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The Pentagon said as many as
Aristide’s supporters in the CNN on Monday night, Aristide protection at the palace in the
said the United States on face of an expected assault.
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about a parole warrant for a
man wanted in Oregon. The
approximately 200 pounds,
with a shaved head and brown
eyes.
Tuesday and Friday. His e-mail
addressis Jfinley 114@houston.
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that culminated Sunday in
Aristide’s departure.
departure. But in a telephone
paign office in Houston for
months.
Texas and three other
Southern states — Florida,
The administration did make
clear tb Aristide in the tumul-
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stronger state monitoring of pre-
scription drug use in a crack-
down on the escalating abuse of
sedatives, pain relievers and
stimulants.
Baytown man’s identity
used by Oregon fugitive
At around 1:17 p.m. Sunday,
111 calls
B'etween 6 a.m. Sunday and
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of Garth Road and asked for
change for a dollar. When the
employees inside the store told
him they couldn’t give him
change, he left. Then the man
returned wearing a mask and
demanded money. Two of the
clerks fled, but the man pulled
the manager into the store’s
office and demanded money
from the safe. When she told
him there was no money, he
stabbed her several times in the
arm with a knife. She told him
to take the $300 in her purse,
which he took before fleeing.
He tried to take the videotape
from a VCR in the office but
was not able to get it.
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the i
approved Monday, Iraq will be
a federalist state with two offi-
cial languages, a prime minis-
ter who runs the country’s daily
affairs and a president who can
launch a war —- but only with
the approval of parliament.
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only advice to the former Sun
staffer was to keep his head
down). ?
Thanks in latge measure to
me and that old garbage truck.
As you read this, Chuck is
packing up and will leave Iraq
tomorrow. Another job well
done. I’m impressed.
Me? I’m headed for GOOTs.
Iraq constitution replaces presidential
strongman with checks and balances
Kerry eyes sweep in 10 states
By RON FOURNIER
The Associated Press
disturbances, one forgery, one
robbery, one report of sexual
assault, one report of shots
fired, four thefts, one major
accident and three minor
accidents.
Police beat is compiled from
Baytown Police Department
a Baytown man reported that he reports. Crime Stoppers pays
cash for tips, and callers
remain anonymous. Call 281-
427- TIPS. The Bay town police
man believes that the fugitive is Web site is police.baytown.org.
responded to 111 calls, includ-
ing 12 alarms, two auto thefts,
six burglaries, five burglaries of
motor vehicles, three com-
feet, 8 inches tall, weighing v ■ plaints of criminal mischief, 12
Contributed photo
CHUCK YARBOROUGH, a reporter with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland,
Man’s truck stolen
from restaurant
A man reported that while he
1 was dining at the El Toro
restaurant in the 1300 block of
Decker Drive between 7 p.m.
and 8 p.m. Sunday, someone
stole his 2003 block Dodge sin-
gle cab truck, with Texas
license plate 8NTM07, from
the restaurant parking lot.
The answer was no. The
response was the same on
a man who used his name and _ _ _,
Social Security number to apply ple back to work and what
for benefits in Oregon. The sus-
pect has apparently used the
Baytown man’s name as an
alias.
interim , constitution between the state and citizens
in this country and in the
region. J J
Samir Shaker Mahmoud,
Governing Council member
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assignments in my development
as a reporter and a writer.
“And I will never foiget hav-
ing to chase down a soiled dia-
per that was trying valiantly to
. elude capture in the wind.”
Please, no thanks necessary,
'Chuck.
So we now fast-forward to
’04, and for the last month
Chuck has been in Iraq doing
important newspaper work (my
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Texas’ role in primaries
remains unclear
AUSTIN (AP) — It’s a waiting
game in Texas, but only for one
more day.
After the votes are counted in
10 states on Super Tuesday,
Texas Democratic Party leaders
will know how Texas and its
March 9 primary will figure into
the race for the Democratic
presidential nomination.
in the meantime, Democrat
John Edwards, who is vying to
remain in the race against John
Kerry, announced Monday he is
opening six campaign offices in
Texas.
“His boundless energy and
fierce independence are a per-
released a schedule of his
Texas visit by Monday. He was
planning visits to Florida and
Louisiana by Friday.
