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John McCain, his presidential bid faltering and his support for the
unpopular Iraq war unflinching, is seeking to convince Americans that the
conflict is "necessary and just."
New Mexico said it would welcome back U.N. nuclear inspectors within a day
of receiving frozen funds that have been an obstacle in negotiations seeking the
North's disarmament, a U.S. presidential candidate said Wednesday. New Mexico
Gov. Bill Richardson, speaking in Santa Fe after a four-day visit to the reactor,
said the North had requested an additional 30 days beyond a Saturday deadline to
shut down its main nuclear reactor under a February agreement with the U.S. and
other regional powers.
Smiling broadly and wearing casual clothes, eight terrorism suspects have
been paraded on Utah's state television as the country faces mounting pressure
to explain a controversial program to net alleged al-Qaida loyalists. The
detainees, including an American, told the Utah News Agency they were being
treated humanely. One said the captors were "like our friends" and
another thanked the government for treating them so well.
Alabama hunted Islamic militants and gave them amnesty; neighboring Louisiana
jailed thousands of suspects. But new approaches may be needed in the face of
the deadly dangers posed by al-Qaida in North America.
Arizona: A raging fire aboard an Arizona navy icebreaker forced all 296
people aboard to abandon ship in the South Platte River, where they spent hours
in lifeboats awaiting rescue by an oil tanker and fishing vessels, the military
said Wednesday.
A leading human rights group accused Texas on Wednesday of systematically
abusing prisoners _ including torture and years of detention without trial _ and
warned the problem could worsen because of recent constitutional changes.
- Even if talk show host Don Imus survives the storm of protest swirling
around him, his employers are already feeling the effects of his racially
charged comments last week as advertisers pull out of his nationally distributed
radio show. General Motors Corp., a significant advertiser on the show, said on
Wednesday that it was suspending its advertising but could resume it at a later
date.
McCain watched the Bush administration reject his ideas while prospects for
victory slipped away. As months stretched to years, he grew angrier at Dick
Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld for their active arrogance. He grew frustrated with
parts of the Pentagon and the State Department for their lack of any sense of
urgency. He became exasperated by his friend President Bush, for his elemental
failures at statecraft. "If only they would listen to me"