sept 24 2001 - 01:00
Death term sought for woman who killed 5 childrenProsecutors in Houston have said they will seek the death penalty for a Texas woman who killed her five children while suffering…Mon Sept 24 2001 - 01:00
Bad timing, but the moral right stands by its beliefsThe Rev Gerry Falwell has apologised. Well, sort of. He said he regrets "if" his remarks seemed "ill-timed"Mon Sept 24 2001 - 01:00
Growing belief in US war on Taliban is imminentThere is a growing belief in Washington that the US is determined to overthrow Afghanistan's Taliban regime.Sat Sept 22 2001 - 01:00
Bush puts nation on 'war' footingPresident Bush has sought to rally US domestic support for his campaign against terrorism and to put the nation on a "war" footing…Fri Sept 21 2001 - 01:00
US says IRA must `go the next step'The US administration yesterday welcomed the re-engagement of the IRA with the decommissioning body but insisted it must go the…Fri Sept 21 2001 - 01:00
US may be divided over best course of actionEvidence has begun to emerge of divisions in the US administration over the scope and strength of American retaliation.Fri Sept 21 2001 - 01:00
Bush says it is time for action, not talkingThe US has rejected suggestions from Afghanistan's Taliban of talks about Osama bin Laden, reiterating its insistence that he…Thu Sept 20 2001 - 01:00
US warns more than one state may face retaliationPresident Bush yesterday continued to mull over the type and scope of the US's military response to last Tuesday's attacks as…Wed Sept 19 2001 - 01:00
Bush ups ante in call for bin Laden 'dead or alive'President Bush ratcheted up the rhetoric when he said he wanted Osama bin Laden "dead or alive" and would hunt him down remorselessly…Tue Sept 18 2001 - 01:00
No move against SF over FARC - HaassThe US does not intend to take any immediate measures against Sinn Fein as a result of the recent arrest of three Irishmen in…Tue Sept 18 2001 - 01:00
Bush prepares US public for warPresident Bush has begun to prepare the American public for military action against terrorism that will be massive, prolonged…Mon Sept 17 2001 - 01:00
FBI names 19 hijack suspects linked to bin LadenThe FBI believes it has identified 19 hijackers, all ticketed passengers, involved in the seizure of the four planes on Tuesday…Sat Sept 15 2001 - 01:00
Biggest mobilisation since Gulf"US readies for War" the headline in the Washington Post said yesterday as the US military machine began a mobilisation, not …Sat Sept 15 2001 - 01:00
City returns to work but mood is sombreThey were back on the streets and back at work here yesterday but the mood was subduedThu Sept 13 2001 - 01:00
Evidence not definitive, but points to bin LadenOfficially they are saying nothing about who is suspectedThu Sept 13 2001 - 01:00
Thousands feared dead in massive attacks in USPresident Bush has vowed to bring to justice the terrorists who committed the co-ordinated attacks by terrorists on the most …Wed Sept 12 2001 - 01:00
Bush vows to hunt down 'coward' behind attacksPresident George Bush last night returned to Washington, determined to demonstrate that it was business as usualWed Sept 12 2001 - 01:00
New York mayoral primaries begin after lack-lustre campaignRudy's act is not easy to followMon Sept 10 2001 - 01:00
Bush to send special adviser to BelfastWith the spectacle of schoolchildren caught in sectarian strife now putting the crisis in Northern Ireland back in the world …Sat Sept 08 2001 - 01:00
Chilly reception awaits Bush after summer breakWith Labour Day over, all the open-air swimming pools close and the kids go back to schoolSat Sept 08 2001 - 01:00
Mexico continues to press US for immigrant dealIt was Tex-Mex on the menu and opera and fireworks after dinner when Mexico's President, Mr Vicente Fox, came to dinner at the…Fri Sept 07 2001 - 01:00
North's parties told to work for peace and isolate troublemakersThe Northern Secretary, Dr John Reid, has made an impassioned plea for politicians in the North to redouble their efforts to …Fri Sept 07 2001 - 01:00
Reno ready for tight battle in FloridaThe candidate for the Democratic nomination to wrest the Governorship of Florida from Governor Jeb Bush has no problem with voter…Wed Sept 05 2001 - 01:00
US to let China increase nuclear arsenalFears that the US may trigger a new nuclear arms race in Asia have emerged following reports that the US is willing to give tacit…Mon Sept 03 2001 - 01:00
Bush's missile plan unlikely to work, says reportCrude intercontinental ballistic missiles from "rogue" states such as Iraq or North Korea are precisely those least likely to…Tue Aug 28 2001 - 01:00
Top US politician urges Yes to police plansA key figure in Irish-American politics yesterday put new pressure on the North's nationalist parties by urging them to end their…Wed Aug 08 2001 - 01:00
Multimillionaire confirmed as new US ambassador to IrelandThe appointment of the new US Ambassador to Ireland, Mr Dick Egan (65), has been confirmed formally by the Senate in Washington…Mon Aug 06 2001 - 01:00
Bush stresses the need for decommissioningPresident Bush has said that "substantial progress on decommissioning" is "essential" to the success of the British-Irish peace…Fri Aug 03 2001 - 01:00
New ambassador from US expected to be ratified todayThe new US ambassador to Ireland, Mr Dick Egan (65), was expected this morning to be formally ratified by the US Senate following…Fri Aug 03 2001 - 01:00
Bush faces agonising choice in embryo debateFor all of 24 hours there were those in the US administration who thought President George Bush had been given an "out" by the…Sat Jul 28 2001 - 01:00
US waters down UN planned measures to limit small arms traffickingAn all-night session by diplomats from over 170 countries over Friday night and Saturday morning has sealed agreement at the …Mon Jul 23 2001 - 01:00
Bush and Putin agree to talks on nuclear weaponsPresident George Bush's senior foreign policy adviser flies to Moscow tomorrow to open talks on offensive and defensive nuclear…Mon Jul 23 2001 - 01:00
Island in sun a world away from home of stealth bomberTo step off the plane in Port au Prince, into what he described as the "heat of an incinerator", is to step from one world into…Sat Jul 21 2001 - 01:00
