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Myths of war

By Peter Chen · Wednesday, Oct. 4,2006 10:50 p.m.

IX-EN-PROVENCE, France -- When the times challenge our values and perspectives as much as they have the last five years, it's hard to believe anything. We are too close to the events at hand, deprived of an ability to stand back and observe from a distance, to build educated opinions in full.

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Bloomington: Hella poor!

Wednesday, Oct. 4,2006 10:49 p.m.

ast Thursday, we reported that Bloomington is the second-most impoverished small city in the country according to the American Community Service census -- a status that gets us hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funding. Some might claim this money should go to needier communities, but we say "Not so fast!" True, the zero-income status of much of Bloomington's population is irrelevant because so many of us are students supported by our parents. But that doesn't mean we aren't worthy of funding!

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Federal probe intensifies over e-mails

Wednesday, Oct. 4,2006 10:46 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department ordered House officials to "preserve all records" related to disgraced Rep. Mark Foley's electronic correspondence with teenagers, intensifying an investigation into a scandal rocking Republicans five weeks before midterm elections.

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Rice pledges better conditions in West Bank

Wednesday, Oct. 4,2006 10:46 p.m.

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday the United States is "very concerned" about the plight of the Palestinians and pledged to improve living conditions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

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Iraqi police brigade linked to death squads

Wednesday, Oct. 4,2006 10:45 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi authorities have taken a brigade of up to 700 policemen out of service and put members under investigation for "possible complicity" with death squads following a mass kidnapping earlier this week, the U.S. military said Wednesday.

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Mosquito-borne diseases hit India

By Nirmala George · Wednesday, Oct. 4,2006 10:42 p.m.

NEW DELHI -- Health officials struggled Wednesday to cope with outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases in northern and southern India that have killed at least 87 people and overwhelmed hospitals and clinics.

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No Sweat! protests IU's contract with Coke

By Paul Coover · Wednesday, Oct. 4,2006 10:37 p.m.

In a march Wednesday from the Indiana Memorial Union to Ballantine Hall, a group of 14 students protested IU's contract to sell Coca-Cola products. The students were members of No Sweat!, a student organization opposed to labor abuses and corporate globalization, according to the group's Web site.

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IUPD 'expects the unexpected'

By Kristi Oloffson · Wednesday, Oct. 4,2006 12:42 a.m.

Freshman tosses pet guinea pig out window. Student gets into police squad car thinking he hailed a cab. Juveniles make fake 911 call to try and catch police eating doughnuts on the job.

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Magazine prints names of women who had abortions

By Alyson Brodsy and David Crary · Wednesday, Oct. 4,2006 12:41 a.m.

NEW YORK -- At a pivotal time in the abortion debate, Ms. magazine is releasing its fall issue next week with a cover story titled "We Had Abortions," accompanied by the names of thousands of women nationwide who signed a petition making that declaration.

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Poynter fellows to look at ethics

By Whitney Mitchell · Wednesday, Oct. 4,2006 12:20 a.m.

Eight IU professors from a diverse range of academic departments were recently named Poynter Center fellows and will be meeting throughout the year to discuss "Memory, Ethics, Politics and Aesthetics" at the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions in Bloomington.

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