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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 2003
Page
9
President Charles Taylor pledges to resign Monday and says he will sacrifice his presidency to stop the fighting in Liberia. He speaks solemnly at home before a Liberian flag and notes he may return if God wills. The Associated Press has a recording ahead of Sunday broadcast.
Basra residents faced heat and fuel cuts amid a second day of protests. A demonstrator and a security guard died as angry crowds blocked vehicles toward the airport and British military HQ. British troops distributed fuel to ease tensions after clashes.
Europe endures a record heat wave with Britain topping 100 degrees for the first time at Heathrow. Alpine glaciers melt while drought fires fuel Pope John Paul II to call for rain. Londoners struggle as the day reaches 100.22 degrees and Northern England sees heavy rain.
President Bush visits the Summer Haven mountains outside Tucson after a June 9 2002 fire. The tour supports his push for Senate approval of wildfire prevention measures including forest thinning to protect telecom equipment camps and observatories. James Connaughton describes protection of $2 billion in assets and facilities.
Analysts expect the Federal Reserve to hold the federal funds rate at 1 percent at Tuesday's meeting after a June cut, while weighing steps to prevent long-term rates from rising. Critics say Fed signals spurred a run up in long rates, threatening consumer spending and the economy.
Israeli warplanes attacked suspected Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon hours after Hezbollah shells hit northern Israel killing 16 year old Haviv Dadon and wounding five others including an infant. The attacks mark renewed border violence raising fears of wider regional conflict.
Israeli warplanes attacked suspected Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon after the group shelled northern Israel. A teenage boy was killed, five bystanders were lightly injured including a mother and her 9 month old son. At the teen’s funeral mourners mourned government inaction. One shell hit near a preschool and another near a shopping center, according to Mayor Gavriel Naaman. Video shows blood on a concrete staircase.
In Sheboygan Wisconsin actor director Kevin Costner hosted a fundraising event and prescreening of Open Range with Herbert V Kohler Jr at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. The fundraiser raised 160000 for local arts organizations.
Yuri Malenchenko and Ekaterina Dmitriev married via video link from the International Space Station in a private Johnson Space Center ceremony. Texas law allows weddings with one party absent, and a life size cutout greeted guests at the reception. The couple plan a Russian Orthodox wedding next year.
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