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Wall Street Gains 316 Points October 12, 2002 03:00 AM The Dow Jones closed up 316 points, 4.2 percent, to post its first winning week in seven weeks. Good earnings news from General Electric and a brokerage upgrade of IBM sent stocks climbing for the second straight day. (More) Iraq Omits Key Details In Inspections OK In a two-page letter, Iraq confirmed that it is ready for U.N. weapons inspections to resume. But it left out key details of agreements previously reached with the U.N. on the terms of the return of inspectors. (More) Frenzied Search For A Serial Sniper Police believe a fatal shooting at a Virginia gas station is the latest handiwork of the Washington, D.C.-area sniper. In one week, eight people have been killed and two wounded. (More) Doctors Hopeful For Mexican Twins Doctors in the capital of western Jalisco state say they are hopeful despite initial setbacks that they can separate conjoined twins who share a liver and heart tissue. (More) Carter's 'Untiring Effort' Earns Nobel Former President Jimmy Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his "untiring effort" to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts and to advance democracy and human rights. (More) Change In Status For Missing Pilot A Navy pilot shot down on the first night of the 1991 Gulf War is now listed as missing-captured. The United States initially listed Scott Speicher as killed in action, then missing in action. (More) Iraq Omits Key Details In Inspections OK In a two-page letter, Iraq confirmed that it is ready for U.N. weapons inspections to resume. But it left out key details of agreements previously reached with the U.N. on the terms of the return of inspectors. (More) Would-Be Suicide Bomber Arrested A would-be suicide bomber was stopped by security guards as he was approaching the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv. The guards overpowered him and held his hands to prevent him from activating his explosive vest. (More) Revisiting Public Record Policies Before the Internet, public records were essentially private because of their obscurity. Now governments are examining what information should be made public, or whether different rules should apply to electronic documents. (More) |
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