CIA Renditions Under Review Stir Policy Debate
The CIA watchdog investigates fewer than ten cases of suspected renditions after 9/11, a lower count than some reports but prompting concerns. The program allows seizure of terror suspects abroad without White House approval, with an estimated 100 to 150 people grabbed since 2001. In Mustang Oklahoma gusty winds start grass fires damaging homes and threatening others, with 400 acres burned near Mustang and several structures destroyed. Andrei Illarionov, Russia’s top critic in Putin’s orbit, was stripped of his envoy duties to the G8 while remaining as economic adviser amid criticism of political freedom and state control. New Orleans police fatally shot a knife-wielding man in daylight, triggering a department probe and reassignment of officers after Hurricane Katrina reopened the city.
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New Orleans
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Adviser to Russian president resigns in protest
Moscow an outspoken economic adviser to Vladimir Putin said he resigned Tuesday, arguing the government had done away with political freedoms. The government later said Putin signed a decree dismissing him.
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Moscow
Vladimir Putin
Putin
Indonesian rebels disband armed wing to enter elections
Free Aceh Movement fighters formally disbanded their armed wing in Aceh ending a 29 year separatist conflict. They returned to peace talks with the government as tsunami deaths and displacements loomed.
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Free Aceh Movement
Fire destroys home. arson probe opened by county sheriff
A pair of fires gutted a home in Anahuac, with authorities suspecting arson and no one home at the times. Chante Whittington and others described loss of all belongings while volunteers organize aid through Anahuac Middle School, local offices, and the town's bank. Donations are being collected at the middle school, Chambers County offices, and Country Inn Hankamer, with contact numbers for more info.
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Chante Whittington
Corner
Chambers County
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Anahuac
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Judy Edmonds
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Henry
Bayer Plant Gets Five Year Tax Break From County
County commissioners approve a five year tax abatement on a 185 million Bayer Industrial Park expansion. The project will create hundreds of construction jobs and later permanent positions as facilities produce chlorine sodium hydroxide hydrogen and hydrochloric acid. Juror pay rises to 40 a day funded by citation fees. sheriff department expands with ten Ford Crown Victorias and two pickups.
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Chambers County
Bayer
Pet. 4
Bill Wallace
Wallace
Sheriff’s Department
County tax deadline extended to January 3 in Chambers County
Chambers County Tax Assessor Margie Henry announced the 2005 county tax deadline is extended to January 3 because December 31 falls on a Saturday. For information, call 409-267-8304.
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Chambers County
Margie Henry
Henry
Congressman Green to Host Baytown Town Hall Meeting
Congressman Gene Green of Houston will host a town hall in Baytown at 11 a.m. Saturday January 7 in the City Council Chambers at 2401 Market Street. All constituents of the 29th District are invited.
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Houston
Baytown
Market St
29Th Congressional District
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