Four National Stories From Sunday News Events
Faithful in Salt Lake City gather at Elizabeth Smart church as grandfather and family speak of her captivity. West Warwick parade honors 100 victims of the nightclub fire with a silent tribute and bagpipes. Oregon cliff fall leaves creator of a reality TV series feared dead. Buffalo trial for James Kopp details his intent and justification in the Slepian killing.
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Salt Lake City
Elizabeth Smart
Elizabeth
Smart
Charles Smart
Brian David Mitchell
West Warwick
Ril
Portland
Ore
Oregon
Pacific Ocean
Paul Stojanovich
Kim Stowel
Treasure Cove
Coast Guard
Jamie Desario
Stojanovich
Buffalo
N.Y
James Kopp
Barnett Slepian
Kopp
Bruce Barker
Dr. Slepian
Slepian
Gazette
FBI lab flaws potentially touched 3000 cases across pre 1997 period
The Justice Department IDs about 3000 criminal cases may have been affected by flawed FBI lab science and testimony before 1997. Prosecutors decide if defendants should be notified. 100 to 150 cases involved alerts, none overturned. The FBI lab now follows stricter checks with rejections and supervisor reviews and holds annual accreditation since 1998.
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Washington
Justice Department
FBI Laboratory
Florida Supreme Court
George Trepal
FBI
Crime Lab
Justice
Dwight Adams
Adams
The
Fox
Neal Sennett
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
American Bar Association
Criminal Justice Section
Department of Justice
Sonnett
Kuwaitis fear for historic sites amid rising war threat
In Kuwait City, curator Shihab Abdel Hameed Shihab warns that Saddam Hussein may use Iraq’s cultural heritage as shields in a potential U S - led attack. He recalls the 1990 invasion when the National Museum was looted and burned, and notes Failaka Island’s use as a site for tanks and bunkers.
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Kuwait City
Kuwait National Museum
Shihab Abdel Hameed Shihab
Kuwait
Saddam Hussein
Sion
Department of Museums and Antiquities
Saddam
Iraq
Failaka Island
National Museum
Hameed Shihab
Ali al Shammari
Demonstrators Rally Nationwide as War Nears
Across the nation protesters urged peace while supporters of U S troops gathered. In Chicago about 10 000 filled Daley Plaza with religious labor and community leaders opposing invasion of Iraq. A 6000 strong rally near Valley Forge marked Homeland sentiment.
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Chicago
Iraq
U.S
Daley Plaza
Pennsylvania
Valley Forge National Historical Park
Rick Moody
Souderton
Moody
Bush
Cheney
Rumsfeld
America
Calvin Morris
Community Renewal Society
Valley Forge
International tensions strain NATO EU and UN over Iraq disarmament
United Nations rushes to avert war as NATO EU and Arab League divisions widen. The Security Council remains split over a US led Iraq disarmament resolution causing fear of lasting damages to international institutions and alliances.
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Vienna
Austria
United Nations
NATO
European Union
Arab League
U.S
Iraq
United States
Saddam Hussein
Miles Kahler
University of California, San Diego
Bush
White House
U.N
New York
Brussels
Belgium
Security Council
France
Russia
China
Washington
Peter Howard
American University
School of International Service
Foreign Policy
America
GOP to scale back Bush tax cuts amid spending fights
Congressional Republicans face revolt from moderates as House and Senate leaders move to scale back the 2004 tax cuts or curb spending to fund them. Budget blueprints set limits for 2004 onward, with Democrats and some Republicans urging delaying decisions until Iraq costs are clearer. Both chambers aim to fund about 1.6 trillion in tax cuts and favor the White House growth plan, while pledging balance by 2010 in the House and 2013 in the Senate.
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Washington Post
Washington
House
Senate
Bush
Iraq
White House
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