Vaccine maker lands year round production contract
Aventis Pasteur wins a 10 million dollar federal contract to maintain year round chicken flocks for eggs used in vaccine production. The move aims to speed response to future flu threats while not solving current shortages. In Mexico City Colin Powell notes immigration changes depend on the next Congress. He meets President Fox who pushes lawful status for Mexican workers in the United States.
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Sanofi-Aventis
Geneva
Aventis
Mexico City
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Colin Powell
Mexico
Powell
Vicente Fox
United States
Fox
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Europe
Bush
Rumsfeld
Pentagon
White House
Condoleezza Rice
Judge removes juror in Peterson murder trial restart
A juror who reportedly did independent research on the Laci Peterson case was removed and replaced by an alternate. Judge Alfred A. Peterson Delucchi ordered the panel to start deliberations over, emphasizing they must base all facts on evidence presented in court.
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Redwood City
Calif
Scott Peterson
Alfred A. Peterson Delucchi
Utility Company
Associated Press
Ex congressman pleads to mishandling money
Former Rep. Frank Ballance pleads guilty in Raleigh to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering for using a charitable foundation to divert funds to his law firm church and family. A sentencing date wasn’t set. restitution and forfeiture are specified in a plea deal. Ballance resigning in 2008 cited ill health.
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Raleigh
N.C
Frank Ballance
Church and Family
US District Court
Terrence Boyle
Ballance
Ashcroft and Evans resign from Bush Cabinet
Attorney General John Ashcroft and Commerce Secretary Don Evans resign from the Bush Cabinet, the first to depart as he enters a second term. Ashcroft cites justice leadership needs while Evans cites a desire to return home, with Bush praising both.
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Washington
John Ashcroft
Commerce
Don Evans
Bush
Ashcroft
Evans
Department of Justice
Texas
White House
Andy Card
Mercer Reynolds
National Finance
Larry Thompson
PepsiCo
Thompson
Montana
Marc Racicot
Alberto Gonzales
Agriculture
Ann Veneman
Interior
Gale Norton
Environmental Protection Agency
Michael Leavitt
Arafat in comatose state as burial plans surface
Arafat remains deeply comatose in Paris while Palestinian leaders prepare for his death. They plan to bury him at his sandbagged West Bank headquarters and turn the site into a shrine, with Shaath stressing the leader’s organs still function and survival hinging on God’s will.
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Yasser Arafat
Arafat
West Bank
Nabil Shaath
Shaath
Jacques Chirac
Mexico
U.S
Colin Powell
Bush
Israel
Ahmed Qureia
Mahmoud Abbas
Palestine Liberation Organization
Jordan
Taissir Dayat Tamimi
Tamimi
Islamic Court
Gaza Strip
Pitt studies AIDS crisis in Ethiopia during fundraiser trip
Pitt spent four days in Addis Ababa visiting HIV prevention projects and meeting Ethiopian artists aiding AIDS education. The trip, organized by DATA founded by Bono, aimed to raise funds for AIDS programs in Africa and shared that Pitt was there to listen and learn.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Brad Pitt
Africa
DATA
Bono
Pitt
Jamie Drummond
Troy
Drunk driving scare ends in street brawl in Bloomington
In Bloomington Indiana a man shot out two tires to stop a friend from driving drunk. The driver David Woodward 39 of Indianapolis fought his friend with a knife after exiting his car. A preliminary battery charge was filed against Woodward with potential additional charges to follow.
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Bloomington
Ind
David Woodward
Indianapolis
Woodward
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