Israel Uses U S Made Aircraft in Gaza Strikes
In Gaza and the West Bank, Israeli forces used U S made F-16 and F-15 warplanes dropping bombs on police sites. A Palestinian policeman was killed and 18 injured in Gaza City and Dir al Balah with reports of further fatalities as the conflict escalates.
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U.S
West Bank
Dir al-Balah
Gaza
Salfit
Hanan Ashrawi
Israel
Uzi Landau
Yasser Arafat
Arafat
United States
Pentagon
Iraq
Record number of Americans in corrections in 2000
Washington AP reports that 6.47 million adults were under corrections supervision in 2000, a record high. Jails held 1.93 million, probation 3.84 million, and parole 725,527, with the system tripling since 1980 and parole completions declining to 43 percent by year end.
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Allen J. Beck
Justice Department
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Kara Gatsch
American Civil Liberties Union
National Prison Project
Beck
Gotsch
Red Cross Visitation Of Afghan Aid Workers Eases Isolation
Red Cross officials visited eight foreign aid workers held in Kabul on charges of preaching Christianity ending three weeks of isolation. The eight include two Americans, four Germans and two Australians. The Taliban meanwhile banned Internet use for aid groups and government departments, threatening enforcement under Islamic law. The eight detainees were detained with 16 Afghan staff during a raid on Shelter Now International.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Red Cross
Robert Monin
Taliban
Mullah Mohammed Omar
Shelter Now International
Dana Curry
Heather Mercer
George Taubmann
Margrit Stebnar
Kati Jelinek
Silke Duertkopf
Peter Bunch
Diana Thomas
Abdul Mateen
Associated Press
Mateen
Jelinek
Pakistan
U.S
Gas prices rise across nation after two week uptick
Gasoline prices climbed more than six cents a gallon nationwide in the past two weeks the first increase in three months. The Lundberg Survey reports an average price of 1.51 including all grades and taxes up 6.25 cents since August 10. Analysts cite refinery shutdowns and tighter stockpiles as causes with prices previously peaking May 18 at 1.76 and bottoming two weeks ago.
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Lundberg
U.S
Trilby Lundberg
Camarillo
New Minnesota study on dating abuse among teens
A study of 81,247 Minnesota high school students shows about one tenth of girls and nearly one in twenty boys report dating related rape or physical abuse. Lead author Diana Ackard notes the sample supports cautious generalizations beyond Minnesota, contrasting earlier Massachusetts based surveys.
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Minnesota
United States
Diana Ackard
Journal of the American Medical Assny
Massachusetts
FedEx Wins USPS Air Transport Contract in Tennessee
FedEx launches the air transport portion of a seven year USPS contract from Memphis. The deal covers up to 3.3 million pounds of mail daily with FedEx planes. About 500 pilots 250 aircraft mechanics and 4200 cargo handlers are hired to service the 6.3 billion segment announced in January.
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FedEx
Uncle Sam
U.S. Postal Service
Missing Yale student returns after South Africa ordeal
Natasha Smalls, 20, a Yale University student on a Fulbright, returned Sunday to the United States after three weeks abroad in South Africa. She told her parents she had been released from a Zimbabwe psychiatric hospital and said she had been assaulted in March. The family criticized the State Department for slow action during the ordeal.
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Yale University
South Africa
United States
Natasha Smalls
Zimbabwe
Smalls
University of Natal
Durban
Glory
Robert Smalls
New York
State Department
Glory Smalls
Kennedy Airport
New York City
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