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Sniper suspect represents himself

By Alyson Brodsy and Sonja Barisic · Tuesday, Oct. 21,2003 1:14 a.m.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad won a surprise request Monday to represent himself at trial and delivered a rambling opening statement in which he quoted Jesus and spoke about the meaning of truth. "One of the things we're here for today is to find out what everyone wants to know. What happened?" Muhammad told the jury in his capital murder trial.

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Around The World

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 20,2003 1:44 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Attackers killed two U.S. soldiers in a clash outside the northern city of Kirkuk late Saturday, and others blasted a broken-down convoy in the western flashpoint city of Fallujah, setting off spectacular explosions from an ammunition truck.

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Bush proposes possible end to nuclear standoff

By Alyson Brodsy and Terence Hunt · Monday, Oct. 20,2003 1:41 a.m.

BANGKOK, Thailand -- President Bush said Sunday for the first time that the United States, China and other nations may try to defuse a crisis with North Korea by offering Pyongyang written security assurances in exchange for a commitment to scrap its nuclear weapons program.

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Thousands honor Mother Teresa

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 20,2003 1:40 a.m.

VATICAN CITY -- More than a quarter-million people -- rich and poor, royal and regular -- flooded St. Peter's Square Sunday for the beatification of Mother Teresa, honoring the nun who built shelters, orphanages and clinics around the world to care for those forsaken by everyone else.

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Around The Nation

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 17,2003 12:40 a.m.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Jury selection in the trial of sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad slowed Thursday as several would-be jurors said they believe he is guilty in the string of shootings that terrorized the Washington area a year ago.

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11th ferry victim presumed dead

By Alyson Brodsy and Larry McShane · Friday, Oct. 17,2003 12:38 a.m.

NEW YORK -- Divers searched for an 11th person missing and presumed dead Thursday as a probe into the horrific crash of a Staten Island ferry focused on whether its pilot fell unconscious while crossing New York Harbor.

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Manned Chinese spacecraft lands in Northern China

By Alyson Brodsy and Christopher Bodeen · Thursday, Oct. 16,2003 2:07 a.m.

JIUQUAN, China -- The craft that carried China's first astronaut into space touched down on northern grasslands at dawn today, government television said. The man inside, Lt. Col. Yang Liwei, was reported safe and in good condition. China's mission control declared the mission "a success," and Premier Wen Jiabao spoke with Yang and congratulated him, state television said. State television said Shenzhou 5 landed at 6:28 a.m. (6:28 p.m. Wednesday EDT) and that rescue helicopters had found the capsule. The station released an image of the capsule.

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Around The Nation

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Oct. 16,2003 1:51 a.m.

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. -- Doctors removed the feeding tube Wednesday that has been keeping alive a severely brain-damaged woman at the center of an epic, six-year legal battle between her husband and parents.

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Three Americans killed in explosion targeting U.S. diplomatic convoy

By Alyson Brodsy and Ibrahim Barzak · Thursday, Oct. 16,2003 1:49 a.m.

BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip -- A remote-controlled bomb exploded under a U.S. diplomatic convoy Wednesday, ripping apart an armored van and killing three Americans in an unprecedented deadly attack on an official U.S. target. In a strongly worded statement, President Bush blamed Palestinian officials for the attack, which wounded another American. "Palestinian authorities should have acted long ago to fight terror in all its forms," Bush said.

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Anglicans quarrel over gay unions

By Alyson Brodsy and Rachel Zoll · Thursday, Oct. 16,2003 1:48 a.m.

LONDON -- Anglican Communion leaders said Wednesday that they wanted to preserve their global association of churches despite bitter divisions over homosexuality, yet still faced the thorny task of resolving their differences as an emergency summit on the issue began.

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Suicide bomber targets Turkish Embassy in Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy and Charles J. Hanley · Wednesday, Oct. 15,2003 2:05 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Suicide car bombers struck in Baghdad for the third time in a week Tuesday, this time outside the Turkish Embassy in yet another blow against those who would help the U.S. occupation. Witnesses said the driver and a bystander were killed, and hospitals said at least 13 were wounded.

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Around The Nation

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 14,2003 1:54 a.m.

TALLULAH, La. -- A church bus from Texas slammed into a into a tractor-trailer Monday on Interstate 20, killing six people and injuring at least nine. State police spokesman Lt. William Davis said it appeared that the tractor-trailer had stalled and was pulled over on the shoulder of the road when it was struck.

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EU promises $233 million in recontruction

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 14,2003 1:36 a.m.

The European Union approved $233 million in reconstruction aid for Iraq on Monday, with Britain the only EU nation for now to provide additional funding from its national budget.

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Officials believe Saddam alive in Tikrit

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Oct. 14,2003 1:35 a.m.

Resistance forces killed one American soldier and wounded two others Monday in a grenade attack in Tikrit, where the U.S. military said it believes Saddam Hussein has been hiding out and influencing the anti-U.S. insurgency. Another soldier was killed by a land mine blast north of here.

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