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"FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comSun, 11 May 2008 19:14 BSTSun, 11 May 2008 23:48:27 BSTNewspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/world/us(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5126a4b2-1f83-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5126a4b2-1f83-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlA senior US official has claimed that both states have a hand in the disturbances in the Lebanese capital, the scenes of confusion worrying the Bush administrationSun, 11 May 2008 19:14 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1e6a410a-1f6f-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1e6a410a-1f6f-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlThe Bush administration has appeared nonplussed as Iran emerged as the main beneficiary of the US's regional policies, writes Lawrence Freedman Sun, 11 May 2008 18:50 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6adafd16-1f53-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6adafd16-1f53-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlIn technology, women are shunted into helping roles while men continue to occupy the more celebrated positions, writes Sylvia Ann Hewlett Sun, 11 May 2008 18:40 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b1293256-1dcd-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b1293256-1dcd-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlThe US trade deficit narrowed by 5.7 per cent to $58.2bn in March, as weak demand for imported goods due to the economic downturn offset a shrinking of US export volume that was ascribed to a fall in aircraft shipmentsSat, 10 May 2008 00:42 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9165a42a-1e1f-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9165a42a-1e1f-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlLondon's Conservative mayor and his New York counterpart Michael Bloomberg have announced an 'exchange programme' to swap personnel and ideas in transport and policingSat, 10 May 2008 03:09 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6ebd3964-1e20-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6ebd3964-1e20-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlThe development institution is to start evaluating a Turkish bid for access to its funds in a move that would see it operate outside the former communist countriesSat, 10 May 2008 02:49 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/186ac732-1e0e-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/186ac732-1e0e-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlBarack Obama for the first time overtook Hillary Clinton's support among the unelected "super-delegates" who will ultimately settle the Democratic nominationFri, 9 May 2008 23:11 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/015fcc08-1df1-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/015fcc08-1df1-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlHillary Clinton's campaign debts are estimated at between $20m and $30m. The financial story of Mrs Clinton's bid offers a glimpse of her campaign's broader failuresFri, 9 May 2008 19:03 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/792d8610-1d3a-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/792d8610-1d3a-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlHillary Clinton has added fresh fuel to the racially charged Democratic presidential race by touting her appeal among 'hard-working' white AmericansFri, 9 May 2008 01:58 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a2de10c0-1d2f-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a2de10c0-1d2f-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlTwo former executives of a now-defunct New York mortgage lender were charged by US officials with fraud in schemes directed at Fannie Mae, the government-sponsored mortgage financier, and Credit Suisse BostonFri, 9 May 2008 00:09 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/096235d8-1d2b-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/096235d8-1d2b-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlA senior White House official set out two conditions that would have to be met if the administration is to reach agreement with Democrats on a housing finance planFri, 9 May 2008 00:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3198eb88-1d25-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3198eb88-1d25-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlUS biodiesel companies are lobbying for the World Trade Organisation to take legal action against their European counterparts, the latest in a series of trade disputes within the sectorThu, 8 May 2008 23:27 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/926b816a-1d10-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/926b816a-1d10-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlUS shoppers continued to veer towards cheaper stores and essential goods and away from discretionary items in April, but brought some relief for retailers after a poor start to the yearThu, 8 May 2008 20:27 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c935d6e8-1d2c-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c935d6e8-1d2c-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlAlthough the junior Illinois senator looks ever surer of the Democratic candidacy, his ability to take on McCain depends increasingly on how the Clinton team behaves towards himThu, 8 May 2008 20:02 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/41afd266-1d2a-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/41afd266-1d2a-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlVerbal intervention on the US currency and euro is welcome – but it is time for verbal intervention on the rupee and renminbi as wellThu, 8 May 2008 19:35 BST