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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 2006
Page
3
Hamas and Fatah called off top level talks on forming a Palestinian unity government amid sanctions. An unconfirmed report said Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met a Saudi official, but both sides denied any official talks.
Three Marines from Camp Pendleton will face courts-mial on murder and kidnapping charges in the death of Hashim Ibrahim Awad in Hamdania Iraq. Gen. James Mattis said he would not seek the death penalty. The group includes seven Marines and one Navy corpsman charged with kidnapping and murder. five others face preliminary hearings.
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura accompanies Kinky Friedman on a Texas college tour as Friedman models an independent populist bid for governor. Ventura notes Texas voters previously showed low turnout as Perry seeks re election, highlighting a 29 percent turnout.
The University of Virginia announced it will eliminate its early decision program for students entering in fall 2008. President John S. Castee III said the move aims to level the playing field for low income students who seldom apply to early decision.
Searchers recovered the wreckage of a World Wildlife Fund charter helicopter that vanished over the weekend with 24 people aboard in the mountains 250 miles east of Katmandu. Officials said all aboard perished, including USAID deputy director Margaret Alexander and WWF program officer Matthew Preece.
Prosecutors filed murder and kidnapping charges against 36 year old Jose Luis Rubi Nava in the dragging death of his 49 year old girlfriend in Castle Rock Colorado. He also faces forging and possessing a government issued document charges and is held without bail.
Upham New Mexico The first rocket launched from the spaceport failed to reach suborbital space Monday wobbling back to Earth barely a tenth of the way into its intended journey. Gazette wire services
Safia Amaran a provincial director for the Ministry of Women's Affairs was fatally wounded by gunmen on a motorbike outside her Kandahar home as she headed to work. The attack underscored rising militant violence targeting officials and schools with no group independently confirming the claim.
In Baghdad's Sadr City militants surge again as U S and Iraqi forces restrict operations. Mortars and shootings target troops, while Muqtada al Sadr's Mahdi Army remains a major political force with 30 parliamentary seats and five cabinet posts.
Pakistan’s president and foreign ministry say they have no solid information on Osama bin Laden’s whereabouts or death but confirm finding him is a high priority. Officials note a long-standing belief he hides near the Pakistan Afghanistan border with continued speculation after reports of his possible death.
The Army extends the tour of 3,500 to 4,000 soldiers from the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, delaying their return from western Anbar to late February. Defense officials note overall strain as Gen. Rumsfeld hints at adjustments to rotations to keep sufficient forces in Iraq.
Retired Maj. Gen. John R. S. Batiste and Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton accuse Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld of bungling the Iraq war and hiding facts from the public. They urge replacement to halt “extraordinarily bad decision-making” ahead of the midterm elections. The debate comes amid a 2,600-plus U.S. deaths and a $300 billion cost.
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