Thousands see march in the US capitalTens of thousands of people lined Constitution Avenue on a bright spring day in Washington DC yesterday to celebrate the city…Mon Mar 12 2001 - 00:00
Rows apart, at least we are having a paradeSt Patrick's Day comes here a bit like Christmas at home. There's no danger it will catch you by surpriseSat Mar 10 2001 - 00:00
Prospects of world trade talks boostedProspects for a new world trade round were heightened yesterday by the first talks here between the EU Commissioner for Trade…Sat Mar 10 2001 - 00:00
Senate a major threat to Bush tax planThere was little sign of bipartisanship on the floor of the House this week as Republicans triumphantly railroaded through some…Sat Mar 10 2001 - 00:00
30 held in moves to prevent copycat killingsA six-year-old with a hand-gun in her backpack and two teenagers with their own rifle and hitlist are just three of over 30 arrests…Fri Mar 09 2001 - 00:00
Businessman the next US envoyThe next US ambassador to Ireland will be the multi-millionaire Irish-American founder of the computer giant EMC, Mr Dick Egan…Thu Mar 08 2001 - 00:00
Appeals court halts execution of mentally disabled manA court decision halted the execution of a 26-year-old mentally retarded man hours before he was due to die by injection last…Wed Mar 07 2001 - 00:00
Youth to be charged as an adult over fatal shootingsThe 15-year-old had repeatedly threatened to bring a gun to his school in the San Diego suburbs of Santee, southern California…Wed Mar 07 2001 - 00:00
New Moral ArmyThe Omerta code of the teenager is universal and has always been so. Snitching is not onTue Mar 06 2001 - 00:00
White House is to host partyA St Patrick's Day party will be held in the White House again this year, Republican Party sources have confirmed.Tue Mar 06 2001 - 00:00
Statistics give lie to war zone imageThe truth about violence in US schools is not straightforward. Perceptions of war zones are profoundly wrongTue Mar 06 2001 - 00:00
Ireland has friends at court, Cowen told in US"Tell us how I can help... This Administration will work for IrelandSat Mar 03 2001 - 00:00
Bush's tax cuts `sounded too good to be true' for DemocratsDemocrats were quick to argue that the maths simply do not add upThu Mar 01 2001 - 00:00
25 injured as powerful earthquake hits SeattleAn earthquake yesterday hit Seattle and Portland in Washington State. The earthquake was measured at 7Thu Mar 01 2001 - 00:00
Cowen's White House meeting with Cheney lifts Irish hopesThe Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Cowen, yesterday briefly met the US Vice-President, Mr Dick Cheney, in his office at the…Wed Feb 28 2001 - 00:00
Bush message is you can have the cake and eat itIn his first address to Congress President George WWed Feb 28 2001 - 00:00
Florida count confirms Bush as winnerThe Miami Herald has reported that its count of uncounted ballots in four key Florida counties has left President Bush the winner…Tue Feb 27 2001 - 00:00
Bush and Blair affirm `special relationship'President Bush last night expressed strong support for the Northern Ireland peace process and pledged to do anything he can to…Sat Feb 24 2001 - 00:00
Teenage thrill led to spycraft obsessionI was a little taken aback. Miffed, indeedSat Feb 24 2001 - 00:00
Hillary Clinton `shocked' at fees paid to brotherSenator Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed shock last night that her brother Mr Hugh Rodham got $400,000 for urging clemency for…Fri Feb 23 2001 - 00:00
FBI agent accused of selling secrets to RussiaAn FBI agent who worked as a senior counterintelligence officer may have supplied Russia with high-grade information for 15 years…Wed Feb 21 2001 - 00:00
Review of agreement might be considered TrimbleThe impasse in the Northern Ireland peace process might make it necessary to invoke the formal review procedure of the Belfast…Sat Feb 17 2001 - 00:00
Strikes on Baghdad reflect new Bush tough lineThe bombing of Baghdad by US and British aircraft last night marks an important affirmation by the new Bush administration that…Sat Feb 17 2001 - 00:00
Dialogue about life has come a long wayIt's not often that a local education board attracts TV cameras, let alone an audienceSat Feb 17 2001 - 00:00
Billionaires oppose Bush plan to abolish death taxA tax concession to the very richest Americans, worth at least $326 billion over the next decade and a cornerstone of the Bush…Thu Feb 15 2001 - 00:00
