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Israel to allow gay pride parade

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Nov. 6,2006 12:53 a.m.

JERUSALM -- Israel's attorney general refused to ban a gay pride parade in Jerusalem despite threats of violence from ultra-Orthodox Jews, instructing police and gay activists to try to work out a compromise, the police commander said Sunday.

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Fragile European power network exposed in massive blackout

By Alyson Brodsy and Stephen Graham · Monday, Nov. 6,2006 12:20 a.m.

BERLIN -- A German electric company said Sunday a high-voltage transmission line it shut down over a river to let a ship pass could have caused the chain-reaction power outages that left about 10 million people in the dark across Europe. The blackouts Saturday night briefly halted trains in Germany and trapped dozens of people in elevators in France and Italy. Austria, Belgium and Spain were also affected, though supplies to most regions were quickly restored. No injuries were reported.

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Iraqi tribunal sentences Saddam to hang for killings

By Alyson Brodsy and Hamza Hendawi · Monday, Nov. 6,2006 12:19 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Saddam Hussein was convicted Sunday and sentenced to hang for crimes against humanity in the 1982 killings of 148 people in a single Shiite town. The ousted leader, trembling and defiant, shouted "God is great!" as the judge handed down the verdict.

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'Lack of awareness' kills IU defense

By Tim O Brien and Tim O'Brien · Monday, Nov. 6,2006 12:14 a.m.

MINNEAPOLIS -- IU coach Terry Hoeppner did not know how to describe his team's defensive performance following Saturday's 63-26 loss at Minnesota. His Hoosiers gave up 541 yards of total offense and eight touchdowns, leaving Hoeppner speechless.

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On the contrary

By Alyson Brodsy and Andrew Shaffer · Monday, Nov. 6,2006 12:12 a.m.

We knew it wouldn't be this easy. Not our team, not with our history and certainly not when bowl eligibility could come this soon.

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Hoosiers will have to wait for bowl eligibility

By Jake Brown and Jacob Brown · Monday, Nov. 6,2006 12:10 a.m.

MINNEAPOLIS -- The IU football team had its season-long goal of bowl eligibility within its grasp Saturday. But rather than clinching their first bowl game berth since 1993, the Hoosiers suffered one of their worst defeats of the season, a 63-26 loss on the road to Minnesota.

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Michigan State upsets No. 12 Hoosiers

By Matt Dollinger · Monday, Nov. 6,2006 12:10 a.m.

The No. 7-seed Michigan State Spartans defeated the No. 2-seed Hoosiers in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament on Friday, 3-1. This is the second time in two weeks the Spartans (8-11, 2-5 Big Ten) have upset the No. 12 Hoosiers (14-5, 4-2 Big Ten). The first loss came Oct. 21 in East Lansing, Mich., in a 1-0 contest.

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IU hoping to secure NCAA Tournament bid despite loss

By John Wustrow · Monday, Nov. 6,2006 12:08 a.m.

For the IU women's soccer team, history needs to be enough in the eyes of the NCAA. The Hoosiers (9-7-4, 5-4-1 Big Ten), who compiled a 13-game unbeaten streak from Sept. 1 through Oct. 13, finished their season Thursday night with a 2-1 loss to Michigan in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. The 13-game unbeaten streak was one short of the program record of 14, but after the streak, IU ended its season with a five-game losing streak.

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D.J. knows he still has a ways to go

By Alyson Brodsy and Ryan Corazza · Monday, Nov. 6,2006 12:07 a.m.

D.J. White knows he'll get better. Kelvin Sampson knows it, too. But White's reaction to the IU coach as he addressed his power forward's lack of defensive aggresiveness in the first half against the University of North Dakota wouldn't tell you that.

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And then there was one

By Michael Sanserino · Monday, Nov. 6,2006 12:06 a.m.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Before the season started, IU men's soccer coach Mike Freitag challenged his team to accomplish four things.

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Wilmont's energy keys IU win

By Eamonn Brennan · Monday, Nov. 6,2006 12:04 a.m.

No one told Rod Wilmont that Sunday's game was supposed to be an exhibition. In the first game under his new coach, Wilmont was his old self -- jumping at steals, flying into the stands, even careening into Kelvin Sampson as he raced down the sideline in hot pursuit of a loose ball.

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Delivery driver assaulted, breaks 2 bones in leg

By Kristi Oloffson · Sunday, Nov. 5,2006 11:03 p.m.

IU police are investigating the assault of an Aver's Gourmet Pizza delivery driver that occurred Thursday night at the Herman B Wells library, said IU Police Department Capt. Jerry Minger, reading from the police report. No arrests have been made at this time, Minger said.

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Author visits Bloomington to discuss Arab discrimination, prejudice in Israel

By Tom Kir · Sunday, Nov. 5,2006 11:01 p.m.

Author Susan Nathan spoke to an audience of about 30 Thursday night at the Monroe County Public Library to share the prejudices Arab people in Israel face, which she documents in her book, "The Other Side of Israel: My Journey Across the Jewish/Arab Divide." The IU Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures co-sponsored the event.

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