Washington - The United States on Tuesday slapped import duties on Canadian lumber, the latest twist in a long-running trade dispute between the two neighbours.
US trade representative Ron Kirk said that the US would impose a 10-per-cent customs duty on one of Canada's key exports until the United States has collected 54.8 million dollars it is owed under the terms of a 2006 trade deal.
New York - US stocks lost ground for a second day as oil prices fell and analysts on Tuesday suggested a rally that lasted through much of March was unsustainable in the current economy.
The selloff came as the first quarterly earnings reports for 2009 were due to be announced.
Company profits were expected to drop about 37 per cent, according to a survey of Wall Street analysts by the Bloomberg financial news agency. It would be the seventh straight quarter of falling earnings.
Washington - US President Barack Obama urged a peaceful solution to long-running disputes between Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey in a telephone call Tuesday with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev.
Obama, who visited Turkey this week before making a surprise stop in Iraq Tuesday afternoon, said the US was committed to "supporting progress" to resolve a long-running conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabah, a region claimed by both countries.
Washington - President Barack Obama said the United States was ready to help the more than 200 victims of a devastating earthquake in the heart of Italy and offered his condolences in a telephone call Tuesday with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
The Italian people and victims "are in the thoughts and prayers of the American people at this time," Obama told his Italian counterpart, according to the White House.
Washington - The lawyer of Nazi-era war-crimes suspect John Demjanjuk on Tuesday attempted to halt his pending deportation to Germany.
Attorney John Broadley filed an appeal to stop the deportation after the US Immigration Court in Arlington, Virginia, on Monday had cleared the way for Demjanjuk to be taken to Germany as early as Wednesday. The court had earlier stayed the planned deportation, but then reversed course.
Washington - The United States on Tuesday slapped import duties on Canadian lumber, the latest twist in a long-running trade dispute between the two neighbours.
New York - US stocks lost ground for a second day as oil prices fell and analysts on Tuesday suggested a rally that lasted through much of March was unsustainable in the current economy.
Washington - US President Barack Obama urged a peaceful solution to long-running disputes between Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey in a telephone call Tuesday with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev.
Washington - President Barack Obama said the United States was ready to help the more than 200 victims of a devastating earthquake in the heart of Italy and offered his condolences in a telephone call Tuesday with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Washington - The lawyer of Nazi-era war-crimes suspect John Demjanjuk on Tuesday attempted to halt his pending deportation to Germany.
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