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Typhoon terrorizes Korea

By Paul Shin · Tuesday, Sept. 3,2002 12:32 a.m.

SEOUL, South Korea -- After spending two nights by candlelight, tens of thousands of South Koreans heaved shovels Monday to clear mud and debris from homes devastated by the worst typhoon to hit the country in 40 years. The government's National Disaster Prevention and Counter-measures Headquarters said at least 88 people were killed and 70 missing in flash floods and landslides caused by Typhoon Rusa over the weekend.

Plan protects environment

By Alyson Brodsy and Paul Geitner · Tuesday, Sept. 3,2002 12:30 a.m.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- With world leaders pushing for action, negotiators at the Earth Summit agreed on a plan Monday to protect the environment and fight poverty. "Humanity has a rendezvous with destiny," French President Jacques Chirac declared. Alarms are sounding across all the continents. We cannot say that we did not know!"

GOP pushes for gains

By Alyson Brodsy and Scott Lindlaw · Monday, Sept. 2,2002 12:24 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Republican Party chairman said the GOP is fighting "the tide of history" in trying to make gains in the November elections, as he and his Democratic counterpart previewed an acrid home stretch by trading bitter accusations on Bush administration policies.

Mideast violence continues

By Alyson Brodsy and Steven Gutkin · Monday, Sept. 2,2002 12:22 a.m.

JERUSALEM -- Israeli soldiers, saying they had been warned of an attack, shot and killed four Palestinians near a Jewish settlement's vineyard in the West Bank on Sunday. The shootings brought the weekend Palestinian death toll to 12, including two children and several other civilians.

Florida tests for virus

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 2,2002 12:20 a.m.

MIAMI -- Health officials said Sunday they were testing a transplant patient who received an organ from a Georgia donor for West Nile virus, after the recipient of a heart from the same donor was diagnosed with the disease.

Negotiators reach agreement

By Alyson Brodsy and Alexandra Zavis · Monday, Sept. 2,2002 12:17 a.m.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- As heads of state began arriving at the World Summit, bleary-eyed negotiators were upbeat Sunday about reaching a deal to tackle poverty and protect the environment.

Lugar urges caution on Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Sept. 2,2002 12:15 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- A leading Republican lawmaker urged President Bush on Sunday to underpin any military action against Iraq with resolutions from the United Nations, demanding that weapons inspectors be allowed to return, and from Congress, giving its approval for action.

French join chorus, urge restraint

By Alyson Brodsy and Joseph Coleman · Friday, Aug. 30,2002 1:29 a.m.

PARIS -- French President Jacques Chirac insisted Thursday that any military action against Iraq be decided by the U.N. Security Council, joining the chorus of leaders urging Washington to exercise restraint in its plans against Baghdad.

Bush backs off flight restrictions

By Alyson Brodsy · Friday, Aug. 30,2002 1:28 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration backed off a proposal Thursday to restrict foreign air carriers from flying over the three Sept. 11 crash sites during the anniversary of the attacks, a senior administration official said.

Sanctions aren't working

By Alyson Brodsy and Edith M. Lederer · Friday, Aug. 30,2002 1:27 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS -- The al Qaeda terror network has the money and recruits to strike again whenever and wherever it wants because a global campaign and U.N. sanctions have failed to stop the financing and support for Osama bin Laden's backers, a U.N. draft report said Thursday.

Intelligence officials discover Al-Qaeda hideout

By Alyson Brodsy and Pauline Jelinek · Thursday, Aug. 29,2002 3:14 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Intelligence officials may have uncovered the hideouts of two more key al Qaeda figures who escaped Afghanistan -- right across the border in Iran. And one of the men was previously believed dead.

Seattle man tied to terror camp

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Aug. 29,2002 12:56 a.m.

SEATTLE -- Federal authorities on Wednesday charged a former Seattle man with conspiring to help al Qaeda and set up a terrorist training camp in rural Oregon. Ernest James Ujaama was named in a two-count indictment that accused him of conspiracy to provide material support and resources for al Qaeda and with using, carrying, possessing and discharging firearms during a crime.

5 Detroit men charged with conspiring against U.S.

By Alyson Brodsy and John Solomon · Thursday, Aug. 29,2002 12:55 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, the government charged five men with conspiring to provide "material support and resources" to terrorists for a series of attacks in the United States and overseas.

All red in the face

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Aug. 29,2002 12:55 a.m.

BUNOL, Spain -- Tens of thousands of people stripped off their shirts and hurled tons of ripe, juicy tomatoes at each other in the annual Tomatina food fight, creating knee-deep rivers of tomato sauce on the streets of this Spanish town.

Germans charge Moroccan man with ties to Sept. 11 hijackers

By Alyson Brodsy and David Rising · Thursday, Aug. 29,2002 12:54 a.m.

BERLIN -- Germany filed charges Wednesday against the only suspect in the Sept. 11 attacks apprehended in the country, raising the prospect of a trial in the city that was once home to several of the key hijackers.

WorldCom executive indicted

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Aug. 29,2002 12:53 a.m.

NEW YORK -- The former chief financial officer for telecommunications giant WorldCom Inc. was indicted Wednesday on securities fraud and other charges after an apparent breakdown in plea negotiations.

Bush addresses Saudi relations

By Ron Fournier · Wednesday, Aug. 28,2002 3:13 a.m.

President Bush confronted Saudi Arabia's top diplomat Tuesday over Iraq and other issues chilling relations between the uneasy allies, calling Saddam Hussein "a menace to the world." In an hour-long session with Saudi ambassador Prince Bandar bin Sultan, Bush expressed exasperation with the kingdom for failing to meet its commitment to provide financial assistance to the new government in Afghanistan.

Ally aircraft bomb Iraqi military target

By Sarah Nasrawi · Wednesday, Aug. 28,2002 12:57 a.m.

A U.S.-British air raid in southern Iraq this weekend destroyed a major military surveillance site that monitors American troops in the Persian Gulf, witnesses said Tuesday. The Iraqi military said the allied warplanes on Sunday bombed areas in Basra province, 330 miles south of Baghdad, killing eight civilians and wounding nine others.

Palestinian suicide bomber kills 9

By Alyson Brodsy · Saturday, Aug. 24,2002 4:42 p.m.

JERUSALEM -- A Palestinian suicide bomber blew up a bus in northern Israel during rush hour Sunday, killing at least eight others, wounding dozens and scattering charred remains across the highway.

Student almost a victim of Hamas bomb

By Adrienne Ball · Monday, Aug. 5,2002 12:08 a.m.

Daniel Farahan, an IU student and Carmel, Ind. native, was in the cafeteria of Hebrew University in Jerusalem with his cousin just moments before a bomb exploded at lunch time Wednesday.