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Radio Australia News nospam@your.abc.net.au nospam@your.abc.net.au 2008-11-21T13:02:07+11:00 2008-11-21T13:02:07+11:00 A US judge has ordered the release of five Algerian terrorism suspects who have been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre for almost seven years.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2425746.htm2008-11-21T13:02:07+11:00Al-Qaeda's deputy leader has launched a racially charged attack on US President-elect Barack Obama.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2424679.htm2008-11-20T20:34:06+11:00The former director of the Northern Marianas' Election Commission has become the first elected delegate of the CNMI to the US House of Representatives.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2424580.htm2008-11-20T17:58:08+11:00America's three biggest car makers insist they need an emergency loan to help save the US economy from a 'catastrophic collapse'.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2424250.htm2008-11-19T19:58:17+11:00A former Northern Marianas election commission director has become the first delegate from the US territory to the US House of Representatives.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2424244.htm2008-11-19T16:37:54+11:00The US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has been grilled by Congress about his handling of a $US700 billion financial rescue package.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2423818.htm2008-11-19T14:14:40+11:00One of Britain's most senior judges has attacked Britain and the US over their invasion of Iraq, describing it as a serious violation of international law.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2423595.htm2008-11-19T14:14:39+11:00The head of US Pacific Command has visited Papua New Guinea for the first time in more than 15 years.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2423482.htm2008-11-19T09:27:44+11:00Financial troubles are continuing to have a negative impact on the American economy with one of the country's biggest banks sacking 50,000 people.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2422359.htm2008-11-18T23:11:33+11:00America's most senior military officer says the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq should be based on conditions on the ground, despite a new deal that sets a deadline.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2423371.htm2008-11-18T23:11:30+11:00The United States has given a negative response to a plan by Afghanistan's president, Hamid Karzai, to hold peace talks with the Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2422754.htm2008-11-18T14:24:00+11:00Iraq's cabinet has approved a military pact that requires the withdrawal of all US troops by the end of 2011.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2421103.htm2008-11-17T18:21:36+11:00The Australian prime minister, Kevin Rudd, has ended his trip to Washington for the G20 summit with a meeting with the chairman of the US Federal Reserve.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2421142.htm2008-11-17T09:53:59+11:00In the United States, thousands of people have been forcibly evacuated from their homes in the western city of Los Angeles due to a massive bush fire in its northern foothill suburbs.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2421007.htm2008-11-16T16:06:08+11:00The leaders of the world's 20 largest economies have agreed to work together to stabilise financial systems in an effort to protect the world economy from a deep recession.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2420927.htm2008-11-16T11:15:39+11:00World leaders at the G20 financial crisis summit in Washington will try to negotiate an agreement on how to rescue deadlocked global free trade negotiations by the end of this year.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2420889.htm2008-11-16T09:05:57+11:00Wildfires driven by gale force winds are blasting through America's western state of California.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2420887.htm2008-11-16T09:05:57+11:00World leaders grappling with the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s have pledged to deliver a concrete plan to ward off recession and prevent future meltdowns.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2420771.htm2008-11-15T19:22:54+11:00A dinner at the White House has marked the start of the global financial summit.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2420747.htm2008-11-15T17:11:29+11:00Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for a strategic partnership with the United States.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2420745.htm2008-11-15T17:11:28+11:00Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for the establishment of a special fund to help developing nations avoid the worst effects of the global financial turmoil.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2420729.htm2008-11-15T14:49:04+11:00US drones have fired at least three missiles into Pakistan's Waziristan tribal region on Friday, killing up to 12 people including five foreigners.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2420470.htm2008-11-14T22:40:44+11:00The Australian shipbuilder Austal has won a contract with the US Defence Department potentially worth over $US 1.4 billion.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2420468.htm2008-11-14T20:16:10+11:00A nationwide import alert has been issued in the United States for Chinese-made food products.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2419830.htm2008-11-14T20:16:10+11:00The head of America's Central Intelligence Agency says Osama Bin Laden's Al Qaeda network remains the biggest threat to the United States, although it has suffered serious setbacks.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2420279.htm2008-11-14T20:16:10+11:00