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Inauguration Day

By Alyson Brodsy and Terence Hunt · Friday, Jan. 21,2005 1:41 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- George W. Bush embarked on an ambitious second term as president Thursday, telling a world anxious about war and terrorism that the United States would not shrink from new confrontations in pursuit of "the great objective of ending tyranny."

IU students make journey to Washington, D.C. to support, protest presidential inauguration

By Gavin Lesnick · Friday, Jan. 21,2005 1:41 a.m.

It meant missing three days of classes, but nothing was going to keep junior Tyler Wallace from attending George W. Bush's presidential inauguration. Wallace, a member of the IU College Republicans, jumped at the chance when the student political organization offered its members tickets to attend the historic ceremony.

Israelis accept Palestinian plan to deploy hundreds of officers to Gaza

By Alyson Brodsy and Lara Sukhtian · Thursday, Jan. 20,2005 11:34 p.m.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israeli officials on Thursday accepted a Palestinian plan to deploy hundreds of police officers to ensure quiet along the Gaza-Israel frontier, in the first act of security cooperation with Israel under Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.

New audiotape assures Iraqi insurgents of eventual victory

By Alyson Brodsy and Mariam Fam · Thursday, Jan. 20,2005 11:33 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's most feared terror leader called on his followers Thursday to show patience and prepare for a long struggle against the Americans, promising in an audiotape posted on the Internet that "ferocious wars ... take their time" but victory was assured.

Symbolic stoning of Satan marks end of Muslims' hajj pilgrimage

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Jan. 20,2005 11:33 p.m.

MINA, Saudi Arabia -- Shuffling slowly but smoothly, huge crowds of people hurled pebbles Thursday at pillars representing Satan, symbolically stoning the devil in a final ritual of their pilgrimage, while Muslims at the hajj and around the world slaughtered sheep, cows and camels to mark the Feast of the Sacrifice holiday.

Tsunami death toll rises as U.S. forces leave stricken area

By Alyson Brodsy and Beth Gardiner · Thursday, Jan. 20,2005 11:32 p.m.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- The U.S. military -- the largest group helping tsunami survivors -- will immediately start withdrawing troops from the relief efforts to feed and house more than 1 million refugees, the U.S. Pacific commander said Thursday.

Ukraine to inaugurate president Sunday

By Alyson Brodsy and Jim Heintz · Thursday, Jan. 20,2005 11:31 p.m.

KIEV, Ukraine -- Parliament scheduled a Sunday inauguration for Western-leaning President-elect Viktor Yushchenko, setting the stage for the transition to a new government for Ukraine following months of divisive political crisis.

Protesters rally at inauguration

By Alyson Brodsy and Genaro C. Armas · Thursday, Jan. 20,2005 11:31 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Anti-Bush demonstrators waving signs that said "Worst President Ever" and "the American Nightmare" jeered the president's motorcade during the inaugural parade.

Washington prepares for inauguration

By Alyson Brodsy and Deb Riechmann · Wednesday, Jan. 19,2005 11:26 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush will spend 17 minutes sketching overarching goals for his second term Thursday even as debate still swirls over how he fulfilled promises made in his first inaugural address. Former President George H.W. Bush gave his son an "A" for the Inauguration Day speech he delivered in a bone-chilling drizzle four years ago. The president's critics, however, still are challenging the first-term actions that grew out of that address.

Rice begins confirmation for secretary of state

By Alyson Brodsy and Anne Gearan · Wednesday, Jan. 19,2005 12:49 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State nominee Condoleezza Rice told senators Tuesday that a U.S. exit strategy from Iraq depends on that country's ability to defend itself against terrorists after this month's elections. She vowed to work to ease ties with allies frayed by U.S. policy there.

Iraqi-American pleads guilty in U.N.'s oil-for-food investigation

By Alyson Brodsy and Curt Anderson · Wednesday, Jan. 19,2005 12:15 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- An Iraqi-American businessman pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges that he received payments from Iraq to act illegally as its agent in the United States, including obtaining millions of dollars worth of oil from the United Nations' oil-for-food program.

Iraq prepares to seal borders, extend curfew to curb election-day violence

By Alyson Brodsy and Bassem Mroue · Tuesday, Jan. 18,2005 11:35 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq will seal its borders, extend a curfew and restrict movement to protect voters during the Jan. 30 election, officials announced Tuesday after the latest major insurgent attack.

Iraqi expatriates excited over free vote

By Abdullah AlShihri and Don Babwin · Tuesday, Jan. 18,2005 12:10 p.m.

CHICAGO -- Abdul Albisherawy says he doesn't care who wins the upcoming Iraqi elections as long as his homeland isn't run by a dictator.

Palestine pledges to stop attacks on Israelis

By Abdullah AlShihri and Lara Sukhtian · Tuesday, Jan. 18,2005 11:47 a.m.

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas ordered his security forces Monday to try to prevent attacks against Israel and to investigate a shooting at a Gaza Strip crossing that killed six Israeli civilians last week.

Iraqi gunmen kill 6, capture 1

By Abdullah AlShihri and Sinan Salaheddin · Friday, Jan. 14,2005 9:57 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Gunmen killed a representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most senior Shiite Muslim cleric, along with the aide's son and four bodyguards in a town south of Baghdad, an official in the cleric's office said Thursday.

Malaria threatens to increase tsunami deaths

By Abdullah AlShihri and Jim Gomez · Friday, Jan. 14,2005 9:53 a.m.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Indonesia on Thursday ordered foreign aid workers in tsunami-devastated Aceh province to have military escorts in areas facing violence by insurgents, even as the vice president welcomed a cease-fire offer by the rebels.

Suicide bombing in Gaza Strip leaves at least 5 Israelis dead

By Abdullah AlShihri and Ibrahim Barzak · Friday, Jan. 14,2005 9:36 a.m.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Palestinian militants set off a large truck bomb as gunmen stormed an Israeli base at a vital Gaza crossing Thursday, killing five Israelis and wounding five others in an attack that defied peace efforts by new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.

Senate investigates PR contract

By Abdullah AlShihri and Ben Feller · Friday, Jan. 14,2005 9:35 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Leaders of a Senate committee have asked the Education Department to turn over records of recent years' public relations contracts, while reminding the education secretary of a federal ban on "propaganda."

White House halts 2-year search for WMDs in Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Jan. 13,2005 12:49 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has quietly concluded without any evidence of the banned weapons that President Bush cited as justification for going to war, the White House said Wednesday. Democrats said Bush owes the country an explanation of why he was so wrong.

'Deep Impact' rocket launched

By Alyson Brodsy and Marcia Dunn · Wednesday, Jan. 12,2005 11:34 p.m.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A NASA spacecraft with a Hollywood name -- Deep Impact -- blasted off Wednesday on a mission to smash a hole in a comet and give scientists a glimpse of the frozen primordial ingredients of the solar system.

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