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Suicide bombers kill 56 in Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Feb. 1,2004 11:29 p.m.

IRBIL, Iraq -- Two suicide bombers with explosives wired to their bodies struck the offices of the country's two main Kurdish parties in nearly simultaneous attacks Sunday, killing at least 56 people and wounding more than 235 in the deadliest assault in Iraq in six months. The attacks struck in the Kurdish heartland and took a heavy toll among senior leaders of Iraq's most pro-American ethnic group.

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Bush's election-year budget restricted by deficits

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Feb. 1,2004 11:27 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush is sending Congress a $2.4 trillion budget that emphasizes the major themes of his re-election campaign -- bolstering the military to fight terrorism, strengthening homeland security and making his sweeping tax cuts permanent. But the spending plan to be released today, covering the budget year beginning Oct. 1, is constrained by deficits projected to top a half-trillion dollars this year.

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Afghan weapons cache kills 7

By Alyson Brodsy and Stephen Graham · Friday, Jan. 30,2004 1:05 a.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- An explosion at a weapons cache in Afghanistan killed seven U.S. soldiers and wounded three more Thursday, the U.S. Central Command said. One American soldier was missing.

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Hardy to challenge incumbent Buyer

By Holly Johnson and Holy Johnson · Friday, Jan. 30,2004 1:04 a.m.

After twenty years of active military duty, a seasoned Army veteran is giving up his decades-long tenure with the armed forces to enter public service. Republican Dennis Hardy filed candidacy for Congress in Indiana's fourth district, which includes Monroe County, last Wednesday. Hardy, who most recently served in the Army Operations Center in the Pentagon, seeks to unseat incumbent Representative Steve Buyer. Hardy has identified three key issues -- integrity, constituent services and homeland security -- around which he has centered his campaign. And for him, the fight is personal. Hardy claims Rep. Steve Buyer compromised both his personal integrity and a responsibility to Indiana voters by sending a letter to House speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Illinois, in March stating he had been called for active duty to serve in Iraq and requesting to be relieved of his congressional duties.

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Teen pleads guilty to second-degree murder, released after 3 years in prison

By Alyson Brodsy and Jill Barton · Friday, Jan. 30,2004 12:29 a.m.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The teen whose life sentence for killing a playmate stirred national debate over Florida's treatment of juvenile criminals, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Thursday, finalizing his release after three years in prison. Lionel Tate, who was 12 when he beat 6-year-old Tiffany Eunick to death almost five years ago, declined to speak, but offered through his attorney to meet with the girl's mother.

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Israel, Hezbollah swap prisoners

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Jan. 30,2004 12:28 a.m.

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- A long-awaited prisoner swap between Israel and the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah on Thursday freed more than 420 Palestinians and other Arabs, two Lebanese militia leaders and an Israeli businessman. Tens of thousands of Hezbollah supporters lined an airport road in Beirut to welcome home the former prisoners, including Shiite cleric Abdel Karim Obeid and Lebanese guerrilla leader Mustafa Dirani.

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Suicide bomber kills 4 with disguised vehicle in Baghdad

By Alyson Brodsy and Sarah El Deeb · Thursday, Jan. 29,2004 12:05 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A suicide bomber driving a van disguised as an ambulance blew up his vehicle Wednesday in front of a hotel frequented by Westerners, witnesses and police said. Iraqi police reported four people were killed, and South Africa said one of its nationals was among them. In the southern city of Nasiriyah, about 10,000 followers of a radical Shiite Muslim cleric forced the coalition-appointed governor to leave his office, insisting they would recognize only elected leaders.

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Around The World

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Jan. 28,2004 11:52 p.m.

LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair won vindication Wednesday in the toughest political crisis of his career when a judge said the BBC was wrong to report the government "sexed up" intelligence to justify war in Iraq. The broadcaster's top official stepped down within hours.

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Israel, Lebanese group swap inmates

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Jan. 28,2004 11:48 p.m.

TEL AVIV, Israel -- Israel set in motion Wednesday an emotional prisoner swap with the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah that will bring home a kidnapped businessman and the remains of three soldiers.

