U.S. denies capture of Saddam aide in Kirkuk raid
U.S. troops conducted a large raid near Kirkuk, with officials denying the capture of Izzat Torahim al-Douri, the top Iraqi fugitive. Witnesses said dozens were arrested in Hawija, while a U.S. soldier was killed near Samarra amid ongoing clashes and conflicting casualty reports.
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Saddam Hussein
Izzat Torahim al-Douri
Saddam
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4Th Infantry Division
al-Douri
Hawija
Samarra
Mowaffak al-Rubaie
Al-Jazeera
al Douri
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Bel
Witness details Malvo aim to escape during sniper case
Testimony in the Washington area sniper trial recounts Lee Boyd Malvo seeking to escape a "situation" as Muhammad’s first wife says Malvo wrote a letter to a relative in Baton Rouge requesting help. Prosecutors note brainwashing claims. possibility of death penalty for Malvo. Lindbergh Williams testifies that Muhammad used manipulation, while defense plans to introduce the letter.
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Ronald Lee Todd
Bellingham Wash
Lee Boyd Malvo
Chesapeake Circuit Court
Chesapeake
John Allen Muhammad
Malvo
Muhammad
Carol Williams
Baton Rouge
Williams
Willams
LaToria Williams
Lindbergh Williams
Washington State
Global warming threatens ski resorts reports UN study
A U N Environment Program report warns lower altitude resorts will lose snow as temperatures rise 2.5 to 10.4 F by 2100, pushing skiing higher and risking disappearances. It cites Austria Italy Switzerland Australia US and Canada and notes artificial snow costs and economic strain. The IOC may shift future Winter Games sites to avoid obsolete facilities. Kitzbuhel and other low towns risk base-slope loss as snow line climbs 656 to 984 feet in 30-50 years.
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Italy
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U.N. Environment Program
Klaus Toepfer
U.N
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Switzerland
Australia
United States
Canada
Intergovernmental Panel On
Kremlin
Russia
Moscow
Europe
International Olympic Committee
IOC
J Pal Schmitt
Sport and Environment Commission
Schmitt
Rolf Buerk
University of Zurich
Buerk
Kitzbuhel
Guardian finds Terri Schiavo unlikely to recover
An independent guardian reports there is no medical hope Terri Schiavo will improve from her persistent vegetative state. Guardian Jay Wolfson recommends swallowing tests and staying on the case to broker a settlement among Michael Schiavo, his in-laws and Gov. Jeb Bush while a stay on her feeding tube remains disputed.
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Terri Schiavo
Jay Wolfson
Jeb Bush
Bush
Wolfson
Terri
University of South Florida
Schiavo
Michael
Michael Schiavo
Bob and
Mary Schindler
Schindlers
George Feles
Feles
Terrorist Screening Center opens amid incomplete watch lists
The Terrorist Screening Center in Crystal City Virginia began operations this week with an initial watch list and no full consolidation of FBI CIA State Department and Homeland Security lists. Officials say a unified list will be ready by December 1 2003 but full implementation will take months. Senator Lieberman criticized the pace noting two years after 9 11 the consolidated list is not yet in place.
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