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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 2005
Page
3
The U.S. Embassy and consulates in Saudi Arabia will close today and Tuesday due to a threat against U.S. government buildings. Mission staff will limit non-official travel and Americans are urged to stay vigilant.
Chinese officials said North Korean disarmament talks will resume the week of August 29 after a three week recess. Envoys cited stalemate over what Pyongyang would receive for giving up atomic weapons and its demand to keep a peaceful nuclear program. Wu Dawei warned agreement cannot be guaranteed.
Investigators said the aircraft could not have stopped after landing on a rain slick runway. They are examining why two emergency chutes failed to inflate as doors opened forcing passengers to jump up to 16 feet to safety.
Florida announces a policy banning sex offenders from public hurricane shelters. The state will house offenders in prison facilities to keep them away from children, with inmates confined to areas like visitor or meeting rooms.
Sheboygan Wisconsin based competitor known as The Black Widow, a 99 pound woman on the competitive eating circuit, downed 35 brats in 10 minutes to win the first Johnsonville Brat Eating World Championship. She edged her nearest competitor by half a brat.
With a week left before the August 15 deadline, Iraqi leaders hold marathon talks hosted by President Jalal Talabani as Sunni Arab opposition to a federal state surfaces. In security news, insurgent attacks kill three American servicemen and at least 13 civilians and government workers nationwide.
Israel approves first stage of Gaza withdrawal amid Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's sudden resignation. He cites fear of Gaza becoming a base of Islamic terror and cannot block the plan. Cabinet votes 17 to 5 to dismantle three settlements, affecting 9,000 settlers in 25 communities.
Dr. Anthony Fauci said mid September production could begin and the U.S. will order significantly more than the initial 2 million doses from the French maker to stockpile against a potential outbreak. Tests in the elderly and children continue with early adult results showing strong immune response.
In Palermo 23 survived the Tuninter crash off the Sicilian coast after an ATR-72 ditched near the shore. At least 13 died with three still listed missing as rescuers search submerged wreckage for bodies. Survivors describe swimming to the surface and climbing onto a wing to await help.
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