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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 2006
Page
3
A Yomiuri Shimbun survey of 1,741 valid responses from 3,000 voters finds 80 percent worried about U S beef safety, only 10 percent want to eat it, and 45 percent oppose while 43 percent want more consideration before deciding. Sales have begun at large retailers despite fears.
A suspected Islamic extremist, Alparslan Arslan, on trial for the May 17 attack that killed a high court judge and wounded others, tried to escape the courtroom to pray. He was restrained by guards twice after requests for leave to pray were denied and a mosque call prompted further escape attempts, with eight alleged accomplices present.
Police recovered twelve bound, blindfolded men from a river grate near Suwayrah south of Baghdad and counted about fifty serious death notices across Iraq. A roadside device fatally wounded two U.S. soldiers south of Baghdad as sectarian violence spikes, while a Kurdish party ban and a corruption probe against past officials frame a widening crisis.
In Nuristan province Waygal district militants attacked a U.S. patrol with rockets, killing three Americans and wounding three others and a civilian. Col. Tom Collins said U.S. artillery repelled the raid as forces push toward border regions to crush militants allied with al Qaida and Hezb-e-Islami. A British soldier died in Helmand in a separate incident, raising coalition casualties to 19 since 2001. NATO command shifted to southern Afghanistan last year and focus now moves east toward al Qaida and Taliban threats.
Mexico City leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador calls for nulling ballots from about 5,000 polling sites after a partial recount. His aide Claudia Sheinbaum says removing these results would tilt the election to Obrador. The move targets sites favorable to Calderon and covers nearly 4 percent of voting places.
Fidel Castro, recovering from intestinal surgery, is reported by Granma to be sitting up and walking a bit on the eve of his 80th birthday. Hugo Chavez announced he will visit Castro in Havana, saying they will celebrate with a cake and gifts.
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