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...vehicles fan out to take team members--and the reporter--away. According to the insurgents, U.S. helicopters cased the field in vain after the cell left. "We move here with no problem," says Abu Ali. "This is the lie of American power." (A U.S. military spokesman later refused to confirm or deny whether any of the rockets hit the complex...
...what Ho suspected but could never confirm without the data. Clearly, the few programs that the Chinese had put in place--distributing condoms and educating people about the dangers of unprotected sex--were having little effect on the spread of HIV, and most of the population was still both misinformed and uninformed about how dangerous the virus is. "We all appreciate that the epidemic in China was bigger than our expectations," he says. "We found ourselves taking on issues beyond just our research agenda. We realized that with a few more partners, we could--and should--do more educating, treating...
Saddam Hussein has been captured, TIME magazine has confirmed. "It's true," said a U.S. intelligence official in Baghdad about the arrest of the former dictator. The official wouldn't give any more details except to confirm that the former dictator had been detained the night before. He did say the suspect had been positively identified as Saddam Hussein. Ambassador Paul Bremer is calling together the Iraqi Governing Council to tell them this afternoon, he said...
...There was no celebration in Tikrit, Saddam?s home town, and elsewhere former regime members were sullen and glum, looking for further proof, refusing to believe even when word came that the confirmation went beyond the local authorities, beyond the CIA and the Pentagon, down to the level of his scars and his cells, a DNA test. According to Senator Pat Roberts, head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, the U.S. had some of Saddam?s senior aides driven to Tikrit to view him and confirm it was him. A shopkeeper there named Basim al-Tikriti said, ?I am shocked...
...clearing the way for reunification negotiations to begin next year. Closing In VENEZUELA Opposition leaders said that more than 3.6 million people signed a petition demanding a recall referendum on President Hugo Chávez - well above the 2.4 million required to trigger a vote. If the official results confirm the figures, the referendum could be held next spring...