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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 2002
Page
8
Mohammad Zaher Shah, 87, leaves Rome aboard an Italian plane with interim leader Hamid Karzai and six ministers. He has no plans to restore the monarchy, but many Afghans expect him to serve as a unifying figure as Afghanistan ends decades of war and division.
U S experts interviewed the pilot and inspected the crash site in KIMHAE South Korea as part of a three nation investigation into Air China Flight 166 that crashed in rain and fog killing 126 of 166 aboard. Thirty eight survived and two are listed as missing. The jet involved was an American built Boeing 767 200. China joined South Korean officials in the investigation in Busan on the southeast coast.
The Philippine military said the rescue of an American missionary couple from Kansas is very high probability as troops close in on Abu Sayyaf extremists. General Teofilo de Los Santos cited the weekend surrender of 18 rebels as proof the group is on the run and running short of food.
Secretary of State Colin Powell said Israel promised to withdraw troops from the West Bank within a week after a 10 day peace mission. He urged Yasser Arafat to do more against terrorism while noting Israel's siege of Ramallah and a wind down of military operations as a step toward renewed peace talks. Powell travels on to Egypt and will be replaced by Tenet, Zinni, and Burns to push security and negotiations. Arafat appealed to the international community for help as Israeli gunners and tanks keep him confined.
Israeli troops swept through a Palestinian neighborhood in Jerusalem and two West Bank villages, detaining suspects as Secretary Powell wrapped up his truce mission without signs of a breakthrough. Arafat condemned the incursions and urged immediate withdrawal, while Powell pressed for surrender help and access to Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity.
Gov. Gray Davis appointed actor Clint Eastwood to the California Park and Recreation Commission. The Senate Rules Committee approved the nomination on Monday, sending it to the full Senate for final confirmation. Eastwood, former Carmel mayor, was named last November.
An American soldier was shot in the face during a drive by shooting on a crowded Kandahar street near the governor's mansion. The soldier, unnamed, is in stable condition at a U.S. base hospital and will be transferred to another facility. An Afghan bystander was slightly wounded. Afghan police cordoned off the area as officials classify the event a drive by shooting.
After two and a half years as anchor of The Early Show on CBS, the longtime morning news host who has led the program for 17 years will resign. In Ireland, the peace effort advances as authorities report further disarmament of weapons by the involved group.
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