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Troops in gulf fueled by images of terror CAMP NEW JERSEY, Kuwait -- A U.S. warship sails to the Persian Gulf with a banner of the twin towers. Troops name their desert camp for one of planes hijacked on Sept. 11. An officer uses slides of the World Trade Center to motivate his troops. Top Democrats call war now premature WASHINGTON -- The two Democratic leaders of Congress said Thursday that it is premature for the United States to initiate armed conflict with Iraq, with Sen. Tom Daschle of South Dakota accusing President Bush of "rushing to war" without exhausting other remedies. U.N. inspectors to deliver arms report today UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Security Council stages another diplomatic showdown today -- not between America and Iraq, but between the United States and the United Nations. Residents of Baghdad steel themselves for attack BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Baghdad residents are snapping up pistols and hunting rifles; trenches and sandbagged gun positions are multiplying. Militia loyal to Saddam Hussein say they are ready for a fight to the death. Bush: Iraq decision is only days away In a growing campaign to prepare Americans for war, the president says the United States wants a vote on a U.N. resolution even if it appeared likely to fail. Rumsfeld: Move S. Korea forces WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld indicated Thursday that he wants U.S. troops stationed near the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea to be moved farther from the heavily defended zone, shifted to other countries in the region or brought home. Shuttle Disaster: Risk assessment faulty, 'Columbia' board told HOUSTON -- A former NASA official who led a study three years ago that faulted the way the agency dealt with safety risks told the Columbia investigation board Thursday that the same problem appears to have played a role in the shuttle disaster. World in brief: Castro, 76, is handed yet another 5-year term HAVANA -- President Fidel Castro, the world's longest ruling head of government, was elected Thursday by Cuba's Parliament to a sixth term in office. 11 Arabs killed in Israeli raid In the most intense battle in Gaza in months, an Israeli army raid left 11 Palestinians dead Thursday, including eight who witnesses said were hit by an Israeli tank shell fired at a crowd. Israel insisted it targeted only armed men. Democrats beat challenge to filibuster WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats won a showdown vote Thursday blocking Miguel Estrada's nomination for a federal appeals court, dealing President Bush a major loss in the battle over the nation's courts. Obituaries of note FELICE MARKS LIPPERT, 73, in whose kitchen Weight Watchers was hatched 40 years ago, died Feb. 22 in Manhasset, N.Y. The cause was lung cancer, her family said. She helped develop the company's programs and was a director and vice president of Weight Watchers International until the H.J. Heinz Co. acquired it in 1978. Heinz sold the business to a European investment company in 1999. At the time of her death, she was chairwoman of the Weight Watchers Foundation, which promotes nutritional education. Washington in brief: Senate ratifies Russian nuclear pact WASHINGTON -- The Senate unanimously ratified a treaty Thursday that would cut active U.S. and Russian long-range nuclear warheads by two-thirds, acting as a separate nuclear crisis was building in Asia. Nation in brief: Fla. man's death puts nightclub toll at 99 PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An attorney for Great White disputed claims Thursday that the band made a habit of using pyrotechnics without notice and said it had oral permission to use the effects blamed for starting a deadly nightclub fire. Welfare-to-work doesn't harm kids, study says WASHINGTON -- Major fears about changes to the welfare system have not come to pass, a study suggests: Preschoolers whose mothers left welfare for work did just as well in math, reading and behavior as those whose moms remained on welfare. Officials step up search for bin Laden ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistani and American forces intensified the search for Osama bin Laden along a southwestern stretch of the border with Afghanistan and carried out raids this week based on information from a newly captured al-Qaida deputy, Pakistani intelligence and military officials told the Associated Press. Plans to shorten foreigners' vacations dropped WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department has dropped plans to tighten security by shortening the visits of vacationing foreigners, soothing a policy rift between President Bush and his brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Debts cited in Japan's suicide surge TOKYO -- Yuki Saito should have known something was wrong when his dad quietly walked into their steaming home tub that night -- they hadn't taken a bath together in years, although it is the Japanese custom to do so. National headlines World headlines Science headlines
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