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Show archive for February, 2004

Haiti Rebels Close in on Capital; Scalia Scandal; French Anti-Semitism; Church Report Criticizes Bishops; Springfield Bishop Faces Abuse Allegations; Smith and Wesson ChairMan Resigns; The Passion of the Christ

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Former MP Says Britain Spied on U.N.; Prosecution Rests Case in Milosevic Trial; Monkeys Key to Understanding AIDS; Greenspan: Cut Social Security; Got Milk; New Colon Cancer Drugs; Letters from Listeners; Tarbox Ramblers

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Haiti Rebels Reject U.S. Peace Plan; Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Charged; BST in the Beast: Milk Series III; North Korea in Talks; China’s Influence in Africa; The Passion of the Christ; Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation”; Sipping Sake

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Bush Endorses Gay Marriage Ban; Putin Fires Government Heads Before Elections; Hague Hearings Examine the West Bank Barrier; Dairy Farms Great and Small; Vatican Report Criticizes U.S. Priest Policy; Clergy Sex Victim Found Dead; Internet Scams; Robots in Film

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Nader Announces 2004 Presidential Bid; U. Michigan Minority Admissions Down; Affirmative Action in India; Organic Milk: Marketing and Reality; Suicide Bomb Kills 7 in Northern Iraq; Small Town, Big on Drug Production; Music Legends Find New Breath on Small Labels

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Annan Backs U.S. Position on Iraq Elections; Survivors Remember Night Club Fire; If These Dolls Could Talk; Washington, DC Roundtable: 02/20/04; “Jane Roe” Requests Roe v. Wade Case Reopened; Oscar Second Guessing

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Haitian Police Lose Grip on City; Union of Scientists Attacks Bush; Iran Reformers Boycott Election; Europe Leaders Discuss Anti-Semitism; Netherlands Denies Asylum Seekers; Letters 02/19/04; Productions Show Journalism’s Dark Side

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Dean to Suspend Candidacy Bid; Detroit Prosecutor Sues Ashcroft; Judge Protests Mandatory Sentencing; The Great Influenza; MTBE in Gas; Snowmobiles in Yellowstone; Colombia’s Refugee Crisis; The Elderly in Debt; Pasta’s Proponents with Scott Haas

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Halliburton Withholds Billing before Hearings; Election Delays in Iraq, Afghanistan; Electronic Mapping; Breast Cancer and Antibiotics; New Mad Cow Strain Discovered; Wood Shortage; Antonin Dvorak

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Weekend Politics; San Francisco Gay Marriages; Deliberation Day; Enron CEO to Be Indicted; Martha Stewart Trial; Pianist Lang Lang; Tony Kushner On His New Play

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CIA Seeks Changes on Intelligence Procedures; Transportation Bill Fight; MA Gay Marriage Battle Ends with No Vote; Dynasty’s End; Editorial Panel 02/13/04; Letters 02/13/04; The Dreamers

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S. Korea Scientists Extract Embryonic Stem Cells; Justice Department Demands Abortion Information; College HIV Outbreak Discovered; General Survives Iraq Attack; U.S. Military Concerns; Gay Marriage Showdown Continues; Comcast Bids on Mickey Mouse; Chat Room Art

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Constitutional Battle on Beacon Hill; White House Defends Bush Military Service; Hubble Telescope Maintenance Cancelled; FCC Chair on Indecency; Bush Ends 60 Programs in Budget Proposal; Seeking Asylum; Bistro in Your Home; Valentine’s Poetry

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Bush Releases Economic Report; Proliferation Speech Preview; The Gay Marriage Wedge in Election 2004; Are All Medical School Graduates Equal?; Russian Poilitician Lost and Found; Healthier Canadians; Aspiring Filmmaker Alexandra Kerry; Natalie Merchant

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U.S. Says Iraq Resistance Seeks Al Qaeda Aid; Unrest in Haiti; The Cheney Effect; Harvard Business Review Breakthrough Ideas; DC Roundtable 02/09/04; Native American Paintings Restored; Bad Marriages Make Good Books

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Unemployment Rate Falls, Still Higher Than Expected; Child Safety Concerns Mount; Republicans Take Aim at Candidate Kerry; Attackers Attempt Life of Iraqi Spiritual Leader; Editorial Roundtable 02/06/04; Dean Supporters Speak; Touching the Void

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Tenet Defends Iraq Intelligence Work; Pakistan Pardons Nuclear Scientist after Confession; Malaysian Company Investigated on Libya Nuclear Aid; MFA Strikes Deal with Vegas Gallery; Activists Judges; Letters 2/5/04; The 2004 Grammy Awards

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Kerry Wins Five, Clark and Edwards Hang On; Democrats Question Bush Military Record; Mass. Court Paves Way for State Gay Marriage; Killing the Buddha; Utah and No Child Left Behind; Texas Pharmacist Refuses “Morning After” Pill Prescription; Artist to Icon

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Bush Unveils Military Budget; Rumsfeld Describes Military Restructuring Plan; AIDS Funding Numbers; Firestarters; Senate Offices Close After Mail Scare; Iran Reformers Plan Election Boycott; Yellow Dog Democrats; Fourteen

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Suicide Attacks Ravage Irbil; Bush to Approve Iraq Intelligence Inquiry; Missouri Primary; Kristof Series Looks at Cambodia’s Prostitution; DC Roundtable 02/02/04; Super Bowl Show Exposes Janet Jackson; Remember the Alamo

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