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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 2008
Page
3
About 16 000 residents in Chofu western Tokyo were evacuated from 500 meters around a construction site where an unexploded WWII bomb was found. 8 000 households were moved to four schools and nearby facilities as sirens alerted at 8 a.m. officials checked homes.
China starts three days of mourning for the Beichuan quake victims with flags at half staff and public entertainment halted. Officials urge 1.3 billion people to observe three minutes of silence at 2 28 p m. The government redirects online entertainment to memorial sites and suspends the Olympic torch relay as rescues continue amid aftershocks and rising casualties.
The NABE forecast expects a shallow recession this year with 1.4 percent growth, up from 1.2 earlier estimates, and unemployment rising. Forecasters warn housing and credit turmoil will persist though light may appear later, with growth to rebound to 2.3 percent next year. Ellen Hughes Cromwick of NABE notes cautious hiring by firms.
A suicide bomber targeted the Musa Qala district police chief in Helmand province but killed four civilians and wounded eight others in a southern Afghanistan blast. A US coalition member and another civilian died in a separate roadside blast nearby. The attack followed an insurgent rocket attack on NATO helicopters carrying Helmand Governor Ghulab Mangal.
Three giant pandas are missing at Wolong Nature Reserve after the May 12 quake that killed more than 32,000 people and could exceed 50,000. The reserve reports 60 other pandas are safe, while five staff members died and international groups express concern for the panda community.
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