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Bush, Putin agree on need to check nuclear proliferation around world

By Alyson Brodsy and Tom Raum · Thursday, Feb. 24,2005 11:46 p.m.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Thursday on new efforts to keep nuclear arms out of dangerous hands, but their sharp differences over Russian backsliding on democracy spilled into an open and sometimes prickly exchange.

Syrian troops to leave Lebanon

By Alyson Brodsy and Albert Aji · Thursday, Feb. 24,2005 11:16 p.m.

DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syria will withdraw troops from mountain and coastal areas in Lebanon in line with a 1989 agreement, Lebanon's defense minister said Thursday amid international pressure following the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

IU group to march in capital

By Lindsey Jancek and Lindsay Jancek · Thursday, Feb. 24,2005 11:15 p.m.

This Saturday, thousands of the nation's students and youth will rally together in front of the White House and march two miles to the Capitol to demand action to end HIV and AIDS. The first-ever national student AIDS march is being coordinated with youth all over the world as part of Youth AIDS Day, a global day of youth action to end AIDS.

Emergency 2-day stay issued in battle over Florida woman

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Feb. 24,2005 12:58 a.m.

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Two courts ruling within an hour of each other handed victories to either side in the bitterly contested fight about the fate of brain-damaged Terri Schiavo, paving the way for more legal wrangling.

At least 500 dead in Iran quake

By Alyson Brodsy and Nasser Karimi · Thursday, Feb. 24,2005 12:51 a.m.

ISLAMABAD, Iran -- Rescue teams using dogs and heavy machinery pulled more bodies from the ruins of flattened villages in central Iran on Wednesday, and officials raised the death toll from a powerful earthquake to at least 500. The count was expected to rise even higher.

9/11 victim identification comes to end

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Feb. 24,2005 12:04 a.m.

NEW YORK -- The medical examiner's office has largely ended its effort to identify the remains of those killed at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, leaving more than a thousand victims unidentified.

Interim Iraq official vies for prime minister post

By Maggie Michael · Thursday, Feb. 24,2005 12 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said Wednesday he was forming a broad coalition to fight for the post of prime minister after Iraq's dominant Shiite political party nominated a conservative candidate. The haggling over the new government came against the backdrop of more violence. A car bomb killed two people and wounded 14 in the northern city of Mosul, and a U.S. soldier was killed in a separate bomb attack north of Baghdad, officials said.

Bush, German leader differ on Iran approach

By Alyson Brodsy and Tom Raum · Wednesday, Feb. 23,2005 11:59 p.m.

MAINZ, Germany -- President Bush and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder insisted Wednesday that Iran must not have nuclear weapons, but remained divided on how to coax Tehran into giving up its suspected ambitions for such an arsenal.

California weather blamed for 9 deaths

By Alyson Brodsy and Ryan Pearson · Wednesday, Feb. 23,2005 11:58 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- Still more rain soaked Southern California on Wednesday, giving Los Angeles its wettest year in more than a century, after collapsing hillsides crushed homes, oozing mud blocked highways and a surging river carried away part of an airport.

Proud to be an American?

By Laura Kruty · Wednesday, Feb. 23,2005 2:02 a.m.

In 1969, a proposed fee increase of $135 sent IU students into action. Students arranged a two-day boycott of classes and burned an effigy of board of trustees member Frank McKinney in protest. To make their feelings known, about 130 students locked negotiators in Ballantine Hall for about three hours. The lock-in prompted a grand jury investigation as well as a rally to support the students involved. The two-day boycott extended to a nine-day boycott as students let administrators know how they felt about paying an additional $135.

Man charged in plot to kill Bush

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Feb. 23,2005 1:56 a.m.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- A former Virginia high school valedictorian who had been detained in Saudi Arabia as a suspected terrorist was charged Tuesday with conspiring to assassinate President Bush and with supporting the al-Qaida terrorist network.

Bush denies plans to attack Iran

By Alyson Brodsy and Tom Raum · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2005 11:02 p.m.

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- President Bush said Tuesday that it is "simply ridiculous" to assume the United States has plans to attack Iran over its alleged nuclear weapons program.

Iraq's Shiites select candidate for prime minister position

By Alyson Brodsy and Maggie Michael · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2005 11 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Interim Vice President Ibrahim al-Jaafari was chosen as his Shiite ticket's candidate for prime minister Tuesday after Ahmad Chalabi dropped his bid, senior alliance officials said.

Visa reforms to require foreign scholars to pay new fee

By Christina Galoozis · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2005 1:14 a.m.

More visa reforms are on their way. And this time, the price tag is $500 a pop. Beginning March 8, a new federal law will require every international scholar's visa application to include an extra $500 check -- on top of the original $185 fee.

Particles

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Feb. 22,2005 12:25 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Illegal drug users now have a new reason to keep their mouths shut.

Israel releases 500 prisoners

By Alyson Brodsy and Mark Lavie · Monday, Feb. 21,2005 11:53 p.m.

JERUSALEM -- Israel freed 500 Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture Monday, and President Bush pledged to support efforts to resolve the conflict, saying peace based on a two-state solution was within reach.

Bush condemns Russian practices

By Alyson Brodsy and Tom Raum · Monday, Feb. 21,2005 11:29 p.m.

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- President Bush and French President Jacques Chirac said Monday they had patched up their differences over Iraq as Bush appealed for European unity in helping to spread democracy across the Middle East.

Lebanese protesters slander Syria

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 21,2005 11:28 p.m.

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Tens of thousands of opposition supporters shouted insults at Syria and demanded the resignation of their pro-Syrian government at a Beirut demonstration Monday while signals from Damascus indicated it may begin withdrawing its army.

Sharon's Cabinet approves Gaza withdrawal

By Alyson Brodsy and Karin Laub · Sunday, Feb. 20,2005 11:02 p.m.

JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Cabinet began charting Israel's future borders Sunday in a historic session, giving final approval to a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and a revised route of the West Bank separation barrier that would encompass at least 6 percent of land claimed by the Palestinians for a state.

Israel to halt destruction of Palestinian houses

By Alyson Brodsy and Karin Laub · Friday, Feb. 18,2005 1:16 a.m.

JERUSALEM -- Israel's defense minister ordered a halt Thursday to the controversial policy of demolishing the homes of Palestinian suicide bombers and gunmen after an internal army review concluded it has not deterred attackers but has inflamed hatred.