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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 2010
Page
14
Salvage divers report thick mud hindering the recovery of a World War II SB2C Helldiver from a San Diego reservoir. The crew, including two-man pilot fatalities in 1945 during a training crash, paused after mud and debris prevented lifting. A city diver was treated after an air shortage but is expected fine as work resumes.
A suspected carjacker led police on a hour long pursuit, crashing through a locked chain link fence and crossing Love Field runways. Officers rammed the pickup on a busy runway, cuffed the shirtless driver, and halted all departures for about ten minutes while authorities secured the scene. The chase began after an undercover officer spotted a stolen truck reported in Fort Worth.
An American Airlines Boeing 767 bound for New York sat on the tarmac for hours after a hijack threat prompted a full security sweep. The FBI found no credibility to the threat, but police queried two passengers later released after random questioning. A Yale student witness suggested possible racial profiling while others noted calm aboard during the delay.
The U S State Department funds a 15 day tour in Bahrain Qatar and the United Arab Emirates for Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf to discuss religious tolerance in America and Muslim life during Ramadan. The trip costs about 16000 with daily honoraria and per diem while he will not solicit funds for the mosque project near ground zero.
United Nations reached its $460 million immediate aid target for Pakistan floods as the United States and other nations boosted pledges. Ban Ki Moon urged greater generosity than for the 2004 tsunami and Haiti quake, noting over 20 million need shelter food and clean water. The floods are described as a global disaster demanding a massive response.
Beijing says China's top nuclear envoy traveled to North Korea this week to discuss restarting the six party talks on Pyongyangs nuclear program. North Korea left the talks last year amid international condemnation of a long range rocket launch.
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