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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 2005
Page
3
Saudi security forces exchanged heavy fire with suspected al Qaida members holed up in a sea-front apartment in Dammam. One of the militants named Zaid Saad Zaid al Samari, 31, described as the kingdom's No. 3 most-wanted, was killed along with a police officer in the fighting.
In Kandahar, two hundred Afghan police backed by a U.S. led coalition killed 13 suspected Taliban fighters after weekend guerrilla strikes. A U.S. C 130 plane carrying U S Ambassador Ronald Neumann suffered an engine failure due to an oil leak on landing in Kabul.
The IAEA reports fewer than 60 direct deaths from Chernobyl radiation with tolls potentially thousands lower than early estimates. It notes persistent mental health distress from radiation fears that shows no signs of easing and may be spreading.
Tokyo plans to release 200000 barrels per day of crude oil and refined products from reserves held by refiners to the market. Minister Shoichi Nakagawa announced the move as the government opens access to strategic stocks for market support.
Maria strengthens over the open Atlantic while the 14th tropical storm of the season forms south of Bermuda. Nate shows top sustained winds of 40 mph and centers about 320 miles south-southwest of Bermuda according to the National Hurricane Center.
A fire at a Cairo area theater during a crowded performance killed 29 people and injured 60 as hundreds fled in panic. About 1,000 spectators watched when candles touching curtains sparked the blaze, burning the cultural center into a charred shell in Beni Suef.
Insurgents attacked the Interior Ministry in central Baghdad using rockets and automatic weapons, killing two police and wounding five. U S Apache and Blackhawk helicopters patrolled the area as security forces hunted for attackers amid warnings of further strikes on high profile targets. Saddam Hussein defense lawyers argued trial timing would hinder preparation as the government schedules the 1982 Dujail massacre case for Oct. 19.
Jim Garrison a 39 year old computer engineer from Highlands Ranch Colorado won an Internet contest for outrageous firings with his tale of being fired after eating two leftover pepperoni slices. Silicon Valley judges selected his entry from over 1000 submissions and he receives a Caribbean cruise.
In a stalemate case spanning Vermont and Virginia, Janet Jenkins and Lisa Miller clash over Isabella's parentage after a civil union in Vermont. Virginia courts later declared Miller Isabella's sole parent while Vermont courts granted Jenkins visitation. The dispute may reach the U.S. Supreme Court.
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