Bush vows to protect sequoias
President Bush pledged to safeguard sequoias and other natural treasures during a West Coast visit. He announced a five year 5 billion plan to reduce park maintenance backlogs and directed annual park reviews, while administration moves to enforce cleaner air rules by 2013. Protesters gathered near Sequoia National Park voicing opposition to drilling and logging.
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U S forces in Bahrain placed on heightened alert
U S forces in Bahrain home of the Navy 5th Fleet were placed on a heightened alert level in response to a security threat. An anonymous defense official said the move to threat condition Charlie was made last weekend and not tied to recent embassy bombing convictions. Much of the 5th Fleet went to sea as a precaution.
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Data show U S crime drop ends with small 2000 rise
FBI preliminary figures indicate violent crime rose 0.1 percent in 2000 while the overall crime index held steady from 1999. Murders fell 1.1 percent, robberies down 0.7 percent, forcible rape up 0.7 percent, and aggravated assault up 0.4 percent amid lingering debates on the crime decline.
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