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Federal judge delays ruling on reinsertion of Schiavo's tube

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, March 22,2005 4:40 p.m.

TAMPA, Fla. -- Armed with a new law rushed through Congress over the weekend, the attorney for Terri Schiavo's parents pleaded with a judge Monday to order the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube reinserted.

Company requests to sell modified salmon

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, March 21,2005 11:22 p.m.

JUNEAU, Ala. -- A Massachusetts company expects to get the federal government's OK to sell genetically enhanced salmon within a year, a prospect that scares some Alaskan fishermen.

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By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, March 21,2005 11:21 p.m.

OTON, Conn. -- Researchers are racing to develop a potentially lucrative drug that would make smoking as treatable as erectile dysfunction, high cholesterol and acid reflux disease.

Annan calls for changes to U.N.

By Alyson Brodsy and Edith M. Lederer · Monday, March 21,2005 10:58 p.m.

UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan urged world leaders Monday to implement the boldest changes to the United Nations in its 60-year history by expanding the size of the Security Council, writing a new definition of terrorism and strengthening protections for human rights.

Japanese earthquake kills one, injures 400

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, March 20,2005 11:56 p.m.

FUKUOKA, Japan -- A powerful earthquake jolted southern Japanese islands on Sunday, killing an elderly woman, injuring 400 people and triggering landslides.

Iraq, Jordan tensions grow on anniversary of invasion

By Alyson Brodsy and Sameer N. Yacoub · Sunday, March 20,2005 11:18 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Insurgents targeted Iraqi and U.S. security forces with gunfire, suicide attacks and mortar rounds Sunday, killing six people -- including a U.S. soldier and an Iraqi corruption official -- as the conflict moved into its third year since the U.S.-led invasion.

Rice asks China for help with N. Korea

By Alyson Brodsy and Anne Gearan · Sunday, March 20,2005 11:16 p.m.

BEIJING -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice suggested Sunday that European governments are irresponsible if they sell sophisticated weaponry to China that might one day be used against U.S. forces in the Pacific.

Kidnapping suspect being held in Florida without bond

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, March 20,2005 11:13 p.m.

HOMOSASSA, Fla. -- A registered sex offender who authorities say confessed to kidnapping and slaying 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford returned to Florida Sunday and was held without bond.

Congress enters right-to-die case

By Alyson Brodsy and Mitch Stacy · Sunday, March 20,2005 11:08 p.m.

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. -- Hanging their hopes on a last-minute compromise in Congress, Terri Schiavo's parents notified her hospice to prepare to have her feeding tube reinserted on Sunday, her third day without food or water.

Annan: Governments must define terror

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, March 11,2005 8:10 p.m.

MADRID, Spain -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called Thursday for a world treaty on terrorism that would outlaw attacks targeting civilians and establish a framework for a collective response to the global threat. Although the United Nations and its agencies already have 12 treaties covering terrorism, a universal definition has been elusive.

47 killed in mosque bombing

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, March 10,2005 11:56 p.m.

MOSUL, Iraq -- A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shiite mosque during a funeral Thursday, killing 47 people, an attack that came as Iraq's main Shiite party and a Kurdish bloc said they reached a deal that sets the stage for a new government to be formed.

Pakistan scientist leaked nuclear technology to Iran

By Alyson Brodsy and Paul Haven · Thursday, March 10,2005 11:27 p.m.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's information minister acknowledged Thursday that a rogue scientist at the heart of an international nuclear black market investigation gave centrifuges to Iran, but he insisted the government had nothing to do with the transfer.

Clinton recovering after heart surgery to correct previous complications

By Alyson Brodsy and Verena Dobnik · Thursday, March 10,2005 11:25 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Surgeons successfully removed fluid and scar tissue from Bill Clinton's chest cavity Thursday, cleaning up minor complications from the former president's heart bypass operation of six months ago.

Note might link man with murder of judge's family

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, March 10,2005 11:24 p.m.

CHICAGO -- Two letters and a witness description appear to connect a man who committed suicide in Wisconsin to the killing of a federal judge's husband and mother nine days earlier, Chicago police said Thursday.

Food poisoning kills at least 27 Philippine children

By Alyson Brodsy and Paul Alexander · Wednesday, March 9,2005 11:19 p.m.

MANILA, Philippines -- At least 27 elementary school children died and another 100 were hospitalized after eating a snack of cassava -- a root that's poisonous if not prepared correctly -- during morning recess Wednesday in the southern Philippines, officials said.

U.S. envoy says time for IRA to 'go out of business'

By Alyson Brodsy and Shawn Pogatchnik · Wednesday, March 9,2005 11:17 p.m.

BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- President Bush's envoy to Northern Ireland called Wednesday for the IRA to disband after the outlawed group made an unprecedented public offer to kill four men -- including two of its own expelled members -- linked to a Belfast slaying.

Dan Rather 'signs off' after 24 years

By Alyson Brodsy and David Bauder · Wednesday, March 9,2005 11:15 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Dan Rather echoed a word he once used every night to sign off the "CBS Evening News" -- courage -- in anchoring the program for the final time Wednesday after 24 years.

Ousted Lebanese prime minister expected to return to office

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, March 9,2005 11:10 p.m.

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Lebanon's pro-Syrian prime minister, who was forced to resign last week by opposition protests, was virtually assured of being asked to form the next government after a majority of lawmakers backed him Wednesday.

Iraqi officials discover 41 bodies at 2 sites Wednesday

By Alyson Brodsy and Todd Pitman · Wednesday, March 9,2005 11:08 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi officials said Wednesday that 41 bodies have been found at two sites, and they believe some of the corpses are Iraqi soldiers kidnapped and killed by insurgents. At least 30 American contractors, meanwhile, were wounded by a suicide bombing near a hotel.

Israelis agree to hand over Jericho

By Alyson Brodsy and Josef Federman · Tuesday, March 8,2005 11:47 p.m.

EREZ CROSSING, Israel -- Israel will turn over two West Bank towns to Palestinian control in the coming days, Israel's defense minister announced Tuesday after meeting the Palestinian leader, but disagreements remained over how much land around the towns would be transferred.