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Osiel Cardenas , a suspected leader of a Drug Cartel is arrested in Matamoros , Mexico .

Representative James P. Moran , Democrat from Virginia , is forced out of a party leadership post after furor over his remarks that were interpreted as saying that American Jew s are responsible for a possible war with Iraq .

Carlos Ortega , Labor Union leader and opponent of President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela , is granted Political Asylum at the Costa Rica n Embassy in Caracas . Ortega had eluded arrest for three weeks on charges of treason, civil rebellion and "incitement".

Norwegian Firefighter Robert Sørlie becomes the first non- American , and second non- Alaska n to win the 1,049 mile Iditarod Sled Dog Race , which runs from Anchorage to Nome in the U.S. State of Alaska.

asked the FBI to investigate the origin of the documents. Rockefeller expressed concern that the forgeries "may be part of a larger deception campaign aimed at manipulating public opinion and foreign policy regarding Iraq."