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November 23, 2002
EPA relaxes air pollution rules
The move permits polluters to upgrade emissions systems without installing the cleanest, most-modern technology.

Putin takes U.S. to task on Iraq, terror fight
PUSHKIN, Russia -- Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Bush Friday the United States should not wage war alone against Iraq, and he put Bush on the spot by questioning whether White House allies like Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are doing enough to fight terrorism.

Nation in brief
Drug seizures fall at Mexico-Calif. border

Universities struggle with avalanche of applications
GLASSBORO, N.J. -- Chris Tumminia, an assistant in the admissions office at Rowan University, got a glimpse of the future the morning she received 61 online applications after the Veterans Day weekend.

Shuttle launch delayed
CAPE CANAVERAL -- The same storm system that sank an oil tanker off the coast of Spain grounded space shuttle Endeavour on Friday.

Drunken driving deaths increase
WASHINGTON -- The number of drunken driving deaths in the United States rose last year after holding steady during most of the 1990s, Mothers Against Drunk Driving said Thursday.

Ray guns, lasers in development as nonlethal weapons
QUANTICO, Va. -- The military is studying microwave and laser weapons as technologies to take the fight out of combatants without killing them, officials said Friday.

Fighting terror notebook
Suspect: One Bali blast was a suicide

Drug tests proposed to curb demand
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia's president proposed a new front in the global war on drugs: mass drug testing for Americans and Europeans.




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