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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 2005
Page
19
President Bush will spend two hours on Wednesday with families of soldiers killed in Iraq but will not meet with Cindy Sheehan. He said he understands her anguish over her son's death yet opposes immediate withdrawal and argued such a move would weaken the United States.
Two Wal Mart employees were shot to death in the Glendale Arizona shopping center parking lot. Police spokesman Mike Pena said gunman sought after while witnesses watched. Wal Mart closed the store indefinitely as investigation continues.
Mountain View Calif AP Google Inc plans to launch Google Talk a program providing text instant messaging and computer to computer voice chat. The service will compete with AOL Microsoft and Yahoo free offerings.
In Caracas President Chavez denounces U S claims of plots against him while Pat Robertson calls for American agents to kill Chavez. Venezuelan officials say the remarks test U S anti-terror policy and study legal options. Rumsfeld and State Dept officials call Robertson's words inappropriate and not U S government policy.
The draft constitution envisions a multicultural democracy with protected free speech and limited Islam's role, but also a decentralized state easing Sunni fears yet inviting division. Sunnis warn of a split or weakened central gov, as provinces may form autonomous regions and Kurds seek expanded borders, including Kirkuk.
Israeli forces evicted militants from two Jewish settlements in the West Bank as the Gaza withdrawal neared completion. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s plan faced a setback for ultra-nationalists while Bush and Palestinian leaders welcomed a potential opening for new peace talks. Iranian students demonstrated in Tehran outside the German Embassy.
Iran said the U N nuclear agency found traces of highly enriched uranium on centrifuge parts came with imported equipment and not from Iranian enrichment. Hundreds of Iranian students rallied outside British French and German embassies to protest the European call for a permanent freeze on uranium enrichment.
Britain's police watchdog vows a rigorous detailed investigation into the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes by London officers who mistook him for a suicide bomber. The probe could lead to criminal charges and findings due by year end, with possible publication delays for legal proceedings. Brazilian officials also investigate the fatal incident.
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