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Summit to discuss trade ties

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Jan. 12,2004 12:42 a.m.

MONTERREY, Mexico -- Latin American nations butted heads with the United States on Sunday as they prepared for a major regional summit, arguing over whether to isolate corrupt countries and whether to set a date for a contentious free trade accord.

Protesters stone British forces

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Jan. 12,2004 12:41 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Hundreds of Iraqis hurled stones at British soldiers who waded into the crowd wielding batons in the southeastern town of Amarah on Sunday, witnesses said, a day after clashes that killed six protesters and wounded at least 11.

Around The World

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Jan. 9,2004 1:31 a.m.

Man miraculously survives under rubble BAM, Iran -- A 57-year-old man was pulled from the rubble of this earthquake-shattered Iranian city, barely conscious but still alive after 13 days thanks to a nearby source of water.

Woman apologizes for false lottery ticket claims

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Jan. 9,2004 1:30 a.m.

CLEVELAND -- A woman who told police she bought and lost a lottery ticket worth $162 million all but admitted Thursday she made it up, saying tearfully: "I wanted to win so bad for my kids and my family. I apologize."

Chopper crash kills 9

By Alyson Brodsy and Sameer N. Yacoub · Friday, Jan. 9,2004 1:29 a.m.

FALLUJAH, Iraq -- A U.S. Black Hawk medivac helicopter crashed Thursday near the stronghold of the anti-American insurgency, killing all nine soldiers aboard, the U.S. military said. A witness said the helicopter, which bore red crosses, was hit in the tail by a rocket.

Police apprehend suspected killer

By Alyson Brodsy and Harry R. Weber · Friday, Jan. 9,2004 1:22 a.m.

RANGER, Ga. - A manhunt across the Southeast ended late Thursday when a tip led authorities to a jealous ex-husband who allegedly killed three former in-laws and his infant daughter, then fled with three girls. The girls were found safe, and the suspect shot himself in the face after a police chase on Interstate 75 near the Tennessee line. Authorities said he was hospitalized in critical condition. Jerry William Jones, 31, is accused of shooting the former in-laws to death and strangling his infant daughter Wednesday before fleeing with the girls in a stolen sport utility vehicle. Two of the girls are his daughters, and the other is a former stepdaughter.

Searching for life

By Brian Janosch · Friday, Jan. 9,2004 1:21 a.m.

As NASA's Spirit rover relays information back to Earth from the surface of Mars, several IU professors will be right there to receive it. Geology Professor Lisa Pratt is the director of a NASA Astrobiology Institute research project that includes four other faculty members.

IU responds to coalition's capture of Saddam

By Chris Freiberg and Warren Christopher Freiberg · Monday, Dec. 15,2003 1:35 a.m.

Senior Steve Weck was woken up by his roommate Sunday morning expecting to be whitewashed with newly fallen snow. Instead, it turned out to be something "really great" -- the capture of Saddam Hussein.

Saddam captured in raid

By Alyson Brodsy and Christopher Torchia · Monday, Dec. 15,2003 1:29 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Cornered alone in a cramped hole near one of his sumptuous palaces, a weary, disheveled Saddam Hussein was seized by U.S. troops and displayed on television screens worldwide Sunday, a humiliating fate for one of history's most brutal dictators.

Professors discuss historical significance, Bush's 2004 election hopes

By Andrea Minarcek · Monday, Dec. 15,2003 12:48 a.m.

As the national news media has rushed to make predictions about the effects of Saturday's arrest of Saddam Hussein, IU professors are making speculations of their own concerning the future of America's involvement in Iraq and its effects on the upcoming election in 2004. Stephen Katz, director of undergraduate studies in the Near Eastern Languages and Cultures department, said he thinks the capture will yield mixed results for the United States in Iraq.

Saddam captured

By Abdullah AlShihri and John Solomon · Sunday, Dec. 14,2003 10:10 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- U.S. raiders were not certain at first they had their man when they pulled a bearded man from a hole in a Iraq cellar, but soon were able to determine it was Saddam Hussein. The Associated Press was shown documentary evidence that the person captured is Saddam Hussein. The evidence depicted Saddam as disheveled and wearing a long beard. Further evidence depicted Saddam with his trademark mustache but otherwise clean shaven.

