US to Relax Ban on Former Baathist Members
US administrators in Iraq plan to ease the purge of Saddam Hussein's disbanded party by reinstating thousands of former Baathist army officers and teachers. The policy shift, debated by Iraqi leaders including Kurds and Shiites, aims to fill postwar gaps but risks insurgent backlash and renewed violence. Bremer is expected to announce the change on al-Iraqiya as Fallujah sees intensified clashes and pressure to surrender weapons.
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Laptops trial sparks change in Forney school district
In Forney Independent School District, every fifth and sixth grader at Johnson Elementary will receive a $1,350 IBM ThinkPad with digital textbooks and 2000 works. If successful, the program may expand to other grades as enrollment rises and textbook shortages loom. IBM hopes digital notebooks accelerate classroom laptop adoption.
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Schools go laptop with content to boost learning
Dell leads US education market share at 41.2 percent followed by Hewlett Packard Apple and Gateway. IBM teams with Vital Source to bundle notebooks and content as schools test interactive, searchable tools despite cost and curriculum differences. Some colleges require student laptops while publishers rush to offer digital texts and online content.
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Estee Lauder dies at 97 a cosmetics empire builder
Estee Lauder, who began with a kitchen creams venture and built a global cosmetics empire, died at 97 in Manhattan. Her company grossed about 4.74 billion in 2003 with brands including Estee Lauder and Clinique. She believed in selling what she loves and used samples to promote products.
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Marching for abortion rights draws huge crowds on National Mall
Abortion rights supporters in the hundreds of thousands gathered on the National Mall amid election year tensions. They criticized Bush administration policies, calling for expanded reproductive freedoms and protesting federal limits on funding for groups abroad. Francis Kissling of Catholics for a Free Choice urged policymakers to hear pro choice voices. Participants traveled from across the U.S. and about 60 countries to oppose perceived policy damage to women worldwide.
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Israeli ministers deny plans to kill Arafat
Israeli leaders said there are no immediate plans to kill Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he was no longer bound by a promise to the United States. In recent weeks Israel killed the founder and successor of Hamas, as gunmen wounded an Israeli border policeman and another Israeli Arab in separate attacks.
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Shortages hampered blast victims treatment in Dandong
North Korea's Sinuiju Provincial Hospital faced bed and medicine shortages as it treated 360 people from the Ryongchon blast. Tony Banbury of the World Food Program cited that over 60 percent were children. The blast killed 161 and injured at least 1,500, with numbers rising by seven as officials reviewed new casualties.
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