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Saudi king calls for charity fund-raising reforms
02/29/04 09:14 AM, EST
Amid accusations that a Saudi-based Islamic charity has financed terrorist groups, including al Qaeda, Saudi Arabia's King Fahd said the kingdom is moving to change the way it raises charity funds abroad.
FULL STORY
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/29/saudi.charity/index.html

Explosives intercepted in Spain
02/29/04 08:59 AM, EST
Spanish police intercepted a van on Sunday carrying more than 500 kgs (1,100 lbs) of explosives, which they believe Basque separatist guerrilla group ETA planned to use for a devastating attack in Madrid, officials said.
FULL STORY
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/02/29/spain.explosives.reut/index.html

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I also heard this today on MSNBC and CNN:

US troops 'made Aristide leave'
From correspondents in Paris
March 1, 2004

HAITIAN leader Jean Bertrand Aristide was taken away from his home by US soldiers, it was claimed today.

A man who said he was a caretaker for the now exiled president told France's RTL radio station the troops forced Aristide out.

"The American army came to take him away at two in the morning," the man said.

"The Americans forced him out with weapons.

"It was American soldiers. They came with a helicopter and they took the security guards.