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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 2004
Page
18
Havana reports Sunday that Cuba completed a week of air raid drills and gas mask practice as part of Strategic Bastion 2004. State media says the exercise tested readiness to resist imperialist aggression during a Bush second term. U S officials deny plans to attack Cuba.
A little known group won the Yuganskneftegaz auction for 9.3 billion dollars, gaining control of Yukos core production unit. The sale cripples Yukos which produced about one fifth of Russia oil and 2 percent of world consumption and had 60 percent of Yukos output. The government seeks 28 billion dollars in back taxes amid political tensions surrounding founder jailed charges.
Turkmenistan reports nearly 80 percent turnout in a parliament election amid empty polling stations. Saparmurat Niyazov solidifies control with the Democratic Party and a hand picked People’s Council ruling as the Parliament’s role remains limited.
At least 60 people died and more than 120 were wounded in a Najaf funeral procession and Karbala bus station as car bombs struck Shiite heartland. In Baghdad gunmen ambushed election officials on Haifa Street, dragging three workers from a car and executing them in broad daylight. The violence underscores insurgents’ reach ahead of next month’s parliamentary vote and questions about southern voter turnout. Saddam Hussein denounced the elections as an American plot.
Israel approves the release of 170 Palestinian prisoners as a goodwill gesture to Egypt and to bolster interim leader Mahmoud Abbas ahead of the January election. Prime Minister Sharon seeks to expand his coalition to back Gaza pullout and restart negotiations in the post Arafat era.
Alexander Payne received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Nebraska at Omaha at winter graduation. The Omaha native directed Sideways earning seven Golden Globe nominations and previously released Election and About Schmidt filmed in Nebraska.
A 71-year-old man separated from his 4 1/2 year old rat terrier Didas for two weeks in Amherst after a traffic crash has been reunited with the dog. The dog fled during treatment, was spotted in Merrimack driveway, and recognized from news photos. Didas had dropped to about 22 pounds during the ordeal.
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