NEW YORK – Bad Company, the Ya-Ya Sisterhoodand The Sum of All Fears are in the Foxlight. What is Sir Anthony Hopkins doing with Chris Rock in a low-rent version of Lethal Weapon? That’s a good question. It can’t be the paycheck — Hannibalis too lucrative. But here he is, …
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12 January
U.S. Troops to Have Greater Role in Philippines
MANILA, Philippines – U.S. and Philippine officials have agreed to bring American troops closer to the front lines in the campaign against Abu Sayyaf guerrillas, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said Saturday. U.S.-trained troops are believed to have killed the group’s most visible leader, Abu Sabaya, during a gunbattle at sea …
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12 January
Sharpton Headed to South Asia to Help Raise the Peace
MIAMI – Not to be outdone by Rev. Jesse Jackson, who is traveling to the Mideast this weekend, the Rev. Al Sharpton said Monday he plans to travel to India and Pakistan to try to ease tensions between the nuclear nations on the verge of war. Sharpton said he is …
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11 January
Bush Calls for 'New and Different' Palestinian Leadership
WASHINGTON – Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is responding cautiously to President Bush’s proposal for a provisional Palestinian state ruled by a “new anddifferent Palestinian leadership.” Arafat said that only the Palestinian people can decide whom their leaders should be, butadded that the speech represented “a serious effort to push the …
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11 January
U.S. Battle Planners Head to Persian Gulf to Test Communications
WASHINGTON – The American general who would run a war against Iraq is quietly assembling hundreds of battle planners in the Persian Gulf nation of Qatar for a war game that will test their ability to command and coordinate land, sea and air forces throughout the region. Although planning for …
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11 January
Israeli Soldiers Stop Palestinians With Explosives at Checkpoint
JERUSALEM – Israeli soldiers stopped two Palestinians in a car at a checkpoint in the West Bank Saturday and found an explosive belt inside, the army said. The men were stopped at Tappuah junction, south of Nablus and later taken in for questioning. The belt was detonated, an army spokesman …
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11 January
Recap of November 9: Full Re$pon$ibility
Neil Cavuto was joined by Jim Rogers, president of JimRogers.com; Alexandra Lebenthal, president & CEO of Lebenthal & Company; Gregg Hymowitz, founder of Entrust Capital and former New York Senator Alfonse D’Amato. Full Re$pon$ibility The Republicans may have won control of Congress, but now the real challenge begins: the challenge …
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11 January
FEC: Candidates Can Collect Campaign Salaries
WASHINGTON – For the first time in its quarter century history, the Federal Election Commission on Monday agreed to let candidates for federal office pay themselves salaries from the political donations they gather. By a 5-1 vote, the commission that regulates election laws approved the proposal that will allow candidates …
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11 January
New Screeners to Staff Airports
WASHINGTON – More than 47,000 federal recruits in the fight against terrorism will be in place this coming week, as newly trained security screeners begin working at 424 airports nationwide. Steven Kelman, professor of public management at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, said the eight-month rush to meet a congressional …
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11 January
Excerpts From Iraqi Foreign Minister's Letter
Excerpts from a letter, dated Nov. 23, from Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, as translated from Arabic by The Associated Press: Operational paragraph 3. This paragraph is based on an imaginary assumption of the existence of mass destruction programs in Iraq. Iraq has strongly denied …
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