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October 21, 2002
Sara Fritz
Despite promises, Congress shuns Social Security reform
WASHINGTON -- Consider these three events:

Sniper may have left message
Authorities make a cryptic plea for the person to call them. Meanwhile, the latest victim goes back into surgery.

Just what is Hussein capable of?
Those in the know offer a glimpse at his arsenal, from labs in 18-wheelers to Scuds.

Bush to target delays of generics
The president will announce today steps to close loopholes in patent law that lead to delays in generic drug availability.

In Ecuador, 5 vie for lead to be president
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador -- Five candidates were fighting for the lead in Ecuador's presidential race Sunday, setting the stage for a second round in the closest election since democracy was restored in 1979, early results showed.

N. Korea ignores disarmament plea
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea appealed to North Korea to scrap its nuclear weapons program, but got no response Sunday on the first of three days of talks.

Poll: Handling of scandal dismays priests
Two-thirds of Roman Catholic priests in the United States disapprove of the way U.S. bishops have handled sexual-abuse allegations against some members of the clergy, a nationwide Los Angeles Times poll of priests has found.

Trial to spotlight the Hamburg cell
Mounir el Motassadeq's trial, which starts Tuesday, is expected to give a look inside the cell that spawned three of the hijackers.

Three bombs used in Bali attack, police say
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Authorities are making progress in the investigation of a bombing in Bali that killed nearly 200 people, with investigators now concluding that three, not two, explosives were used in the attack, police said Sunday.

Jewish settlers scuffle with Israeli security
JERUSALEM -- Hundreds of Jewish settlers scuffled with Israeli security forces at an illegal West Bank outpost that was dismantled Sunday after three confrontations in the past four days.

World: Ireland voters okay expansion of EU
DUBLIN, Ireland -- With final results tallied from a referendum here that endorsed a major expansion of the European Union, diplomats and officials across the continent on Sunday celebrated the vote with some relief, saying it heralded a redrawing of the continent's frontiers.

Kennedy, Khrushchev kids meet
BOSTON -- Caroline Kennedy and Sergei Khrushchev met at the John F. Kennedy Library on Sunday, 40 years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, in what organizers called "the first meeting between the children of the men who in 1962 saved the world from a nuclear world war."




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