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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 2008
Page
3
Thousands flee as explosions light the sky near Sunrise Propane Industrial Gases in Toronto. A firefighter died, a worker is unaccounted for, and several residents suffer minor injuries as crews fight multiple fires at the plant.
In Monterey Park California motorists halted in 65 mph traffic to scoop up cash spilled from a broken bag on Interstate 10. A Harley rider said a computer bag ripped open causing the spill and the thiefs fled before the California Highway Patrol could stop them.
Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari demands a very clear timeline for U.S. forces to depart as talks on a long term security agreement progress. He warned that any deal must include dates and stressed the schedule could shift with security conditions. Possible dates floated include removal from cities by June 2009 and full combat troop exit by October 2010.
Xinhua reports a coordinated dawn assault in Kuga county Xinjiang by homemade bombers. Seven attackers and one security guard were killed. a three wheeled explosives vehicle struck the public security bureau causing fatalities, injuries, and vehicle damage. Police seized a taxi used by the attackers.
Officials said Iguala BusMex and Angel Tours Inc. were ordered to stop commercial operations after investigators found imminent hazard. The same companies were linked to a fatal Texas crash involving a bus carrying pilgrims to a festival, with the vehicle from Iguala BusMex involved in the Carthage, Missouri incident.
Russian forces pound Tbilisi and Abkhazia while a damaged Georgian defense crumbles in South Ossetia. Georgia pleads for Western help as Bush warns Moscow against broader aggression and seeks mediation with Sarkozy in Beijing.
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