In his first formal response to questions about Karl Rove's activities, White House Counsel Al Gonzales sent a letter to Rep. Henry Waxman, D-California, after the congressman sent Rove a letter seeking information about his stock holdings and his meetings with business executives.

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Some 1, 000 U.S. ground troops are to deployed to Zaire and several thousand others are to be sent to the region to supply support activities, White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry said.

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In Colorado a statewide alert was sent out advising law enforcement agencies to look out for suspicious activities.

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Numerous 'cease and desist' notices had been sent to the website on behalf of the Premier League but Goodger's activities continued, a Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) spokesman said.

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True to form, Blix has thus far sent his inspectors to previously known weapon and related industrial sites certain to have ceased activities of interest long ago.

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Cogan added that while federal disaster aid had been provided in the case of terrorist activities such as the World Trade Center bombing, he knew of no case where such aid had been sent out in connection with a plane crash.

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