Chertoff says U.S. needs more authority
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The nation's chief of homeland security said Sunday that the U.S. should consider reviewing its laws to allow for more electronic surveillance and detention of possible terror suspects, citing last week's foiled plot.
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The United Nations (UN) and the United States need each other and must work together, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said in responce to sharp criticism from US media and politicians about the world body.
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The new US secretary of state says Russia must do more to show it is committed to democracy.
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Developing countries are agitating for greater decision-making power in the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, but the head of the IMF acknowledged that political consensus on the question was lacking.
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A report from the Institute of Medicine urged Congress and the president to give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco.
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The United States must set a better example for the world in areas ranging from its treatment of Latin American migrants to its handling of detainees in the war on terror, U.N. human rights experts said Monday.
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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said on Thursday the threat to the United States from al Qaeda has not returned to levels seen just before the September 11 attacks nearly six years ago.
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Foiled terror attacks in Britain and a history of summertime terrorism have U.S. authorities practicing extra vigilance, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Monday.
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Federal judge Michael Chertoff, who  testified against torture and preached the need to protect  civil liberties, won unanimous Senate confirmation and was  sworn in on Tuesday to head the U.S. Homeland Security  Department.
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Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Wednesday that Washington fears Europe may be a staging ground for terrorist attacks on the United States.
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WASHINGTON -- US officials asked their Chinese counterparts to increase oversight of food and drug exports yesterday as the list of potentially deadly products reaching US shores kept growing.
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A new Homeland Security program aims to analyze existing, legally collected computer data, not gather new personal information on U.S. citizens, Secretary Michael Chertoff said Friday in defending the program from congressional critics.
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Lack of a big majority may mean the US will be involved longer to support a 'weak' government.
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NASAÂs administrator said joint human spaceflights will have to wait until there is more trust and openness between the U.S. and China.
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Homeland Security Secretary Michael  Chertoff said on Wednesday that one of the biggest threats to  U.S. security may now come from within Europe.
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - The United States is likely to keep a high threat designation for the airline industry because militants still see air travel as a target, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said.
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The U.S. Food and Drug   Administration needs more staff, funding and power over the   drug industry to better police the safety of medicines after   they reach the market, an Institute of Medicine panel said on   Friday.