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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 2010
Page
6
In Congo two overloaded boats capsized over the weekend. Officials say 70 dead and 200 missing or feared dead. One vessel hit a rock in Equateur Province with about 100 passengers. A second boat carrying passengers and fuel drums capsized and burned in Kasai Occidental Province.
Three ancient icons disappeared from St. Trinity church in a Moscow suburb. One icon reportedly held relics of St. Sergiy of Radonezh, a 14th century monk who aided the church during Mongol rule. Theft follows a trend of icon theft after church reopenings.
Investigators secured a 50 foot, 300 ton blowout preventer from a mile deep in the Gulf of Mexico. Engineers spent 29 and a half hours to raise the device to the surface where FBI agents photographed it aboard the Helix Q4000 before transport to a NASA facility in Louisiana for analysis.
Army troops took control of central Christchurch two days after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake damaged buildings and disrupted roads. Mayor Parker extended the state of emergency for 48 hours as police and engineers assess the area.
In downtown Baghdad, American troops joined Iraqi forces to fend off a midday assault on the eastern army headquarters housed in a former Ministry of Defense building by bombers and gunmen. The firefight lasted minutes with at least 18 killed and 39 injured. no Americans were among the casualties. Helicopters drones and other assets supported the operation.
Gen Richard Dannatt, former head of the British Army, accuses Tony Blair and Gordon Brown of forcing military action in Iraq and Afghanistan without adequate funding. In book extracts published by the Sunday Telegraph, Dannatt says Brown blocked funding, while Blair failed to defend the army’s needs.
Economists expect future hiring to favor highly skilled workers with education while low paid or no jobs dominate for others. Job creation remains weak for months, with openings likely splitting between high paying professional roles and lower wage positions. 2014 or later may see a full job recovery, as August unemployment climbs to 9.6 percent and 16 months above 9 percent.
INDIANAPOLIS AP Volunteers across the United States log firefly sightings in an online database to gauge declines. About 700 people like Helen Mester of South Bend Indiana recorded counts and light patterns this summer, joining 5 100 others from 42 states since Firefly Watch began in 2008.
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