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Nearly 10,000 bags were ordered, but officials say they have not been shipped to the Persian Gulf. France finds itself bogged down in Ivory Coast conflict PARIS -- Only Sunday, French President Jacques Chirac sat at an elegant conference center off the Champs Elysees, basking in praise for a newly cobbled peace agreement between rebels and government leaders of Ivory Coast. Rubber dust may have sparked blast KINSTON, N.C. -- A deadly explosion that tore apart a medical supply factory may have been caused by an ignitable cloud of rubber dust, investigators said Thursday after interviewing bandaged and shaken plant workers. Internet users value it on par with books NEW YORK -- Americans who use the Internet consider it at least as important as newspapers and books, and more important than television, radio and magazines, according to a new survey. But they've also become more skeptical of what they find online. Nation in brief: Spy trial witness: Defendant was in debt ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- An FBI agent testified Thursday that Brian Patrick Regan had run up credit card debts of almost $117,000, which prosecutors say provided a financial incentive for the retired Air Force master sergeant to offer to sell classified information to Iraq, Libya and China. Fighting terror: 3 arrested in bomb plot KABUL, Afghanistan -- U.S. Special Forces and Afghan intelligence agents arrested three men Thursday and seized explosive material, uncovering an alleged plot to bomb U.S. and international targets. President wants $41-billion for homeland security MIAMI -- President Bush will ask Congress to devote $41.3-billion to homeland security in the 2004 federal budget, Tom Ridge, the secretary of the new department, said Thursday. Fighting terror: Helicopter crash kills four in Afghanistan WASHINGTON -- Four U.S. soldiers were killed when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a training mission Thursday in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. officials said. The cause was being investigated. Fighting terror: Report: Al-Qaida built a 'dirty bomb' LONDON -- Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terrorist network successfully built a crude radiological device known as a "dirty bomb" in Afghanistan, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported Thursday. Washington in brief: White House delays poetry event The White House postponed a poetry symposium out of concerns it would be politicized after some poets said they wanted to protest military action against Iraq. Snow will head Treasury, vows to study pension rule WASHINGTON -- The Senate approved President Bush's nomination of John Snow as treasury secretary Thursday night after the railroad executive gave assurances he would review a department rule on pensions that opponents contend discriminates against older workers. U.S. troops pouring into gulf region WASHINGTON -- The buildup of U.S. troops in the Persian Gulf region is approaching 90,000 land, sea and air forces, and that number likely will double within two weeks, officials said Thursday. Concerns over payoff to N. Korea voiced SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's main opposition party asked President Kim Dae Jung on Thursday to clear up suspicions that his government spent nearly $200-million to "buy" its crowning achievement: a historic summit with North Korea that helped Kim win the Nobel Peace Prize. Iranian cleric celebrates freedom after house arrest The dissident says he accepted no conditions in exchange for his release. "I only bow before God," he says. National headlines World headlines Science headlines
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