NYSE to name new leader after Grasso resignation
The NYSE faces a leadership vacancy after Dick Grasso quit as chairman and CEO amid uproar over a 190 million pay package. SEC chief William Donaldson met with the board's interim leader as regulators push governance changes and the search committee weighs candidates, including insiders, former regulators, and Warren Buffett.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Dick Grasso
NYSE
Securities and Exchange Commission
William Donaldson
Exchange
Warren Buffett
Israel troops blow up home of Hamas bomber in West Bank
Israeli forces tore into Jenin and nearby refugee camp, seizing eight houses and carrying out searches as Yasser Arafat and Fatah leaders planned a new Cabinet. Early Friday they demolished the home of Shadi al Tubasi, who carried out a cafe bombing in Haifa in March 2002 that killed 15 Israelis.
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West Bank
Israel
Hamas
Anid
Yasser Arafat
Fatah
Jenin
Shadi al-Tubasi
Haifa
Court dismisses charges in prime minister's case
A Lucknow court dismissed charges against Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani related to inciting crowds that razed the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992. The decision ends a high profile probe linked to sectarian violence that followed the demolition.
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Lucknow
India
Lal Krishna Advani
Bharatiya Janata Party
Ayodhya
Ninth Circuit to rehear California recall election timing
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it will convene an 11 member panel to hear arguments on when to hold the California gubernatorial recall election that would decide Gov. Gray Davis fate. The move follows a prior ruling to postpone the October 7 vote.
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California
9Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Gray Davis
Escalating Guerrilla Attacks Lead to Civilian Killings in Iraq
In six days of intensified fighting, U S troops have fired on Iraqi police and civilians, including a wedding party, an Italian diplomat, and a journalist, amid growing insurgent firepower. The incidents heightened tensions as U S forces face an adaptive, asymmetric foe and rising local opposition.
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Iraq
U.S
George Krivo
Khalaf
Fallujah
Pietro Cordone
Cordone
U.S. Provisional Authority
Mosul
Tikrit
Foreign Ministry
U. S
Associated Press
Khaldiyah
Karim Kadim
United States asks Turkey Pakistan and South Korea to send troops
The United States seeks up to 40 000 more troops from Turkey Pakistan and South Korea to join 140 000 American forces in Iraq as part of a global drive while many nations have yet to commit. Several countries have rejected the request and India is tied down by Kashmir violence. A UN resolution authorizing the mission remains a point of contention.
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Belgium
United States
Turkey
Pakistan
South Korea
Iraq
Associated Press
U.S
Brazil
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Colin Powell
Washington
U.N
India
Defense Ministry
Kashmir
Australia
Spain
Canada
Germany
Bianca Jagger sues for toxic mold in Park Avenue apartment
Bianca Jagger files a 20 million federal suit alleging negligence breach of contract and fraud by Katz Park Avenue Corp. in Manhattan claiming water leaks and mold made her unit uninhabitable and that she was constructively evicted.
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New York
Park Avenue
Jagger
Manhattan
New York Times
Mick Jagger
East 60Th Street
Katz Park Avenue Corp
Chipmunk rides stray to California and returns home
A Chihuahua sized adventure reports a chipmunk stowed in Dixie Goldsby’s Honda during a Utah camping trip and rode to California unseen. After discovery, Goldsby trapped it with peanut butter, then Wildcare helped with care before pilot Ray Romano offered a ride back to Dixie. In Lima a 14 foot wooden toothbrush returns to Dr. Warden’s yard, delivered after a prank.
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Calif
Utah
California
Golden State
Dixie Goldsby
Goldsby
Wildcare Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
Melanie Piazza
Wild Care
Lima
Ohio
Ruhl Warden
Paul Bunyan
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