Democrats reap funds after Senate power shift
Democrats quickly benefited from new majority influence as donors surged to key senators. Tom Harkin raised nearly half his yearly total in June with farm group money. John Edwards and John Kerry also posted large June hauls. DASHPAC, Harkin PACs led by Daschle, saw major June inflows amid agribusiness ties.
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Navy accused of force against Vieques protesters
Police and U S Marshals used tear gas and bean bag projectiles against eight journalists and five demonstrators on Vieques amid renewed Navy bombing range exercises. The Navy says protestors threw a flare and damaged federal property. journalists and activists dispute the claim.
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Two Cubans charged in boat smuggling of 26 to U S
Osvaldo Fernandez Marrero and Roberto Montero Dominguez of Miami-Dade were charged after investigators questioned them and 20 survivors from a speedboat wreck south of Key West. Six people died and three adults and three children were among the casualties.
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Hong Kong university keeps American staffer Li Shaomin after espionage ruling
City University of Hong Kong officials vote unanimously to allow U S scholar Li Shaomin to resume teaching despite his July espionage conviction in Beijing. The 90 minute meeting drew praise from rights groups while some academics faulted the delay and politicization of the decision. Nine lines?
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Iraq says its air defenses rebuilt after Feb raid
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Iraq has rebuilt air defenses since U S and British warplanes attacked radar and communications targets near Baghdad on February 16. He suggested retaliation could be broader and noted attacks focused on fiber optic linked sites. He also voiced doubt Congress will grant authority to close or realign bases starting in 2003.
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