Tornadoes Trail Destruction Across Iowa Whole Counties Declared Disaster
National headlines report a tornado ripping through Ames Iowa leveling a cone home and damaging many others. Jackie and Bill Seeman survey wreckage as one person is killed and homes damaged across central town. Twisters north of Des Moines strike Stratford and Woodward, with Gary Foster of the National Weather Service confirming widespread damage and a governor declaring disaster areas in two counties.
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Executions Declined in 2004 Report
The 2004 death penalty report shows fewer executions and a shrinking death row. Twelve states carried out 9 executions, six fewer than 2003, while 125 murder convicts received death sentences. Twenty-two death row inmates died or were executed by other means, and 107 had sentences commuted or overturned.
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Rent snafus plague Katrina evacuees
Federal disaster relief officials vow help as market rents surpass federal voucher limits, hindering landlords from accepting aid and delaying long term housing for evacuees. Houston says up to 6000 rental units could open to voucher families if partial rent payments allowed.
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Zarqawi signals expansion of insurgency beyond Iraq
In Amman, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s attacks in Jordan are cast as a move to export his death campaign outside Iraq. Regional officials warn of a widening threat as violence persists in Iraq, with analysts noting possible domestic support and the risk of terror networks spreading across the Middle East.
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Saddam trial to resume in Iraq amid security concerns
Saddam Hussein’s trial will proceed as judges vow to appoint new defense lawyers if absences continue after two attorneys were killed. About 1,100 Iraqi lawyers reportedly withdrew over security fears as protests and violence sparked by the case abated after a government state of emergency was declared.
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Time running out on Gaza border deal envoy says
A top Middle East envoy warns time is running out for Israel and the Palestinians to reach a deal to open Gaza Strip border crossings. He calls it a tragedy if no agreement is reached soon as border fate remains a key unresolved issue after Israel’s September Gaza withdrawal.
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