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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 21, 2006
Page
22
Clarksville high schools streamed Friday night graduation ceremonies over the Internet for families stationed in Iraq and Ramstein Germany. The live broadcasts allowed Reyniza Sherrell to share her diploma moment with relatives thousands of miles away.
In a hurricane recovery city, Kay Nagin leads Mitch Landrieu with 52.5 percent of 77 percent precincts reporting. Absentee votes favor Landrieu slightly. turnout includes evacuees, with Nagin rallying at City Hall as the city braces for the next hurricane season.
In Baghdad the 40 member cabinet was sworn in inside the Green Zone as violence raged with at least 33 killed and 22 bodies found from suspected kidnappings. Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki leads the new government vowed to curb insurgency, restore stability, and pave the way for foreign troops withdrawal.
The House ethics committee launches full investigations into Reps Bob Ney and William Jefferson amid a surge of criminal and ethics probes. Public trust in Congress has fallen sharply with Abscam memories and repeated bribery cases, as polls show strong disapproval of congressional performance.
Suspected Taliban rebels ambushed two Afghan army convoys in Helmand province, killing 10 militants and one Afghan soldier and a civilian. In later clashes with U S forces in the south an American soldier was killed and six others wounded. Three Afghan troops were wounded in the Friday desert attack.
Iran could be offered relief from Security Council pressure if it agrees to suspend uranium enrichment, with sanctions backed by force as leverage. Tehran signaled resistance, saying suspending activities violates its rights and the NPT. Meanwhile North Koreans sought asylum at a US consulate in Shenyang, and a Palestinian intelligence chief was wounded in an assassination attempt in Gaza City amid rising security tensions.
President Hosni Mubarak opened a World Economic Forum session in Sharm el Sheikh with calls for job creation and action to close the gap between rich and poor. He implicitly faulted the United States for double standards on nuclear policy while pressing for tougher action on Iran amid strained U.S.-Egypt ties.
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