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Sen. Boxer Plans to Confound Republicans Thu Feb 19, 3:59 AM ET By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Democrats across the country are fond of saying "anybody but Bush" for president. In the California race for the U.S. Senate, Republicans have a saying of their own: "anybody but Boxer." She's too liberal, they complain of Sen. Barbara Boxer. She's an extremist, they charge. In the words of California Republican Party Chairman Duf Sundheim, Boxer is "out of synch." Yet the GOP twice has failed to find that somebody who could defeat Boxer. This time, with Democrat Gray Davis...

Indonesian police confound sceptics with speed as they crack terror cell behind bombingInvestigators stage public interrogation of chief Bali suspect, Amrozi, who laughs and jokes about bomb victims By Kathy Marks in Sydney 16 November 2002 The clean-shaven young man in a T-shirt and striped shorts appeared supremely relaxed. He laughed and joked with his inquisitors at police headquarters in Bali and – gesturing towards a small crowd of watching reporters – remarked: "Those are the sorts of people that I wanted to kill." Indonesian police have made such spectacular progress in their investigation of the Bali bombing that they...