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Sunday, October 31, 2004
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Diocese will try to settle lawsuits
October 31, 2004 in City on Page A1 Attorneys for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane will try to reach a settlement during mediation this week with 28 victims of clergy sex abuse. If the two parties fail …
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Car bomb attack kills 9 Marines
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A1 BAGHDAD, Iraq – Nine Marines were killed and nine others were wounded in a car-bomb ambush near the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Saturday, in the deadliest single attack on …
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It’s down to the wire
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – President Bush and his Democratic challenger, Sen. John F. Kerry, go into the final 48 hours of the 2004 presidential campaign within easy reach of an electoral majority, …
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Poland’s No. 1 for bargain surgery
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A2 SZCZECIN, Poland – Aylin Oflas couldn’t afford to get the fat liposuctioned from her thighs at home in Germany. So she went back across the border to the Polish doctor …
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U.N. team to visit S. Korea over nuclear experiments
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A3 SEOUL, South Korea – The United Nations nuclear watchdog will send a group of inspectors to South Korea this week to help it complete a report in November on Seoul’s …
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Graves of Taliban treated as shrines
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A3 MATA CHINA, Afghanistan – Standing before the rows of graves, Afghan men open their hands to the sky. Their lips move in silent prayer to honor the dead. These dead …
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Faction of ex-Taliban holding U.N. workers
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A3 KABUL, Afghanistan – A breakaway faction of the Taliban movement on Saturday provided the first direct proof that it was holding three U.N. workers who were abducted last Thursday at …
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Detainees decline to go before tribunal
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A3 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Two men accused by the United States of being members of al Qaeda – including one who allegedly attended a camp with Osama bin Laden …
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In passing
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A4 Ann Cottrell Free, 88, White House reporter Washington Journalist Ann Cottrell Free, who spent her early career covering Eleanor Roosevelt in the White House and later became known as a …
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George Silk, photographer for Life, dies
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A4 George Silk, a veteran Life magazine photojournalist who recorded World War II combat ranging from New Guinea to Europe’s Battle of the Bulge and later adapted the racetrack photo-finish camera …
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War-crimes fugitive’s novel a hit
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A7 BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro – A novel by Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic, the top U.N. war crimes fugitive, was a best seller at Belgrade’s international book fair, a publisher and …
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Elaborate ceremony welcomes new monarch
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A7 PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – King Norodom Sihamoni addressed his nation for the first time as Cambodia’s new monarch Saturday, pledging to be a “faithful and loyal servant” of the people …
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Birds found to use scent to find mates
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A8 WASHINGTON – Antarctic birds returning to a nesting colony after feeding at sea sniff out their mates, literally. Researchers studying the behavior of birds called Antarctic prions found the musky-smelling …
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Practicing safe clicks will prevent spyware
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A8 NEW YORK – All Dennis McGrath wanted was to belong. Just about everyone else in his chat room began displaying new kinds of smiley faces with their messages. So he …
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Hard to stomach plane’s last flight
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A8 HOUSTON – The NASA turbojet notoriously known as the “vomit comet” for its use in training astronauts for weightlessness made its final flight Friday. Few among the two dozen seasoned …
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Top Palestinians hold meeting without Arafat
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A9 JERUSALEM – Flanking a chair left empty by the emergency medical evacuation of Yasser Arafat, Palestinian officials convened a leadership meeting Saturday in an attempt to allay fears of a …
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WWII maps detail Nazi armaments
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A9 BERLIN – A German historian on Thursday published a set of top-secret maps of Nazi Germany’s arms industry that were seized from Hermann Goering, the chief of Adolf Hitler’s air …
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Princess Alice, oldest Brit royal, dies at 102
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A9 LONDON – Princess Alice, aunt of Queen Elizabeth II and the oldest member of the British royal family, has died, Buckingham Palace said Saturday. She was 102. The palace said …
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Town to posthumously pardon ‘witches,’ cats
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A9 LONDON – A Scottish township plans to mark Halloween by officially pardoning 81 people – and their cats – executed centuries ago for being witches. “There’ll be no witches’ hats, …
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China restoring its centuries-old imperial palace
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A10 BEIJING – China plans to tear down a museum to restore the original appearance of its imperial palace in a sweeping renovation of the Forbidden City that will last until …
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Al Qaeda recruiting in Honduras, official says
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A12 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – It’s a U.S. Homeland Security Department nightmare, and Honduras’ most outspoken Cabinet member says it’s happening: Al Qaeda operatives recruiting Central American gang members to carry out …
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Video message revives debate on bin Laden’s whereabouts
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A12 ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The envelope containing terror mastermind Osama bin Laden’s latest message to the world was dropped into a letter box in an upscale neighborhood of the Pakistani capital, …
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U.S. debt hits $7.4 trillion ceiling
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A13 WASHINGTON – Regardless of who wins Tuesday’s election, Congress will return to the capital a few days later and pass legislation allowing the Treasury to accommodate the largest national debt …
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Lawmakers report little progress made in intelligence overhaul
October 31, 2004 in Nation/World on Page A13 WASHINGTON — Congressional negotiators conceded Friday that despite two weeks of closed-door bargaining they have made little progress in bridging major differences over an overhaul of the nation’s spy agencies. …
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