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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 2002
Page
6
Washington AP report notes Congress failed to extend federal unemployment aid before adjournment. About 800000 to 900000 jobless workers lose benefits today with 95000 more each week as state programs expire. Senate urged extension. House opposed and left unresolved.
The Pentagon ordered the Navy to prepare two aircraft carriers and two amphibious assault vessels for possible action in Iraq. Vessels must be ready to sail within 96 hours of a specified date, with escorts and additional warships, air craft, and about 4,400 Marines to join forces in the region. The USS George Washington group would depart the Atlantic fleet if sailing is approved, with George Washington already returning to Norfolk.
Officials say Iraq enhanced biological capabilities since 1991, likely running mobile germ labs and processes to dry bacteria for deadlier weapons. Pentagon notes such arsenal could cause massive civilian casualties and disrupt a U.S. invasion, with experts calling it the most frightening aspect of Baghdad’s program.
New-home sales rose 5.7 percent in November to a seasonally adjusted 1.07 million annual rate, marking the highest monthly level on record. For 2002, sales trend toward a best ever year as low mortgage rates fueled buyers amid a U.S. economic recovery and ongoing tax-cut considerations from President Bush.
The Government Printing Office will print the next federal budget charts and graphs after competing bids, a first since 1921. GPO offered 387000 dollars, down from last year's 500000, with estimated savings of about 118370. White House and GPO claim victory amid budget office forecasts. Four of five volumes will be printed by GPO, one possibly by a private printer for color work.
North Korea orders U N inspectors out and vows to restart a Yongbyon lab that can extract plutonium for bombs, as IAEA says inspectors will remain on standby and the White House calls for Pyongyang to shut down its nuclear program.
The U S U N Command said North Korea breached the 1953 armistice by placing 7 62mm machine guns in the DMZ on six days between December 13 and 20 100 to 400 yards north of the Military Demarcation Line The weapons were removed each day and North Korea refused a meeting on December 26 The report notes such violations are routine and come as Kim Jong uns regime moves to restart nuclear facilities and expel IAEA inspectors
Paris authorities dismantled a terror cell linked to Chechen rebels and al Qaida that planned bomb or toxic gas attacks in France and Russia. Four Islamic militants were arrested near Paris as counterterrorism raids extended across suburban areas during a probe into networks sending fighters to Chechnya. Menad Benchellah aided training for his brother and another man in Afghanistan in 2001.
An explosion at Bishkek's Dordoi market killed seven and wounded 26 as a container of fireworks detonated near a gas tank. Six of the injured remained in intensive care. Investigators did not rule out terrorism or gang feuds.
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