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By Alyson Brodsy and Associated Press · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Singer R. Kelly indicted, arrested Powell wants new leadership in Iraq Death toll climbs in Columbian civil war fighting Cuba frees noted political prisoner Nigeria's president says at least 106 die in plane crash Rugged Afghan terrain hinders coalition troops Sinn Fein wins Belfast mayor's post for the first time in histroy

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U.N. bracing for Afghan refugees

By Alexander G. Higgins · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

U.N. relief workers along Afghanistan's borders are bracing for an exodus of hundreds of thousands of Afghan civilians if the United States begins a military assault, the top U.N. refugee official said Sunday.

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Taliban front line likely to be next

Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Huge explosions shook the Afghan capital throughout the day Monday with two more jets reported attacking the northern part of the city early Tuesday.

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Anti-Taliban forces hunt bin Laden

By Alyson Brodsy and Chris Tomlinson · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- Anti-Taliban troops hunting for Osama bin Laden said they clashed Tuesday with al Qaeda fighters near their mountain hide-outs in Afghanistan. Elsewhere, Taliban forces pushed tribal fighters back from the airport near the former ruling militia's last bastion, Kandahar.

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Tensions flare over insurance regulation

By U Jae Kang · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

The insurance industry has been regulated under states' sovereignty for more than a hundred years. Although many people still acknowledge that it is best for states to hold the control over the insurance industry, others think it is time for the federal government to intervene in the industry.

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Investors prepare for warnings

By Trevor Davis and Trevor K. Davis · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

This week, investors will look at the National Association of Purchasing Management Index and the Labor Department's unemployment number for March. The NAPM number is scheduled for release Monday and is considered one of the best indicators of the condition in the factory sector. A reading above 50 is considered a sign of expansion, while a number below 50 signals economic contraction. The unemployment figure is scheduled for release Friday. Economists are calling for the unemployment rate to rise slightly to 4.3 percent.

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Afghan security tightened for burial of Qadir

By Alyson Brodsy and Riaz Khan · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- Thousands welcomed the body of slain Afghan Vice President Abdul Qadir back to his eastern stronghold Sunday as armed men patrolled the area to prevent trouble at the funeral of the longtime Pashtun leader who was assassinated in Kabul.

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Al Qaeda lab suggests effort to make chemical weapons

By Kathy Gannon · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Materials left behind in a compound used by Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network, including a booklet offering advice on how to survive a nuclear explosion, suggest the terrorist group may have been trying to develop chemical arms and other unconventional weapons.

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Bombing in Israel kills one, injures dozens

By Alyson Brodsy and Dafna Linzer · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

NETANYA, Israel -- A suicide bomber apparently wearing an army uniform detonated his explosives in a produce market in this coastal city Sunday, killing himself and an Israeli and wounding at least 28 people, Israeli officials said. The bombing came while security forces were on alert in the area of Netanya in central Israel for several hours after information was received that a suicide bomber was preparing an attack, Israel radio reported.

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China awaits OK to join WTO

By Naomi Koppel · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

GENEVA -- China is confident it will be cleared to join the World Trade Organization next week, more than 15 years after applying for membership, and two years after trade officials started predicting its imminent acceptance. Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji said in Brussels on Wednesday that the only obstacle to his country's membership is a dispute between the European Union and the United States over access to the Chinese insurance market.

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Terrorism threats may result in increased immigration control

By Alyson Brodsy and Elvin Yavuz · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- It took Hooshmand Yazdani half an hour to get his F-1 student visa at the American Embassy in Iran. That was 1969. Today, 32 years later, Yazdani is an American citizen and the owner of Nomad's Kitchen in Washington. He sits at a table in his restaurant with a worried look on his face.

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Forestry employee charged with starting Colorado's Hayman wildfire

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. -- A U.S. Forestry Service employee was charged Sunday with starting the fire that scorched more than 100,000 acres in the Pike National Forest and destroyed at least 22 homes. Forestry technician Terry Barton, 38, admitted to starting a campfire within a designated campfire ring while patrolling the forest to enforce a fire ban, said Bill Leone of the U.S. Attorney's Office.

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As bombs fall, Afghans left to worry

By Amir Shah · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

As bombs crash and anti-aircraft guns roar in the night, Mohammed Qasim and his wife huddle with their seven children, praying for safety while the walls tremble and the door shakes.

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Israeli tank assault kills 18 Palestinians

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

JERUSALEM -- After losing 13 soldiers in the past week, Israel is changing its military tactics to deal with what it views as a guerrilla war, a top Israeli official said. But the violence raged on with 22 Palestinians killed in a day of clashes that continued into Thursday. Israeli strikes claimed 18 Palestinians lives on Wednesday. With hardly a pause, Israeli tanks rolled into Gaza City early Thursday for the first time in the conflict and blew up a local radio station, witnesses said.

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Afghan-Americans show support

By Rebecca Miller · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD, Va. -- Afghan-Americans gathered at an interfaith fund-raiser for the Red Cross Sunday, pleading with Americans not to punish them or their homeland for Tuesday's terror attacks.

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U.N. Food convoy arrives in Afghanistan capital

By Alyson Brodsy and Kathy Gannon · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The first World Food Program convoy of food arrived Monday for the hungry in the Afghan capital Kabul, where people fear a U.S. military strike in the wake of the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the United States. Eight trucks carrying 218 tons of wheat made it to Kabul, said Khalid Mansour, the World Food Program information officer in neighboring Pakistan. The U.N. agency feeds nearly two-thirds of Kabul's 1 million people.

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Investors look for rate cut

By Trevor Davis and Trevor K. Davis · Thursday, July 25,2002 4:23 p.m.

Investors will be analyzing this week's economic data in an attempt to predict the actions of the Federal Reserve. Today, consumer confidence for March will be released. Economists are calling for confidence to slip to 104.2 from a reading of 106.8 in February. Wall Street will also look at the personal income and spending report for February. The report, scheduled for release Thursday, gives investors a sign of how much consumers are spending. If the report shows a positive number, it is a sign that consumption is increasing.

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