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Marshfield Mews-Herald NATion FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2003 A5 Briefs U.S. might drop new resolution "Mexico is the one who's been the pioneer on this," said Ivonne Sanchez, consul at the Guatemalan Embassy in Washington, "We saw that the Mexican ID was accepted and we tried to do it in the same form." Critics say the IDs, available at Mexican and Guatemalan consulates, are sought by illegal immigrants because they make it easier for them to remain in the United States. Gov't targets income hidden in offshore banks WASHINGTON Stepping up the campaign against tax evasion, federal authorities on Thursday took court action for the first time against tax-pavers suspected of using credit and debit cards to hide income The Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service filed petitions in seven federal courts seeking records from MasterCard accounts at the Leadenhall Bank Trust Co. in Nassau, Bahamas. Officials say the 10 individuals refused to produce the records, which the IRS believes would prove they are concealing income.

The Associated Press Blood test could check risk for colon cancer WASHINGTON Researchers have Lund a bkA kal marker that may lead to a simple blood test to screen for colon cancer, possibly replacing some invasive techniques now used to check for the Llier disease. A subtle mukjcular change that switches on a usually inactive gene can be detected in a blood test and could one day be used routinely to predict a patient's chances of developing colon cancer, said Dr. Andrew P. Feinberg, senior author of a study appearing today in the journal Science. Latin American nations may offer U.S.

ID cards Several Central and South American countries are poised to follow Mexico's lead and offer identification cards to their citizens living in the United States. Guatemala introduced its own ID card last year, and Peru plans to do so in the next few months. Honduras and FJ Salvador are considering the idea. With global support shaky, America could cut losses By Ron Fin kvifb Tre Associate Press WASIflXGTON Forced into a diplomatic retreat, U.S. officials said Thursday that President Bash may delay a vote on his troubled UN.

resolution or even drop it and fight Iraq without the international body's backing. France dismissed a compromise plan as an "automatic recourse to war." Amid a swirl of recrimination and llth-hour posturing, the White House called France's position unreasonable while U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan raised the possibility of a global summit "to get us out of this crisis." Iraq braced for war, lining the streets of Baghdad with fighting positions and foxholes, while the Pentagon moved B-2 stealth bombers from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri to bases close to Iraq. The government of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein exulted in the diplomatic tumult over a US -British backed resolution that would demand that Iraq disarm by Monday. The allies "have lost the round before it starts hile we, along with well-intentioned powers in the world have won it," the popular daily Babil, owned by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's son, Odai, said in a front-page editorial.

Bush spent a fourth day on the telephone, consulting leaders of Britain, Bulgaria, South Korea, Poland, Salvador and Norway The U.S. diplomatic drive was centered on Chile and Mexico, both members of the U.N. Security Council, a senior administration official said. Their support would ensure the United States has nine votes, the minimum needed to adopt the resolution But France's threat to veto is taken seriously, and the administration may decide not to give France the chance by withdrawing the resolution, the official said on condition of anonymity. Bush was ready to drop the resukaim, several aides said, if British Prime Minister Tony Blair didnt want it put to a vote-Aides said the president has pushed for a U.N.

vue thus far out of respect for Blair, hose support of Buh has drawn severe cnuasm in Britain. Trouble loomed at every diplomatic turn. Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahem, visiting Bush at the White House, said, "If there is not a resolution, Ireland cannot engage in support of military action, because we work under the UN. resolution." Bush sent a letter to incoming Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vice President Dick Cheney called the leader in hopes of securing permission to invade Iraq through Turkey. Hours later.

Navy ships armed with Tomahawk missiles were told to move out of the Mediterranean into the Red Sea, a move that indicates weaken ing U.S. confidence that Turkey will grant overfc It US. planes and The chief UN nuck-ar inspect urged the Security Council to com-promi-e on proposed disarmament conditions if Iraq, with staffed deadlines and no ultimatum for war. "I think there's a keen desire globally to do everything before resorting to war Mohamed EIBaradei told The Associated Press. In Baghdad, Sabri rejected a British compromise plan that would list six disarmament requirements Baghdad would have to meet or else face "serious consequences." Bush had signaled he would be willing to push back the March 17 deadline seven or 10 days if the gesture would help Blair.

Russia said it would consider the plan. China's U.N. ambassador, Wang Vingfan, said he doubted the plan could lead to consensus. The French dismissed the effort outright Smart case offers hope, say parents of missing children TrODfe Id renters GOODWII View our catalog online at younkers.com! Receive a 20 off coupon for every piece of apparel or home textiles you (No merchandise exclusions except incredible Values!) tJo' Ao'ro toamino nn uith nnnriAHh Inrinctrioc 7 I IVUI lilt i inui WWW VIII VflMWVI again this spring. Clean your closets.

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"Elizabeth is what all of us are hoping and praying for." Jacob, 11 at the time, was abducted by a masked gunman near his home in St. Joseph, Minn. Since then, his mother has become a prominent advocate for families with missing children and heads a foundation named after her son. Wetterling had dinner in October with the Smart family, whom she met at a White House conference on missing children. "I salute them for not giving up," she said.

There are no firm statistics on the number of families with missing children, though several hundred thousand children vanish at least briefly each year. Most child abductions are committed by a parent or other relative as part of a custody dispute and sometimes children run away. In other cases, parents face the nightmare of having a child abducted by a stranger. Erica Baker, then 9, vanished four years ago as she walked her dog in Kettering, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton. She has not been found and no one has been charged, though police have investigated more than 2,000 leads.

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NWs the time to do it" Factions pushing competing sions have stymied attempts in Congress to create a national Amber Alert system. A series of dueling news conferences Thursday afternoon showed that the deadlock would continue. The Senate earlier this year unanimously passed a bill to create a national Amber Alert system, providing $25 million for training and establishing an Amber Alert coordinator in the Justice Department A group of senators, including both Republicans from Utah, called on the House to get their bill to the president as soon as possible. Gannett News Service WASHINGTON Politicians of both parties Thursday pounced on the miraculous recovery of Utah teen Elizabeth Smart to push for a national Amber Alert system. But by day's end, it was clear that nothing not even something that everyone supports gets done simply in Congress.

"There's a little politics being played here," said House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas. Amber alerts, named after a 9-year-old Texas girl who was abducted and murdered, are urgent bulletins broadcast when a child is abducted. Electronic highway signs display the abductors' license or car description. Television and radio relay pictures or descriptions of the abducted child and the kidnapper. Already, 38 states have created such programs.

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