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U.S. shifts command post closer to Iraqi battlefront
Gen. Tommy Franks will deploy a new command post in the Persian Gulf region to provide closer links to forces in the field. N. Korea won't halt nuclear plan KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Blaming the United States for pushing it into a corner, North Korea rejected demands that it give up its nuclear weapons program during an acrimonious opening round of talks Tuesday with Japan on establishing diplomatic ties, Japanese officials said. U.S. questions secrecy about gas in theater A municipal worker places a portrait of Col. Konstantin Litvinov at his grave in Moscow on Tuesday. Litvinov died in the theater takeover. Washington in brief Bush signs nationwide reforms for voting Documents detail Flight 587 pilots' struggle WASHINGTON -- In just eight seconds, the pilots lost control. Obituaries ALINA PIENKOWSKA, 50, a founding member of Poland's Solidarity labor union and a crucial figure in the 1980 Gdansk shipyard strike that launched its struggle against communism, died Oct. 17 in Gdansk of cancer, a Solidarity spokesman said. When workers laid down their tools on Aug. 14, 1980, she is credited with getting word of the strike to the outside world. With all telephone lines cut off by authorities except those in the shipyard clinic where she worked as a nurse, she called fellow dissident Jacek Kuron, who spread the news across Poland -- launching a strike wave in hundreds of factories. EPA: Vehicles just keep getting less per gallon WASHINGTON -- The 2003 model cars and trucks now reaching showrooms get poorer gas mileage on average than last year's models, reflecting what automakers and many buyers say is a higher priority on comfort and family needs. Nation in brief Instructor warned about Ariz. gunman 20,000 attend Wellstone service MINNEAPOLIS -- Some 20,000 friends of Paul Wellstone gathered to bid the late senator farewell Tuesday in a ceremony filled with music and poignant eulogies -- and nearly as much laughter as tears. Tornado, floods bring death and damage to three states CHATAIGNIER, La. -- A tornado flung a mobile home several hundred yards early Tuesday, killing two people and seriously injuring five others, authorities said. A man suffered a fatal heart attack as he was rescued from another mobile home flattened by high winds. Former Guantanamo detainees describe cages, interrogation KABUL, Afghanistan -- Recounting an odyssey that took them from Afghanistan to America's island prison in Cuba, three Afghan men just released from Guantanamo Bay said Tuesday they were confined and interrogated for long periods and denied contact with their families for the better part of a year. Fighting terror notebook Inquiry: Friendly fire killed U.S. soldier in convoy India's place for healing In a country where mental health care for women is often nonexistent, a healing shrine provides an oasis for the troubled. U.S. plans to put Iraqi rulers on trial WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is building cases against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and more than a dozen members of his inner circle who could be charged with crimes against humanity if the Iraqi government is toppled, the Washington Post reported. Arafat wins vote but hears gripes RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The Palestinian parliament gave a tepid nod of approval to a new Cabinet for Yasser Arafat on Tuesday during a stormy session that revealed the anger, frustration and distrust that many lawmakers feel toward the Palestinian leader and his lieutenants. World in brief Fire in Vietnam kills 54, injures more than 100 National headlines World headlines Science headlines
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