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Shiite lawmakers appoint new Iraqi Prime Minister

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Feb. 12,2006 11:59 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Shiite lawmakers chose incumbent Ibrahim al-Jaafari to be Iraq's new prime minister Sunday even though his current government has been criticized for not dealing effectively with the Sunni-led insurgency or rebuilding the nation's crumbling infrastructure.

Record-breaking snow storm hits Northeast

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Feb. 12,2006 11:56 p.m.

NEW YORK -- A major storm slammed the mid-Atlantic and Northeast states on Sunday with nearly two feet of windblown snow, nearing record levels as it blacked out thousands of customers and shut down air travel from Washington to Boston.

Cheney accidentally shoots fellow hunter in face

By Alyson Brodsy and Nedra Pickler · Sunday, Feb. 12,2006 11:54 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a companion during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, spraying the fellow hunter in the face and chest with shotgun pellets.

Bush's proposed budget might cut Perkins loans

By Kate FitzGerald · Friday, Feb. 10,2006 12:50 a.m.

If approved by Congress, a new Bush administration proposal could eliminate a type of loan held by more than 3,000 IU students and more than 600,000 students nationwide.

Kidnapped journalist pleads for U.S. to agree to demands

By Alyson Brodsy and Diana Elias · Friday, Feb. 10,2006 12:08 a.m.

KUWAIT CITY -- Kidnapped American journalist Jill Carroll appeared in a video aired Thursday on a private Kuwaiti TV channel, appealing for her supporters to do whatever it takes to win her release and saying "there is a very short time."

Bush says U.S. thwarted 2002 L.A. terrorist attack

By Alyson Brodsy and Deb Riechmann · Friday, Feb. 10,2006 12:06 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush said the U.S.-led global War on Terror has "weakened and fractured" al-Qaida and allied groups, outlining as proof new details about the multinational cooperation that foiled purported terrorist plans to fly a commercial airplane into the tallest skyscraper on the West Coast.

Agreement made to extend Patriot Act

By Alyson Brodsy and David Espo · Friday, Feb. 10,2006 12:02 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- A band of Senate Republican holdouts reached agreement with the White House Thursday on minor changes in the Patriot Act, hoping to clear the way for passage of anti-terror legislation that has been stalled in a dispute over protection of civil liberties.

NIGERIA BIRD FLU

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Feb. 9,2006 1:57 a.m.

A chicken waits at the feet of a man holding food on his hand in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday. A "highly pathogenic" strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus has been found in poultry stocks in Nigeria - the first reported case of the disease in Africa, the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health said Wednesday.

War correspondents face death in combat

By Anne Banfich · Thursday, Feb. 9,2006 1:56 a.m.

For most journalists, the objective is simple -- get an assignment and report what happens. However, for those who cover conflicts overseas, this task is not quite as simple. Last week, ABC anchorman Bob Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt were critically injured by a roadside bomb while on assignment with an Iraqi convoy. In that same area, Christian Science Monitor reporter Jill Carroll is still being held hostage after being kidnapped a little more than a month ago by Iraqi terrorists.

Cartoon

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Feb. 7,2006 11:51 p.m.

Cartoon --Jordanian protesters set Israeli and Danish flags alight beside boxes of Danish products as they protest against the publication of Prophet Muhammad cartoons in European newspapers at the Professional Association's complex in Amman, Jordan, on Tuesday.

Israel to give up West Bank territory

By Alyson Brodsy and Amy Teibel · Tuesday, Feb. 7,2006 11:49 p.m.

JERUSALEM -- Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that Israel will give up territory and relinquish control over most of the West Bank's Palestinians while holding on to main settlement blocs -- his clearest statement about how he sees Israel's future final borders.

Four more Alabama churches set on fire

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Feb. 7,2006 11:46 p.m.

BOLIGEE, Ala. -- Fires damaged four more rural Baptist churches overnight following a rash of suspected arsons that burned five others south of Birmingham last week, a state official said Tuesday.

Former U.S. presidents attend Coretta Scott King funeral

By Alyson Brodsy · Tuesday, Feb. 7,2006 11:44 p.m.

LITHONIA, Ga. -- Four U.S. presidents, senators, celebrities and thousands of mourners filled a suburban church Tuesday to say goodbye to Coretta Scott King, praised by President Bush as "one of the most admired Americans of our time."

Bush sends Congress $2.77 trillion budget

By Alyson Brodsy and Martin Crutsinger · Tuesday, Feb. 7,2006 1:01 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush sent Congress a $2.77 trillion budget plan Monday that would boost spending in the War on Terror but squeeze a wide swath of other government programs to deal with exploding budget deficits. Bush, hoping to get his domestic agenda back on track after a year of political setbacks, unveiled a budget blueprint with a heavy emphasis on keeping the country strong militarily. It would also make his first-term tax cuts permanent, at a cost of $1.4 trillion over 10 years, and still achieve his goal of cutting the deficit in half by 2009.

Iran demands IAEA remove cameras, reduce number of nuclear inspections

By Alyson Brodsy and George Jahn · Tuesday, Feb. 7,2006 12:58 a.m.

VIENNA, Austria -- Iran told the International Atomic Energy Agency to remove surveillance cameras and agency seals from sites and nuclear equipment by the end of next week, the U.N. watchdog agency said Monday. Iran's demands came two days after the IAEA reported Tehran to the Security Council over its disputed atomic program. The council has the power to impose economic and political sanctions. In a confidential report to the IAEA's 35-member board, agency head Mohamed ElBaradei said Iran also announced a sharp reduction in the number and kind of inspections IAEA experts will be allowed, effective immediately. The report was dated Monday and made available to The Associated Press. The moves were expected. Iranian officials had repeatedly warned they would stop honoring the so-called "Additional Protocol" to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty -- an agreement giving IAEA inspectors greater inspecting authority -- if the IAEA board referred their country to the Security Council.

Moussaoui jury selection begins

By Alyson Brodsy and Michael J. Sniffen · Tuesday, Feb. 7,2006 12:57 a.m.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Proclaiming "I am al-Qaida," Zacarias Moussaoui disavowed his lawyers Monday and pledged to testify on his own behalf in the trial that will determine whether he is executed for terrorist conspiracy. An often volatile figure in his proceedings, Moussaoui was removed from the courtroom during the opening of jury selection for speaking out of turn, each of the three times he appeared. "I want to be heard," he demanded. Of his lawyers, he said: "These people do not represent me."

Gonzales defends Bush's wiretapping program during committee hearing

By Alyson Brodsy and Katherine Shrader · Tuesday, Feb. 7,2006 12:54 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Senators raised doubts about the legal rationale for the Bush administration's eavesdropping program Monday, forcing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to provide a lengthy defense of the operations he called a vital "early warning system" for terrorists. A handful of Republicans joined Democrats in raising questions about whether President Bush went too far in ordering the National Security Agency's monitoring operations. The senators were particularly troubled by the administration's argument that a September 2001 congressional resolution approving use of military force covered the surveillance of some domestic communications.

Suspected USS Cole planner escapes from prison

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Feb. 5,2006 10:22 p.m.

LYON, France -- A man considered a mastermind of the USS Cole bombing that killed 17 sailors in a Yemeni port in 2000 was among 23 people who escaped from a Yemen prison last week, Interpol said Sunday.

Caricature spurs more protests

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Feb. 5,2006 10:20 p.m.

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Thousands of Muslims rampaged Sunday in Beirut, setting fire to the Danish Embassy, burning Danish flags and lobbing stones at a Maronite Catholic church as violent protests over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad spread from neighboring Syria.

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