National
Kerry: Bush evading probe into Sept. 11, 2001
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Sen. John Kerry on Sunday accused President Bush of "stonewalling" separate inquiries into the events leading up to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists attacks, as well as into the intelligence that suggested Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Kerry, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, parried complaints by members of a federal commission investigating the attacks that Bush was resisting their efforts to get documents and question witnesses.
Gay Bishop takes over as head of diocese
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - With three mighty thumps on the church door Sunday, V. Gene Robinson knocked and was welcomed into St. Paul's sanctuary, where he officially became the Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop. Sunday's investiture ceremony does not carry the same weight as Robinson's consecration, which rocked the Episcopal Church in November. But it gave a capacity crowd of more than 600 the chance to welcome the new leader of the Diocese of New Hampshire with whistles, shouts and a standing ovation.
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International
One hurt in attack on U.S. headquarters in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Insurgents fired at least seven rockets on the U.S. coalition headquarters in Baghdad Sunday night, hitting a hotel used by U.S. occupation officials and wounding one American, the military said. It was the biggest attack on the Green Zone in weeks. The Al-Rasheed hotel is located across the street from the Baghdad Convention Center, where many coalition offices are located. The center was where Iraq's Governing Council intended to sign an interim constitution on Friday, but a last-minute political dispute delayed the ceremony. Council members said they hoped to sign the document Monday.
Haitian rebel fighters reluctant to disarm
GONAIVES, Haiti (AP) - Before a raging fire, rebel fighters in this bleak western town offered metal scraps Saturday to a voodoo war god, portending still more violence for Haiti.
Though rebel leader Guy Philippe has pledged his fighters will disarm, many insist they will not give up their weapons until militant supporters of exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide do the same.
Rebels who choose not to show their weapons in public openly admit they have stashed them for later use. And the Gonaives ceremony to the spirit of war god Ogun Feray indicates Haiti's bloody uprising - which started here Feb. 5 and has killed at least 130 people - might not be over.
