Red Cross cites widespread abuse of Iraqi detainees
The Red Cross reports that up to 90 percent of Iraqi detainees were arrested by mistake and notes widespread mistreatment by U S personnel at Abu Ghraib and other facilities. It details long term solitary confinement for high ranking Saddam officials and allegations from multiple detention sites.
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Amnesty report accuses British troops of excessive force
Inside-Amnesty International charges British troops in Camp Cropper at Baghdad Airport and Tikrit holding area with systematic abuse. The 24 page document cites coercive methods including torture, hooding, humiliation and threats of execution to extract confessions from detainees tied to suspected security offenses. High ranking officials are named as targets of special treatment.
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Army Reserve unit honors homecoming at Carver-Hawkeye Arena
The 389th Engineering Battalion Company A of the Army Reserve, 80 soldiers, were demobilized in a ceremony at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. President David Shorton spoke as about 1,200 attendees watched families greet returning troops with greetings and hugs. Seventeen family members of Staff Sgt. Ross Haeger waved flags and photographed the moment. Haeger, 26, from West Point, received the welcome with smiles and warm embraces.
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the Gazette
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Monticello
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Iowa City
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Ross Haeger
West Point
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Becca’s Closet expands from Florida teen’s promise
After 16 year old Rebecca Kirtman’s death in a 2003 crash, Becca’s Closet grows from a home dress drive to a federally certified charity. Donations from across the US fund more than 3,000 gowns and a new boutique in Pompano Beach. The network plans 25 chapters in nine states and Singapore.
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South Florida
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Becca
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Iowa may switch landfill targets to environmental benefit
DES MOINES AP The state may shift waste reduction goals from measuring garbage weight to the environmental benefit of dumping fewer toxic materials Officials said Monday Nearly half of Iowa's 45 solid waste planning areas failed to meet the 1988 standards which required regions operating landfills to cut landfill tonnage by 25 percent.
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East Iowa counties cut waste sent to landfills by 41 percent
The six counties within East Central Iowa Council of Governments diverted 41 percent less from landfills since 1994, led by Linn County at 47 percent and Benton County at 41 percent. The plan set a 50 percent reduction goal by 2000, but only a few planning areas hit it.
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PhD Dropout Rate Under Scrutiny at University of Iowa
Iowa City report outlines a new national study on doctoral program attrition. Dean John Keller plans department data gathering by next fall to craft best practices for reducing dropout and improving degree completion nationwide.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Norma DiPietro
University of Iowa
DiPietro
John Keller
Graduate College
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