Embassies warn of terror attacks across regions
A collection of notices reports that embassies warned of possible terror attacks targeting two hotels in Kenya and housing compounds for Westerners in Saudi Arabia. Evacuations occurred in Nairobi and security measures were tightened in Riyadh with travel restrictions for embassy staff.
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Manama
Bahrain
Kenya
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Carol Kalin
Associated Press
Kalin
BushRaises Campaign Cash Amid Tariff Silence in Pittsburgh
President Bush visited Pittsburgh to raise funds while a decision on extending steel tariffs loomed. Usher of US Steel urged keeping tariffs, saying removal could trigger a trade war. Bush avoided the topic, praising economic gains and rejecting intimidation by insurgents. A protest outside highlighted steelworker concerns over job losses and policy impact.
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Bush
Pittsburgh
America
Thomas J. Usher
US Steel Corp
Europe
Usher
U.S. Steel
John Armstrong
Iraq
Joe Ballas
Ballas
White House
West Bank outposts expand as settlers fortify Mitzpeh Danny
AP inspection shows six months after a peace plan requiring dismantling outposts, Mitzpeh Danny and nearby sites have grown with new roads, trailers, villas, and utilities. Sixteen more families joined, totaling about 20, as residents push to legitimize a hilltop community amid a broader West Bank expansion.
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Mitzpeh Danny
West Bank
Israel
Associated Press
Gaza Strip
Ments
Ramallah
Reuven Gafni
Bush expands law providing adoption perks
President Bush announced an expanded adoption law with higher incentives for adopting children nine or older. The 2002-reauthorized program ties $4000 per such adoption to a DHHS baseline and increases state oversight of foster care. He highlighted a surge in adoptions since 1997 and noted progress alongside remaining foster-child needs.
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Department of Health, and Human Services
Department
Bush
Roosevelt Room
District of Columbia
America
Canada scientists stockpile SARS vaccines for emergency use
Researchers from SAVI announced in Winnipeg that Canadian vaccine candidates have moved rapidly from seven months of work to stockpiling and ferret testing within weeks. Dr. Brett Findlay said overnight funding accelerates research beyond traditional grant methods. Ferret trials will expose subjects to SARS after two inoculations to assess protection.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Brett Findlay
University of British Columbia
Biotechnology Laboratory
Findlay
Bono to receive King Center humanitarian award in Atlanta
Bono of U2 will be honored at the 2004 King Center Salute to Greatness awards dinner in Atlanta on January 17 for his humanitarian work including Third World debt relief and AIDS advocacy in Africa. Coretta Scott King praised his efforts to mobilize action and attention to the continent.
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Martin Luther King Jr
King Center
Atlanta
Bono
Martin
Coretta Scott King
King
Africa
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