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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 2005
Page
3
A hikers started blaze in Blaisdell Canyon spread to 4 980 acres forcing evacuation of 100 homes in the forest west of Palm Springs. No homes were destroyed or injured and the fire was far from contained, per San Bernardino National Forest spokeswoman Kathy Ungemach.
A bomb hidden in a cardboard box on a passenger ferry near Lamitan injured about 30. Police suspect Abu Sayyaf, linked to al Qaida, seeking to start a fire rather than cause a large blast. Brig. Gen. Ferre r said no claim of responsibility yet.
Iraqi negotiators finished the constitution and sent it to voters without Sunni approval. Sunni leaders branded it illegitimate and urged international intervention. The draft faces a nationwide referendum on Oct 15 amid fears of deeper sectarian strife and regional divisions.
President Bush urged Iraqis to debate the constitution and praised its protections for human freedoms while cautious about direct U.S. campaigning in Sunni regions. He dismissed a Sunni negotiators' rejection as theirs alone, calling the document a model of freedom democracy and the rule of law.
In Beersheba a Palestinian bomber blew himself up near the central bus station injuring two security guards during the first attack after Israel began withdrawing from the Gaza Strip. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility as violence persisted despite the pullout and regional tensions.
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