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April 15, 2002
Sara Fritz
Curbing college drinking starts with a change in attitude
WASHINGTON -- While President Bush is trying to bring peace to the Middle East, officials at the National Institutes of Health are struggling with an equally intractable problem: college binge drinking.

U.S.-led forces clash with enemy, killing several
BAGRAM, Afghanistan -- After weeks of no reported combat with al-Qaida or Taliban fighters, American-led forces clashed with "terrorists" and several of them were believed killed, the U.S. command said Sunday.

Intensive security for Powell includes snipers, roadblocks, 20-car convoy
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israeli soldiers knelt, their guns poised to fire, as tanks eased aside just enough to allow Secretary of State Colin Powell's heavily guarded convoy to reach the steps of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's office Sunday.

Ready to die, couple found after a week
NABLUS, West Bank -- As fighting raged in the streets of Nablus, an Israeli army bulldozer moved in and demolished a building, sending it crashing down on an apartment next door, where Abdallah and Shams Shobi lived with their extended family.

Powell sees Arafat, but not progress
Powell calls the well-protected meeting "useful," but he leaves without a cease-fire.

Parents fight to link vaccines, autism
In what could be the next great wave of litigation, moms and dads are set to take on pharmaceutical companies for exposing children to mercury found in some vaccines.

Triumphant Chavez back in power
Venezuela's ousted president returns, but the divided country's problems still abound.



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