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Pope John Paul II hospitalized for breathing problems

By Alyson Brodsy and Victor L. Simpson · Wednesday, Feb. 2,2005 1:08 a.m.

ROME -- Pope John Paul II was rushed to the hospital urgently Tuesday night after he suffered inflammation of the throat and had difficulty breathing while battling the flu, the Vatican said. Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls told The Associated Press that the decision to hospitalize the 84-year-old pontiff was "mainly a precaution." He pointed out that the pope was not in intensive care but in the same 10th floor suite of rooms where he has been during several previous stays at Rome's Gemelli Polyclinic.

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Democrats criticize proposed benefits

By Alyson Brodsy and Robert Burns · Tuesday, Feb. 1,2005 11:47 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Democrats argued Tuesday that President Bush's proposal to boost government payments to families of U.S. troops killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and future war zones should extend to all military personnel who die on active duty.

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President Clinton to head U.N. tsunami relief

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Feb. 1,2005 11:16 p.m.

UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan has selected former President Clinton to be the U.N. point man for tsunami reconstruction and to ensure the world doesn't forget the needs of those devastated by the Dec. 26 disaster, a U.N. diplomat said Tuesday. U.N. spokesman Fred Eckhard refused to confirm the appointment but said his office would release a statement shortly. Clinton had no immediate comment.

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King of Nepal isolates country from world

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Feb. 1,2005 11:15 p.m.

KATMANDU, Nepal -- King Gyanendra dismissed Nepal's government Tuesday and declared a state of emergency, closing off his Himalayan nation from the rest of the world as telephone and Internet lines were cut, flights diverted and civil liberties severely curtailed.

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Iraqi president says U.S. troops necessary

By Alyson Brodsy and Mariam Fam · Tuesday, Feb. 1,2005 11:09 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's president said Tuesday it would be "complete nonsense" to ask foreign troops to leave the country now, although some could depart by the year's end. Officials began the final vote tally from elections to produce a government to confront the insurgency.

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Pope cancels audiences due to flu

By Alyson Brodsy and Victor L. Simpson · Monday, Jan. 31,2005 11:32 p.m.

VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II has the flu, leading him to cancel scheduled audiences Monday, the Vatican said. It was the first time the pope skipped an audience because of illness since September 2003.

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Pope cancels audiences due to flu

By Alyson Brodsy and Victor L. Simpson · Monday, Jan. 31,2005 11:31 p.m.

VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II has the flu, leading him to cancel scheduled audiences Monday, the Vatican said. It was the first time the pope skipped an audience because of illness since September 2003.

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Sudan's government cleared of genocide

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Jan. 31,2005 11:31 p.m.

ABUJA, Nigeria -- Sudan's foreign minister said Monday a U.N. report concluded that no genocide was committed in his country's Darfur region, where tens of thousands of civilians have died in a nearly two-year crisis.

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Gitmo prisoners can challenge confinement

By Alyson Brodsy and Gina Holland · Monday, Jan. 31,2005 11:30 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- A federal judge ruled Monday that foreign terror suspects held in Cuba can challenge their confinement in U.S. courts, and she criticized the Bush administration for holding hundreds of people without legal rights.

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Sen. Hillary Clinton faints before speech

By Carolyn Thompson · Monday, Jan. 31,2005 11:30 p.m.

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton collapsed Monday during a speech on Social Security, moments after complaining about a stomach virus. "She fainted after not feeling well, got medical attention and is proceeding with her planned schedule," according to a statement released by her office in Washington.

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Iraqi officials begin first phase of vote-counting

By Alyson Brodsy and Jason Keyser · Monday, Jan. 31,2005 11:30 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's interim leader called on his countrymen to set aside their differences Monday, while polling stations finished the first-phase count of millions of ballots from the weekend election that many Iraqis hope will usher in democracy and hasten the departure of 150,000 American troops.

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The Mark of Democracy

By Alyson Brodsy and Mariam Fam · Monday, Jan. 31,2005 12:50 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqis defied violence and calls for a boycott to cast ballots in Iraq's first free election in a half-century Sunday. Insurgents seeking to wreck the vote struck polling stations with a string of suicide bombings and mortar volleys, killing at least 44 people, including nine suicide bombers.

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World Economic Forum addresses poverty, disease

By Alyson Brodsy and Paul Haven · Sunday, Jan. 30,2005 11:19 p.m.

DAVOS, Switzerland -- More than 2,000 of the world's rich and powerful decamped from this luxurious Swiss ski resort Sunday after five days of talks on how to improve the world, particularly by stamping out poverty, fighting disease and bringing peace to the Middle East and elsewhere.

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IU professors analyze state of Iraq prior to Sunday's elections

By Rami Chami · Friday, Jan. 28,2005 2:23 a.m.

Two days are left until Iraqis go to the polls Sunday. Hopes, frustrations and concerns abound as the election nears. Iraqis will have the chance to choose from among more than 120 parties running for seats in the yet-to-be-created Transitional National Assembly.

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