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Red Square bomber kills 5

By Alyson Brodsy and Maria Danilova · Wednesday, Dec. 10,2003 12:21 a.m.

MOSCOW -- A suicide bomber who may have intended to attack Russia's parliament blew herself up outside a nearby upscale hotel across from Red Square on Tuesday, killing five people and sparking fears of a new wave of terror attacks in the Russian capital. The bombing, which also wounded at least 12 people, came on the heels of Sunday's nationwide elections for parliament's lower house and only days after a woman blew herself up on a train in southern Russia, killing 44 people.

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Gore endorses Dean for Democratic nomination

By Alyson Brodsy and Ron Fournier · Wednesday, Dec. 10,2003 12:19 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Former Vice President Al Gore endorsed Howard Dean for the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, adding momentum and political prestige to Dean's front-running campaign. Gore said Dean "really is the only candidate who has been able to inspire at the grass-roots level all over the country." He said the former Vermont governor also was the only Democratic candidate who made the correct judgment about the Iraq war.

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Around The World

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Dec. 9,2003 12:33 a.m.

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The new Oklahoma City federal building, with shatterproof windows and other special security features, opened its doors Monday 8 1/2 years after the bombing that killed 168 people.

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Bush signs historic Medicare changes

By Alyson Brodsy and Scott Lindlaw · Tuesday, Dec. 9,2003 12:32 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush Monday signed into law the most far-reaching changes in Medicare in nearly four decades, an overhaul that includes for the first time a prescription-drug benefit for seniors.

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Toronto theater wall collapses on school

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Dec. 9,2003 12:32 a.m.

TORONTO -- A wall of a Toronto theater that was being demolished collapsed and hit a school next door Monday, killing one man, trapping at least one other person and injuring more than a dozen, authorities said.

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Around The World

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Dec. 8,2003 12:18 a.m.

U.N. disarmament opens in Liberia CAMP SCHIEFFELIN, Liberia -- Thrusting AK-47s in the air one last time, Liberia's fighters started surrendering weapons to U.N. peacekeepers on Sunday, a major step toward ending 14 years of bloodshed and one of West Africa's most vicious conflicts.

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Palestinians fail to reach cease fire agreement with Israel

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Dec. 8,2003 12:14 a.m.

CAIRO, Egypt -- Palestinians on Sunday failed to reach agreement on any truce offer to Israel, even a conditional one, after three days of talks mired in arguments, delegates said. Negotiators from Palestinian factions -- including Hamas and Islamic Jihad -- were split over whether to offer a full cease-fire or a limited truce that would only stop attacks inside Israel.

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Northeast digs out of snowstorm

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Dec. 8,2003 12:13 a.m.

Residents of the Northeast climbed through snowdrifts and navigated icy streets and sidewalks Sunday as they dug out from a weekend Nor'easter that dumped more than two feet of snow in places and slammed waves over coastal seawalls. The powerful storm that started plowing up the coast on Friday began losing strength Sunday. At least 10 deaths were linked to the storm around the Northeast.

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Bishop divides Episcopalians

By Lauren Schaefer · Monday, Dec. 8,2003 12:12 a.m.

The House of Bishops elected Rev. Gene Robinson, an active homosexual, as bishop of New Hampshire in August, making him the first openly homosexual bishop in the history of the Episcopal Church. The election of Bishop Robinson has created heated controversy and division within the church, even in the Bloomington community.

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U.S. prosecutor found dead

By Alyson Brodsy and Brian Witte · Friday, Dec. 5,2003 1:44 a.m.

BALTIMORE -- A federal prosecutor was found stabbed to death in a Pennsylvania creek Thursday after failing to show up at the trial of a rapper and another man accused of dealing heroin.

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Missionary to Palestine brings message home

By Cameron Thibos · Friday, Dec. 5,2003 12:53 a.m.

Reverend Sandra Olewine stands in the pulpit of the First United Methodist Church. As a guest preacher, this is Olewine's first time in Bloomington, but her bond with the church is relatively old. First United is one of about 40 churches across the nation that supports her when she lives under occupation in Bethlehem, Israel. Olewine, 45, has served as the United Methodist liaison to Jerusalem for the past seven years.The Church established the position in 1987 in response to a plea for missionaries by the heads of the Palestinian churches. "Lots of your people come here for tourism," Olewine said, summarizing the Palestinian concern. "And they run where Jesus walked and they never get off the tour bus ... They don't even know people are living here today."

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Suspect held for $5 million

By Dave Kolpack · Friday, Dec. 5,2003 12:20 a.m.

The man charged in the kidnapping of a North Dakota college student was ordered held on $5 million bail Thursday after his lawyer said he wanted to stay behind bars for his own safety. As Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., 50, appeared in court, law officers in two states continued the search for 22-year-old Dru Sjodin, missing since she left work at a Victoria's Secret at a Grand Forks mall Nov. 22.

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Briton charged with helping 'shoe bomber'

By Alyson Brodsy and Audrey Woods · Thursday, Dec. 4,2003 1:10 a.m.

LONDON -- A British man arrested last week in southwestern England was charged Wednesday with conspiring with convicted "shoe-bomber" Richard Reid in an explosives plot, police said. Sajid Badat was charged with three offenses, including that between Sept. 1, 2001, and Nov. 28, 2003, he "unlawfully and maliciously conspired with Richard Reid and others unknown" to cause an explosion "likely to endanger life or cause serious injury" in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, London's Metropolitan Police said.

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Coroner: struggle with police killed man

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Dec. 4,2003 1:09 a.m.

CINCINNATI - The death of a 350-pound black man who collapsed after being clubbed by police in a videotaped beating was caused primarily by the struggle, the coroner said Wednesday in a case that has heightened racial tensions.

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School to keep students inside after Ohio shootings

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Dec. 4,2003 1:04 a.m.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Officials at an elementary school hit by a bullet last month are keeping students inside for recess this week after authorities linked the shooting to 11 others along a five-mile stretch of interstate, the superintendent said Wednesday.

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Pentagon delays plans to acquire tankers

By Alyson Brodsy and Ken Guggenheim · Wednesday, Dec. 3,2003 12:17 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon will delay plans to acquire 100 air refueling tankers from Boeing in light of a scandal at the aerospace giant that has led to the dismissal of two executives and the resignation of Chairman and CEO Phil Condit.

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Powell asks for 'free' Georgian elections

By Alyson Brodsy and George Gedda · Wednesday, Dec. 3,2003 12:16 a.m.

MAASTRICHT, Netherlands -- A month to the day after a Georgian parliamentary election marked by ballot fraud, Secretary of State Colin Powell met Tuesday with the country's acting president, Nino Burdzhanadze, and stressed the need for a free and fair process when Georgians return to the polls on Jan. 4 to choose a new president.

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