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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 2005
Page
7
The Justice Department reports the 2004 national crime rate unchanged, the lowest since 1973. Violent crime dropped 57 percent since 1993 and property crime 50 percent, with a 9 percent fall from 2001-2002 to 2003-2004. Violent crime rate was 21.4 per 1000 aged 12 and older.
Four years after 9 11 traffic delays exposed evacuation weaknesses as 14 hour lines left many stranded and fuel exhausted. Experts warn such delays could be deadly in a radiological or other terrorist strike and Senator Joe Lieberman voices the nightmare scenario of unannounced city evacuations.
Financial officials wrap up three days of talks with a landmark plan to wipe out poor countries debt and to limit fallout from rising energy prices. They note the widening gap between rich and poor nations as high energy costs and recent U S hurricanes threaten global growth.
Vice President Dick Cheney walked slowly out of George Washington University Hospital with wife Lynne after an for aneurysm repair on the back of both knees. He shook hands with doctors and headed to his motorcade without assistance.
In eastern Baghdad Sadr City gunmen ambushed an Iraqi patrol with U S forces joining a 90 minute battle that killed as many as eight attackers. A daring armored car robbery netted $850000 and a deadly car bombing struck an Interior Ministry convoy killing seven soldiers and two civilians. Bicycle bombs in Hillah and Musayyib killed at least seven and wounded dozens. Police reported seven bodies in Baghdad with one police officer among the dead. The violence rises ahead of a constitutional referendum.
Israeli forces pressed a wide Gaza operation killing Islamic Jihad commander Mohammed Khalil and arresting more than 200 Palestinians. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed to use all means, while Hamas signaled a halt to rocket fire. The push follows the Gaza pullout and political turmoil in Likud before Monday’s primaries.
Iran denounces an IAEA board resolution as illegal and illogical and blames the United States for pressuring the measure. In a separate letter, about 180 of 290 lawmakers urge Tehran to end its voluntary nuclear suspensions and curb cooperation with the IAEA. The move could lead to UN Security Council referral over NPT concerns. Belfast monitors report IRA disarmament completed with two independent witnesses viewing the process under international supervision.
Exit polls indicate Poland will install two center right parties in a broad parliamentary majority. Prime Minister Marek Belka’s government faced defeat and pledged to withdraw troops from Iraq by year end, with possible continued officer presence as advisers.
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