Nine jailed in Rwanda for gorilla crimes
Nine people including three park rangers were jailed and fined for killing two adult mountain gorillas and stealing a baby in Volcanoes National Park. Four men from a nearby town received two year terms. a woman selling the baby got one year. The rangers faced four years and $6,000 fines.
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Kigali
Rwanda
Volcanoes National Park
Claude Seruhungu
Seruhungu
North Korea renews claim of nuclear facility activation
North Korea announced it had reactivated its nuclear facilities, sparking U.S. officials to warn of a serious development. The move coincides with U.S. push to war with Iraq and follows South Korea opening a border road in a bid to ease tensions. Analysts note Pyongyang seeks direct talks with Washington while fearing intensified U.S. pressure if Iraq war proceeds.
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Bucharest
Romania
Vlad the Impaler
Transylvania
Snagov Lake
Vlad
Sighisoara
Seoul
South Korea
North Korea
Washington
Iraq
United States
State Department
Pyongyang
White House
Ari Fleischer
U.S
U S and France Send Teams as Ivory Coast Crisis Deepens
The United States deploys a 20-man military advisory team to Abidjan to monitor the Ivory Coast crisis while France expands its force to over 3,000 troops amid protests against a Paris brokered peace accord. protests turn violent as rebels and loyalists clash, and Gbagbo flees to Ghana for talks with President Kufuor.
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Abidjan
Ivory Coast
United States
France
U.S
Chirac
Jacques Chirac
Paris
Gbagbo
Ghana
John Kufuor
Kufuor
Laurent Gbagbo
Powell links al Qaida to Saddam in U N Security Council remarks
U S Secretary of State Colin Powell asserted at the United Nations that Saddam Hussein harbors al Qaida leader Zarqawi and that a dangerous nexus exists linking Iraq to al Qaida. He noted Zarqawi’s network operates from Baghdad and coordinates actions across Europe.
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Colin Powell
U.N. Security Council
U.S
Iraq
North
United States
Islamabad
Pakistan
Washington
Saddam Hussein
Abu Musab Zarqawi
Jordan
Osama bin Laden
Saddam
Zarqawi
Powell
al- Qaida
al-Qaida
Europe
America
France
Britain
Spain
Italy
Germany
Russia
Ansar al- Islam
Ansar al-Islam
Baghdad
Afghanistan
Ateep
Middle East
bin Laden
Taliban
al- Zarqawi
Mullah Krekar
Oslo
Norway
Krekar
Amir al- Saadi
Study urges separate addiction treatment for girls
A national study finds girls and young women develop addictions to cigarettes alcohol and drugs faster and for different reasons than boys. It calls for gender specific prevention and treatment programs noting puberty stress eating disorders and abuse raise risk. Florida first lady Columba Bush cites family impact.
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Washington
National Center On Addiction and Substance Abuse
Columbia University
Joseph A. Califano
Califano
Health and Human Services
Carter
Florida
Columba
Bush
Noelle
Jeb Bush
Pentagon mobilizes over 111 thousand reservists in Iraq buildup
The Pentagon reports 111 600 National Guard and reserve forces on active duty with about 170 000 mobilized since 2001. Of those activated 80 000 are Army Guard and Reserve, 11 700 Air Guard and Reserve, 12 280 Marine Corps, 5 600 Naval Reserve, and nearly 2 000 Coast Guard. Many units are in Iraq or homeland defense with a projected Gulf buildup toward 160 000.
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Washington
United States
Iraq
Pentagon
America
Dan Stoneking
Army National Guard
Army Reserve
Naval Reserve
Air National Guard
Air Force Reserve
Marine
Coast Guard
Bush
Stoneking
Persian Gulf
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