Iraq and Australia refuse to negotiate over attack
Widespread attacks in Baghdad kill six Iraqis and injure many as insurgents strike checkpoints and roads. U.S. forces, Iraqi police, and ambulances rush in amid gunfire and explosions. The issue of Sunni participation resurfaces as a Shiite cabinet forms. A videotape shows Douglas Wood pleading for withdrawal of coalition forces. Six Iraqi suspects confess to involvement in Margaret Hassan’s death, with CARE items recovered. Hassan, 59, held Irish and Iraqi citizenship and was abducted in October.
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Goran
Baghdad
Diala Bridge
Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Douglas Wood
Bush
John Howard
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Iraq
Wood
Howard
Australia
Iraqi Interior Ministry
Margaret Hassan
Care International
Martin Cronin
Hassan
Lyme disease risks rise in Iowa warns Lyme group president
Brighton, president of the Iowa Lyme Disease Association, urges precaution before woods and grasslands. The piece covers diagnosis challenges, treatment costs, rising Iowa cases, and ticks to watch, with CDC figures and state statistics through 2003. It notes testing and saving a tick for reference to aid physicians.
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Brighton
Holscher
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
East
Upper
Midwest
Iowa
United States
CDC
Cuddeback
Department of Entomology
Iowa State University
Ames
Fruits and Vegetables Fall Short of Recommended Intake
Nutrition directors note challenges in serving fresh produce in schools and homes. Adults and children seek convenient ready to eat options while the average person eats 1.8 cups daily, far below the five cups urged by the government. Experts suggest incremental increases and better access to produce.
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Helen Mont-Ferguson
Boston
Produce Department
Produce For Better Health Foundation
Son
Ellie Krieger
Krieger
Teenage tanning attitudes clash with health risks
A national survey of 505 youths aged 12 to 17 finds almost 80 percent know tanning can be dangerous and sunburns raise skin cancer risk, yet 66 percent say a tan looks better. Girls favor sunscreen more and are likelier to be careful, while health groups cite melanoma and skin cancer statistics.
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Darrell Rigel
New York University
Rigel
American Cancer Society
World Health Organization
Senate impasse drags as education funding demands persist
Senate Democrats led by Vilsack push for higher education funding and a permanent Values Fund in a stalled special session. With part time lawmakers missing expense pay, pressure grows to resolve the $5 billion budget impasse along with cigarette tax reform Medicaid and property tax changes. A death penalty reinstatement fight adds to the deadlock.
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Vilsack
Senate Democrats
Values
Senate
Iowa
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