Gunmen kill two Sunni members of Iraq constitution panel
In Baghdad two Sunni Arabs, Mirbil Issa and Dhamin Hussein al Obeidi, and their bodyguard were killed by gunmen as they left a restaurant in Karadah district. Issa was a 55 member committee appointee and a prominent lawyer. The attack undermines efforts to draw Sunnis into Iraq’s political process.
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Baghdad
Iraq
U.S
Mirbil Issa
Dhamin Hussein al- Obeidi
Karradah
Issa
New
al-Obeidi
Hasim al-Hasani
al-Hasani
Ammar al-Hakim
Al-Jazeera Television
Bases added to list for closure and consolidation
Additional military bases in eight states and the District of Columbia were placed on a proposed closure or consolidation list. The items include Naval Master Jet Base, Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Naval Base San Diego, Pope Air Force Base near Fayetteville, Galena Alaska forward operating location, Buckley Annex Colorado and facilities in Columbus Ohio and Indianapolis. Also listed are Defense Finance Accounting Services facilities and educational institutions such as the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey and the Defense Language Institute, plus the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Ohio.
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States
District of Columbia
Defense Finance
Buckley Annex
Colo
Columbus
Ohio
Indianapolis
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, Calif
Defense Language Institute
Air Force Institute of Technology
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Galena
Alaska
Independent Commission
Rumsfeld
Commission
Anthony Principi
Congress
Base-closing panel expands list with eight-state additions
The Base-Closing Commission votes to add several facilities in Colorado Ohio Indiana California Virginia and Washington DC along with Navy Broadway Complex San Diego and NAS Brunswick Maine to the closure or downsizing list. It also signals possible further reductions at Oceana Virginia and Pope North Carolina.
Eight year old charged in Florida infant death
An eight year old boy faces aggravated manslaughter charges in Tampa for the May 22 death of his infant half sister Jayza Taney Simms. Prosecutors say the boy kicked and punched the child and struck her with a two by four after adults put the children to bed. He later confessed following medical and investigative review.
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Florida
Tampa
Fla
Pam Bondi
Jayza Taney Simms
Hispanic children lag in health coverage and vaccines
A government study shows Hispanic children are less likely to have health insurance or receive recommended vaccines. By 2020 the Hispanic share of children rises, affecting teen smoking, pregnancy, and high school completion, with disparities persisting in poverty and overweight rates.
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Washington
Duane Alexander
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Alexander
FDA warns of rare sepsis in RU-486 abortion pill users
The FDA urged doctors to monitor for deadly infections in women who used the abortion pill RU-486, citing multiple sepsis deaths since 2000. Four California cases tied to off label vaginal administration raised concerns, though agency officials cautioned no definitive link to the drug.
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FDA
Washington
U.S
Food and Drug Administration
Fda-Ap
Steven Galson
Galson
Dance Laboratories
California
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Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Naval Master Jet
Naval Air Station Oceana
Virginia Beach, Va
Navy Broadway Complex
San Diego
Pope Air Force Base
Fayetteville, N.C
Columbus, Ohio
Monterey
Calif
Dayton, Ohio
Brunswick, Maine
Buckley Annex, Colo
Galena, Alaska
Haven, Co
Naval Air Station
Navy Bureau of Medicine
Potomac Annex
Washington, D.C
Air Force Medical Command
Bolling Air Force Base
Tricare Management Authority
Office of the Army Surgeon General
Irginia Beach, Va
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Navy Broadway
Brunswick
Maine
Virginia
North Carolina
Pentagon
Colorado
Indiana
Jayza
Artensv
Edward Sondik
National Center For Health Statistics
Javier Delgado
Killeen
Texas
Oak
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