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Gas used to subdue captors in Russian theater kills 116

By Aida Sultanova and Burt Herman · Sunday, Oct. 27,2002 11:28 p.m.

MOSCOW -- Moscow's chief physician said Sunday that all but one of the 117 hostages who died during an operation to free hundreds of hostages from a city theater were killed by the effects of gas used to subdue their captors. The Interfax news agency quoted Andrei Seltsovsky as saying that one person died from bullet wounds during Saturday's assault. It was the first time that a Russian official identified the cause of death of most of the victims.

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Senator dies in plane crash

Friday, Oct. 25,2002 3:08 p.m.

EVELETH, Minn. -- Sen. Paul Wellstone was killed Friday when his small chartered plane crashed near an airport runway, Democratic sources said.

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Jamaicans swear in prime minister for 3rd term

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 25,2002 12:37 a.m.

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- P.J. Patterson was sworn in for a third straight term as Jamaica's prime minister, pledging to boost the Caribbean island's struggling economy, fight drug trafficking and heal political divisions.

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Chechen rebels kill one captive

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Oct. 25,2002 12:37 a.m.

MOSCOW -- Chechen rebels holding hundreds of hostages in a Moscow theater shot and killed one captive and said they were ready to die for their cause, warning Thursday that thousands more of their comrades were "keen on dying."

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Police issue warrant in sniper shootings

By Stephen Manning · Thursday, Oct. 24,2002 2:46 a.m.

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Police hunting the serial sniper issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for a 42-year-old man they believe has information about the string of terrifying shootings that have left 10 people dead in the Washington suburbs. Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose said the man, John Allen Muhammad, should be considered "armed and dangerous" and that he was being sought on a federal weapons charge.

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Armed Chechens take Moscow theater hostage

By Abdullah AlShihri and Jim Heintz · Thursday, Oct. 24,2002 2:21 a.m.

MOSCOW -- At least 40 armed Chechen rebels stormed a crowded theater and took hundreds of people hostage in the midst of a musical, threatening early Thursday to shoot their captives and blow up the building if Russian security forces attacked. Several hours after the rebels rushed the theater, firing automatic weapons, they began communicating with Russian officials by cell phone. The hostage-takers demanded that Russia end the war in Chechnya, a southern region where the army is fighting Islamic separatists.

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US steps up pressure on Iraq resolution

By Edith M. Lederer · Thursday, Oct. 24,2002 12:46 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS -- Facing opposition from France and Russia, the United States stepped up pressure on the U.N. Security Council Wednesday by scheduling the first round of full council consultations on a tough new draft resolution on Iraq.

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Bus driver 13th sniper victim

By David Dishneau · Thursday, Oct. 24,2002 12:44 a.m.

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- A slain bus driver was the sniper's 13th victim, police said Wednesday, as anxious parents took their youngsters back to schools despite the chilling warning that "your children are not safe."

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El Motassadeq denies charges

By Aida Sultanova and David Rising · Wednesday, Oct. 23,2002 12:58 a.m.

HAMBURG, Germany -- A Moroccan student accused of aiding the Hamburg terrorist cell involved in the Sept. 11 attacks testified at the start of his trial Tuesday that he attended a training camp run by Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan.

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Ferry ride turns fatal after sinking in Caspian Sea

By Aida Sultanova · Wednesday, Oct. 23,2002 12:38 a.m.

BAKU, Azerbaijan -- A ferry carrying 51 people and a shipment of oil sank in rough weather in the Caspian Sea Tuesday, officials said. One report said five onboard the ferry were rescued. The Mercury II freight and passenger ferry was making its way from the port of Aktau, Kazakhstan, heading southwest to the Azerbaijani capital Baku when it sank, said a spokesman for CASPAR, the shipping company that owns the ferry. The ferry sank at 10:43 a.m. in stormy weather about 80 miles from Baku, the company said. There were eight passengers aboard, along with 43 crew, and 16 tanks of oil in the cargo hold.

