Rain floods force evacuations across Illinois and drownings reported
Rain swollen rivers triggered evacuations in Des Plaines Riverside Albany Park Glenview and Addison along the Des Plaines Chicago River and Salt Creek. Two men drowned in a flooded drainage ditch in Chesterton Indiana. Emergency declarations were issued in multiple Illinois communities and Cook County.
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Afghan Civilian Toll From US Bombing Based on False Tip
The Aug 22 Azizabad raid killed up to 90 civilians, including 60 children, Afghan officials say. The strike was based on rival tribe misinformation and did not hit Taliban fighters, per Karzai spokesman Humayun Hamidzada. Police detained three suspects over the false intelligence used by coalition forces.
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Talib
United States
UN convoy attack in Afghanistan kills two doctors en route to polio drive
A suicide style attack struck a United Nations marked convoy in southern Afghanistan killing two Afghan doctors and their driver. The incident amid polio vaccination efforts near the Afghanistan Pakistan frontier drew disputed accounts of civilian deaths and a later US led investigation into the strike.
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Morales Struggles to Keep Bolivia Unified Amid Violence
President Evo Morales fights to control a fractured Bolivia as protests burn a town hall and block highways. At least 30 killed in Pando province amid martial law, with calls for talks as Tarija governors warn of a paralyzed east and regional talks in Chile.
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Widow loses bid to use dead husband’s frozen sperm
In California, an appellate court ruled that the frozen sperm of deceased sheriff’s deputy Joseph Kievernagel cannot be used by his widow Iris to conceive. The couple had planned IVF with Northern California Fertility Medical Center. the box to discard sperm was checked before death.
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