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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 2010
Page
7
President Obama signed a bill restoring unemployment benefits for jobless Americans six months or longer, ending a congressional stalemate. The measure, approved earlier, will resume payments averaging about $300 weekly to about 2.5 million people.
More than 7,000 Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip dribbled basketballs for five minutes to enter the Guinness Book of World Records. The event, held on a bombed runway near Rafah, was part of the U.N. summer camps for about 250,000 Gaza children.
Britain's chief prosecutor says a police officer who filmed striking a man at the 2009 G-20 London protest will not be charged. Ian Tomlinson, a newspaper vendor, died from internal bleeding after a baton hit and a police dog bite during the demonstration.
President Obama personally apologized to Shirley Sherrod after her resignation from the Agriculture Department. He urged her to rejoin the federal government and turn the setback into an opportunity to help others, while aides expressed remorse for the mishandling. The case began after a blog clip misportrayed Sherrod as racist.
Scientists near Stonehenge uncovered a circular structure a few hundred yards from the monument. Some call it a timber circle potentially echoing Stonehenge, while Tim Darvill suspects it may be a barrow. The find adds to growing discoveries around the site. Stonehenge likely finished around 3500 years ago.
Four al-Qaida linked detainees escaped from a Baghdad area prison handed over by the U S to Iraqi authorities. Justice Minister Dara Noureddin said the four, awaiting terrorism trials, were among inmates recaptured after a clash in 2008. The escape underscores doubts over Iraq’s readiness as U S combat forces plan to withdraw.
A federal watchdog criticized U S agencies for building overly complex facilities in Afghanistan that the Afghan government cannot sustain. The report warns of hundreds of millions more to hire contractors for a decade, highlighting waste in Army Corps projects for the Afghan National Police.
As of Thursday at least 1 113 U S military deaths are linked to the Afghanistan invasion. A referenced Afghan project cost about 45 million dollars for buildings and facilities. Officials say Afghans lack funds and expertise to run the compound, with operations planned for 10 years by independent contractors under contracts around 800 million dollars.
Two American service members were killed when a helicopter crashed in Helmand province. Taliban claims shooting down the aircraft were unconfirmed by NATO, which opened an investigation and did not rule out hostile fire. The incident follows a spike in Afghan war deaths, with 60 deaths reported last month.
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