President got first heads-up of capture Saturday afternoon

By Abdullah AlShihri and Jennifer Loven · Sunday, Dec. 14,2003 8:47 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush first learned that Saddam Hussein may have been captured on Saturday afternoon, and was given confirmation of the most sought-after prize in the Iraq war early Sunday, a senior administration official said. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called the president, who was spending part of the weekend at his Camp David retreat in Maryland, around midday Saturday to deliver the news of the raid's possible success.

Haitians voice discontent

By Alyson Brodsy and Michael Norton · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 12:58 a.m.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Police fired tear gas and warning shots at thousands of university students who spilled into the streets Thursday in the latest protest aimed at ousting President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. One bystander was killed, and at least five protesters were hurt.

Suicide bombers attack U.S. troops

By Alyson Brodsy and Christopher Torchia · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 12:17 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Three suicide bombers in a furniture truck blew themselves up at the gates of a U.S. Army base Thursday, killing one soldier and wounding 14. It was the third suicide attack on American troops in Iraq this week.

Dow's rise might forecast future economic growth

By Lee Cleary · Friday, Dec. 12,2003 12:16 a.m.

IU Business professor Robert Klemkosky offered insight into the Dow Jones industrial average's brief foray above the 10,000 mark Tuesday for the first time in 18 months. Although reaching the 10,000 mark is promising for stock owners, the number itself doesn't hold a lot of significance, said Klemkosky, the Fred T. Greene professor of finance at the Kelley School of Business. "Ten thousand really doesn't mean much," he said. "It has been there before, but it gets a lot of attention because people get excited about that number."

War crimes court established for Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy and Christopher Torchia · Thursday, Dec. 11,2003 1:07 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's U.S.-appointed interim government established a war crimes tribunal Wednesday to try former members of Saddam Hussein's regime, and two U.S. soldiers were killed and four wounded in a northern city. Guerrillas also struck at an Air Force C-17 transport plane with a ground-fired missile, forcing it to return to Baghdad early Tuesday, a senior Pentagon official said. In Baghdad, the U.S. military said the plane reported an engine explosion on takeoff and one of the 16 people on board was slightly injured.

Iranian activist wins Nobel Prize

By Alyson Brodsy and Doug Mellgren · Thursday, Dec. 11,2003 12:34 a.m.

OSLO, Norway -- Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi accepted her Nobel Peace Prize Wednesday, with a warning that civil liberties and human rights must not be allowed to fall prey to the war on terrorism in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Debate focuses on Dean

By Alyson Brodsy and Ron Fournier · Wednesday, Dec. 10,2003 12:39 a.m.

DURHAM, N.H. -- Eight Democratic presidential contenders on Tuesday strongly disputed that Howard Dean was the party's best chance for beating President Bush, or that former Vice President Al Gore's endorsement of the front-runner would seal the nomination. "This race is not over," declared Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts as the candidates gathered in this first-in-the-nation primary state for the year's eighth and final debate.

Bush in opposition to Taiwan independence

By Alyson Brodsy and George Gedda · Wednesday, Dec. 10,2003 12:25 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush said Tuesday after meeting with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao that he opposes the apparent interest of Taiwan's leaders in taking steps toward independence. Meeting with reporters in the Oval Office after a 40-minute meeting with Wen, Bush said he had told the premier, "The United States policy is one China." "We oppose any unilateral decision by either China or Taiwan to change the status quo," Bush said, "and the comments and actions made by the leader of Taiwan indicate that he may be willing to make decisions unilaterally, to change the status quo, which we oppose."

Former Sen. Paul Simon dies after undergoing single bypass heart surgery

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Dec. 10,2003 12:23 a.m.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Paul Simon, the bow-tie-wearing missionary's son who rose from crusading newspaper owner to U.S. senator and presidential aspirant, died Tuesday, a day after undergoing heart surgery. He was 75. Simon was surrounded by family members at St. John's Hospital in Springfield when he died, according to a statement from Southern Illinois University, where Simon started a public policy institute after his retirement.