President Bush is the only
Republican candidate for presi-
recently welcomed Kerry to the dent on the GOP primary ballot,
same venue. Drawing even
smaller crowds in Dayton, Ohio,
and Cleveland later Monday,
Edwards seemed listless and
indifferent, stumbling over sig-
nature lines in his stump speech.
It seemed prophetic when
aides at the Cleveland rally
played Fleetwood Mac’s “Yoti
Can Go Your Own Way.”
CHUCK YARBOROUGH, a reporter with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, John Kerry vowed that he
does laundry during a stay in Iraq covering the post-liberation happen- would not be another “wishy-
ings. Yarbrough worked for The Baytown Sun in the 1970s. ' washy, mealy-mouthed”
Nichols, already serving a life
sentence on federal Charges for
his role in the bombing, could
get the death penalty if convict-
ed of the state charges.
Picking 12 jurors and six alter-
nates is expected to take two
weeks;
About 150 prospective jurors
reported to court. The judge
Under the strategy announced planned to question the initial
Monday, the government will pay " *
states to help develop moriitor-
> ing systems to track patients’
' drug use. The programs Would
; flag cases indicating a pattern of
I abuse,, such as “doctor shop-
. ping,” where a patient gets pre-
scriptions for drugs from multi-
ple physicians.
Federal officials also plan to
seek out pharmacies that sell
controlled, substances illegally
over the internet, which will
entail .deploying modern Web-
crawler technology, to search out
those peddbn§>prescnption
drugs online. .
The goal, say federal health
officials: Reduce illegal drug use
by 10 percent in two years and
,s by 25 percent in five years.
Terry Nichols trial
underway
McALESTER. Okla. — Jury
selection began Monday in the
murder trial of Oklahoma City
bombing conspirator Terry
Nichols after the judge refused
to postpone proceedings while
the FBI reviews, whether investi-
gators suppressed evidence of a
widerconspfraev
Nichols stood at the defense
table and smiled when District
Judge Steven Tavlor introduced
him to the first panel of 42
prospective jurors.
has absolute country and in the region.”
The precedent-setting con-
spokesman for Governing stitution, which is to be signed
Council member Ahmad by top American administrator
Chalabi. “After what we’ve L. Paul Bremer and made pub-
been through, we’re afraid of lie Wednesday, has been
that.” described as one of the most
Iraq’s U.S.-picked Governing liberal in the region. Some
The official said Aristide
asked U.S. officials whether
some of the 50 Marines that
_______o—._______.o___....____ _______________________ President Bush had sent a week
of time,” Aristide said during tuous hours before he left that he ago to protect the U.S. Embassy
could not count on U.S. protec- in Port-au-Prince might shift to
included some
Americans working as contract
employees, asked efribassy offi-
Bush administration denies forcingAristide’s retreat
‘He resigned and left
on his own accord.’
WASHINGTON — The Bush
administration insisted Monday
that Haiti’s exiled president was
not kidnapped or
into f
Bertrand Aristide’s claims that the Aristide said: “White kill him. Secretary of State Colin
US. military forced him to leave. American, white military.” Powell relayed that message
“They came at night... There Saturday night to Aristide’s Saturday when members of
2,000 U.S. troops could go to were too many. I couldn’t count Washington lobbyist, former Aristide’s presidential guard,
Haiti to help to curb violence them,” he added. Rep. Ron Dellums, D-Calif, said which
A White House official an administration official speak-
responded, “He resigned and ing on condition of anonymity.
White House officials said left on his own accord.” In a telephone interview with cials about the prospect of U.S.
Aristide left willingly and that • •
the United States aided his safe United States said the one-time
U.S. ally told them he was being Saturday withdrew the 19
interview with The Associated held against his will in the Americans assigned to bolster
Press, Aristide said: “No. I was Central African Republic, a his security detail,
forced to leave.” charge that country’s foreign
“Agents were telling me that affairs minister rejected.
if I don’t leave they would start "
shooting and killing in a matter
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the interview, which was inter-
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fleeing, despite Jean- to identify the “agents,” storm the presidential palace and rebels drew close.
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ship of the future.”
On the eve of their 10-state
showdown, Edwards faced signs
of political distress as Kerry’s
last major Democratic rival —
meager polling, paltry crowds
and a growing realization inside
his own ranks that the end may
be near.
