On This Day Nixon Resigns After Watergate Revelations
August 8 1974 President Nixon announced his resignation amid new Watergate disclosures. Also noted are Edison’s 1876 mimeograph patent, Nazi saboteur executions in 1942, Truman signing the UN Charter in 1945, USSR wartime declaration, the 1963 Great Train Robbery, and Agnew’s 1973 resignation pledge after kickback accusations.
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World in Brief reflects global and domestic shocks in a single day
A naval jury in the United States sentences Salim Hamdan to 5 1/2 years in prison for his alleged ties to Osama bin Laden, while Pakistan's ruling coalition moves to impeach President Pervez Musharraf. Harvard scientists report stem cells derived from patient tissues to study ten disorders, and Kwame Kilpatrick is jailed for bond violation in a sprawling perjury case. A Chicago officer is suspended after demanding free coffee and baked goods from six Starbucks. A SUV smuggling operation crashes near Phoenix, killing nine and injuring ten.
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Turkistan Islamic Party threatens Beijing Olympics viewers
The Turkistan Islamic Party, an Xinjiang seeking group, released a new video urging Muslims to avoid travel on planes trains and buses with Chinese at the Beijing Games. The SITE Intelligence Group says the video shows a masked speaker with a Kalashnikov and warns of possible attacks amid heavy security across Beijing and other Olympic cities.
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China Embraces Olympics Amid Pride and Pressure
Beijing opens the 2008 Games with 600 athletes amid vast investment of 43 billion dollars. While China touts economic rise and cultural pride, security concerns, protests, pollution, and international pressure threaten the celebration as IOC officials voice cautious optimism.
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World poll on Olympics viewing and Lawrence day center vote
A reader poll asks how often people will watch the summer Olympics with options from full to none. Another question asks if a day center for the home less should open in a Lawrence residential neighborhood, with the winner reported as No.
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