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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 2004
Page
9
Israel discusses changing the name of the West Bank barrier from security fence to Terror Prevention Fence to polish its image ahead of a February 23 World Court hearing on the wall’s legality. Analysts say the dispute tests broader questions about occupation and international law.
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. posts a deficit of 11.2 billion dollars for 2003, up from the prior year as bankruptcies such as Bethlehem Steel and US Airways strain the program. Executives warn taxpayers may bail out and urge Congress to reform the private pension system to restore funding and protect retirees.
In San Francisco AP reports 22 leading researchers criticize a $119 million federally funded trial of an AIDS vaccine on 16,000 Thai volunteers. They say participants receive a crude mix of two antiquated, failed vaccines and doubt any success is possible.
The Labor Department reports 2003 consumer prices rose 1.9 percent, with the core inflation rate the smallest in 43 years. Cheaper computers cars and clothes helped offset higher medical care, college tuition beef and energy costs, bolstering the Fed’s view that inflation threats are limited.
Washington moves to salvage a July 1 handover as Shiite cleric Ali al Sistani presses for direct elections. Protests surge in Basra while Bremer, Rice, Powell, and Rumsfeld prepare White House talks and a U.N. return to Iraq for an elections role.
About 800 demonstrators gathered at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s tomb in Atlanta booing and drumming as President Bush arrived for a wreath laying and a fundraiser. Two were arrested for stepping into the street. Bush defended the visit as honoring King’s legacy amid civil rights criticisms.
Grammy winning rapper Moses Davis known as Beenie Man underwent surgery after a morning car crash in Kingston. He punctured a lung and broke two ribs but remains in serious yet stable condition at St. Joseph's Hospital.
Police linked Rob ert C Whitney to three Gainesville and Volusia County robberies after notes used in the crimes misspelled words dye and die leading investigators to the suspect. He was arrested in Leon County last week.
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