Attack on Iraq Governing Council member wounds official
Six gunmen in a Toyota pickup fired on Aquila al Hashimi, a Shiite member and UN candidate, injuring her in a daytime ambush. The assault marks the first assassination attempt on Iraq’s U.S.-created Governing Council as allies urge greater UN involvement to stabilize the country.
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Bush to press UN on Iraq aid as coalition fights insurgency
Inside President Bush plans to urge the United Nations to provide assistance in Iraq while U S led forces struggle against guerrilla attacks targeting Americans and Iraqi allies. Khaldiyah police chief allied with U S forces was gunned down last week amid rising assaults on recruits. A Shiite cleric Ayatollah al Hakim was killed in a car bombing that killed at least 85. His brother Abdel Aziz is an IRAQI.
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Iowa Values Fund approves second grant round
The Iowa Values Board has distributed $20 million in two months to biotech banking and computer firms, promising over 2,400 jobs. Mike Blouin calls the Aug. 27 grants a back-to-back grand slam for economic development. The fund aims to shift Iowa toward higher paying biotech banking and insurance jobs.
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Iowa Values Fund Board Members List
The Iowa Values Fund Board includes Mary Chapman of Des Moines Kathy Alden of Dougherty Bonnie Barney of Tiffin Nancy Dunkel of Dyersville Holmes Foster of Clive Gerald Kirke of West Des Moines Craig Lang of Brooklyn John Lisle of Clarinda Marcia Nichols of Johnston Henry Royer of Cedar Rapids Toby Shine of Milford Sen Bill Dotzler of D-Waterloo Sen Mark Zieman of R-Postville Rep Clarence Hoffman of R-Charter Oak Rep Janet Petersen of D-Des Moines The source is the Iowa Department of Economic Development.
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Dyersville
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Brooklyn
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Clarinda
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Johnston
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Cedar Rapids
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Milford
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Waterloo
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Postville
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Charter Oak
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Death the diamond Death the diamond in a Wyoming man recalls tragic baseball seasons in the late '40s
Wyoming pitcher Cliff Dirks recalls a grim period in his junior year at Wyoming High School. In 1948 a muddy field led to Norman Latare’s injury and later Glen Rhoads’s fatal hit during a pickoff attempt. Dirks emphasizes the incident as an accident and reflects on decades of memory.
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College educators enjoy broad academic freedom at Iowa
The Gazette reports on university guidelines that grant faculty wide teaching freedom while restricting irrelevance and coercion. It notes debates over classroom discussion and political views in grading, with the University of Iowa declining comment on a specific German class incident.
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