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Washington - U.S. President George W. Bush announced on Tuesday that National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice will become the next secretary of state. Bush selected the 50-year-old Rice to replace Colin Powell, who announced his resignation on Monday. "The secretary of state is America's face to the world and in Dr. Rice the world will see the strength, grace and decency of our country," said Bush as he made the announcement in the White House's Roosevelt Room with Rice at his side. Canberra, Australia - Australian ranchers are fighting new laws that outlaw cowboy hats because they don't meet modern safety standards. New safety laws say cowboys must wear helmets instead of the standard broad-brimmed hat. The law was sparked by the death of a man who suffered head injuries after falling from a horse while herding cattle in 2001. New South Wales Farmers' Association president Mal Peters told said that substituting helmets would increase the hazards of skin cancer and heat stroke. He said there is no helmet a farmer can use when the temperature reaches 45 C. Paris - France's foreign minister said France will only release Yasser Arafat's medical records to his family, despite a request from Palestinian leaders. The 75-year-old died last week while receiving treatment at a military hospital outside Paris, but the cause of his death remains unclear.
