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• U.S. to remove N. Korea from terror list
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discussed North Korea on Friday with the foreign ministers of Japan, China and South Korea, the State Department said. The delisting depended on North Korea agreeing to a plan to verify an account of its nuclear ...
• U.S., India sign unprecedented nuclear deal
The two countries "now stand as equals, closer together than ever before," said Rice, with India's foreign minister, Pranab Mukherjee, sitting by her side. The Bush administration portrays the accord as the cornerstone of a new strategic relationship ...
• Report: Making math uncool hurts U.S.
Just as there is concern about the U.S. relying on foreign countries for our oil and manufactured goods, we should also be concerned about relying on others to fill our needs for mathematicians, engineers and scientists," Joseph Gallian of the ...
• U.S. trade deficit down slightly in August
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit edged down slightly in August, reflecting a drop in foreign oil from record levels. But the politically sensitive deficit with China increased as imports from that country hit an all-time high. The Commerce ...
• U.K. official says Taliban talks may be necessary
On Saturday, the British government denied a claim that the U.K. believes the military campaign in Afghanistan is doomed to failure, after a French newspaper reported that London's ambassador to Kabul had said foreign troops added to the country's ...