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Show archive for April, 2003

U.S. Forces Fire on Iraqi Protesters; Constitution in Qatar; Cuba Re-elected to Human Rights Commission; Marilyn Thompson’s “The Killer Strain”; FTC Looks into Spam; Rene Marie; Soft Shell Crabs

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Radio Deregulation in Great Britain; Republican Candidate Ads; Laurie Garrett on SARS; Public and Private Property in Virginia; Wal-Mart in Louisiana; Oregon Citizen Charged after 39 Days; Flamenco Guitarist Jonathan “Juanito” Pascual

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Post-Saddam Era Begins; Smoking Gun in Iraq; Wall Street Settlement at $1.4 Billion; Congress in the News; Accused Terrorists Brought to Trial; Oregon Citizen Held without Charge; Iraqi Poetry

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A Nuclear North; Shia v. Sunni; NY Shia Prisoners File Suit; Dying at Home; Journalists and War Booty; Sakharov Statue; A Mighty Wind

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Canada Angry Over Toronto Warning; SARS and Tourism; Adoption Under the Threat of SARS; The Future of Political Islam; Powell Warns France of Political Consequences; Guantanamo Bay Check-In; Mailbag; Serene Poems

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Palestinian Cabinet Announced; U.N. Wants Inspectors, not Sanctions, in Iraq; AA Workers Angered Over Management Money; Teaching Hemingway to Kosovo Albanians; Activists Say Bush Restricts Political Enemies; SJC Rules in Favor of Hospital in Malpractice Lawsuit; Sugar Industry Soured on Health Guidelines; Iraqi Cookbook

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N. Korea, China, and U.S. to Meet for Summit; Rebuilding Education in Iraq; Goldfarb in London; Asthma in Harlem; Health and Meditation; Ed Koch on New York Finances; Nina Simone Remembered; North Carolina Panhandler Law; Christian McBride on Bass

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SARS Cases Rise in Beijing; Lessons from Kosovo; Fighting Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq; Task Force Created to Mend U.S.-Europe Rift; Iraqi Doctors Credited in Lynch Survival; Diplomacy after Iraq; Shakespeare Competition; Rosanne Cash

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Bechtel Group Gets Iraq Contract; Joblessness in America; Slow Return of the Arts in Baghdad; Arizona’s Squaw Peak Renamed for Veteran; Patriotism for Native Americans; Journalist Ethics in War; Bill Delaney on War Reporting; The Good Thief

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U.S. and Syria Tense Over War Aid Claims; Religion, Iraq, and Democracy; Frank Graham’s Good Friday Service; Reports Say China Hides SARS Cases; Law and Oil in Iraq; Mailbag April 17, 2003; The Witness Cantata

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Iraqis Killed in Mosul Protest; Baghdad after the Fall; Iraq’s National Museum Looted; Lost Over Laos; Abu Abbas Captured; U.S. Soldiers Learn Iraq’s Customs in a Hurry; Education in Crisis; Famous Protest Songs

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Dick Gordon Reports from Baghdad; Measuring U.S. Success in War; Centralizing Military Power; Economy Check-in; Economists Study Everquest Online; Assessing Long-Term Victory in Iraq; Tax Protest; Doctors Without Borders Exhibit; Today’s News Wrap-Up: April 15, 2003

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U.S. Faces Resistance in Tikrit; Bush Administration Shows Diplomatic Shift; Cuba Cracks Down on Dissidents; Tax Cuts and the Cost of War; Uncovering Weapons of Mass Destruction; Marine Moms; Jazz Releases; Today’s News Wrap-Up: April 14, 2003

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Iraqis Loot Mosul; Israeli View on Iraq; U.S. Efforts in Afghanistan; The Abuse of Rank; The Differences in Arab and Western Reporting; Remembering Matthew Boule; Robert Duvall in “Assassination Tango”; Today’s News Wrap-Up: April 11, 2003

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Coalition Troops Enter Oil Rich Kirkuk; Europe Reacts to War; World’s Arabs Express Shock, Disbelief on War News; Is Oil Wealth Bad for Democracy?; Democratic Candidates Reiterate War Position; Oakland Protest: An Eyewitness Account; Mailbag April 10, 2003; Iraqi Americans React; Today’s News Wrap-Up: April 10, 2003

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Iraqis Celebrate in Baghdad; Goldfarb Reports from Northern Iraq; World Health Organization on Iraq; Total Victory in War; Ahmed Chalabi; U.N. Efforts in North Korea; Ahmed Chalabi, Part II; Today’s News Wrap-Up: April 9, 2003

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Forces Speculate Whereabouts of Hussein; Report from the 101st; U.S. 3rd Infantry Division Attacked Near Baghdad; Military Analysis from Tad Oelstrom; Restoring Iraq’s Marshland; Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz; The Environmental Impact of War; Reporter Jim Patten; Poetry from World War II; Today’s News Wrap-Up: April 8, 2003

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U.S. Forces Move into Heart of Baghdad; British Take Basra, Iraqis Loot Basra; Killebrew on War Tactics; Bush to Meet Blair in N. Ireland; State Department Releases Human Rights Report; Gulf War I Illnesses; Ballet Great Merrill Ashley; Writing from Gulf War I; World News Wrap-Up: April 7, 2003

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Officials Work to Control SARS Outbreaks; Women in Combat; The Power and Ethics of Images; Report from Northern Iraq; Village Voice’s Hentoff Not Protesting War; Two Military Sons, Two Points of View; Sigourney Weaver; Today’s News Wrap-Up: April 4, 2003

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The Stage in Baghdad; Military Analysis; Homeland Security Debate; Thoughts from America’s Heartland; Powell Asks for U.N. Help after War; Iraqi Government Post-Saddam; Mailbag; Frontline’s “Blair’s War”; Today News Wrap-Up April 3, 2003

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International Red Cross in Jordan; U.S Moves into “Red Zone,” Counters Critics; Peter Arnett; A “Generation of Trust” and the History of Protest; Report from Northern Iraq; American Kurds on the War; Controversial “Boondocks” Strip Pulled; Classical War Music; Today News Wrap-Up April 2, 2003

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Iraqi Civilians Killed at Checkpoint; The U.S. Public Relations War; Powell Meets in Turkey; Clear Channel Controversy; Small Pox Immunization Resources; Somber Kurdish New Year; The Living Life Game; Humanitarian Efforts in Iraq; Today’s News Wrap-Up: April 1, 2003

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