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Court: Schiavo feeding tube won’t be reinserted (U.S., 67 articles)
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Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected pleas to intervene in the case of Theresa Marie Schiavo on Thursday, her parents again asked a federal judge in Florida to order the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube restored. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday turned aside the case of Schiavo, dimming her parents' hope of keeping her alive, while religious activists made a final appeal to Florida Gov. Jeb Bush to defy the courts and intervene. With Schiavo visibly drawing closer to death Thursday, her parents refused to give up their fight to reinsert the brain-damaged daughter's feeding tube, despite being rebuffed by the nation's highest court and judges in Florida. A federal appeals court in Atlanta refused early Wednesday to order the reinsertion of Schiavo's feeding tube , denying an emergency request by the severely brain-damaged woman's parents to keep her alive. That request is at odds with the law signed early yesterday by Bush directing the federal courts to consider the case de novo without taking into account the state court's findings. Congress voted to shift her case into federal court for review after a state judge in Florida decided that her feeding tube should be removed.
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CBC News: Akayev chased from Kyrgyzstan (World, 36 articles)
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Opposition demonstrators pushed past riot police and seized the presidential headquarters Thursday in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan, toppling the government in the third successful popular revolt in a former Soviet republic in 16 months. Supporters of President Askar Akayev's government collapsed Thursday after opposition protesters took over the presidential compound and government offices, throwing computers and air conditioners out of windows in a frenzy of anger over corruption and a disputed election. Russia expressed strong concern over events in Kyrgyzstan Thursday, where thousands of opposition supporters stormed the presidential and government headquarters, apparently forcing Akayev to flee the country and resign.
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Red Lake Reservation Readies Burial Rituals (U.S., 19 articles)
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The 16-year-old gunman in the Minnesota school shooting approached the building with a " mean face wearing his usual trench coat and saying nothing, a survivor of the deadly rampage said Thursday. Jeff Weise , who authorities said was 16 or 17, went on a rampage Monday, killing his grandfather and the grandfather's companion, then invading his school. The teenager, identified as Weise, stormed into Red Lake High School on Monday afternoon and allegedly shot to death an unarmed guard, a teacher and five students before killing himself.
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The Seattle Times: Iraqi troops attack base, kill at least 45 insurgents (World, 15 articles)
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In what Iraqi officials called " a major battle and a major success Iraqi commando units attacked a guerrilla training camp and killed at least 45 insurgent fighters, authorities said yesterday. Seven Iraqi special police officers were killed and five were injured in Tuesday's attack on the camp, located near Tharthar Lake in the Sunni Triangle, Sabah Kadhim said in an interview. The number of insurgents killed in the raid that began Tuesday morning was the most reported in a single engagement since the American offensive against the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah in November.
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Social Security's outlook off a bit, Medicare better (U.S., 16 articles)
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Social Security's trustees yesterday said the system will exhaust its reserves in 2041, a year earlier than last year's estimate, a small change that is not likely to alter the political debate about the program's future. The trustees, six political appointees, also said Medicare, which provides health insurance to senior citizens, will become insolvent in 2020, one year later than forecast. (03-24) 08:26 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) A new report on the financial health of Social Security changed the numbers only slightly and the terms of the political debate even less so.
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