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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 2008
Page
14
In tough economic times the U S Postal Service faces losses near 1.5 billion dollars this year and offers early retirement to clerks mail handlers and supervisors without incentives. Eligible workers include those 50+ with 20 years of service and any age with 25 years of service.
Energy firms bid 487.3 million dollars to win offshore drilling rights in the western Gulf of Mexico. The sale follows President Bush lifting the offshore ban on Atlantic and Pacific coasts, with expansion talks shaping the presidential race.
A Spanair Flight JK5022 bound for Las Palmas crashed just after takeoff from Madrid during peak vacation season. The disaster killed 149 aboard and left 26 survivors. Police described scorched wreckage and officials rushed to the scene as the prime minister returned to Madrid.
Russian forces dig in along western Georgia and build a sentry post near Igoeti just 30 miles from Tbilisi while a convoy delivers food aid. Moscow says pullback to cease fire lines to be completed by Friday as U S and Turkey coordinate humanitarian relief through Black Sea routes.
In Warsaw on Wednesday Secretary Condoleezza Rice and Poland's Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski signed an agreement to host a U.S. missile defense base, a move that drew sharp warnings from Russia about potential attacks and heightened tensions over the proximity to Russia's western border.
An Iraqi official says negotiators finished a draft agreement to remove U S troops from Iraqi cities by June 30 and to have all troops out by 2011 end, though Cabinet approval and opposition remain.
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