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A series of reports concludes that the agency is so overwhelmed by a flood of imports that it is incapable of protecting the public from unsafe drugs, medical devices and food.
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Facing a backlog of millions of passport applications, the US government yesterday agreed to ease partially -- until Sept. 30 -- strict new requirements for citizens flying back into the country from Canada, Mexico, and Caribbean nations from which travel hasn't normally required a passport.
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The FBI is collecting more foreign language material than it is able to translate, with audiotape backlogs now totaling hundreds of thousands of hours in material associated with terrorism and intelligence cases, according to a new
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A plan to tighten U.S. borders by requiring passports or tamper-resistant identification cards from everyone entering the country has been delayed.
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According to testimony Tuesday, exporters have been able to bring tainted products into the U.S. because the F.D.A. has neither enough resources nor inspectors to stop them.
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A program that offers a special security checkpoint for frequent travelers hasnât rolled out at nearly the pace originally predicted.
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The government said on Friday it will temporarily relax new rules requiring passports for U.S. citizens flying to Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean because of a huge passport application backlog.
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More tourists are coming to the  United States from overseas, but tough new immigration  requirements could cause delays and add to the impression of  "fortress America," a travel industry group said on Wednesday.
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In a new wave of global outsourcing, personal chores are moving offshore, and this is leading to some daunting challenges, both economic and cultural.
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The United States has long been criticized for being behind in its promised contributions to various international organizations -- including NATO, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the World Health Organization, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and so on.
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The federal government still has limited capacity to detect a disease outbreak and track its progress across the country.
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Americans eager to import less-expensive prescription drugs from outside the country got disappointing news Tuesday from the Bush administration.
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A national shortage of doctors is hitting poor places the hardest, and efforts to bring in foreign physicians to fill the gap are running into a knot of restrictions from the war on terror and the immigration debate.
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The confusion and delays in passport processing are a warning to plan far ahead to renew or obtain a passport.
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A week into one of  South Asia's most devastating disasters in history, an international campaign to help Indonesia recover has at last moved into gear. But from the airport on, the distribution system slapped together has proved spotty at best.
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Today, we put backlog under the microscope.
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As local officials struggled to account for the dead and missing, another challenge began to loom: heading off disease.