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Edwards will continue presidential campaign despite wife’s cancer

By Abdullah AlShihri and Mike Baker · Friday, March 23,2007 12 a.m.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – John Edwards said Thursday his wife’s cancer has returned, but said he will continue his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Senate panel OKs subpeonas for key aides

By Abdullah AlShihri and Julie Hirschfeld Davis · Friday, March 23,2007 12 a.m.

WASHINGTON – A Senate panel, following the House’s lead, authorized subpoenas Thursday for White House political adviser Karl Rove and other top aides involved in the firing of federal prosecutors.

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By Abdullah AlShihri · Friday, March 23,2007 12 a.m.

A rocket landed near the prime minister’s office Thursday during the first visit to Iraq by the head of the United Nations in nearly a year and a half, sending Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ducking unharmed behind a podium at a news conference.

North Korea refuses to join nuclear talks until frozen funds get released

By Abdullah AlShihri · Thursday, March 22,2007 12 a.m.

BEIJING – Talks on disarming North Korea’s nuclear program remained stalled Wednesday, stuck over a dispute on when $25 million of Pyongyang’s funds will be released from a Macau bank.

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By Abdullah AlShihri · Thursday, March 22,2007 12 a.m.

Al Gore made an emotional return to Congress on Wednesday in an appeal for an even more dramatic rescue: saving the planet. Gore implored lawmakers to adopt a list of policy prescriptions to stop global warming.

White House aides under probe

By Abisalom Omolo and Pete Yost · Wednesday, March 21,2007 12 a.m.

WASHINGTON – The White House offered Tuesday to make political strategist Karl Rove and former counsel Harriet Miers available for congressional interviews – but not testimony under oath – in the investigation of the firing of eight federal prosecutors.

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By Abisalom Omolo · Wednesday, March 21,2007 12 a.m.

A rescue dog led searchers Tuesday to the 12-year-old Boy Scout who went missing Saturday on a group hike in the North Carolina mountains. The boy was found alive, but weak and dehydrated, a mile from the camp he wandered away from days before.

Saddam Hussein’s former aide hanged, buried near Baghdad

By Abisalom Omolo · Wednesday, March 21,2007 12 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Saddam Hussein’s former deputy, hanged before dawn in what was once Iraq’s military intelligence headquarters, was buried Tuesday near the ousted dictator who died on the same gallows less than three months ago.

On 4th anniversary of Iraq war, Bush asks Americans for patience

By Abisalom Omolo and Ben Feller · Tuesday, March 20,2007 12 a.m.

WASHINGTON – With Democrats pushing for an end to the Iraq war now entering its fifth year, President Bush pleaded for more patience Monday, saying success is possible but “will take months, not days or weeks.”

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By Abisalom Omolo · Tuesday, March 20,2007 12 a.m.

Zimbabwe’s foreign minister warned a group of Western diplomats Monday that the government would not hesitate to expel them if they gave support to the opposition. The U.S. ambassador walked out of the meeting, envoys said. Foreign Minister Simearashe Mbengegwi told them that Western embassies had gone too far by offering food and water to opposition activists who were jailed last week.

NYPD officers surrender to face charges in 50-shot killing

By Abisalom Omolo and Pat Milton · Tuesday, March 20,2007 12 a.m.

NEW YORK – Three police officers surrendered Monday to face charges in a shooting that killed an unarmed groom on his wedding day that stirred outrage around the city.

White House officials to be subpoenaed over fired federal prosecutors

By Abdullah AlShihri and Hope Yen · Monday, March 19,2007 12 a.m.

WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman said Sunday he intends to subpoena White House officials involved in ousting federal prosecutors and is dismissing anything short of their testimony in public.

Zimbabwean opposition leader aide assaulted; party blames incumbents

By Abdullah AlShihri and Celean Jacobson · Monday, March 19,2007 12 a.m.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – The spokesman for Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader was assaulted by security forces as he tried to leave the country Sunday, a party official said, accusing the government of continuing to target dissident activists.

Envoys to North Korean nuclear talks upbeat on resolving funds dispute

By Abdullah AlShihri and Mari Yamaguchi · Monday, March 19,2007 12 a.m.

BEIJING – The top American nuclear envoy said Sunday that he believed North Korea and the U.S. had “gotten past” a dispute over $25 million in frozen North Korean funds, and the communist nation was moving toward nuclear disarmament.

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By Abdullah AlShihri · Monday, March 19,2007 12 a.m.

Search teams combed North Carolina’s rugged mountain terrain Sunday to look for a 12-year-old Boy Scout who went missing Saturday during a group hike.

7 U.S. soldiers die in Iraq, including 4 in single roadside bomb attack

By Abdullah AlShihri and Lauren Frayer · Monday, March 19,2007 12 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq – The U.S. military on Sunday announced the deaths of seven more troops in Iraq, including four killed by a roadside bomb while patrolling western Baghdad – the latest American casualties in a monthlong security crackdown in the capital.

House Democrats unveil plan calling for U.S. troop pullout from Iraq by fall

By Abdullah AlShihri and David Espo · Friday, March 9,2007 12 a.m.

WASHINGTON – In a direct challenge to President Bush, House Democrats unveiled legislation Thursday requiring the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the fall of next year. The White House said Bush would veto it.

Bush on 5-nation tour of Latin America

By Abdullah AlShihri and Deb Riechmann · Friday, March 9,2007 12 a.m.

WASHINGTON – President Bush was ready to challenge a widespread perception in Latin America that U.S. neglect has empowered leftist leader Hugo Chavez as he left Thursday on a five-nation tour of the region.

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By Abdullah AlShihri · Friday, March 9,2007 12 a.m.

Two leaders of an Albany, N.Y., mosque who were snared in an FBI sting involving a fictional terror strike were sentenced Thursday to 15 years in federal prison. The former imam, Yassin Aref, professed innocence before his sentencing and criticized the government’s treatment of Muslims.

Human head, liver meant for Mich. lab sent to couple’s home

Friday, March 9,2007 12 a.m.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – A human liver and part of a head were accidentally delivered to a couple’s home instead of the northern Michigan lab that was expecting them, delivery service DHL said.

Edwards will continue presidential campaign despite wife’s cancer

Senate panel OKs subpeonas for key aides

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North Korea refuses to join nuclear talks until frozen funds get released

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White House aides under probe

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Saddam Hussein’s former aide hanged, buried near Baghdad

On 4th anniversary of Iraq war, Bush asks Americans for patience

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NYPD officers surrender to face charges in 50-shot killing

White House officials to be subpoenaed over fired federal prosecutors

Zimbabwean opposition leader aide assaulted; party blames incumbents

Envoys to North Korean nuclear talks upbeat on resolving funds dispute

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7 U.S. soldiers die in Iraq, including 4 in single roadside bomb attack

House Democrats unveil plan calling for U.S. troop pullout from Iraq by fall

Bush on 5-nation tour of Latin America

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Human head, liver meant for Mich. lab sent to couple’s home

IU’s Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion closes, effective immediately

MCCSC eliminates 61 non-classroom positions, plans to leave others vacant ahead of projected revenue loss

Monroe County Probationary Deputy arrested, fired after criminal charges

Sexual battery reported at the SRSC

Monroe County Election Board rejects vote centers