Mayoral assault and council defeat in South Gate incident
In South Gate California outgoing Mayor Xochilt Ruvalcaba was cited for misdemeanor battery after a videotaped confrontation with Councilman Henry Gonzalez amid failed efforts to approve millions in loans. The clashes followed voters booting three council members for depleting city coffers by nearly eight million dollars.
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South Gate
Calif
Xochilt
Ruvalcaba
Henry Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Saddam Hussein interview claims US seeks world control
In a rare interview conducted by Tony Benn in Baghdad Saddam Hussein says the United States aims to conquer Iraq to control oil and the world, denies weapons of mass destruction, asserts Iraq will cooperate with UN inspectors, and rejects ties to al Qaida while accusing Washington of wanting to seize oil fields.
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London
Saddam Hussein
United States
Iraq
Tony Benn
Saddam
Washington
U.N
Baghdad
Benn
al- Qaida
al-Qaida
China
Russia
Germany
France
Japan
Israel
Finalists chosen for World Trade Center rebuilt cores
Two designs to rise above ground zero advance as finalists. Libeskind proposes angular glass clusters near the towers foundations, while THENK envisions twin latticed towers evoking the original center. Final plan decision due late month with September choice after international competition.
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World Trade Center
Ground Zero
Berlin
Daniel Libeskind
THENK
Trade Center
Roland Betts
Lower Manhattan Development Corp
Port Authority of
New York and
New Jersey
Malaysia
Petronas
Trade Center Towers
Libeskind
THINK
Rafael Vindy
Frederic Schwartz
Betts
Hudson River
New York Times
CBS
William Rodriguez
Powell to UN with CIA backing on Iraq disarmament case
Secretary of State Colin Powell arrives in New York with CIA Director Tenet and senior officials to present the U.N. Security Council with transcripts, satellite images, and intercepted discussions alleging Iraqi weapons programs. The briefing aims to persuade allies of Baghdad's noncompliance and ties to terror groups.
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Colin Powell
CIA
U.N. Security Council
Traq
Powell
U.N
George J. Tenet
John McLaughlin
Iraq
Bush
Tang Jiaxuan
Saddam Hussein
Hans Blix
Mohamed ElBaradei
Baghdad
Blix
Security Council
Mohammed Al-Douri
Council
France
al-Qaida
Bush plan would add fees to pay for tax cuts
The plan would raise over 2 billion by new or larger fees across agencies. Visa processing, VA health care, Medicare claims, and animal welfare inspections are among items to fund tax cuts. Overall user fees would total 176.8 billion next year, up from 170.4 billion.
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Washington
Department of Veterans Affairs
White House
Humane Societies
Postal Service
Yugoslavia dissolves into Serbia and Montenegro union
Lawmakers approved an EU brokered accord creating a new country named Serbia and Montenegro. The two republics join in a loose union with near sovereignty and a small joint administration for defense and foreign affairs. A full independence referendum could come by 2006.
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Serbia-Montenegro
Yugoslavia
Europe
Balkan Federation
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Montenegro
Serbia
Zoran Djindjic
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Slobodan Milosevic
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Croatia
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