Central Arizona wildfire nears Prescott area homes
Firefighters battled a drought driven blaze eight miles south of Prescott near Walker in the Prescott National Forest. Several hundred homes lie nearby with about 100 cabins evacuated as crews worked to contain the fire. the cause remained under investigation.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Prescott
Walker
Prescott National Forest
Forest
Steve Sams
Gary Wittman
Forest Service
Mary Nunez
Liberia’s Taylor Urges US Peacekeepers for Transition
Liberian President Charles Taylor seeks U S troop peacekeepers as he accepts asylum in Nigeria and urges an orderly transition. Nigeria’s leader also backs a peaceful handover while a 15 member U S military team heads to Liberia to assess deployment.
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Monrovia
Liberia
Charles Taylor
Nigeria
United States
Taylor
Bush
U.S
Africa
West Africa
United Nations
Battery problems push Mars rover launch back
NASA delayed the Opportunity rover launch again from Cape Canaveral after a faulty battery cell in the flight termination system forced postponement. Officials said insulation work on the Delta II rocket was completed but the battery must be replaced before a new launch attempt.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Opportunity
Twin infant sons thrown from bridge into Mississippi River
Police say a woman threw her twin 11 month old sons from a bridge into the Mississippi River during July Fourth fireworks in St. Paul and then jumped in. Bystanders submerged seeking the infants. one boy was rescued and the mother pulled to safety with help from others. The second boy remained missing as of police reports.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Mississippi River
Brian Coyle
Israel agrees to release Palestinian prisoners amid peace push
Israel moves toward Abbas backed peace plan by agreeing to release some of its 5000 prisoners. The decision excludes militants like Hamas and Islamic Jihad and follows a list of several hundred prisoners presented to Prime Minister Sharon. Channel 2 TV later cited a figure of about 400 releases.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Ariel Sharon
Mahmoud Abbas
Abbas
Abu Mazen
Yasser Arafat
Sharon
Sartay
Hamas
Islamic Jihad
Arafat
Fatah
Avi Dichter
Shin Bet
Channel 2 TV
Insurgency Expands Violence Against Westerners in Iraq
In Baghdad a British freelance cameraman was killed by a close range shot near a museum. A U S soldier died at Baghdad University after a midday shooting. A grenade attack hit the UN office in Mosul wounding several cars and personnel. Turkey and the United States discussed the detention crisis of Turkish special forces in Iraq with Dick Cheney to prevent further strain on NATO relations.
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Baghdad
Iraq
U.N
U.S
Baghdad University
Ramadi
1St Armored
International Organization For Migration Office
Mosul
Hamid Abdel-Jabar
Thurmond
Turkey
United States
NATO
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Dick Cheney
Open air Party in the Park raises funds for Prince's Trust
London stars including Beyonce Knowles Shania Twain and Craig David performed in Hyde Park for Party in the Park to aid disadvantaged children. Ticket sales exceed 100000 with projected funds over 1 million pounds for the Prince's Trust. Charles attended as guest of honor, praised as rocking prince by chief executive Tom Shebbeare. In Chicago the reality show Starting Over moved filming to a North Side mansion after local backlash. Nick Cassavetes writes a film about a fugitive drug dealer tied to the Markowitz case in Santa Barbara, noting personal connections to the high school attended by the involved teens.
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London
Beyonce Knowles
Shania Twain
Craig David
David Gray
Hyde Park
Tom Shebbeare
The
Prince’s Trust
Santa Barbara
Calif
Nick Cassavetes
Jesse James Hollywood
Nicholas Markowitz
San Fernando Valley
Cassavetes
Hollywood
Markowitz
Roos' Gourd Triggered TSA Alarm At Detroit Airport
Ann Arbor artist John Roos traveled to Denver for an artists conference. TSA officials flagged a dried summer gourd marked dirty bomb in Roos' luggage triggering a second bag check before approval to fly. The detector showed no explosives and the airline would decide Roos' passenger status.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
John Roos
Roos
Detroit Metropolitan
Transportation Security Administration
United Airlines
Denver
Chicago
PRO
America
Chris Rhatigan
TSA
Rhatigan
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Louis Greenwald
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