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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 17, 2009

Page

4

Beijing bookstore stabbing targets noted Chinese blogger

A Beijing blogger known for satire, Xu Lai writing as Qian Liexian, was stabbed in the stomach after a reading at the Wanda Beijing Danxiangjie Book Store. Two men fled, and witnesses cited a bathroom attack during a reader meet with no confirmed motive.

BEING Beijing Xu Lai Qian Liexian Wanda

Clinton kicks off Asia trip in Tokyo

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton begins her first overseas trip in Tokyo. She attends a Shinto shrine ceremony, pledges balance and harmony in U S policy, and signals climate and economic priorities. She plans to relocate Marines from Okinawa to Guam and names a special envoy to Pakistan donors conference.

Clinton Asia Tokyo Hillary Clinton U.S North Korea Japan Emperor Meiji Obama America South Korea China Pacific Okinawa U.S. Pacific Guam Pakistan Meiji Shrine Indonesia

Israel moves to expand Efrat settlement in West Bank

Israel designates a 423 acre hill near Efrat as state land paving the way for up to 2,500 new homes. The plan aims to grow Efrat from 9,000 to 30,000 residents amid Palestinian opposition and U S pressure for a settlement freeze.

Mohammed Abu Ahour Abdel Rahman al-Haj West Bank Efrat Bethlehem Barack Obama Mideast Israel Oded Revivi Ehud Olmert Benjamin Netanyahu U.S Tzipi Livni Kadima Land of Israel Netanyahu Likud Mahmoud Abbas Abbas Obama George Mitchell Mitchell Ekitam Hill

DEA chief flies private jet to Colombia at $123000 cost

The DEA chartered a private jet costing over $123000 for Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart to travel to Bogota in late October. The trip used an outside contractor for $5380 with a maintenance grounded agency plane, drawing scrutiny amid fiscal pressure and auto CEO trips.

McClatchy Washington Drug Enforcement Administration Bogota Colombia DEA Michele Leonhart Congress William Brown Aviation L-3 Communications Brown Leonhart

Cambodia genocide trial opens for Duch at UN tribunal

Kaing Guek Eav known as Duch faces the Cambodia genocide tribunal in Phnom Penh in the first trial over the Khmer Rouge era. The S-21 prison commander is charged with crimes against humanity for torture murder and rape tied to a regime that killed about 1.7 million people.

Phnom Penh Cambodia Kaing Guek Eav Duch U.N Khmer Rouge Right Vann Nath S-21

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