Bush backs Palestinian state as Abbas poised for PM role
President Bush in the Rose Garden said the road map to a Palestinian state would be delivered after Mahmoud Abbas is confirmed prime minister, with European leaders urging rapid progress and Israel and Palestinians urged to engage. The plan envisions a Palestinian state by end of 2005 on 1967 borders, shaping Middle East peace efforts amid allied support and opposition.
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Delegates select new China leader Hu Jintao chosen president
Delegates chose Hu Jintao to replace Jiang Zemin as China's president in a largely ceremonial vote of 2937 to 4 with three abstentions. Hu, 60, had risen to the top Communist Party post months earlier and will lead a modernizing, capitalist society facing WTO integration and internal restiveness. Jiang remained head of the military commission. Zeng Qinghong named vice president alongside Hu.
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Jiang Zemin
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Communist Party
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NASA May Return to Space This Fall
NASA plans a possible fall return to space as the Columbia investigation continues. Sean O Keefe and William Readdy order a Return to Flight team, review shuttle systems, inspect tiles, and draft a plan by April 1 while awaiting findings.
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Columbia
NASA
Sean O'Keefe
O'Keefe
William Readdy
Texas
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Readdy
International Space Station
Earth
Michoud
New Orleans
Kansas activates WMD civil support team for terrorism response
Kansas Senator Pat Roberts announced that the state now has a 22 member Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team drawn from the Kansas Army and Air National Guard. In an attack, the team will rapidly assess and detect chemical or biological agents, bolstering protection for urban and rural areas.
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Pat Roberts
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Department of Defense
Roberts
Louisiana student found dead near serial killer site
Authorities confirm the body of missing LSU graduate student Carrie Lynn Yoder was found in a Baton Rouge marsh near the Atchafalaya River Basin. Police classify the death as a homicide and link to no single suspect yet while a task force continues the serial killings investigation.
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Baton Rouge
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Yoder
East Baton Rouge Parish
Louisiana
Atchafalaya
Pam Kinamore
US carrier joins large scale drills off Busan coast
The USS Carl Vinson moved off Busan amid a major joint exercise as North Korea objects. Japan weighs stronger missile defenses after reports of Pyongyang’s missile test plans and deployment of an Aegis destroyer. Tokyo also eyeing Patriot batteries in a July rollout per Yomiuri Shimbun.
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Yomiuri Shimbun
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