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TALLAHASSEE — Florida lawmakers will return to the Capitol on Monday for a brief special session to bolster state sanctions on Iran, a move aimed at helping Gov. Ron DeSantis with his floundering presidential campaign, his critics say. Legislators also plan to tackle other issues, including more aid for Hurricane Idalia victims, extra money to harden homes against hurricanes and school voucher funding. Not on the agenda Florida has the highest property insurance rates in the country, Driskell noted. “They continue to go out of control with no immediate relief for homeowners,” Driskell said, “yet we doled out billions to...

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THE family of an Iraqi man hauled from the vehicle of a UN inspector in Baghdad have appealed to Amnesty International to help to save him. Like television viewers around the world, Adnan Abdul Karim Enad’s relatives were shocked to see him clambering into a UN inspector’s jeep on January 25 clutching a notebook and screaming “Save me! Save me!” in Arabic. A UN inspector sat motionless in the front seat as Iraqi guards pulled the 29-year-old man out of the car and carried him away by his arms and legs. Abidalrahim Al-Nuimi, a relative living in America, said the...

Hussein adviser braced for war Iraq cooperating with U.N. but can't stop U.S., he says; 'I don't think it is up to us'; U.S. push blamed; threats to scientists are denied BAGHDAD, Iraq - President Saddam Hussein's chief adviser on weapons inspections said yesterday that the Iraqi government is cooperating fully with the United Nations and sees nothing more it can do to stave off war with the United States. In a wide-ranging interview with a group of Western reporters, Gen. Amir Saadi indicated he believes a war is almost inevitable, but he put the onus on the United States....