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Hoosiers echo accusations of racism in Katrina relief

By David A. Nosko · Wednesday, Sept. 21,2005 5:08 p.m.

Black leaders from the Rev. Jesse Jackson to rapper Kanye West have accused federal officials of racism and classism for standing aside while Hurricane Katrina claimed the lives of poor black people in flooded areas of the Gulf Coast. Eric Love, IU's director of diversity education, agrees with this characterization.

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Cattle-prodding human rights

By David A. Nosko · Wednesday, Sept. 21,2005 5:01 p.m.

The United States of America is often marketed by government officials and patriotic citizens as a beacon of liberty and justice across the globe. Watchdog human rights organizations like Amnesty International, however, believe the U.S. government and patriotic Americans have a duty to themselves and the world to promote liberty and justice within their own national boundaries.

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Lawyers meet at pub to discuss Court changes

By Mike Wilson · Wednesday, Sept. 21,2005 1:37 a.m.

Supreme Court Justice Nominee John Roberts has refused to tell the public what he thinks about abortion, which is exactly what makes him a great judge, said IU Law Professor Joseph Hoffman. Hoffman, who, like Roberts is a former clerk for the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, said he is so in favor of Roberts that he is writing an opinion column to submit to major publications.

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Bush likely to pick moderate for 2nd opening

By Alyson Brodsy and Deb Riechman · Wednesday, Sept. 21,2005 1:37 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush's supporters want him to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor with a rock-solid conservative jurist, but Bush's low poll numbers have given liberals hope he'll nominate a moderate to avoid a raucous fight in the Senate.

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U.S. military deaths top 1,900 in Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy and Steven R. Hurst · Wednesday, Sept. 21,2005 1 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The war in Iraq passed a sobering milepost Tuesday when U.S. officials reported nine more Americans were killed -- five of them members of the armed forces, raising the number of U.S. service members who have died in the country since the invasion to more than 1,900.

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Karzai calls for end to military operations in Afghanistan

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 21,2005 12:59 a.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday challenged the need for major foreign military operations in Afghanistan, saying airstrikes are no longer effective and that U.S.-led coalition forces should focus on rooting out terror bases and support networks.

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Bush keeps close eye on Rita, tours Gulf Coast

By Alyson Brodsy and Nedra Pickler · Wednesday, Sept. 21,2005 12:58 a.m.

NEW ORLEANS -- President Bush kept a worried watch Tuesday on "what we pray is not a devastating storm" -- Hurricane Rita -- as he flew over miles of flattened homes and mud-caked neighborhoods hit by Hurricane Katrina. Bush received a briefing about Rita aboard the USS Iwo Jima, which is docked near downtown New Orleans, as the hurricane lashed the Florida Keys and caused new anxiety among Katrina victims in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama.

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Former Tyco chiefs sent to jail for up to 25 years

By Alyson Brodsy and Samuel Maull · Monday, Sept. 19,2005 11:59 p.m.

NEW YORK -- L. Dennis Kozlowski, the former CEO of Tyco International Ltd., and former Tyco finance chief Mark Swartz were sentenced Monday to up to 25 years in prison for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from the company in a case that outraged the public with its tales of executive greed and excess. The men, who were immediately ordered into custody, will be eligible for parole after serving eight years and four months.

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N. Korea pledges to dismantle nuclear programs for energy aid

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 19,2005 11:59 p.m.

BEIJING -- North Korea agreed Monday to dismantle nuclear weapons and its atomic facilities in exchange for energy aid, economic cooperation and security assurances, a breakthrough marking the first step toward disarmament after two years of six-nation talks.

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New Orleans mayor postpones the opening of the city due to risk of flood

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 19,2005 11:45 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS -- Under pressure from President Bush and other top federal officials, the mayor of New Orleans suspended the reopening of large portions of the city Monday and instead ordered nearly everyone out because of the risk of a new round of flooding from a tropical storm on the way. "If we are off, I'd rather err on the side of conservatism to make sure we have everyone out," Mayor Ray Nagin said.

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Landmark Afghan elections hailed as success despite threats from Taliban

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Sept. 18,2005 11:40 p.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Some filed into schools to cast their ballots amid lessons still scrawled on blackboards. Others stepped over piles of shoes to vote in mosques. In remote areas, tents served as polling stations. Across Afghanistan, millions of people lined up at polling stations in defiance of a Taliban boycott call and militant attacks to vote for a new parliament Sunday.

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Conservative party wins most votes in German election

By Alyson Brodsy and David McHugh · Sunday, Sept. 18,2005 11:39 p.m.

BERLIN -- Conservative challenger Angela Merkel's party won the most votes in German elections Sunday but fell short of a clear mandate to govern, according to official results. Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder staged a dramatic comeback and proclaimed he should head the next government.

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U.S. to pay for Gulf Coast rebuilding

By Alyson Brodsy and Terence Hunt · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 1:08 a.m.

NEW ORLEANS -- President Bush promised Thursday night the government will pay most of the costs of rebuilding the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast in one of the largest reconstruction projects the world has ever seen. "There is no way to imagine America without New Orleans, and this great city will rise again," the president said.

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Gov't employee told to destroy data

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 12:48 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- A Pentagon employee was ordered to destroy documents that identified Mohamed Atta as a terrorist two years before the 2001 attacks, a congressman said Thursday.

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French Quarter to be reopened soon

By Alyson Brodsy and Brett Martel · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 12:47 a.m.

NEW ORLEANS -- In a big step toward restoring the pulse and soul of New Orleans, the mayor announced plans Thursday to reopen over the next week and a half some of the Big Easy's most vibrant neighborhoods, including the once-rollicking French Quarter.

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Suicide attacks rock Baghdad

By Alyson Brodsy and Slobodan Lekic · Friday, Sept. 16,2005 12:44 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Suicide bombers inflicted another day of mayhem in the capital Thursday, killing at least 31 people in two attacks about a minute apart that targeted Iraqi police and Interior Ministry commandos. The carnage left nearly 200 people dead in just two days.

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