Forty die in bus collision near Calcutta India
A passenger bus collided head on with a paint truck 25 miles south of Calcutta in West Bengal, catching fire and killing at least 40 people. Local villagers aided police with 15 injured passengers rushed to hospitals as traffic was halted on the highway to Calcutta.
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Narayan Ghosh
West
Bengal
Orissa
South Korea envoy meets aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il
South Korea's presidential envoy met a close confidant of Kim Jong Il amid talks on Pyongyang's nuclear crisis. The North urged the UN not to intervene, calling IAEA involvement an act of war, while Seoul and Washington push for international action.
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Pyongyang
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Security Council
New York
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IAEA
Mohamed ElBaradei
Teachers to be recognized at school board meeting
Aiken County Board of Education will honor a student artist with a gift at tonight’s board meeting at 7 pm. January recognition will include the selected students and their parents. The artwork stays in the board chambers with an option for trustees to take it home. The meeting is at the district office, 1000 Brookhaven Drive, Aiken. North Aiken Elementary receives 26950 for professional development under a retraining grant for schools with below average ratings in 2002. Three teachers of the year are Patricia McDaniel, Brandy Rutland, and Amy Phibbs. Chukker Creek Elementary and A.L. Corbett Middle receive 1500 nutrition grants for school projects to improve nutrition environments.
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Aiken County
Patricia McDaniel
South Aiken
Brandy Rutland
North Augusta
Amy Phibbs
Byrd Elementary
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Chukker Creek
A.L. Corbett
State Department of Education
Office of School Food Services and Nutrition
City to receive conservation easement for pine wood reserve
A land trust has secured over $600,000 to purchase the remaining 14 acres of a reserve surrounded by pine woods and old fields along Price Avenue. The plan aims to preserve biodiversity and create a perpetual conservation easement managed by the city, with trails, maintenance, and selective pesticide use as options for council review.
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Dane
Roger LeDuc
ACOLT
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