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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 2008
Page
3
A bus packed with about 70 passengers swerved to avoid a pickup and plunged into an irrigation canal near Minya Egypt killing 57. Rescuers on boats recovered bodies as a crane lifted the submerged vehicle after the early Sunday crash.
The 500 plus page report by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction criticizes prewar planning as blinkered and disjointed and cites a deadly insurgency and wasteful contracting. It says the Bush administration overstated Iraqi forces trained and notes about 50 billion dollars spent with overall goals only partly met. The draft document precedes a February hearing of the Wartime Contracting Commission and follows reports by The New York Times and ProPublica.
Police disrupted a banned anti Kremlin protest in central Moscow, detaining 90 to 130 demonstrators and shoving many into trucks. Organizers led by Garry Kasparov reported a co leader seized, as protests across Russia aimed to oppose a presidential term extension and Kremlin dominance.
Kasparov had vowed to lead a Sunday protest despite permission denials. Hundreds of officers ringed Triumph Square with police trucks and barriers. Police dragged at least 25 protesters into waiting trucks as Kasparov redirected to a second site and then a third, where dozens gathered before dispersing after a half mile march.
After eight days of violent protests sparked by a teenager's death, Athens eased to normal. Traffic flowed, tourists rode buses, and cafes in Thissia remained busy as demonstrators vow to keep pressuring the government over police conduct and corruption. Protests planned toward police HQ and across the city with schoolchildren joining.
Police captured a suspect in Salem after a Woodburn bank bombing that killed Capt. Tom Tennant and Trooper William Hakim and left the Woodburn police chief critically injured. Officials cited ongoing investigations and did not release the suspect’s name or exact arrest location.
President Abdullahi Yusuf fired Nur Hassan Hussein claiming corruption inefficiency and treason paralyzing the government in Baidoa. Hussein vows to challenge the dismissal as Islamic militants led by al Shabaab reject any political talks and demand Islamic law.
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