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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- U.N. weapons experts headed into the Iraqi desert Wednesday to destroy their first batch of banned Iraqi weapons -- 10 leftover artillery shells filled with caustic, lethal mustard gas. N. Korea's answer to the Wizard of Oz According to the Korean Central News Agency, nothing is impossible for their Great Leader, Kim Jong Il. Police, troops clash in Bolivia; 17 dead LA PAZ, Bolivia -- Striking police officers and civilian protesters clashed Wednesday with government troops, leaving at least 17 people dead, 100 injured and the ruling party headquarters and the main jail in flames. Police have no love of Valentine's Day TEHRAN, Iran -- Cupid, drop the bow. Former senator enters running for president WASHINGTON -- Former Illinois Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun plans to file papers for a presidential exploratory committee early next week, a spokesman said Wednesday. Her entry into the 2004 presidential race will expand the Democratic field of candidates to seven. In New York, watch where you use your cell phone NEW YORK -- No more cell phones ringing at the movies. No more dudes holding up their phones so friends can hear a concert. And no more rude interruptions for Broadway theatergoers. GOP leaders agree on spending $397-billion WASHINGTON -- Republicans shaped the final details of a $397.4-billion spending package financing nearly every federal agency and said Wednesday that they would push the long-overdue compromise through Congress this week. Nation in brief: Seniors boycott drugmaker over Canada cuts With a battle cry of "Tums down!" senior citizens groups have started a boycott of drug giant GlaxoSmithKline, after the company cut supplies to Canadian pharmacies that sell its drugs to Americans on the Internet at bargain prices. NATO members reject compromise on Turkey BRUSSELS -- France, Germany and Belgium rebuffed the United States for a third straight day Wednesday, rejecting a watered-down U.S. request for military assistance from NATO in preparation for a war with Iraq. Reservist callups continue to build WASHINGTON -- A huge increase in the callup of National Guard and reserve troops in the past week has pushed the number now serving in the war on terror to more than 12 percent of the total force, the Pentagon said Wednesday. News agency claims new terror tape LONDON -- A British-based Islamic news agency said Thursday it has a new audio recording of Osama bin Laden in which he predicts he will die as "a martyr" this year in an attack against his enemies. Fighting terror: Antiaircraft missiles guarding Washington WASHINGTON -- Antiaircraft missiles were positioned around the nation's capital Wednesday as Washington braced for a possible al-Qaida attack that CIA director George Tenet said could come as early as this week. National headlines World headlines Science headlines
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