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First Iraqi prison scandal court-martial date set

By Alyson Brodsy and Robert Reid · Sunday, May 9,2004 9:26 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A 24-year-old U.S. military policeman will be the first soldier to face a court-martial in connection with the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, the military said Sunday. Spc. Jeremy C. Sivits of Hyndman, Pa., a member of the 372nd Military Police Company, will stand trial in Baghdad May 19, Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said. The proceedings will be open to media coverage.

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Lotus festival artists encounter visa problems

By Charlie Cszrom and Charlie Szrom · Friday, May 7,2004 1:02 a.m.

To attend Bloomington's Lotus Festival this September, all that international music fans will need to do is drop by the local box office. But many of the musicians they want to see will have a much more difficult time getting to the event this year. The artists have run into problems in the last few months because of a new scrutiny of the type of visa they use to enter the U.S.

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Rumsfeld comes under fire

By Alyson Brodsy and Sonya Ross · Friday, May 7,2004 12:21 a.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C., -- Escalating criticism of the Bush administration's handling of the U.S. military's abuse of Iraqi prisoners raised new questions Thursday as to whether Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld would hold on to his job.

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Pakistan leader backs Bush

By Alyson Brodsy and Paul Haven · Friday, May 7,2004 12:20 a.m.

Islamabad, Pakistan -- The prime minister of this deeply conservative Islamic nation waded into U.S. politics during an interview with The Associated Press, saying he wishes President Bush well in his re-election bid this November.

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U.S. oil employees killed

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, May 3,2004 12:40 a.m.

YANBU, Saudi Arabia -- American and European families packed their bags Sunday after a deadly attack on foreigners, and traumatized Saudi schoolchildren recounted how the attackers proudly summoned them to watch them drag a victim's body through the streets.

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Around The World

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, May 3,2004 12:25 a.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two fuel tankers exploded Sunday in a bustling marketplace in western Afghanistan, killing at least 25 people in what appeared to be an accident, the Afghan government said. A provincial official said 32 were killed.

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U.S., Iraq negotiate retreat

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, April 30,2004 12:25 a.m.

FALLUJAH, Iraq -- U.S. Marines negotiated a "tentative" agreement Thursday to pull back forces from Fallujah, a deal that would lift a nearly month-long siege and allow an Iraqi force led by a former Saddam Hussein-era general to handle security. Fresh clashes broke out despite news of a pending deal, and U.S. warplanes dropped bombs on insurgent targets.

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9-11 panel quizzes Bush

By Alyson Brodsy and Deb Riechmann · Friday, April 30,2004 12:24 a.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney spent more than three hours behind closed doors Thursday with the Sept. 11 commission that is charged with finding ways to prevent a repeat of the worst terrorist attack in American history. "I answered every question they asked," Bush said.

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Gadhafi concludes Europe visit

By Alyson Brodsy and Paul Geitner · Thursday, April 29,2004 12:46 a.m.

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi ended his first trip to the West in 15 years by calling Wednesday for greater European involvement in "the tragedy in Iraq." Gadhafi, once an international pariah over his support for terrorist groups, came to Brussels to discuss business deals and offer an olive branch to European governments that once shunned him. But a little of the old Gadhafi emerged when he threatened Tuesday to return to the "days of explosive belts" if provoked by Western "evil."

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Violence flares in southern Thailand

By Alyson Brodsy and Alisa Tang · Thursday, April 29,2004 12:29 a.m.

PATTANI, Thailand -- A heap of bodies in a bullet-scarred mosque attested to a sharp and sudden upsurge of separatist violence Wednesday in Thailand's Muslim south. While the prime minister said the issues were strictly local, some tied the clashes to the country's support for the war in Iraq. Police said they shot and killed 107 Islamic fighters -- including 32 inside the mosque -- after repelling near simultaneous attacks by hundreds of militants.

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U.S. aircraft strike Fallujah

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, April 28,2004 2:05 a.m.

FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Multiple explosions shook Fallujah after dark Tuesday, and large plumes of smoke billowed into the sky as fighting erupted for the second straight night. An American AC-130 gunship hammered targets in the city. Blasts and gunfire went on steadily for more than half an hour in sustained fighting, apparently in the northern Jolan district, a poor neighborhood where Sunni insurgents are concentrated. Flames could be seen rising from buildings, and mosque loudspeakers in other parts of the city called for firefighters to mobilize. The fighting erupted as a two-day extension to a cease-fire ended earlier in the day. U.S. aircraft dropped leaflets in the city of 200,000 people, calling on insurgents to surrender.

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Number of illegal immigrants from Mexico increasing

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, April 28,2004 12:33 a.m.

SASABE, Mexico -- After a four-year decline, illegal immigration from Mexico is spiking as several thousand migrants a day rush across the border in hopes of getting work visas under a program President Bush proposed. Many also are trying to beat tighter security to come in June.

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4 dead in Syrian violence

By Alyson Brodsy and Albert Aji · Wednesday, April 28,2004 12:32 a.m.

DAMASCUS, Syria -- Gunmen attacked a former United Nations office in a diplomatic quarter of Damascus, setting off a battle with police that pelted nearby buildings with bullets and grenades. The fighting killed two attackers, a policeman and a civilian, the government said.

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Israel celebrates birthday amid fears

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, April 27,2004 12:40 a.m.

JERUSALEM -- Israel began celebrating its 56th birthday Monday evening, with large numbers of Israelis uneasy about the country's present and pessimistic about their children's place in its future.

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Congolese-Rwandan clashes leave 61 dead, 14 wounded

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, April 27,2004 12:38 a.m.

KIGALI, Rwanda -- Clashes between Congolese troops and Rwandan insurgents in eastern Congo killed at least 61 people over the weekend, officials said Monday. The Congolese army killed 39 Rwandan insurgents in a series of battles near the borders with Rwanda and Burundi in the volatile South Kivu province, said Didas Namujimbo, the provincial governor's spokesman.

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Hong Kong denied direct elections

By Alyson Brodsy and Min Lee · Tuesday, April 27,2004 12:38 a.m.

HONG KONG -- Mainland China dealt a crushing blow to Hong Kong's hopes for full democracy Monday when its most powerful legislative panel ruled the territory won't have direct elections for its next leader in 2007 or for all its lawmakers in 2008.

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N. Korea denies aid trucks

By Alyson Brodsy and Christopher Bodeen · Tuesday, April 27,2004 12:35 a.m.

DANDONG, China -- North Korea balked Monday at opening its heavily armed border to relief trucks from rival South Korea, even as international aid groups sought more help for thousands injured or made homeless by a massive train explosion.

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Two U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq warehouse blast

By Alyson Brodsy and Bassem Mroue · Tuesday, April 27,2004 12:35 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A suspected chemical weapons warehouse exploded in flames Monday moments after U.S. troops broke in, killing two soldiers and wounding five. Jubilant Iraqis swarmed over the Americans' charred Humvees, waving looted machine guns, a bandolier and a helmet. In Fallujah, Iraq, U.S. troops battled insurgents in the latest violation of a tentative cease-fire for the besieged city. One Marine and eight insurgents were killed.

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Around The World

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, April 26,2004 1:02 a.m.

PATNA, India -- Rebels trying to disrupt India's parliamentary elections killed at least eight people and wounded at least 20 across India and Kashmir Sunday, a day before the next phase of the staggered voting.

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