Windblown wildfire threatens Willow Canyon and area homes
In Arizona the 68,000 acre Santa Catalina blaze expanded into Willow Canyon destroying five cabins and threatening others. Fire crews fought back the flames with backfires and brush clearance to defend observatories and TV FAA towers as the two week old fire already scorched three districts.
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Tucson
Ariz
Willow Canyon
Santa Catalina Mountains
University of Arizona
Federal Aviation Administration
Pruett Small
U.S Forest Service
Cadet recruits killed in blast in Ramadi Iraq
A bomb blast at a parade of U S trained police cadets in Ramadi killed seven and wounded many more as insurgents targeted Iraqis aiding Americans. Bremer called the attackers desperate men leading a campaign against the new Iraq. A Turkish special forces detachment was detained in Kirkuk amid rising tensions with the United States.
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Turkey
Anatolia
Caner Senyuva
Ramads
Iraq
U.S
Ramadi
Saddam Hussein
L. Paul Bremer
Baghdad
U.s.-Turkey
Kirkuk
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
United States
Erdogan
Colin Powell
Adinister Abdullah Gul
Powell
Iranian conjoined twins ready for risky surgery
Ladan and Laleh Bijani, 29 year old Iranian craniopagus twins, prepared for a four day operation at Singapore's Raffles Hospital to separate them. An international team of 28 doctors would attempt the first adult craniopagus separation since 1952, assessing brain blood flow and a shared vein while praying for a positive outcome.
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Singapore
Ladan
Laleh Bijani
Raffles Hospital
Keith Goh
Goh
Benjamin Carson
Carson
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Left
Saleh Bijani
WHO removes Taiwan from SARS infection list milestone marked
The World Health Organization says Taiwan is no longer on the SARS infected areas list after 20 days without new cases. Experts warn vigilance remains as global cases near 200 and the disease could reappear next winter.
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Hong Kong
World Health Organization
Taiwan
WHO
G. Harlem Brundtland
Geneva
China
Singapore
Vietnam
Canada
Toronto
Asia
United States
Peter Cordingley
U.N. Health Agency
Manila
Philippines
Cordingley
Palestinian police crack down meets militant resistance near Gaza
A Palestinian militant opened fire as police attempted to detain him over a suspected mortar attack on a Jewish settlement. Three wounded in Gaza, with few details released. The violence tests the fledgling PA crackdown and the cease-fire held unevenly amid broader tensions with Israel.
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Israel
Mahmoud Abbas
Gaza Strip
Rafah
Israel Radio
West Bank
Jenin
Massacre at Pakistani mosque sparks sectarian fury
In Quetta, Pakistan, 44 Shiite worshippers including four children were killed in a mosque blast claimed as a death by own action. Authorities suspect Taliban and al Qaida links, with three attackers killed and a large crowd present as security forces imposed a curfew to halt rioting.
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Quetta
Pakistan
Taliban
al- Qaida
Afghanistan
Pervez Musharraf
Syed Iftikhar Hussein
Baluchistan
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Wissam Abdullah Mohsin
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