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IU Professor's findings to be used in proposal to Congress

By Daniel Castro · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 2:10 a.m.

A report co-authored by IU mineralogy professor David Bish and Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists recently made a case for Yucca Mountain, Nev., as the site for a new federal repository. The repository would serve as a permanent storage location for 70,000 metric tons of highly radioactive nuclear waste.

Truck bomber kills 26 in Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 12:33 a.m.

NASIRIYAH, Iraq -- A suicide truck bomber attacked the headquarters of Italy's paramilitary police in this southern city Wednesday, killing 26 people and possibly trapping others in the debris.

Pledge of Allegiance still an issue

By Lindsay Lyon · Thursday, Nov. 13,2003 12:32 a.m.

Tiny voices echo through the halls as the elementary students file into their morning classrooms. They have sharpened their pencils and put their knapsacks away. Teachers instruct them to prepare for morning announcements, which are broadcast on a schoolwide television program.

Panel presents alternative views on state of world affairs

By Vanessa Caruso · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 1:15 a.m.

Several IU faculty members held a panel regarding the "current state of world affairs" Sunday afternoon at the Monroe County Public Library. The panel said its goal was to offer alternative views that do not get coverage in mainstream media. Religious studies professor Jim Hart gave a disclaimer at the beginning of the program.

Turks remember former president

By Rami Chami · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 1:12 a.m.

Each year, Nov. 10 is a somber day for Turks around the world. Sixty-five years ago Monday, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the modern state of Turkey, passed away. Faculty members and students were among those who gathered at the Leo R. Dowling International Center Monday evening to honor Turkey's first president.

Student activist set to visit Israel

By Michell Perry and Michelle Perry · Wednesday, Nov. 12,2003 1:05 a.m.

Dan Lande has used an acoustic guitar, a harmonica, bongos and his voice to express his thoughts and feelings for many years. Over the next three weeks, he will use his songs to convey his message to thousands of people from around the world. Lande is leaving for Israel today to attend the General Assembly conference -- a meeting of representatives from Jewish organizations all over the world.

Court to hear terrorism appeals

By Alyson Brodsy and Anne Gearan · Tuesday, Nov. 11,2003 1:15 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court will hear its first case arising from the government's anti-terrorism campaign following the Sept. 11 attacks, agreeing Monday to consider whether foreigners held at a U.S. Navy base in Cuba should have access to American courts.

ISA celebrates Diwali

By John Keucher · Tuesday, Nov. 11,2003 1:14 a.m.

With drums and processions, the Indian Student Association celebrated Diwali one week late, but you wouldn't have known it from the excitement in the audience. The estimated 500 attendees were treated to contemporary Indian singing and dancing at the Saturday night program at Bloomington High School North.

Attack seen as proof of al Qaeda

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Nov. 10,2003 12:45 a.m.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudis blamed al Qaeda militants Sunday for the suicide car bombing of a Riyadh housing complex that killed 17 people, declaring it proof of the terror network's willingness to shed Muslim blood in its zeal to bring down the U.S.-linked Saudi monarchy. The attack late Saturday at an upscale compound for foreign workers -- where mostly Arabs lived, also wounded 122 people. The blast, not far from diplomatic quarters and the king's main palace, left piles of rubble, hunks of twisted metal, broken glass and a large crater.

Leaders meet to discuss diplomacy

By Alyson Brodsy and Jill Lawless · Monday, Nov. 10,2003 12:21 a.m.

JERUSALEM -- The Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers met for two hours Sunday, kicking off 10 days of international diplomacy aimed at solidifying a fragile Mideast cease-fire and advancing the U.S.-backed "road map" peace plan.

Veterans await 2004 opening of National World War II Memorial

By Alyson Brodsy and Jennifer C. Kerr · Monday, Nov. 10,2003 12:20 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Tears and pride mix as Navy veteran Ted Burke talks about the National World War II Memorial and its significance as a reminder of the sacrifices he and millions of others made.

Saddam opponents believed buried in 263 mass graves

By Alyson Brodsy and Bassem Mroue · Monday, Nov. 10,2003 12:19 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Saddam Hussein's government is believed to have buried as many as 300,000 opponents in 263 mass graves that dot the Iraqi landscape, the top human rights official in the U.S.-led civilian administration said Saturday.

Baghdad made last minute overture to U.S. before war

By Abdullah AlShihri and Pauline Jelinek · Friday, Nov. 7,2003 11 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Just days before U.S.-led forces invaded Iraq, officials claiming to speak for a frantic Iraqi regime made a last-ditch effort to avert the war, but U.S. officials rebuffed the overture, the intermediary and U.S. officials said Thursday.

NY judge blocks law

By Larry Neumeister · Friday, Nov. 7,2003 10:06 a.m.

NEW YORK -- In a ruling that could have a coast-to-coast effect, a federal judge Thursday blocked the government's new ban on certain late-term abortions -- the second court victory for abortion-rights advocates since President Bush signed the law.

GOP makes gains in the South

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Nov. 6,2003 12:56 a.m.

With a presidential campaign only months away, Republicans picked up two governorships in the South, ousting Mississippi's Democratic incumbent and seizing Kentucky's top job for the first time in 32 years. GOP Washington lobbyist Haley Barbour unseated one-term Democratic Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, while in Kentucky, three-term Republican Rep. Ernie Fletcher defeated Democratic Attorney General Ben Chandler.

Bush signs partial-birth abortion bill

By Paul Musgrave · Thursday, Nov. 6,2003 12:38 a.m.

Pro-life and pro-choice students reacted to President Bush's signing of legislation banning late-term abortions Wednesday afternoon. The bill, passed by the House in early October and by the Senate late last week, prohibits doctors from performing the procedure anti-abortion activists call "partial-birth abortions."

Democrats criticize Dean for comments

By Alyson Brodsy and Ron Fournier · Thursday, Nov. 6,2003 12:15 a.m.

NASHUA, N.H. -- Howard Dean's rivals sought to undercut his front-running status Wednesday, criticizing the former Vermont governor's comments on the Confederate flag and his unwillingness to apologize.

Truck painter pleads guilty killings

By Gene Johnson · Wednesday, Nov. 5,2003 11:24 p.m.

SEATTLE -- Gary Ridgway, the former truck painter long suspected of being the Green River Killer, pleaded guilty Wednesday to 48 murders. "I killed so many women I have a hard time keeping them straight," he said in a confession read aloud by prosecutors.

Bush meets firefighters, families in California

By Alyson Brodsy and Deb Riechmann · Wednesday, Nov. 5,2003 1:20 a.m.

ALPINE, Calif. -- Joined by the winner and loser in California's recall election, President Bush witnessed firsthand Tuesday a state devastated by fires that left over 20 dead and a trail of burned-out houses and blackened hills. "We've seen the worst of nature," Bush told firefighters, but the "absolute best of mankind." In a speech to firefighters and other emergency workers, Bush marveled at the "massive amount of destruction." "When people realize the scope of the fires, the historic nature of the fires, they'll realize what a superhuman effort you all put in to save lives," he said. "I saw firsthand what it means for people to draw a line in the sand and say, 'This fire's not getting any further,'" the president said.

Around the Nation

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Nov. 5,2003 12:36 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- Undiscovered foods, useful chemicals and drugs and potential sources of energy may lie in wait in the least explored portion of Earth -- the oceans.