Tetanus deaths rise after Kashmir quake regions hit
Health officials report 22 tetanus deaths with fears of pneumonia bronchitis and other illnesses as Himalayan winter nears. President Musharraf orders relief and tents within two weeks for Kashmir survivors. UNHCR opens three tent sites in Jhelum Valley with 24 000 person capacity amid a disaster that killed about 80 000 and left over 8 million homeless.
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Urooj Saifee
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Kashmir
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Rosa Parks Lies In Honor At Capitol Rotunda
The Senate approved a resolution to allow Rosa Parks to lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda, making her the first woman and second African American honored there. She died in Detroit at 92 after catalyzing the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and the modern civil rights movement. The House planned to act next.
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Richard Baker
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Mars Makes Rare Close Approach This Weekend
Mars will swing unusually close to Earth this weekend, reaching 43.1 million miles away at 10:25 PM CDT on Saturday. Sky watchers expect the rust colored planet to glow brightest as the two planets separate for nearly 140 million miles and won t be this close again until 2018.
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Mars
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Kelly Beatty
Sky & Telescope Magazine
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Texas prosecutor seeks 2002 emails in DeLay campaign case
A Texas prosecutor asked for emails from 2002 tied to three associates of U S Rep Tom DeLay as part of an investigation into alleged campaign finance schemes. The subpoenas target Colyandro Ellis and Ronold and their communications with Texans for a Republican Majority Americans for a Republican Majority and related donors.
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Texas Committee
Republican National Committee
UN Oil-for-Food probe cites vast corruption reach
The final 623 page UN report accuses over 2,200 firms and prominent politicians of colluding with Saddam Hussein to siphon 1.8 billion from the oil-for-food program. It names DaimlerChrysler Siemens and figures like Jean Bernard Merrimee George Galloway Roberto Formigoni and Jean Marie Benjamin amid wide international kickbacks.
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George Galloway
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