U S envoy departs as Israel conducts major West Bank sweep
In Jerusalem the United States envoy left amid intensified fighting as Israel rounded up dozens of suspected Palestinian militants in the West Bank in the widest operation in 15 months. Eight Palestinians were killed in gun battles with Israeli forces. In Gaza, Israeli warplanes bombed a security compound injuring seven Palestinians.
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West Bank
Yasser Arafat
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Man shoots former partner and grandmother at York County complex
Police say a man fatally shot his former common-law wife Wilma Thomas 69 and her granddaughter Shannon Thomas 25 brain dead while they waited to see a judge about a restraining order. The incident occurred in front of the York County law enforcement complex on Thursday.
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York
York County
Wilma Thomas
Shannon Thomas
Deaths and Obituaries Five Named in 5A Notices
Martha E R Anderson Windsor John Barry Burnside North Augusta Charles E Loveless Juanita Sanders Beech Island Mary M Smith obituary notices listed in 5A section details.
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John Barry Burnside
North Augusta
Charles E. Loveless
Juanita Sanders
Mary M. Smith
Aiken Weather Saturday Forecast
Partly cloudy skies over Aiken with a Saturday high near seasonal norms and a low around the mid forties. Winds from the northwest at 5 to 10 mph.
Graham pushes DOE on plutonium to South Carolina
Rep. Lindsey Graham announced that the National Defense Authorization Act for 2002 would require the DOE to give 30 days notice before shipping plutonium to South Carolina and to submit a disposal plan for facilities to be built in the state. He cited discussions with the DOE and said no shipment will occur without an agreement, amid regional tension over plutonium transit. Bill Reinig of CitiSee is noted as a local figure.
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House of Representatives
Department of Energy
Congress
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South Carolina
Savannah River
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North Augusta
Bill Reinig
Citi
Anti-nuclear group wins MOx hearing
The Atlanta based Georgians Against Nuclear Energy group won the right to another public hearing on the MOx mixed oxide fuel facility proposed for construction at the Savannah River Site. The hearing is part of ongoing public process for the project.
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Georgians Against Nuclear Energy Group
Mox
Savannah River
Fuel prices fall in Aiken to under 90 cents a gallon
In Aiken the average price for regular unleaded dropped to 89.9 cents a gallon at Starvin' Marvin's on York Street. Residents Frank Roach and Charlene Johnson praise the discount as shoppers note increased fuel use and higher customer traffic at nearby Depot on Laurens Street while predicting a potential rebound after the holidays.
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Frank Roach
Charlene Johnson
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Johnson
U.S
Associated Press
AAA Carolinas
David Parsons
Middle East
Parsons
Denise Jones
Laurens Street
Lewis Mazone
Tracy Tyler
Tyler
Mazone
Gingerbread Houses Build Community at St Mary Help School
For the 10th year teachers parents and students decorated gingerbread houses at St Mary Help of Christians Catholic School while sixth to eighth graders baked assembled and decorated 400 houses prepared the week before. Older and younger students were paired to decorate for a communal holiday event.
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St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic
Joan Labone
Labone
Pat Schmitt
Marines Take Kandahar Airport as Base Relocated
Hundreds of U S Marines occupied Kandahar airport in a dawn operation as they moved from Camp Rhino. They searched for unexploded weapons, with Afghans cheering yet wary of lingering hostility. No shots were fired during the night entry.
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Afghanistan
U.S
Embassy to reopen on Sunday in Afghanistan mission
The United States will raise its flag over the reopened Afghan embassy on Sunday marking the first diplomatic presence in 12 years. Ambassador James Dobbins will lead the ceremony with a small State Department team and a Marine guard. The mission starts as a liaison office and becomes an embassy after an interim Afghan government takes office on December 22.
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Afghanistan
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James Dobbins
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