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Published 5/27/2003
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Rumsfeld warns Iran on Iraq, again
WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- Defense Secretary Donald
Rumsfeld said Tuesday if Iran tries to influence Iraq's
rebuilding it will face "aggressive opposition" from the
United States. "Iran should be on notice that efforts to try
to remake Iraq in Iran's image will be aggressively put down,"
Rumsfeld said at the Council on Foreign Relations.
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U.S. chides Iran
WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- The United States Tuesday
called Iran's efforts to round up al-Qaida terrorists who may
be in the country unsatisfactory, and said it would continue
to bring pressure to bear on the Tehran government. Tehran, it
made clear, needs to end its support of terrorism and also
scrap what is believed to be a budding program to develop
nuclear weapons. "We are pressing the Iranians to end their
support for terror, including the harboring of al-Qaida
terrorists," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said. " ...
And we will continue to press Iran to end its nuclear weapons
program.
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Another earthquake shakes Algeria
ALGIERS, Algeria, May 27 (UPI) -- A powerful earthquake,
the second in a week, shook Algeria Tuesday, sending panicked
residents of Algiers and other coastal towns out into the
streets. Early reports suggested more buildings collapsed from
the temblor, measured at 5.8 on the Richter scale and centered
about 65 kilometers (40 miles) east of Algiers. The quake was
an aftershock to last week's temblor that measured 6.7 on the
Richter scale and killed more than 2,100 people.
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Two Baath party officials captured
WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. military captured two
more top Iraqi Baath party officials, U.S. Central Command
announced Tuesday. Sayf al-Din al-Mashhadani, Baath Party
regional chairman for al-Muthanna, No. 46 on the Iraqi "most
wanted;" and Sad Abd al-Majid al-Faysal, Baath Party regional
chairman for Salah al-Din. No. 55; were captured last Saturday
by coalition forces. A senior Pentagon official told United
Press International the "most wanted" list began as a list of
regime leaders the U.S. government invited to leave Iraq prior
to the war. Their leaving would have amounted to "regime
change" without any military action.
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Court to hear second-hand smoke case
WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court agreed
Tuesday to hear argument next term on whether the Warsaw
Convention makes an airline liable when an asthmatic passenger
allegedly dies from second-hand smoke on an international
flight. The case involves Olympic Airways, which is
principally owned by the Greek government, and a 1998 flight
from Athens to New York.
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Trial begins over veil in license photo
ORLANDO, Fla., May 27 (UPI) -- A trial began Tuesday for a
Muslim woman who sued the state of Florida because she was
denied a drivers license after she refused to uncover her face
for the photograph. Sultaana Freeman, 35, is asking the court
to give her a license on the religious grounds that she has a
right to wear a veil. The veil covers her entire face except
for her eyes. The state at first issued Freeman a license
after she moved to Orlando from Illinois, but three months
after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks she received a
notice from the Department of Motor Vehicles.
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Calif. urges more summer power savings
LOS ANGELES, May 27 (UPI) -- Californians were again urged
to conserve electricity during the summer and use more
energy-efficient light bulbs and appliances that "lock in"
conservation. State energy officials said Tuesday power
supplies appeared adequate to meet hot-weather demand, though
there were concerns about tight natural gas supplies and
transmission bottlenecks.
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Consumer confidence lifts stocks
NEW YORK, May 27 (UPI) -- Stocks on the New York Stock
Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market soared in fairly active
post-holiday trading Tuesday, lifted by a rise in consumer
confidence and buying in high technology issues. The blue-chip
Dow Jones industrial average, which rose 7.36 points Friday,
gained 179.97 points, or 2 percent, to 8,781.35. The
tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index, which added 2.54 points in
the previous session, closed up 46.60 points, or 3 percent, to
1,556.69.
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NHL's Patrick Roy retires
BOULDER, Colo., May 27 (UPI) -- It appears the NHL's
winningest goaltender has stolen the thunder from the start of
the Stanley Cup Finals. A report Tuesday in the Boulder
(Colo.) Daily Camera said goaltender Patrick Roy of the
Avalanche, a four-time Stanley Cup winner, has decided to
retire after 18 seasons in the NHL. KUSA-TV in Denver
confirmed Roy's decision to retire and said an official
announcement will be made Wednesday. The Avalanche squandered
a three-games-to-one lead and lost to Minnesota in the Western
Conference quarterfinals.
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Hewitt, Clijsters advance in Paris
PARIS, May 27 (UPI) -- Lleyton Hewitt of Australia and his
girlfriend, Kim Clijsters of Belgium, enjoyed their first day
together Tuesday at the French Open. Hewitt, the men's No. 1
seed, who has reached at least the fourth round the last four
years, but has never won the title at Roland Garros, beat
Brian Vahaly of the United States 6-4, 6-1, 6-7 (6-8), 6-3.
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