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China authorizes attack on Taiwan

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, March 8,2005 11:46 p.m.

BEIJING -- China unveiled a law Tuesday authorizing an attack if Taiwan moves toward formal independence, increasing pressure on the self-ruled island while warning other countries not to interfere. Taiwan denounced the legislation as a "blank check to invade" and announced war games aimed at repelling an attack.

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Clinton scheduled to have follow-up heart surgery

By Alyson Brodsy and Karen Matthews · Tuesday, March 8,2005 11:44 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Former President Clinton will undergo a medical procedure this week to remove an unusual buildup of fluid and scar tissue from his chest, six months after he underwent quadruple bypass surgery, his office said Tuesday. "I feel fine," Clinton said in Washington.

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Bloomington native recalls days in Iraq

By Pat Giese and Patrick Giese · Tuesday, March 8,2005 11:41 p.m.

With the ongoing conflict in Iraq receiving so much news coverage, it is easy to forget that in addition to men and women in uniform, hundreds of American citizens face the dangers of an unstable Iraq to provide us with that news. One Bloomington native spent 10 days in Baghdad to send Americans information about the Iraq elections.

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'Wounded city' holds terror summit

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, March 8,2005 11:41 p.m.

MADRID, Spain -- Nations must band together to fight an international terrorism threat because most are too weak to deal with it on their own, a world summit on the new century's scourge was told Tuesday. Leading experts on terrorism also stressed the new enemy only can be contained and might claim lives for decades to come.

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University of Colorado president resigns after scandal

By Alyson Brodsy and Jon Sarche · Tuesday, March 8,2005 12:17 a.m.

DENVER -- University of Colorado President Elizabeth Hoffman announced Monday that she is resigning amid a football recruiting scandal and a national controversy about an activist professor who compared victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to a notorious Nazi. Hoffman, who has been president for five years, told the Board of Regents in a letter that her resignation is effective June 30 or whenever the board names a successor.

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Particles

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, March 8,2005 12:05 a.m.

The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to overturn the Bush administration's decision to allow Canadian cattle into the country again nearly two years after they were banned because of mad cow disease.

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133 killed in Dominican prison riot

By Alyson Brodsy and Peter Prengaman · Monday, March 7,2005 11:49 p.m.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Rival gangs fighting for control of a provincial Dominican Republic prison set pillows and sheets ablaze Monday, starting a fire that killed at least 133 people after rescuers were thwarted by a jammed entrance, officials said. Only 26 inmates were rescued from the public jail in Higuey, 75 miles northeast of the capital on the island's eastern tip, said National Police Chief Manuel de Jesus Perez Sanchez.

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President names Bolton new ambassador to U.N.

By Alyson Brodsy and Barry Schweid · Monday, March 7,2005 11:48 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Undersecretary of State John R. Bolton, an outspoken arms control expert who rarely muffles his views in diplomatic nuance, is President Bush's choice to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made the announcement Monday with Bolton at her side.

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Funeral held for slain Italian officer

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, March 7,2005 11:48 p.m.

ROME -- Hundreds of mourners at a state funeral Monday paid their last respects to an Italian intelligence officer killed by American troops in Iraq while escorting an ex-hostage to freedom.

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Peace Corps offers alternate path

Monday, March 7,2005 11:47 p.m.

With commencement two months away, many graduating seniors find themselves facing life after college. While some might pursue careers right away, others will spend the next two years trying to save the world.

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Syrian pullout to begin today

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, March 7,2005 1:04 a.m.

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Lebanese officials said Syrian troops will start moving toward eastern Lebanon on Monday in a pullback that will take two or three days, while Syrians -- not unexpectedly -- backed President Bashar Assad's decision and insisted Sunday he was not bowing to international pressure.

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Journalist counters U.S. shooting report

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, March 6,2005 11:44 p.m.

ROME -- The Italian journalist wounded by American troops in Iraq after her release by insurgents rejected the U.S. military's account of the shooting and declined Sunday to rule out the possibility she was deliberately targeted. The White House said it was a "horrific accident" and promised a full investigation.

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Greenspan proposes consumption tax to boost economy

By Alyson Brodsy and Mary Dalrymple · Thursday, March 3,2005 11:41 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Thursday that a new consumption tax -- such as a national sales tax -- could spark the economy as a partial replacement for income taxes. Greenspan cautioned that there would be both political and administrative difficulties in moving toward a new national tax system. Simplification is needed, perhaps a hybrid between consumption taxes and income taxes, he told the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform.

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Fossett completes flight around the world

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, March 3,2005 11:37 p.m.

SALINA, Kan. -- Chicago millionaire Steve Fossett on Thursday became the first person to fly around the world solo without stopping or refueling -- 67 hours and 23,000 miles after taking off in his experimental jet.

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Thailand official calls for free trade

By David A. Nosko · Thursday, March 3,2005 12:51 a.m.

Since the mid-20th century IU has helped educate Thailand about democracy by building schools. Today, Thailand needs America's support to transform itself from a developing country to an industrial nation.

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Mad cow stalls beef imports

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, March 2,2005 11:49 p.m.

BILLINGS, Mont. -- A federal judge on Wednesday granted a livestock group's request to postpone reopening the border to cattle and expanded beef imports from Canada because of concerns about mad cow disease in that country.

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