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Revised U.N. draft has more clout

By Aida Sultanova and Edith M. Lederer · Wednesday, Oct. 23,2002 12:37 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS -- The United States on Tuesday pushed a revised U.N. draft resolution on Iraq that gives weapons inspectors more clout and puts Saddam Hussein on notice that he faces "serious consequences" if Iraq does not cooperate. "There is still a lot of work to do," French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin said Tuesday in Luxembourg "There are some points that need to be discussed among us before we have an accord." The new U.S. proposal, drafted with British support, includes phrases that could be interpreted as triggering military action, wording that has raised disagreement from the French and Russians.

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US to release some detainees

By Aida Sultanova and Pauline Jelinek · Wednesday, Oct. 23,2002 12:35 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. government is preparing to free a small number of prisoners from its high-security jail in Cuba, in what would be the first release of combatants who are no longer considered a terrorist threat, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday. "There are some people likely to come out of the other end of the chute," Rumsfeld told a Pentagon press conference. Other officials said on condition of anonymity that it could be within days. Rumsfeld said officials were vetting the prisoners to make sure they were not candidates for prosecution, no longer of any intelligence value, and not a threat to the United States and its allies.

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Death penalty for minors refused

By Abdullah AlShihri and Gina Holland · Tuesday, Oct. 22,2002 2:58 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- A bitterly divided Supreme Court refused Monday to consider ending the execution of killers who were under 18 when they committed their crimes. Four justices said the court should continue a reexamination of the death penalty begun in earnest last year. The court recently abolished executions for the mentally retarded.

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Bush signs measure pressuring Sudan

By Abdullah AlShihri and Scott Lindlaw · Tuesday, Oct. 22,2002 2:58 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush signed a get-tough-on-Sudan resolution Monday meant to prod the government of Africa's largest nation toward ending a 20-year-old war that has killed some 2 million people. The measure formally condemns human rights violations, alleges the Sudanese government uses food as a weapon and directs the president to impose sanctions against Sudan if he determines its government isn't negotiating in good faith.

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North Korea ready to open weapons program dialogue

By Abdullah AlShihri and Paul Shin · Tuesday, Oct. 22,2002 2:58 a.m.

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea said Monday that it was willing to negotiate over its nuclear weapons program if the United States withdraws its "hostile policy" toward the communist country. The comments by Kim Yong Nam, the North's ceremonial head of state, were unlikely to mollify the United States, which has said North Korea's nuclear program is a nonnegotiable issue and must be dismantled immediately.

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Police question 2 in sniper shootings

By Abdullah AlShihri and Allen G. Breed · Tuesday, Oct. 22,2002 2:58 a.m.

RICHMOND, Va. -- Authorities took two men into custody Monday for questioning in the Washington-area sniper attacks after surrounding a white van parked at a pay phone. Hanover County Sheriff Stuart Cook said the two men were seized about 8:45 a.m. across from an Exxon station in suburban Richmond.

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New resolution asks for force

By Abdullah AlShihri and William C. Man · Tuesday, Oct. 22,2002 2:29 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration said Monday it has revised a proposal to the U.N. Security Council to force Iraq to disarm and said officials were circulating the text for approval. The resolution carries the clear message that Iraq would be disarmed by force if it did not agree to surrender its weapons of mass destruction, said State Department spokesman Richard Boucher.

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Suicide attack kills 16

By Abdullah AlShihri and Jamie Tarabay · Tuesday, Oct. 22,2002 2:27 a.m.

KARKUR JUNCTION, Israel -- A car pulled alongside a commuter bus and exploded Monday, trapping passengers in the flaming vehicle. Sixteen people were killed and 30 wounded in what police said was a suicide attack.

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Details from Bali blasts revealed

By Alyson Brodsy and Slobodan Lekic · Monday, Oct. 21,2002 12:57 a.m.

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Authorities are making progress in the investigation of a bombing in Bali that killed nearly 200 people, with investigators now concluding that three, not two, explosives were used in the attack, police said Sunday.

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Prisoners released after election

By Alyson Brodsy and Salah Nasrawi · Monday, Oct. 21,2002 12:57 a.m.

CAIRO, Egypt -- With a U.S. invasion looming, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein reached out to his people Sunday issuing a decree meant to empty his jails of everyone from pickpockets to political prisoners.

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