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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 2003
Page
9
Washington reports reveal FBI testimony detailing a hijacker in the cockpit guiding the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 and a passenger uprising in the cabin moments before impact, challenging the view that insurgent passengers seized the controls.
In Tikrit US snipers shot dead two men during a raid on a weapons market linked to Saddam Hussein. In Baghdad officials raised the Jordanian Embassy bombing death toll to 19 after morgue at a children's hospital added six bodies. 36 injured, including seven Jordanians.
In California the recall battle widens with Gov Gray Davis losing support from key Democrats while Republicans rally behind Arnold Schwarzenegger. The state Supreme Court rejected suits that could delay the October vote. Lt Gov Cruz Bustamante and Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi broke with party unity to announce they would run, Davis faces a tougher path.
The Bush administration rejects tighter sanctions and seeks a transition through international pressure and stronger dissident support. Three officials traveled to Miami to consult with Cuban-American leaders and generate new approaches to promote democracy in Cuba.
Texas Senate Democrats holed up in a New Mexico hotel and Republican Gov. Rick Perry pressed the state Supreme Court to compel the 11 absent senators to return to the Capitol to resolve the redistricting dispute.
In Baghdad, police return to war-shattered streets amid a surge in violence. Officials note looting, robberies, and postwar scores, with the central morgue recording 10 gunfire deaths in July 2002 and 470 this July, reflecting a sharp rise in casualties.
Archbishop Rowan Williams convened an emergency meeting of Anglican leaders in London to discuss the approval of openly gay Rev. W Gene Robinson as bishop of New Hampshire. The Oct meeting precedes Robinson's Nov 2 consecration and comes as conservatives threaten to split and some demand a new North American province.
The Singapore Tourism Board named a yellow orchid with crimson spots after Ricky Martin at a Friday ceremony in the downtown Botanical Gardens. The Renaglottis Ricky Martin is a hybrid of two Southeast Asian species, a small evergreen bloom produced year round.
Jay Leno will showcase a 1927 Bugatti Type 40 Grand Sport at the Pebble Beach Concours d Elegance on August 17. The Tonight Show host leads a collection of about 150 cars and motorcycles and previously won a Pebble Beach class title. Ralph Lauren will join in entering rare Bugattis on the Monterey Peninsula.
In Wilkinsburg Pennsylvania police trapped a four foot alligator in a residential yard after a dog snare and a shirt were used to restrain it. Officers taped the mouth and transported the reptile to animal control for containment.
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