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KARACHI, Pakistan -- Pakistan's president indicated Monday he had been prepared to use nuclear arms against India earlier this year, but a spokesman later backed off the assertion, saying that wasn't what he meant when he spoke of nonconventional war. Americans worry about war, economy WASHINGTON -- Americans are approaching the new year with an abundance of caution, an Associated Press poll found. Nation in brief Report: Poll service may be doomed Red Cross accused of ignoring hepatitis WASHINGTON -- The American Red Cross received reports that 134 people, including one who died, got hepatitis B after blood transfusions, but the organization did not investigate them because of internal policies that violate government safety rules, federal regulators say. Breast enhancer to go off market WASHINGTON -- Vital Dynamics Inc. has agreed to stop selling a breast enhancement pill and cream that the Federal Trade Commission said didn't do what the company promised. Lawmakers' ABM Treaty suit rejected WASHINGTON -- A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by 32 lawmakers who wanted to stop President Bush's withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. American spirit of volunteerism thrives, study finds WASHINGTON -- After a 10-hour workday on Capitol Hill, political staffer Kim Taylor heads to a poor section of Washington to tutor children. On Sundays, she takes them to a museum, play or ice skating rink. 2002: The Year in Review: Funding woes force cities to scale back celebrations New Year's Eve festivities have been scaled back or canceled in many communities around the country this year, with tight budgets and sparse sponsorship replacing security as the top concern. Fighting terror: Slain medical missionaries had spent years in Yemen MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- One of the medical missionaries gunned down in Yemen had devoted 24 years of her life to helping women and children there, one had been there a decade and the third was less than a year from retirement. World in brief Death toll rises to 83 in Chechen bombings Russia tells N. Korea not to defy treaty SEOUL, South Korea -- Russia, North Korea's longtime ally, warned the communist regime Monday not to withdraw from an international agreement to halt the spread of nuclear weapons, a blow to the North's efforts to cast the nuclear issue as a dispute strictly with the United States. National headlines World headlines Science headlines
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