House Rejects Fast Track Trade Authority Measure
Washington vote 243 to 180 to block a renewal of presidential power to negotiate trade pacts without amendments. Democrats split, 29 for and 171 against. Republicans 151 for and 71 against with one independent opposing. Iowa delegation unified in support. debate framed as election driven politics and policy risk.
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Prosecutors link bin Laden to Iran and Sudan
U S prosecutors unseal a criminal complaint tying Osama bin Laden to Iran and Sudan in the early 1990s. The document alleges Salim met Iranian and Sudanese officials to arrange explosives training in Lebanon with Hezbollah and signals a broader bin Laden network beyond his own influence.
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Aide of Kosovo leader shot in Pristina outskirts
An aide to Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leader, was wounded by gunmen late Thursday near his Pristina home. The assault comes amid efforts to negotiate autonomy short of independence, while Serbia reports an offensive in the region near But reporters observed Serb and Yugoslav forces advancing as rebels fled.
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Pentagon pulls sensitive data from Web sites to protect security
The Defense Department ordered removal of personal data and sensitive details from about 1000 public web sites amid a review to balance openness with security. Details on troop movements units and preparations were scaled back. officials warned that adversaries could exploit exposed information.
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Mom forgets dropping off 2 year old son
Morgantown West Virginia AP report of a missing two year old Bruno Anys found after a three hour, rain soaked search by 100 volunteers. His mother Jennifer Anys, a substitute music teacher, said she had a hectic morning and was sent for psychiatric evaluation.
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Former CIA employee gets 5 years in extortion case
Douglas Fred Groat a 51 year old former CIA employee was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to extortion for trying to extract 1 million dollars from the agency over silence about eavesdropping operations He avoided four espionage charges by pleading guilty and faces three years of supervised release after imprisonment. Groat said the actions grew from a job dispute with the CIA which fired him in 1996. Judge Thomas Hogan called the motive obsessive but noted no intent to harm national security. Prosecutors said Groat cooperated since his guilty plea on July 27.
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