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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 2003

Page

5

Anti-abortion extremist convicted of killing doctor

James Kopp was found guilty of second degree murder in the 1998 sniper shooting death of Dr Barnes Slepian in Amherst New York. The trial used a judge not a jury after both sides agreed on facts. Sentencing set for May 15 to life with a maximum of life to life.

Buffalo NY James Kopp Kopp Jun Bruce Barket Barnett Slepian Amherst Slepian Mexico Ireland FBI France Wnn Lynne Michael D’amica Erie County Frank Clark

Six bus passengers slain in Mindanao ambush

Gunmen ambushed a bus on a Cotabato General Santos highway in Mindanao killing six male passengers and leaving a 21 year old survivor. Police confirmed six bodies and a marine in civilian clothes missing, with three women unharmed. In separate attacks, a church bombing injured five and a clash with soldiers left nine separatists dead. The Philippines has long faced Muslim militants seeking independence.

Cotabato Philippines Ammnibus Philipines Cotabato General Santos Mindanao

Tobacco farmer traps police at Washington pond standstill

Dwight Watson a 50 year old tobacco farmer from Whitakers North Carolina held off more than 100 police from a tractor in a pond near the Washington Monument and Vietnam and Lincoln memorials. He vowed to stay and send his message. Traffic in central D C was paralyzed as police cordoned an eight block area around Constitution Gardens.

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