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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 2009
Page
13
Heavy rains flooded the southern Czech Republic with mudslides damaging homes and roads. Rivers swelled in rural areas about 60 miles south of Prague. no casualties reported. Army troops and firefighters aided road repairs while Prague shore up the Vitava River banks.
Pakistan places a bounty on Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud and conducts air strikes on his stronghold in the northwest. The government vows to eliminate Mehsud as his group is blamed for numerous deadly bombings over the past month.
In Axton Virginia a man William Ronald Carter 56 shot his wife Bonnie 56 and their son William Ronald Carter Jr 29 then wounded a second son who escaped before dying by suicide as their burning home was found. The fire is under arson investigation by the Henry County Sheriff's Office.
A 7 year old boy died after alleged brutal beating by his father in Worcester Massachusetts authorities said the child Nathan Turner was removed from life support after severe head trauma with a dent reported at the wall The incident occurred on Father's Day and police are investigating the alleged assault.
Gale Storm, beloved for My Little Margie and The Gale Storm Show, died at 87 in Danville after a period of ill health. The actress also built a film and singing career following her TV fame, per her son Peter Bonnell.
Riot police in Tehran used tear gas and clubs to break up a crowd near Ghoba Mosque as several thousand protesters cried Where is my vote. Iran detained local British Embassy staff prompting EU censure and drawing Britain’s Miliband to condemn harassment and intimidation.
In Baghdad and across Iraq mixed reactions greet the phased withdrawal of U.S. forces. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki urges celebration while locals like tribal leader Salah al Jbory voice cautious, hopeful relief at the end of the long American presence.
The AP tallies at least 4,318 U.S. military deaths in the Iraq war since March 2003. Since Jan 1, the U.S. has closed over 150 bases, with troops in urban areas limiting daytime outings and entering virtual lockdown in early July while still coordinating patrols with Iraqi forces. Baghdad police officer Ala Abdul Majid expresses cautious optimism that Iraqis can handle the job, estimating 80 to 90 percent confidence.
Honduran soldiers ousted President Manuel Zelaya and Congress named Roberto Micheletti as interim leader after Zelaya, awakened in pajamas, was detained and exiled to Costa Rica. The move sparked regional condemnation and a planned Central American presidents meeting in Nicaragua.
Michael Jackson still had a faint pulse and was warm when his doctor found him unresponsive in bed. Edward Chernoff said Dr. Conrad Murray did not prescribe or give Jackson the drugs Demerol or OxyContin and denied reports of drugs causing death. Celebrities gathered in LA for BET awards three days after his death. Joe Jackson attended the event while funeral plans remained unannounced. A second autopsy was reported as completed by a pathologist hired by the family.
Billy Mays famed as a brash TV pitchman for Orange Glo and Oxi Clean was found unresponsive by his wife at their Tampa home. Police say death not yet explained and an autopsy is planned. Mays, born July 20, 1958 in McKees Rocks, Pa, rose to fame selling gadgets on the boardwalk.
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