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204 dead, 79 still missing after flooding in China

Sunday, June 5,2005 8:28 p.m.

BEIJING -- Flooding has devastated villages and crops in southern China, killing at least 204 people and leaving another 79 missing at the start of the summer flood season, the government said Sunday. Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated.

Biden says U.S. needs to shut down Guantanamo prison

Sunday, June 5,2005 8:27 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- A leading Senate Democrat said Sunday the United States needs to move toward shutting down the military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Scientists free Mars rover Opportunity from sand dune

Sunday, June 5,2005 8:26 p.m.

PASADENA, Calif. -- The Mars rover Opportunity resumed rolling freely across the Martian surface Saturday after scientists freed it from a sand dune where it had been mired for nearly five weeks, NASA officials said.

Aruba police charge 2 suspects in case of missing student

By Abdullah AlShihri and Michael Norton · Sunday, June 5,2005 8:25 p.m.

ORANJESTAD, Aruba -- Two men were charged Sunday in connection with the disappearance last week of an Alabama teenager who was visiting the island with classmates to celebrate their high school graduation, Aruba's attorney general said.

At 91, 'Deep Throat' revealed

By Abdullah AlShihri and Sharon Theimer · Wednesday, June 1,2005 9:21 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Watergate whistleblower Deep Throat played a central role in one of the biggest White House scandals ever, helping bring down a president and inspire a political mystery so famous his nickname earned an entry in Webster's.

Civil rights figure talks of activism

Wednesday, June 1,2005 9:21 p.m.

James Meredith, the first black man allowed into the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), gave a lecture at the School of Education titled "How America can remain the dominant nation in the world for the next 1,000 years."

Landslide in Laguna Beach, Calif., sends homes crashing down hill, injures 2 people

By Abdullah AlShihri and Ben Fox · Wednesday, June 1,2005 8:17 p.m.

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. -- A landslide sent at least 12 expensive homes crashing down a hill early Wednesday and damaged 15 others in this coastal Orange County enclave.

Afghan mosque bombing kills 20

By Abdullah AlShihri and Noor Khan · Wednesday, June 1,2005 8:17 p.m.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A bomb from a suicide attacker tore through a mosque during Wednesday's funeral for a Muslim cleric opposed to the Taliban, killing at least 20 people, and the local governor said an al-Qaida-linked militant was responsible.

FBI exhumes body of 1955 murder victim

By Abdullah AlShihri and Mike Colias · Wednesday, June 1,2005 8:16 p.m.

ALSIP, Ill. -- Federal investigators unearthed a concrete vault containing Emmett Till's casket at a suburban Chicago cemetery Wednesday, hoping to find clues into his 1955 slaying in Mississippi that became a key event in the civil rights movement.

Annan fires staffer over oil scandal scandal

By Abdullah AlShihri and Nick Wadhams · Wednesday, June 1,2005 8:12 p.m.

UNITED NATIONS -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan fired a staffer for his role in the Iraq oil-for-food scandal, a spokesman said Wednesday, describing the first dismissal stemming from alleged corruption in the multibillion-dollar program.

Explosion rocks main Baghdad checkpoint

By Abdullah AlShihri and Sameer N. Yacoub · Wednesday, June 1,2005 8:12 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A suicide bomber attacked the main checkpoint to Baghdad International Airport on Wednesday, wounding at least 15 Iraqis, the military said.

After 4 years of waiting, Owen gets confirmation as federal appellate judge

By Abdullah AlShihri and Jim Abrams · Wednesday, May 25,2005 11:34 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Priscilla Owen as a federal appellate judge, ending the four-year ordeal of the Texas jurist who was thrust into the center of the partisan battle over President Bush's judicial nominations.

U.S. military launches anti-insurgent offensive Iraq

By Abdullah AlShihri and Antonio Castaneda · Wednesday, May 25,2005 11:33 p.m.

HADITHA, Iraq -- Helicopters swept down near palm tree groves and armored vehicles roared into this Euphrates River city before dawn Wednesday as 1,000 U.S. troops launched the second major offensive in less than a month aimed at uprooting insurgents.

Amnesty International takes aim at United States in annual report

By Abdullah AlShihri and Paisley Dodds · Wednesday, May 25,2005 10:25 p.m.

LONDON -- Amnesty International branded the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay a human rights failure Wednesday, calling it "the gulag of our time" as it released a report that offers stinging criticism of the United States and its detention centers around the world.

D.A. to 'Runaway Bride': 'You just can't lie to police'

By Abdullah AlShihri and Daniel Yee · Wednesday, May 25,2005 10:24 p.m.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- Runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks was indicted Wednesday on two charges of lying to police about being kidnapped. The 32-year-old woman faces one felony count making of false statement and one misdemeanor count of making a false police report.

Egyptian authorities arrest official in Muslim Brotherhood Sunday

By Abdullah AlShihri · Monday, May 23,2005 2:26 p.m.

CAIRO, Egypt -- Egyptian authorities arrested the fourth-highest official in the powerful Muslim Brotherhood early Sunday, one of 25 members of the outlawed movement picked up in a major crackdown ahead of a referendum on presidential election rules the group opposes.

Romanian journalists, Iraqi-American guide freed after 2-month captivity

By Abdullah AlShihri and Alexandru Alexe · Monday, May 23,2005 2:25 p.m.

BUCHAREST, Romania -- Three Romanian journalists and their Iraqi-American guide were freed Sunday after nearly two months in captivity in Iraq, the president's office said.

Mexican president takes to U.S. airwaves to better race relations

By Abdullah AlShihri and Morgan Lee · Monday, May 23,2005 2:24 p.m.

MEXICO CITY -- President Vicente Fox on Sunday defended his commitment to minorities and human rights on a U.S. radio program, in his first public response to his controversial comment that Mexicans take the U.S. jobs that "not even" blacks want.

British tabloid publishes new Saddam photos; Sunnis unite

By Abdullah AlShihri and Patrick Quinn · Monday, May 23,2005 2:23 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A British tabloid published more surreptitiously taken prison pictures of Saddam Hussein Saturday, and Iraq's once-dominant Sunni Muslim minority sought to break out of its deepening isolation by forming an alliance of tribal, political and religious groups.

Protestors mob first lady at Jerusalem holy sites during visit

By Abdullah AlShihri and Nedra Pickler · Monday, May 23,2005 2:22 p.m.

JERUSALEM - Protesters besieged Laura Bush during her visit Sunday to two of Jerusalem's most sacred sites, with Israeli police locking arms to restrain the crowd and Secret Service agents packed tightly around America's first lady.

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