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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 2004
Page
18
In Baghdad gunbattles wounded and killed troops as insurgents shelf violence across the west. A bus ambush near Tikrit killed 17 Iraqis, raising the toll to at least 70 deaths in three days.
Small bombs exploded in seven Spanish cities after telephone warnings claiming ETA responsibility. At least 18 people were lightly injured across Valladolid Leon Santill ana del Mar Avila Ciudad Real Alicante and Malaga as evacuations and cordons were in place.
In Indian Head Maryland early Monday a string of homes under construction near the Mattawoman Natural Environment Area were burned in arson fires. A dozen houses were destroyed and 29 damaged with none injured. Investigators say fires started in at least four homes with estimated prices between 400000 and 500000 dollars. no claim of responsibility was made.
Militants attacked the heavily guarded U S consulate in Jiddah forcing entry and taking civilians hostage. Eight people died, including five local staff, with three attackers killed and two wounded in custody. No Americans died, one was lightly injured, and the incident drew condemnations from Saudi authorities and President Bush.
Militants forced entry into the U S Consulate in Jiddah Saudi Arabia triggering a four hour standoff ending with security forces. Eight people were fatally hurt in the incident. The report lists a timeline of related attacks across Saudi Arabia from 2003 to 2004 including Riyadh Mecca Johannesburg and Khobar incidents with multiple casualties.
President Bush presses lawmakers to finish a plan to consolidate 15 U S intelligence agencies under a single national director. Republican and Democratic aides report a breakthrough with House Armed Services chairman Duncan Hunter though final language remains unfinished.
Broadway star Idina Menzel and husband Taye Diggs, both featured in Wicked and Kevin Hill respectively, received hate mail threats last week. Menzel performed under heavy guard at Gershwin Theater with five plainclothes guards outside the stage door.
Michael Bremont, 31, spends long hours at Central Linn High in Halsey Oregon and now rents an empty on campus building for 500 a month plus electricity after district renovated it for him. The arrangement aims to improve family life while keeping him close to work. In Texas a fiberglass Jesus statue found in the Rio Grande was kept as unclaimed property before the city planned to donate it for public display. In Pittsburgh two officers patrol the bladder beat since 2003, issuing over 220 citations for public indecency in a historic South Side district.
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