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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 2001
Page
9
Firefighters battle about 100 fires across southeastern Australia near Sydney. Lightning started many blazes while seven are suspected arson. About 5,000 firefighters work to protect communities. nearly 3,000 residents evacuated as several homes were destroyed.
Sgt. Joe Chenelly from Rochester New York and Sgt. Thomas Michael Corcoran from Ocala Florida raise a U S flag above shattered Kandahar airport terminal windows with units 15th and 26th Expeditionary in a Wednesday scene.
John Cusack pursues painting and kickboxing while filming Max in Budapest. He compares his art to Adolf Hitler's, joking that his own work is more impressionistic and likely not very good.
Director Buz Luhrmann says artists have a special obligation after the September 11 terrorist attacks. He urges storytellers to take on a big responsibility and keep creating despite the tragedy.
Luhrmann told the Los Angeles Times that people must be reminded of humanity and treated with compassion, emphasizing the need for a humane approach in public discourse and action.
The Sex Pistols reportedly consider a June 3 reunion to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 50 years on the throne. Promoter John Giddings says scheduling will determine if Johnny Rotten and the late Sid Vicious can perform. The band issued God Save the Queen in 1977 as the queen's silver jubilee celebrated.
Francesca Eastwood crawled from a bedroom window onto a garage roof and jumped to a neighbor for safety. Her mother Frances Fisher was treated for burns to hands at Vancouver General Hospital after the house blaze in Vancouver while filming a TV series. Constable Christy Veenstra said Clint Eastwood reacted with shock and concern as a father on Christmas Day. Fisher has appeared in Unforgiven and Titanic.
A list noting notable birthdays includes actor John Amos aged 58 today journalist Cokie Roberts age 58 singer Tracy Nelson age 53 actor Gerard Depardieu age 53 guitarist David Knopfler born 49 singer Karla Bonoff 49 and journalist Arthur Kent 48.
AIDS activist Larry Kramer, 66, who waited seven months for a liver, remains in serious but stable condition five days after his transplant at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He is expected to move from intensive care to a private room soon.
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