Topic: International News

The new items published under this topic are as follows.

Articles: U.S. Army reservists in Iraq on the front lines, a place most thought they would

Posted by admin on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 12:42 AM

	Whenever strangers walk into the recreation tent she manages, Sgt. Katherine Harper immediately shows them the quickest way to the nearest bunker in case of a mortar attack. Read full article: 'U.S. Army reservists in Iraq on the front lines, a place most thought they would'

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Articles: Los Alamos suspends 19 during security probe

Posted by admin on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 12:39 AM

	Nineteen staff members at the University of California-run Los Alamos National Laboratory have been placed on paid leave and expelled from the lab pending an investigation of their possible roles in recent security and safety lapses. Read full article: 'Los Alamos suspends 19 during security probe'

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Articles: Wildfire North Of Los Angeles Slows

Posted by admin on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 12:37 AM

	All residents evacuated from the path of a wildfire outside of Los Angeles have been allowed to return home. The fire in Acton, California, about 50 miles north of Los Angeles, is now 50 percent contained. Read full article: 'Wildfire North Of Los Angeles Slows'

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Articles: Arroyo: no apology for troop pullout from Iraq

Posted by admin on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 12:35 AM

	Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Friday took on a defiant tone defending her decision to pull out the Philippine military personnel from Iraq to save the life of kidnapped truck driver Angelo dela Cruz. Read full article: 'Arroyo: no apology for troop pullout from Iraq'

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Articles: Train Derails in Turkey, Kills at least 37

Posted by admin on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 12:30 AM

	At least 37 people have been killed and scores injured when a packed express train crashed in northwestern Turkey. Read full article: 'Train Derails in Turkey, Kills at least 37'

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Articles: UN threatens sanctions against Sudan

Posted by admin on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 12:27 AM

	Now to Africa, and with a growing humanitarian crisis continuing to develop in the Darfur region of Sudan, the United Nations is set to impose sanctions on the African nation if it does not move immediately to put an end to the violence there. Read full article: 'UN threatens sanctions against Sudan'

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Articles: Army Announces 94 Allegations of Abuse

Posted by admin on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 12:25 AM

	The images were vivid: A U.S. Army sergeant who told his troops to "rough up" two prisoners; a platoon that agreed to make prisoners jump off a bridge into the Tigris River; an interrogator who hit a prisoner in the head. Read full article: 'Army Announces 94 Allegations of Abuse'

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Articles: 9/11 Panel Urges Intelligence Overhaul

Posted by admin on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 12:23 AM

	Warning "we are not safe" yet, the Sept. 11 commission called for a major overhaul of the nation's intelligence agencies to stop the next terror attack. Panelists vowed to make their unanimously backed reforms an election-year issue. Read full article: '9/11 Panel Urges Intelligence Overhaul'

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Articles: AIRPORT VIDEO OF HIJACKERS AHEAD OF 9-11 REPORT

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 01:14 AM

	A surveillance video from Washington DC's Dulles International Airport dated September 11, 2001, shows four hijackers being pulled aside, then permitted to board a flight they later crashed. Read full article: 'AIRPORT VIDEO OF HIJACKERS AHEAD OF 9-11 REPORT'

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Articles: Fire danger can only get worse

Posted by admin on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 01:12 AM

	Six years of drought mixed with scorching temperatures and low humidity have ignited the earliest fire season in recent memory, prompting firefighters to prepare for harsh, relentless wildfire outbreaks in coming months, officials said Wednesday. Read full article: 'Fire danger can only get worse'

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