Mass grave exhumations near Najaf reveal 1991 crackdown victims
In Khan al Rubea Iraq divers uncovered remains of 72 civilians including Haidar Mohammed al Atwan 29 Sabah Amir Mohammed al Tamimi 19 and Amna Ali 19 buried in a shallow grave near Najaf. Bullets and ID cards surfaced as locals with shovels and hands dig for more. Marines guarded another site nearby as rights groups say Iraq holds many such graves from Saddam era.
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Iraq
Haidar Mohammed al-Atwan
Saddam Hussein
Sabah Amir Mohammed al-Tamimi
Amna Ali
Najaf
Mike Usena
U.S
Jawad Shaker
Saddam
Kamel al- Fatimi
Memorial service honors Laci Peterson on her birthday
More than 3000 mourners filled Modesto First Baptist Church for a nationally televised memorial for Laci Peterson on what would have been her 28th birthday. Family and friends spoke of her warmth and anticipation of motherhood while noting Scott Peterson’s arrest for murder. the bail hearing is set for Tuesday.
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Calif
Laci Peterson
First Baptist Church
Peterson
Laci
Tr. Vasquez
Scott Peterson
Heaven
Terry Western
Addie Hansberry
Hansberry
Lisa Maldonado
San Jose
San Francisco Bay
Conner
San Diego
Stanislaus County
Kelly Huston
Judge awards $1 to Santa Fe student in prayer case
US District Judge Sim Lake granted nominal damages of $1 to Marian Ward, a former Santa Fe High School honors student, for a policy restricting pregame prayers over the public address system before home football games. The ruling ends a long dispute tracing to 1995 and 1999 cases.
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Santa Fe
Sim Lake
Marian Ward
Ward
Philip Fraissinet
U.S
Lake
Kelly Coghlan
Federal District Courts
Coghlan
SARS spread linked to feces in new findings
World Health Organization reports that SARS may spread via feces, with virus surviving four days in diarrhea and on chilled surfaces. The findings support sewage leak theory in a major Hong Kong outbreak. global toll tops 449 deaths and 6,300 cases as Taiwan tightens home quarantine enforcement.
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World Health Organization
Hong Kong
East Asia
China
Singapore
Taiwan
Taipei
Space station crew returns in Russian capsule after tense search
A Russian capsule landed nearly 300 miles off target in Kazakhstan releasing three space flyers. Commander Bowersox along with Donald Pettit and cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin emerged alive after a two hour recovery effort by a plane and helicopters. The drama paralleled the Columbia loss timing in Texas on Feb 1.
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Kazakhstan
International Space Station
Central Asia
Bowersox
Donald Pettit
Nikolai Budarin
Columbia
Texas
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