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Former inspector: U.S. wrong about WMD

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Jan. 28,2004 11:48 p.m.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Former weapons inspector David Kay said Wednesday "we were almost all wrong" about Saddam Hussein's weapons programs, as Congress pressed a high-stakes struggle to pinpoint why that happened and who was responsible.

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Fed maintains interest rates

By Alyson Brodsy and Jeannine Aversa · Wednesday, Jan. 28,2004 11:47 p.m.

WASHINGTON D.C.-- The Federal Reserve, not wanting to upset the economic recovery, held a main short-term interest rate at a 45-year low Wednesday. But the central bank hinted rates could move higher in the future. Wrapping up a two-day meeting -- the first regularly scheduled session of the year -- Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and his colleagues left the federal funds rate unchanged at 1 percent. The funds rate, the interest banks charge each other on overnight loans, is the Fed's primary tool for influencing the economy. The Reserve lowered the funds rate to its current 1 percent level in June and the rate hasn't budged since then.

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Research recognizes stereotypes

By Mallory Simon · Wednesday, Jan. 28,2004 12:54 a.m.

University social norms campaigns do not have much success in influencing students' drinking behaviors, as was previously believed, according to a University of Iowa study. The study, published in the latest issue of Health Communication, reports college students are influenced more by the perceptions of their friends' drinking behaviors than by university promotions.

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Iraq bombing leaves 6 soldiers, 3 residents dead

By Alyson Brodsy and Hamza Hendawi · Tuesday, Jan. 27,2004 10:15 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The United Nations agreed Tuesday to send a team to Iraq to help break the impasse over electing a new government, as the deaths of six more American soldiers in roadside bombings underscored concerns about security in the volatile nation. A bomb that exploded south of Baghdad killed three U.S. soldiers and wounded three others Tuesday night, hours after another bombing west of the capital killed three U.S. paratroopers and wounded one, the military said. In addition, two employees of Cable News Network died in a shooting south of Baghdad.

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Debate over controversial Patriot Act continues

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Jan. 27,2004 10:08 p.m.

LOS ANGELES -- A federal judge has thrown out a section of the USA Patriot Act that bars giving expert advice or assistance to groups designated foreign terrorist organizations. An attorney who argued the case on behalf of a civil liberties group said the ruling marks the first court decision to declare a part of the Patriot Act unconstitutional. In the ruling handed down late Friday and made available Monday, U.S. District Judge Audrey Collins said the ban is impermissibly vague in its wording.

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Around The World

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Jan. 27,2004 10:07 p.m.

Martha Stewart's stock sale trial opensNEW YORK -- Martha Stewart lied to investigators and committed "serious federal crimes" by selling off nearly 4,000 shares of stock based on a tip no one else had, a federal prosecutor charged Tuesday. But the defense said the case was based on mere speculation and guesswork. As opening statements got under way in federal court, Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen Patton Seymour told jurors Stewart had lied to federal agents, and "multiplied that lie by feeding it to investors in her own company."

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Bin Laden aide caught in Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Jan. 26,2004 11:07 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The minister in charge of Iraqi police said Monday al Qaeda was probably behind some suicide bombings in Iraq, and President Bush praised the capture of a senior member of Osama bin Laden's network. "There is a presence of al Qaeda in this country. We've announced that directly and indirectly," Interior Minister Nouri Badran said. "A lot of the suicide attacks have the fingerprints of the crimes committed by al Qaeda," he added. Asked if al Qaeda is operating in Iraq, he said: "Yes, it is."

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U.S. delegation talks with Gadhafi

By Alyson Brodsy and Niko Price · Monday, Jan. 26,2004 11:05 p.m.

TRIPOLI, Libya -- A U.S. Congressional delegation met with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and visited a nuclear site Monday as they wrapped up a landmark trip both sides hoped would improve relations between the two countries. "We discussed the hope that we will achieve normal relations soon," delegation leader, Republican Rep. Curt Weldon of Pennsylvania, said after the meeting.

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