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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi scientists are refusing private interviews with U.N. inspectors despite the strong urgings of the Iraqi government, a senior Iraqi official said Thursday. But Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said Thursday that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had threatened cooperative scientists with death. "Today we know from multiple sources that Saddam has ordered that any scientist who cooperates during interviews will be killed, as well as their families," Wolfowitz said in New York. Despite the scientists' balking at interviews, Lt. Gen. Hossam Mohammed Amin said Baghdad hopes the chief U.N. inspectors will submit a progress report to...

Radioactive man refused entry to Russia A Chinese man has been refused entry to Russia after he set off a Geiger counter at the border. Radiation levels from his body registered 200 times higher than normal. He set off the detector at the border station in the far-eastern Primorye region. Further checks showed radiation levels were highest around the man's throat. The man claimed he was taking a special radioactive medication to cure his thyroid gland problems but he was deported back to China as a safety precaution. Story filed: 09:44 Wednesday 9th October 2002

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court dealt losses Monday to convicted Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols, imprisoned Dr. Jack Kevorkian, former Olympic security guard Richard Jewell, and Frank Sinatra Jr.</p> <p>Their cases were among more than a thousand that justices refused to consider as they returned to work after a three-month break. The court only hears arguments in 80 or so cases each year - about 1 percent of the cases that make it to the high court.</p>