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Rebels attack refugee camp

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Feb. 22,2004 11:11 p.m.

KAMPALA, Uganda -- Scores of rebels armed with assault rifles, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades attacked a refugee camp in northern Uganda and torched huts, killing 192 people and wounding dozens more, a local legislator said Sunday.

Discussion transcends boundaries

By Stephanie Frasco · Friday, Feb. 20,2004 12:51 a.m.

China is known for the restrictions it imposes on the media, but there were no barriers Wednesday night at the Radio and Television services building, where 20 IU students engaged in a videoconference with 15 Chinese journalists in Beijing.

U.S. says Iraq not ready for hand over of power

By Alyson Brodsy and Lee Keath · Friday, Feb. 20,2004 12:03 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The top U.S. administrator in Iraq insisted Thursday there are many ways to choose a new Iraqi government but a June 30 deadline for handing over power remains firm. Hours later, the United Nations backed Washington's claims that a direct vote before then is impossible. The U.N. judgment on elections throws open the debate over how to transfer sovereignty and end the U.S. occupation -- though not the U.S. military presence.

Security expert speaks on international safety

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Friday, Feb. 20,2004 12:02 a.m.

When Sir Timothy Garden last spoke on "International Security and the New Century" at IU three years ago, the world was a very different place. "In Feb. 2001, I don't think anyone thought international security would change quite so much," Garden said. "Since then, we've all come to know what fanatical terrorists can do. As I said then, predicting the future is always a somewhat hazardous affair."

Local Dean supporters look to future

By Gavin Lesnick · Friday, Feb. 20,2004 12 a.m.

Bloomington resident Scott Alber and two friends left home at 5 a.m. Monday morning for the nearly six-hour drive to Milwaukee, where former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean was preparing a run at the Wisconsin primary. Two days later, Dean had placed third, behind John Kerry and John Edwards and dropped out of the presidential race. For Alber, Howard Dean's deputy coordinator for Indiana, the trip was disappointing but not a waste of time at all

Pakistan, India set peace 'roadmap'

By Alyson Brodsy and Munir Ahmad · Wednesday, Feb. 18,2004 11:12 p.m.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan and India laid out an aggressive timetable for peace talks on a wide-range of topics, including the hot-button issue of Kashmir and confidence-building measures regarding their nuclear arsenals, Pakistan's representative

Dean exits campaign

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Feb. 18,2004 11:09 p.m.

BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Howard Dean, bowing to the political realities of a 17-contest losing streak, ended his Democratic presidential campaign Wednesday but promised to keep his "campaign for change" alive while supporting his party's eventual nominee. The former Vermont governor did not endorse either of his top rivals, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts or Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina. He called both men before his announcement to tell them his decision.

Kerry takes primary

By Rami Chami · Wednesday, Feb. 18,2004 12:48 a.m.

Sen. John Kerry won a narrow victory against Sen. John Edwards in Tuesday's tightly-contested Wisconsin primary. The Wisconsin primary has been the first election held by one state on a single day since the New Hampshire primary, allowing the democratic candidates an equal opportunity to concentrate campaigning efforts in one state.

Bishop convicted in fatal hit-and-run

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Feb. 17,2004 11:32 p.m.

PHOENIX -- Bishop Thomas O'Brien was convicted of hit-and-run Tuesday for leaving the scene after killing a jaywalking pedestrian with his car -- a crash that ended his career as head of the Roman Catholic diocese. O'Brien is believed to be the first Roman Catholic bishop in U.S. history to be convicted of a felony.

India, Pakistan agree on Kashmir talks

By Alyson Brodsy and Sadaqat Jan · Tuesday, Feb. 17,2004 11:31 p.m.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- India and Pakistan agreed Tuesday to a timetable for peace talks both sides hope will end a bitter history of enmity and mistrust, striking the deal at a closed-door meeting of diplomats at a mountain retreat not far from their disputed border region.

Haiti PM ousted by militant coup

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Feb. 17,2004 11:30 p.m.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haiti's premier said his country was in the throes of a coup and appealed Tuesday for international help -- even as Washington and Paris stated reluctance to use force to stop the bloody uprising. Prime Minister Yvon Neptune made his plea a day after former soldiers joined the rebellion, seizing the key central city of Hinche, burning the police station, freeing prisoners -- and increasing the potential for a full-scale civil war.

Lawmakers to investigate Brazilian president

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Feb. 16,2004 11:24 p.m.

BRASILIA, Brazil -- Opposition lawmakers called for a congressional investigation Monday into allegations that an aide to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio da Silva had solicited illegal campaign contributions, the first major scandal to hit his administration.

Bremer aims to prevent theocracy

By Alyson Brodsy and Robert H. Reid · Monday, Feb. 16,2004 11:23 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's U.S. administrator suggested Monday he would block any move by Iraqi leaders to make Islamic law the backbone of an interim constitution, which women's groups fear could threaten their rights. Roadside bombs killed two more American soldiers, Monday.

Guest speaker gives hope for Uzbekistan's future

By Charlie Cszrom and Charlie Szrom · Monday, Feb. 16,2004 12:55 a.m.

Uzbekistan, an important U.S. ally in Central Asia, may soon become more free despite a recent tightening of control by the government, said an Uzbek sociologist Friday in Ballantine Hall. Alisher Ilkhamov, director of the Open Society Institute in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent, spoke to an audience of more than forty people on the contradictory political and economic situation in his country, a nation that is home to a U.S military base and assists the U.S. in its fight in Afghanistan.

3 cloned mules displayed

By Alyson Brodsy and Paul Recer · Monday, Feb. 16,2004 12:32 a.m.

SEATTLE -- Three young mules who are the first members of the horse family to be cloned are all healthy, normal and energetically enjoying life, say researchers who put them on display Sunday. Idaho Gem, born May 4, 2003, was the first successful cloning of an equine. He was followed by siblings Utah Pioneer on June 9 and Idaho Star on July 27. The clonings were a project of the Northwest Equine Reproduction Laboratory at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho.

Iraqis arrest No. 41 on most-wanted list

By Alyson Brodsy and Lee Keath · Sunday, Feb. 15,2004 11:22 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A special Iraqi police unit arrested a senior Baath Party leader on the U.S. military's most-wanted list during a raid Sunday on his home in a Baghdad suburb.

Aides want Dean to quit if unsuccessful in Wisconsin

By Alyson Brodsy and Ron Fournier · Sunday, Feb. 15,2004 11:12 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Howard Dean's top aides are urging him to abandon the Democratic presidential race if he loses Wisconsin's primary, officials said Sunday.

Scholars begin stay at IU

By Rami Chami · Friday, Feb. 13,2004 12:32 a.m.

Eight of the 25 Iraqis awarded J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarships in January arrived in Bloomington Feb. 6. Since then, they have been busy searching for accommodation, attending orientation classes and adjusting to their new environment. The recipients of the Fulbright Scholarship come from all over Iraq and represent several of the various ethnic groups in the country.

Pro-Aristide militants crush protest

By Alyson Brodsy and Michael Norton · Friday, Feb. 13,2004 12:23 a.m.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Militants crushed a rally against Haiti's president before it began Thursday, setting up flaming barricades along the route of a protest march and hurling stones as demonstrators tried to gather in the capital.

City Officials marry gay couple

By Alyson Brodsy and Lisa Leff · Friday, Feb. 13,2004 12:22 a.m.

SAN FRANCISCO -- In a bold political and legal challenge to California law, city authorities officiated the marriage of a lesbian couple Thursday and said they will issue more gay marriage licenses.