On This Day: Historic Battles and Political Upheavals
August 19 1812 USS Constitution defeats Guerriere off Nova Scotia. 1807 Fulton’s North River Steamboat reaches Albany after leaving New York. 1934 German plebiscite cements Hitler’s arbitrary power. 1942 Dieppe raid yields heavy Allied casualties. 1960 Powers convicted in Moscow. 1976 Ford secures GOP nomination. 1991 Soviet coup removes Gorbachev, collapse soon follows.
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Robert Fulton
Albany
New York
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Dieppe
France
Moscow
Fran
Cis
Gary Powers
Ford
Kansas City
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
World in Brief highlights shifting U S population trends
A Census Bureau study notes Hispanics are the only major group producing more than two children per family, a rate needed to replace parents and stabilize population. It also shows more early twenty-somethings are childless or have fewer children, with 40 to 44 year olds lacking kids rising from 10 to 20 percent.
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U.S
Germany
Japan
Census Bureau
Jane Dye
Musharraf resigns thrusting Pakistan into fresh turmoil
Pakistan faces political uncertainty as President Pervez Musharraf resigns after nine years of military rule. A civilian coalition negotiates a replacement with possible female leadership while markets recover amid security and economic strains. Officials note immunity terms and a likely Dubai exile, with coalition leaders rushing talks on a new president.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Pervez Musharraf
Musharraf
United States
Washington
Persian Gulf
Dubai
Satis
Jinnah
Shazia Hassan
Pakistan People’s Party
Pakistan Muslim League-N
Farzana Raja
Pakistan Muslim League Q
Iraq Cracks Down on Sunni Fighters in Diyala
The Shiite-led Iraqi government moves against U S backed Sunni Arab fighters in Diyala arresting leaders disarming dozens and barring them from checkpoints unless with official security forces. The crackdown reflects government mistrust of Awakening Councils Sons of Iraq and Popular Committees despite their role in rout of al Qaida.
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Iraq
Diyala
al-Qaida
Awakening Councils
Sons of Iraq
Popular Committees
al- Qaida
Belief in divine intervention shapes end of life care
A survey in Archives of Surgery reports 57 percent of adults believe God could save a dying relative even if doctors say treatment is futile. Nearly 75 percent support patients requesting such treatment. About 20 percent of medical workers think God could reverse hopeless outcomes, influencing doctor family conversations and decisions on life support and organ donation.
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Curiaco
Pat Loder
Milford
Mich
Loder
U.S
Contact information for Lawrence Journal-World departments
The notice lists departments and phone lines for local news city and county government Kansas University Lawrence schools business sports arts and entertainment letters to the editor obituaries and photo reprints with specific extension numbers and an outside Lawrence toll free line. It serves as a general newsroom contact guide and does not present a story.
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Ljworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Newspaper Staff Contacts and subscriber information
Editors and department heads with direct lines and emails are listed along with news partners 6News and Mediaphormedia. It also provides subscription billing delivery lines and redelivery guarantee times for in-town areas.
Poll questions on drinking age and dorm move in
Daily poll asks if the drinking age should drop to 18 to curb binge drinking and whether parents helped move freshmen into dorms. The poll shows Yes as the winner and invites readers to visit ijworld.com to vote.
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