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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 2005
Page
5
Taliban rebels urged Afghans to skip weekend legislative elections while a candidate was killed and four others wounded in incidents near polling stations. With 100,000 Afghan police and soldiers and 30,000 foreign troops on alert, ballots were transported to more than 6,000 centers as hopes rise for a democratic government after decades of conflict.
Germans head to the polls to elect a new parliament and decide the chancellor race between Gerhard Schröder and Angela Merkel. The plan shifts labor costs by cutting payroll taxes and raising the value added tax, with corporate tax reduced from 25 to 22 percent.
Berlin reports undecided voters could determine the outcome of the German election. Analysts see a coalition government as likely with Merkel or Schroeder leading parties and a possible SPD CDU FDP arrangement.
A powerful bomb near a coffee shop in eastern Beirut's Christian district killed one man and wounded seven. Officials said a timing device was used and the blast occurred just before midnight, part of a wave of recent violence tied to the Hariri assassination investigation.
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