Saddam acknowledges deaths of his sons on tape
An audiotape attributed to Saddam Hussein broadcast by Al Arabiya confirms the deaths of his two sons Odai and Qusai in a July gunfight with U.S. troops. The Cairo monitored recording says Saddam would offer all his children in the same way and praises the fate that honored their martyrdom.
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Cairo
Egypt
Saddam Hussein
Al-Arabiya
Odai
Qusai
U.S
Saddam
Homeward Bound on a Greyhound Bus to Roswell
A TNM&O Greyhound bus travels a border route from El Paso toward Roswell New Mexico with passengers describing last minute plans for a family reunion in La Junta Colorado. The driver explains stops through Las Cruces Alamogordo and Portales while riders discuss costs and discounts for seniors.
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Randy
Roswell
N.M
Las Cruces
San Andres Mountains
White Sands National Monument
Alamogordo
Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation
Ruidoso
Caroline Lenario
Woodland
Calif
Maria L. Marmoligo
el Paso
Amarillo
Lenario
la Junta
Colo
Marmoligo
By El Remedio Market El Paso Migrants Wait For Arrival
The scene shows people with suitcases and boxes at El Remedio Market waiting on a Friday night for Los Paisanos to arrive. From El Paso to Ciudad Juarez the crossing costs two pesos, about twenty cents, and the bridge toll is enforced by Jesus Oropesa who acts as a sentinel at the Santa Fe Street Bridge.
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Los Paisanos
el Paso
Texas
el Remedio Market
E. Fulton St
el Remedio
Rio Grande River
Ciudad Juarez
Mexico
Jesus Oropesa
Santa Fe Street
Border Patrol Watches Rio Grande Swimmers From Jeep
People cool off in the brown water of the Rio Grande between Juarez and El Paso while a U S Border Patrol officer sits in a nearby Jeep observing. A driver makes an announcement to passengers likening it to a pilot describing a flight.
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EL Paso
Texas
Rio Grande
Juarez
Mexico
U.S. Border Patrol
Tnm&o
Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma
Greyhound Bus Line
Rio Grande River
Children of the corn pollinators work in Garden City
Sara Leon, a 15 year old Garden City High School sophomore, works at the Pioneer Hi-Bred corn nursery south of Garden City pollinating corn. She earns six dollars per hour amid 8 foot stalks as 75 summer workers, ages 14 and up, labor July 7 through August 7 in hot sun and muddy fields. The station received more than 160 applicants, with 30 returning from last year, and shifts run seven days a week starting at 7:30 a.m.
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Sara Leon
Garden City
Pioneer
Leon
Troy Bauer
Bauer
Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc
Garden City trio fails to meet AYP in reading and math
Preliminary results show Garden City High School, Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center, and Buffalo Jones Elementary School missing Adequate Yearly Progress under the No Child Left Behind framework. USD 457 officials, including curriculum coordinator Ann Goodman, presented the findings at the Board of Education meeting, outlining the district's status and the ESEA criteria.
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Garden City
Garden City High School
Berna
USD 457 Budget Hearing Set and Levy Change
USD 457 Board approves publishing a 1.3 mill decrease for the 2003-04 budget. Hearing at 7:30 p.m. August 11 in the Educational Support Center board room. Proposed levy 43.19 mills, down from 44.49 in 2002-03. Total budget 70,388,560, vs 71,866,395 prior year. Levy change tied to Sebelius plan to shift tax payments earlier to June.
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USD 457
Board of Education
Fleming St
Kathleen Sebelius
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