General News Archive - October 13, 2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp.'s Corolla was the sole gasoline-only car to make a U.S. government list issued on Wednesday of the ten most fuel-efficient 2006 model vehicles.
By David Fox MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - A steady flow of relief supplies rumbled into Pakistan's earthquake zone on Thursday but the scene remained chaotic as survivors and rescuers sought in vain for ways to distribute the material.
By Alan Wheatley, China Economics Editor BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the United States failed on Thursday to find a formula to regulate China's booming textile shipments, immediately prompting American manufacturers to seek curbs on imports of towels made in China.
By Christian Lowe MOSCOW (Reuters) - A small army of pro-Chechen fighters launched a massive attack on police and army buildings in a town in Russia's turbulent Caucasus on Thursday, in which dozens were reported killed including 50 of the attackers.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese and U.S. officials have ended talks without agreement over where to relocate a U.S. military base in Japan, a key sticking point in discussions on the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan, media said on Thursday.
By Alastair Macdonald BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq prepared to seal itself off from the outside world and clamp down on movement around the country to ward off threats from insurgents bent on wrecking Saturday's referendum on a new constitution.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush's job approval rating has fallen to a new low of 39 percent in an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released on Wednesday. Bush's approval rating dipped in the poll below a mid-September ranking of 40 percent.
By Alan Wheatley, China Economics Editor BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the United States failed on Thursday to find a formula to regulate China's booming textile shipments, immediately prompting American manufacturers to seek curbs on imports of towels made in China.
By Michael Georgy BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein's agents no longer torture Iraqis at his former intelligence headquarters but the dreaded complex is again home to some of his victims.
