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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 2008
Page
3
A Boeing 737 carrying 90 people including Kyrgyz high school athletes crashed after takeoff near Manas International Airport in Bishkek. Officials say a technical problem prompted a return to the airport. 68 died, 22 survived, with two crew among the injured.
A small eastern Guatemala crash left ten people dead and four injured. The crash occurred about 60 miles east of Guatemala City on Sunday morning. Eight passengers plus the pilot and co pilot died. Nationalities are not yet confirmed but thought foreigners. The four injured were hospitalized.
Afghan war worsens as insurgents mount large attacks and U S casualties rise toward a record pace. Sgt. 1st Class David J. Todd Jr. died in the northwest while training Afghan police. Defense data show 508 U S service members died in the 2001 invasion's aftermath, with 362 killed by hostilities.
The USS McFaul anchored off Batumi delivering 55 tons of humanitarian relief including water food blankets and diapers as Georgia endures protests against Russian forces amid a cease fire tense border zones and displacement numbers.
Mount Laurel representative Chris Smith coordinated with multiple nations including the French ambassador to Georgia to reunite Teah Evans and her sister with their father at the U.S. embassy after Russian forces blocked them at checkpoints. Evans credits Smith as a miraculous aid in their return home.
Flooding from Fay drove residents from homes in DeBary and around Tallahassee as the storm’s remnants threatened several inches of rain in Alabama Mississippi eastern Louisiana and Tennessee. Florida officials declared disaster areas in four counties and Gov Crist visited Wakulla County while Haiti and the Dominican Republic faced higher death tolls.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice returns to the Middle East amid dwindling hopes for a year end Israeli Palestinian peace deal. She arrives in Israel on a mission aimed at progress toward a 2008 peace agreement despite Hamas rocket fire and settlement activity.
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