Bush sees military with `lighter and more lethal weaponry'President Bush yesterday travelled to a Virginia naval base to watch a battle exercise by video link in a photo opportunity to…Wed Feb 14 2001 - 00:00
Schools support whistle-blowing culture after killingsLast week's all-too familiar workplace massacre in Illinois has prompted more media soulsearching about how to spot a dysfunctional…Mon Feb 12 2001 - 00:00
Mild winter means rooky mushers cannot qualify for the IditarodAnchorage, Alaska. They breed them tough here. And few tougher than musher Tim Osmar.Sat Feb 10 2001 - 00:00
Playing golf in court no walkover for MartinThen it was chads. Now the golf course. The long arm of the Supreme Court, it seems, reaches out everywhereSat Feb 03 2001 - 00:00
Bush wins Senate fight to ratify controversial Attorney GeneralPresident Bush yesterday won a significant political victory in securing ratification for his deeply controversial nominee for…Fri Feb 02 2001 - 00:00
Bush's choice for Secretary of Interior wins approvalA radical supporter of deregulation and states' rights, Ms Gale Norton, was yesterday approved by the US Senate as Secretary …Wed Jan 31 2001 - 00:00
Bush wants funds for faith groupsPresident George Bush yesterday announced his intention to integrate religious charitable organisations into the federally financed…Tue Jan 30 2001 - 00:00
Upside-down world of the death penalty debateRussel Weston believes the ripening of corn reverses timeSat Jan 27 2001 - 00:00
Bush's nominee for AG faces further allegationA question about a job applicant's sexual orientation asked by President Bush's nominee for attorney general in 1985 has given…Fri Jan 26 2001 - 00:00
Senators support Bush's choice for interior postThe Interior Secretary-designate of the new Bush Administration, Ms Gale Norton, appears to have convinced senators that she …Thu Jan 25 2001 - 00:00
Bush education package includes voucher systemDespite public hints by his campaign team that he was prepared to drop the issue of school vouchers, the US President, Mr Bush…Wed Jan 24 2001 - 00:00
12 students named as Mitchell scholarsA dozen US students, graduate and undergraduate, have been named as George JWed Jan 24 2001 - 00:00
Bush moves to block final orders by ClintonWithin minutes of assuming power, the US's 43rd President, Mr George WMon Jan 22 2001 - 00:00
Clinton secures parting deal by new admission in Jones casePresident William Jefferson Clinton today leaves the White House after eight years of a turbulent presidency with immunity from…Sat Jan 20 2001 - 00:00
The biggest killer among young black menThere is a vast, silent tragedy unfolding in this country whose scale is barely acknowledged, a scourge that has reached into…Sat Jan 20 2001 - 00:00
Clinton bows out with new pledgePresident Clinton said goodbye to America with a TV appeal last night to internationalism, fiscal responsibility, and racial …Fri Jan 19 2001 - 00:00
United States told to outlaw Irish blood donationsDonations by Irish blood donors should be banned in the US to keep new-variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human form of BSE…Fri Jan 19 2001 - 00:00
Bush's AG nominee tries to reassure liberals on abortionThe controversial nominee for US attorney general, Mr John Ashcroft, yesterday pledged to prosecute vigorously those obstructing…Thu Jan 18 2001 - 00:00
Gesture to black voters from Bush as inauguration week opens on unity noteInauguration week began on a note of national unity as the nation marked Martin Luther King Day, a public holiday in most states…Tue Jan 16 2001 - 00:00
Bush says he will not dilute his policies when in officeThe US is likely to make its aid to Russia more conditional on real economic reforms which guarantee the safety of foreign capital…Mon Jan 15 2001 - 00:00
Admire him or not, Clinton cannot be reduced to political insignificanceThe trouble with much political coverage in the US, and in Ireland too, is that it's all played at the same volume - highSat Jan 13 2001 - 00:00
Clinton papers find new home fate of Socks uncertainWoe betide the future students of the Clinton legacyThu Jan 11 2001 - 00:00
Nicholson `is front-runner' for job of US ambassadorThe outgoing chairman of the US Republican Party, Mr Jim Nicholson, has emerged as front-runner for appointment as ambassador…Thu Jan 11 2001 - 00:00
US politicians back Belfast manFourteen members of the House of Representatives have appealed to the US Attorney General, Ms Janet Reno, to suspend deportation…Wed Jan 10 2001 - 00:00
The Bill, Hillary show: all good voyeuristic funThe Bill and Hillary show rolls onSat Jan 06 2001 - 00:00
