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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 28, 2002

Page

4

Gas prices ease nationally as January demand fades

Nationwide self serve regular averages $1.11 a gallon, down from $1.12 two weeks earlier as ample supplies meet light January demand per analyst Trilby Lundberg.

Camarillo Calif Trilby Lundberg

Cheney defends Bush silence on energy meetings

Vice President Dick Cheney defended President Bush's right to withhold names of executives at White House energy policy meetings amid Enron fallout. The Enron era case spurs scrutiny by Congress, GAO, DOJ, SEC, and 11 committees. Cheney said no proof links anyone in the administration to wrongdoing.

Cheney Bush Washington Dick Cheney White House Enron Congress Representatives of Energy U.S Army Thomas White Energy Services Division White

Rumsfeld declares detainees not prisoners of war

Defense Secretary Rumsfeld ruled out POW status for detainees at Guantanamo Bay Camp X-Ray. He and Vice President Cheney said they are unlawful combatants and detainees, not POWs, while administration lawyers debate Geneva Conventions applicability. Senators Feinstein Inouye Stevens and Hutchison accompanied the visit.

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Cuba Donald H. Rumsfeld U.S. Navy Rumsfeld U.S Afghanistan Guantanamo Dick Cheney Cheney Fox News National Security Council Bush Richard Myers Joint Chiefs of Staff Camp X-Ray Dianne Feinstein California Daniel Inouye Hawaii Ted Stevens Alaska Kay Bailey Hutchison Texas

Missing Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl kidnapped in Pakistan

A group calling itself The National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty claims it seized Daniel Pearl and says he is held in inhuman conditions akin to U S detainees. The Journal reports four photos, including one with a gun to his head, and demands better treatment for detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Police sources tie the kidnapping to Harkat al Mujahedeen, linked to al Qaida, while Dow Jones says it has no direct contact with the captors.

NEW York Wall Street Journal Pakistan U.S National Movement For the Restoration of Daniel Pearl Journal Pearl United States Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Cuba Associated Press Qaida Afghanistan Bombay India Karachi Steven Goldstein Dow Jones & Co

Slavery reparations scam targets taxpayers nationwide

IRS data show about 80 000 returns last year seeking 2.7 billion in reparations refunds, up from 13 000 prior year. Scammers push black investment taxes or black inheritance tax refunds, charging upfront fees and using fake forms to claim 40 000 to 80 000. Promoters warn clients not to contact the IRS, but refunds are not authorized by law.

Washington Internal Revenue Service South IRS Charles Rossetti

Bush pursues moderate welfare reforms with limited marriage push

President Bush plans at least 100 million for experimental programs aiding single welfare mothers to marry while resisting full state mandates. The administration favors margins of change, rejects broad cuts, and considers relaxing 1996 work rules to include education and training.

Washington Bush Congress Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson Wisconsin

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