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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 2006
Page
3
Playwright Wendy Wasserstein died Monday at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital after a prolonged cancer fight. The Lincoln Center Theater announced her death at age 55, noted for The Heidi Chronicles and The Sisters Rosenweig.
In Abuja an American and three foreign oil workers held hostage for two weeks were released after a secessionist leader appealed to their captors who demanded greater benefit from energy wealth for southern Nigerians.
The Senate approved a motion to end debate 72 to 25 ahead of a final vote on Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. Democrats led by Kennedy and Kerry failed to block the nomination with a filibuster as party support gathers, signaling a likely confirmation to replace Sandra Day O Connor.
The 72 to 25 vote to end the filibuster clears the way for a final confirmation vote on Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. Senator Grassley of Iowa backed the cloture motion while Senator Harkin did not vote. Olympia Snowe, Maine Republican, urged against reviving a filibuster amid no extraordinary circumstances in the nominee's record.
In a new Al-Jazeera video Jill Carroll appeals for the release of all Iraqi women prisoners. Carroll cried while speaking from a tapestry backdrop and wearing a veil. The video follows the Friday release of five Iraqi women by U S forces.
The United States and other permanent Security Council members press to hand Iran's disputed nuclear program to the UN. China and Russia joined the call to transfer the Iran dossier to the council, with a March timetable for action after a IAEA report.
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