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Israeli forces invade Gaza City

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israeli tanks and soldiers battled Palestinian militants in the streets of Gaza City before dawn Wednesday in violence that left 11 Palestinians dead, including a suicide bomber who tried to blow up a tank, Palestinians said.



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First Sept. 11 trial concludes

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HAMBURG, Germany -- A Moroccan student was convicted Wednesday of more than 3,000 counts of accessory to murder for helping Mohamed Atta and two other suicide pilots in the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, ending the first trial connected to the suicide hijackings.


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Arson attack in subway kills 120

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DAEGU, South Korea -- Fire raced through two crowded subway trains in South Korea on Tuesday after a man ignited a carton filled with flammable material, killing about 120 people and injuring at least 138, officials said. A suspect police said had a history of mental illness was under interrogation in Daegu, South Korea's third-largest city. Police still did not know what motivated the attack or what substance the attacker used to start the blaze.


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US, Britain face opposition

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UNITED NATIONS -- Despite stiff opposition in the Security Council, the United States and Britain still plan to press ahead this week with a new resolution seeking authorization to use military force to disarm Iraq, diplomats from the two allies said.



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Blizzard blankets Northeast, 21 dead

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The worst blizzard in seven years shut down much of the Northeast on Presidents Day with blinding, windblown snow that piled up as much as 4 feet deep and left more than a quarter of a million homes and businesses shivering without power.



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American U-2 spyplane flys first mission

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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- An American U-2 surveillance plane made its first flight over Iraq on Monday in support of the current U.N. inspection mission, marking another concession by Saddam Hussein's regime to stave off a U.S.-led attack.


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21 die as club erupts in chaos

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CHICAGO -- A disturbance at a crowded South Side nightclub early Monday sent hundreds of people rushing for the exits, killing at least 21 and injuring an unknown number of others. "Everybody smashed; people crying, couldn't breathe," said clubgoer Reggie Clark. "Two ladies next to me died. A guy under me passed out." Twenty-one people were confirmed dead, Chicago Police spokesman Pat Camden said. There were more than 1,500 people in the two-story Epitome Night Club on the city's South Side when someone released pepper spray or Mace into the air sometime after 2 a.m., Fire Commander Will Knight said.


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Statement calls for holy war against Americans

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A statement attributed to fugitive Taliban chief Mullah Mohammed Omar has urged Afghans to wage a holy war against Americans and the U.S.-backed Afghan government, saying its supporters should be punished with death.


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Israeli commandos kill Hamas fugitive

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israeli soldiers killed a top Hamas fugitive in a roadside ambush Monday, and in a separate operation, raided a stronghold of the militant Islamic group, shooting dead two Palestinians and blowing up the house of a suspected bombmaker.



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21 dead in Chicago nightclub stampede

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CHICAGO - Hundreds of screaming guests rushed the exits of a crowded nightclub Monday after someone used pepper spray or Mace, and at least 21 people were crushed to death or smothered in the panic, officials said.


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Officials say threat will be lowered

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WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Sunday he thought the current terrorism threat level would likely be lowered from the high-risk orange level, but wouldn't say when. "When it is lowered, and I'm confident it will be, then there will be an appropriate explanation at the time," he said.


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Storms wreak havoc

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The East's worst storm of the season blew heavy snow along the Ohio Valley and into the mid-Atlantic states Sunday, shutting down two major airports and canceling church services. More than 3 feet of snow was possible in the mountains and other areas had floods and mudslides.


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NATO divided on war

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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- NATO agreed to end a damaging split Sunday over U.S. plans for war on Iraq that created the West's biggest rift since the Cold War, but European Union leaders faced a bruising summit, with France showing no sign of backing down in its opposition.


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Plan would increase student aid

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President Bush's recent proposal to increase spending for federal student grants could help more students go to college. But some critics said the overall effects will not help the current situation of rising tuition costs since limits on individuals will not change.


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Cities around globe unite to protest Iraq war

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As the threat of war in Iraq intensifies, so too does the schism between those in favor of war and those advocating peace. And America is not the only nation with splintered opinions between these two philosophies.