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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 2008
Page
2
Rescue workers inspect the wreckage after an international passenger train hit a reconstructed highway bridge near Studenka Czech Republic. Six people are dead and 67 are injured in the Friday disaster.
An unlicensed charter bus carrying a Vietnamese American Catholic group to a religious festival blew a tire and skidded off a highway early Friday killing at least 15 people and injuring more than 40. Details, 6A
Shiite leader Muqtada al Sadr orders most militiamen to lay down arms as his spokesman hints at potential end to resistance if the United States agrees to a timetable for leaving Iraq. The development follows ongoing coalition and security discussions amid rising casualties and regional tension.
A Gazette correction notes that a Thursday photo of the University of Iowa Museum of Art Big Boy statue is part of the permanent collection. The caption was wrong due to photographer error and readers may comment on accuracy by calling the listed numbers.
The Gazette established in 1883 prints daily from Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription options include carrier weekly rates, motor route weekly, and by mail Morning Editions and Sunday seven issues pricing. Rates vary for Iowa across 4 and 52 weeks. territories charged separately. Postmaster and general contact numbers listed for subscription service and office inquiries.
Cedar Rapids Iowa City phone numbers and tip lines listed for news staff circulation and contact details. Includes contacts for editors reporters attorneys and circulation with toll free options and a directory link.
The Gazette promotes sustainable farming and printing with soybean ink. It encourages readers to drop newspapers at City Carton, 901 Ingleside Dr. SW, for recycling at the local site.
Russia sent an armored column into South Ossetia after Georgia launched a surprise offensive to crush separatists. Witnesses spoke of hundreds of civilians killed as fighting raged past nightfall and warplanes hit Georgian bases and oil facilities. The clash threatened a wider war and strained Moscow Washington ties.
President Mikhail Saakashvili told CNN Georgian troops would be pulled from Iraq today as fighting rages in South Ossetia. Georgia has about 2,000 troops there, the third largest coalition contingent after the United States and Britain. He suggested timing was linked to a surprise move to reclaim South Ossetia, accusing Russia of aggression while noting many leaders were in Beijing for the Olympics.
Former presidential candidate John Edwards said he had an extramarital affair in 2006 with a filmmaker for his campaign and lied about it while denying paternity of her five month old baby. He apologized but said his conduct was a failure of character and he offered to take a paternity test if needed.
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