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Bush demands compliance as U.S.-Iraqi tensions mount

Published September 16, 2002

HBy Beth Fukumoto Ka Leo O Hawaii University of Hawaii ONOLULU (UWIRE) - President George W. Bush went before the United Nations General Assembly in New York Thursday to ask that Iraq be forced to disarm...

U.S. election system has few imitators across globe

by Andrew Pritchard
Published September 13, 2002

French politicians have a word for their government's proposal aimed at excluding small, fringe parties from parliament. "Americanizing." Following the surprisingly strong electoral showings of radical...

Election glitches in Florida – again

Published September 13, 2002

TBy Ashley Roque FSView & Florida Flambeau Florida State University) ALLAHASSEE, Fla. (U-WIRE) - Florida's first major statewide election since the 2000 election catastrophe has left voters and politicians...

Bush: ‘What our enemies have begun, we will finish’

Published September 12, 2002

WBy Patrick W. Higgins ASHINGTON (U-WIRE)- President George W. Bush capped off a day of remembrance with a speech from Ellis Island in New York Harbor last night, honoring the victims of the last year's...

National Drug Policy continues to deny students aid

Published September 12, 2002

WBy Melissa Kronfeld ASHINGTON (U-WIRE) - More than 30,000 college students will be denied federal funding for the 2002-2003 school year due to the Drug-Free Student Aid provision of the Higher Education...

Ballots are set for fall contest

by The Minnesota Daily
Published September 11, 2002

Ray Tricomo upset his party's endorsed candidate to become the Green Party's official U.S. Senate candidate, and Carol Johnson prevailed in the DFL state auditor's race in two closely contested primary...

Largest number of women governors possible this year

Published September 10, 2002

MBy Jessica Pitts Kansas State Collegian Kansas State University ANHATTAN, Kan. (U-WIRE) - Some people say it is a major step. Others say it is about time. Whatever the opinion, the answer seems clear...

U.S. Visa policies strand foreign students

Published September 10, 2002

CBy Lauren R. Dorgan Harvard Crimson Harvard University AMBRIDGE, Mass. (U-WIRE) - Today, Adrian Ow Yung Hwei is slated to register as a first-year with the rest of the Class of 2006. But Hwei can't step...

Voters head to primary elections

by Andrew Pritchard
Published September 10, 2002

Minnesota holds primary elections today, allowing voters to choose which candidates will officially represent each political party in November's general election. And to most voters, that doesn't mean...

Senate committee rejects Owen for appeals court

Published September 9, 2002

ABy Kris Banks Daily Texan University of Texas at Austin USTIN, Texas (U-WIRE) - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee shot down Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen's nomination to the 5th U.S. Circuit...