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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 2006
Page
5
Panama's president plans a referendum later this year on a multibillion dollar project to enlarge the canal with wider locks and expanded basin fed by the Chagres River. Analysts estimate 5 to 8 billion dollars for at least six years of work, a major fiscal undertaking for the government.
Insurgents killed three U S soldiers in the Baghdad area and mortar fire near the Defense Ministry killed 27 Iraqis as Shiite, Sunni, and Kurdish parties began forming a new government. U S Ambassador Khalilzad urged decommissioning militias and integrating forces.
Orthodox Easter services from Istanbul to Jerusalem unite leaders in calls for peace amid floods in Europe. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I urged an end to violence as Pope Benedict XVI echoed prayers for flood victims in Serbia Romania and Bulgaria while Greece's Archbishop Christodoulos warned against globalization and the world order.
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri rejects any link to bin Laden's ideology while noting a shared anti Israel stance. Reports say al Qaida seeks cells in Gaza, West Bank, Lebanon and Sudan, as Israel indicts two West Bank militants for al Qaida membership."}
Britain’s defense secretary John Reid warned in Kabul that any setup aiding militants could restore the Taliban and al Qaeda. He spoke as bombings and shootings targeted coalition troops and Afghan forces amid rising violence, while U.S. led troops plan to hand command to NATO forces by November. Taliban fighters battled Afghan security in Gelan district Ghazni and attacked a construction company near Kandahar, destroying trucks and equipment as four Canadian soldiers were killed in a separate incident.
World Bank and IMF officials said poverty has declined toward the 2015 target with growth around 4.9 percent. Debates focused on debt relief, energy financing, governance reforms, and global imbalances as U.S. China tensions surfaced and calls grew for stronger governance to curb corruption. The group urged continued funding and careful debt relief to avoid backsliding and sustain gains.
In Katmandu thousands faced police fire and tear gas while a day long curfew held for a fourth day. Dozens injured as protesters clash with security forces amid a deepening political crisis following the king’s power seizure. Rebels attacked security posts in Chautara, 75 miles northeast, with unknown casualties.
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