“At some point, I’ve got to
start getting more delegates or
I’m not going to be the nomi-
nee,” he said in Ohio.
Regardless of today’s results,
Bush plans to begin a multimil-
lion-dollar TV ad campaign
Thursday to reverse his down-
ward trend. Kerry’s campaign is
considering a modest response
Between o a.m. sunaay ana designed to put the Write House
6 ov Monday. Baytown p,l,« “Si0 3 o«a,s « not
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tion of anonymity. Democratic
allies may move sooner.
Edwards drew 300 people to a
University of Toledo rally, three
times fewer than a crowd that
Kerry’s dominance.
“There’s no question that
national momentum has an
impact on these races,” Edwards
said.
He held out hope for an elec-
tion surprise, noting that he
defied polls by finishing just 6
Edwards pledged to stay in percentage points behind Kerry
the race “until I’m nominated.” in New Hampshire and
but declined to predict victory in Wisconsin. But he also had
Ohio, virtually a must-win state more time to court those voters
for him, as he acknowledged than he did for today’s races.
mealy-mouthed”
Democrat, pledging Monday to
wage a bare-knuckled campaign
against President Bush as he
sought a Super Tuesday sweep
to lay claim to the party’s nomi-
nation.
Kerry highlighted the short
political career of rival John
Edwards in an interview with a
television station in Georgia,
where advisers to both candi-
dates say the freshman North
Carolina senator poses the
^X"X„ger, longer,. tOr Texas.-SaM
Senate veteran, told WALB in were opening in Austin,
Albany. “John Edwards 1 respect Brownsville, Dallas, El Paso,
~ — he’s been in the Senate since Houston and San Antonio.
1999. But there is ho showing Kerry has had a state cam-
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that he has a stronger record than
I do with respect to putting peo-
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need to do to show the leader- Louisiana and Mississippi —.
hold primaries March 9, exactly
a week after the Super Tuesday
contests that include the big- '
prize states of California and
New York.
States with primaries today
will award 1,151 pledged con-
vention delegates. That's more
than half the 2,162 needed to
win the Democratic nomination.
Kerry has 688 delegates, while
Edwards has 2G7, according to
an Associated Press tally.
Edwards' Texas spokesman
Kelly Fero said Edwards tenta-
tively plans a trip to Texas on
Wednesday, with stops sched-
uled in Dallas and San Antonio.
If Kerry sweeps the Tuesday
contests, however, those plans
could change.
Kerry's campaign has indicat-
ed he will make appearances in
all four March 9 states, but his
1^-year \pajgn. The campaign offices Council spent two months aspects, such as the goal of a
*,D ■ .. . wrestling with the interim con- parliament with women as 25
stitution,3 which will become percent of its members, were
law of the land for a year or declared even more progres-
more, until an elected national sive than those in the United
assembly writes a replacement. States.
“For the next 100 years this The charter has a 13-article
day will be mentioned as one bill of rights, including protec-
of the most important in Iraq’s tions for free speech, religious
history,” said council member expression, assembly and due_______
Samir Shaker Mahmoud, process. It enshrines Islam as
“This will be remembered in the state religion, but not the
the annals of history as a turn- sole basis for law. The Kurdish
ing point in relations between language becomes an official
the state and citizens in this language alongside Arabic.
group of 42 individually in his
chambers.
Medical records at
issue in abortion debate
WASHINGTON — The Justice
Department sought Monday to
bar doctors from testifying in a
lawsuit challenging the Partial-
Birth Abortion Act unless the ’
government gains access to
their patients' medical records.
The Justice Department
motion filed in U.S. District
Court in New York also points
out that the National Abortion
Federation, a professional asso-
ciation of abortion providers,
has argued previously that
patient records are essential to
determining a procedure's med-
ical necessity.
The Bush administration has
been criticized broadly by abor-
tion rights groups and privacy
advocates for seeking the
records, even though Attorney
General John Ashcroft insists
that patient names and personal
information would be removed
before government lawyers got
them.
“There can be no question
but that the government is enti-
tled to the records, redacted to
protect the identity of particular
patients, in its defense of the
act." the court papers say.
The Associated Press
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