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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 2004
Page
3
A high speed train carrying 200 passengers struck six metal slabs on tracks near Dortmund in western Germany. The driver braked, dragging the slabs for about 400 yards at 56 mph, but the train did not derail and no one was hurt.
President Chandrika Kumaranatunga's United Peoples Freedom Alliance won 105 seats in Sri Lanka's 225 member Parliament, eight short of a majority, as former PM Ranil Wickremesinghe's party earned 82 seats. Coalition talks began with smaller parties to form a government.
Spanish interior minister said the ringleader and three other suspects were killed in a blast during a raid on a Madrid suburb. A special forces officer died and 15 police were injured as 24 arrests were made since the March 11 train bombings that killed 191. Detonators and dynamite were found in rubble. remains of Fakhet and two others identified.
In Tashkent, Foreign Minister Safaev tied last week's attacks to global terrorism and urged the US and Europe not to cut aid. He downplayed a homegrown threat while noting possible remnants of the Movement of Uzbekistani Islam. Human rights groups cite prison abuses as a concern for continued lending.
Iraq's defense minister Ali Allawi and intelligence chief Mohammed al Shehwani were named Sunday as U.S.-led coalition officials stressed security remains in American and allied hands beyond June 30 handover. Officials warned consolidation will take time amid deadly clashes and debates in Washington over post sovereignty plans.
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