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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 2010
Page
7
Thirty three trapped miners in Copiapo Chile began receiving food water and oxygen as rescue teams assess their mindsets and prepare for a months long wait. Foreman Luis Urzua leads the group while engineers reinforce a bore hole and prepare supplies in capsules called palomas for delivery.
In Manila the hijacker, ex policeman Rolando Mendoza, seized a tour bus with eight Hong Kong visitors and killed nine when police stormed the vehicle. The rescue followed a 12 hour hostage drama ending with Mendoza’s death.
A senior U S commander said Afghanistan will not reach self sufficiency in security for about a year and NATO will need more time to recruit and train soldiers and police. He noted the July 2011 withdrawal plan and set 2011 as the target for starting reductions.
An American aid worker and a Congolese doctor say nearly 200 women and some baby boys were gang assaulted over four days near a U.N. peacekeeping camp in Luvungi, Bunangiri and surrounding villages as Rwandan FDLR and Mai Mai rebels operated near the base. The U.N. says it is investigating with a Joint Human Rights team confirming allegations of at least 154 rape victims.
Authorities report more than 120 people sickened by an ammonia leak at the Millard Refrigerated Services plant in Theodore near Mobile. Four of the ill are in intensive care, with 29 admitted to Mobile hospitals. many workers were BP oil spill cleanup crews.
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