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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 12, 2008

Page

3

Multiple World News Briefs on Displaced Floridians and Protests

Fires in central Florida forced evacuations for over 500 homes and closed an interstate near Daytona Beach with 400 homes under mandatory evacuation and 200 under voluntary orders. Separately, Roy Snelling, famed entomologist and Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County collections manager, died at 73 during field work in Kenya. Police in Katmandu detained over 600 Tibetan protesters, mainly nuns, marking a rare women-led demonstration. In Zimbabwe, the electoral commission says the Mugabe Tsvangirai runoff won’t occur within 21 days as required. US Navy says cease-fire holds in Sadr City Baghdad with shops reopening and aid distribution continuing.

Malabar Fla Florida Volusia County State Division of Forestry Timber Weller Daytona Beach Roy Snelling Snelling Kenya Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Katmandu Nepal China Tibet R.P. Dhamala Harare Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe Morgan Tsvangirai Electoral Commission Tsvangirai Mugabe George Chiweshe Chiweshe Sunday Mail

Tornado toll rises across plains and south

Survivors salvage what remains after deadly twisters hit Missouri Oklahoma and Georgia killing at least 22. In Seneca Missouri a 61 year old woman recalls the car the only thing left in her home. In Picher Oklahoma six dead and 150 injured as the town once a 20000 strong mining center dwindled to 800 due to lead pollution. A child misreported dead was later found alive in a hospital.

Seneca, Mo Plains Missouri Picher Okla Georgia Susan Roberts Seneca Roberts Kansas Oklahoma Herman Hernandez Ed Keheley Keheley Federal Emergency Management Agency Earl Armstrong Michelann Ooten

Myanmar Cyclone Aid Boat Sinks Amid Crisis

A relief boat laden with international aid sank en route to cyclone survivors in Myanmar, raising fears over logistics as the death toll climbs past 28,000. US cargo planes secured access to Yangon, while a Red Cross boat carrying rice and water also sank near Bogalay. all aid workers survived.

Yangon Myanmar David Miliband Junta United States Washington White House Gordon Johndroe Crawford Texas Red Cross Bogalay International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

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