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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 2010
Page
3
The FBI violated the law in gathering roughly 2000 U.S. telephone records during the Bush era between 2002 and 2006. Officials say violations were not intentional and stemmed from non existent terrorism emergencies or pressure on phone companies.
Boston based crime writer Robert Parker aged 77 has died at his desk. The creator of the Spenser series wrote more than 40 novels and helped revive hard boiled crime fiction. His widow Joan and agent Helen Brann confirmed the death and noted the Spenser character inspired the 1980s TV series Spenser For Hire.
A lone gunman killed eight people in central Virginia and authorities circled the suspect in nearby woods. Police pursued the shooter who fired on a police helicopter as a rural area was paralyzed by the chase.
The 7.0 earthquake in Port au Prince leaves tens of thousands of children orphaned, with authorities unsure of counts. A five month old at an Israeli field hospital lacks any family information as doctors face decisions on his care. U N and aid groups push for faster adoptions and evacuation to the United States and other nations.
The State Department confirms 28 U.S. deaths in Haiti including one government official and 27 private citizens. Haitians greet U S troops' arrival as Navy helicopters land amid a quake response. Port remains blocked and air access limited as aid struggles to reach Port-au-Prince.
A U N report shows that about half of Afghan adults paid at least one bribe to public officials in the past year to cut red tape and obtain services. The bribes totaled nearly 2.5 billion dollars, about a quarter of Afghanistan’s GDP, with an average payment of 160 dollars.
The UN OD C report notes widespread bribes to police judges and officials in Afghanistan. Afghans paid officials to avoid fines and gain better treatment, with teachers doctors and nurses also targeted. The finding comes as the U S lays plans to back President Karzai to win public trust against a resurgent Taliban.
The 2000 to 2009 decade was the warmest on record, surpassing the 1990s according to the National Climatic Data Center. In 2009 global temperatures were 1.01 degrees above average, tying for the fifth warmest year, while 2000s averaged 0.96 degrees above normal, with 2005 as the warmest year at 1.11 degrees. The report attributes this to human-caused greenhouse gas emissions and notes risks such as rising seas, disease spread, shifting weather patterns, and impacts on crops and wildlife.
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