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FLINT (WWJ) - A Flint man dying from cystic fibrosis is holding out hope he will live to see his 21st birthday next week, and his mother is making sure he gets a couple of last wishes granted. “The first day, we got like 13 cards in the mail from people we didn’t even know, the second day we got like 54 cards, yesterday we got about 39 cards. It’s just from all over, different states, and they’re all writing personal notes on there, like ‘Oh, I have a son with cystic fibrosis’ or ‘Hang in there and keep fighting.’...

Two recent items reveal Moscow’s intentions. First, President Vladimir Putin has announced that he is suspending Russia’s commitment to follow the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty (CFE). This means that Russia can move tank and motorized infantry divisions to NATO’s doorstep. Second, Russian radio news broadcasters have been ordered to make 50 percent of their reporting on Russia “positive,” and that the United States is – from now on – to be described as Russia’s enemy. President Putin’s intentions are clear. The Cold War is to be renewed. America is the “main enemy” once again. It has been my contention,...

Pupils hear Madonna's morality tale Angelique Chrisafis Tuesday September 16, 2003 The Guardian In the reading corner at Islington's Hugh Myddleton primary school, year four stopped maths to hear a new book. The eight- and nine-year-olds were not sure if they would have been that excited about a new book if it had not been written by the pop icon Madonna. "Didn't she kiss a girl, or was that Britney Spears?" wondered one boy, who knew her "from the newspapers". The English Roses, published yesterday, had the biggest simultaneous world launch in publishing history in 30 languages and 100 countries....

<p>SOUTH OF BAGHDAD — In a valley sculpted by man, between the palms and roses, lies a vast marble and steel city known as Al-Tuwaitha.</p> <p>In the suburbs about 18 miles south of the capital's suburbs, this city comprises nearly 100 buildings — workshops, laboratories, cooling towers, nuclear reactors, libraries and barracks — that belong to the Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission.</p>

Battlefield intelligence increasingly points to the possibility the Iraqis might use chemical weapons, US officials said last night. Iraqi troops have been spotted between US and Iraqi battle lines wearing full chemical outfits, hoods, gloves and boots, US officials familiar with military planning and intelligence said. This gear would allow them to survive on a battlefield where chemical weapons were employed. Some were also seen unloading 50-gallon drums from trucks. US intelligence is unsure what is in the drums, but officials are concerned. The officials noted US intelligence has determined Iraqi troops are carrying antidotes for chemical attacks. These two...

<p>BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq's information minister said Friday that coalition forces -- not Iraqis -- might resort to weapons of mass destruction out of frustration and defeat.</p> <p>Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf disputed U.S. reports that Iraq might be planning to use chemical weapons or nerve agents because U.S. forces found 3,000 chemical protective suits and nerve agent antidote injectors.</p>

In a chilling signal to the Allies, the woman who runs Iraq's chemical warfare programme has been shown on TV at Saddam Hussein's war cabinet. Scientist Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash, known as Mrs Anthrax to Western intelligence, was sitting next to Saddam Hussein's son Qusay. The pictures, broadcast by Iraqi television, send a clear message to the West and increase fears that the Iraqi dictator is on the brink of using his weapons of mass destruction. The woman is the key figure behind Iraq's illegal weapons programme and helped rebuild his biological capibility after the Gulf war in 1991. But...

"Today what we're hearing is that those Russian warheads that they thought had chemical markings, 1-22 rounds they're called, intelligence sources now say it's unconfirmed that these warheads were found." CBN.com – CBN News War Correspondent Paul Strand reported yesterday that U.S. forces had found unconfirmed evidence of chemical weapons. Paul spoke to Pat Robertson today from his assignment with the Third Infantry Division with an update on that evidence. PAT ROBERTSON: We'll take you now to our CBN News War Correspondent Paul Strand who is embedded with the Army's Third Infantry Division, that’s the spearhead that’s going into Iraq....

"What I just heard from a highly placed source here is that they've discovered, they've captured chemical warheads, they're Russian, they have Russian writing all over them and they are chemical warheads." CBN.com – The Third Infantry Division has captured evidence of chemical weapons as they are fighting Iraq’s Republican Guard just 60 miles south of Baghdad. The evidence has yet to be confirmed, but CBN News War Correspondent Paul Strand delivered this exclusive information by satellite phone early Wednesday. PAT ROBERTSON: We are going to our CBN News War Correspondent Paul Strand, embedded with the Army's Third Infantry Division....

<p>KUWAIT CITY — Armed with high-tech weapons, night-vision goggles and pictures of their targets, small teams of Delta Force commandos will soon descend on the outskirts of Baghdad to begin the most anticipated mission of the war: capturing or killing Saddam Hussein.</p>

<p>THE OTHER DAY, a group of Americans gathered together to deliberate the wisdom of a war with Iraq.</p> <p>D. started it off with harsh words for President Bush, arguing that he just wants a war to distract the nation from other ills: ''Face it America, [Bush] is nuts, and is as dangerous as any outside terrorist we could possibly face.''</p>

Matthew Engel in Washington Saturday October 5, 2002 The Guardian Everyone admires Connie Morella. She is one of those female politicians who comes across as nice and mumsy without being ineffectual. Her Washington colleagues regard her highly. And after 16 years in Congress, she is well enough known for her campaign posters to say simply "Connie". But Mrs Morella is in deep political trouble, and the chances are that a month from today, when the US midterm elections are held, the voters of her district in Maryland will decide to make her an ex-congresswoman. On her fate - and that...