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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 07, 2004

Page

2

Saakashvili Reasserts Control After Abashidze Resigns

Georgia's president Mikhail Saakashvili arrived in Batumi to mark the departure of Adzharia's long defiant leader Aslan Abashidze, who resigned after protests and fled to Moscow. Saakashvili, elected in January, vows to reintegrate Abkhazia and South Ossetia and end the region's friction since Georgia's 1991 independence.

Georgia Adzharia Mikhail Saakashvili Abzhazian Batumi Strongarm Aslan Abashidze Moscow Saakashvili Abkhazia South Ossetia

Police seize radioactive cesium containers in Crimea case

Ukrainian security forces captured two containers of cesium-137 and arrested three men from Simferopol after a tip that two buyers in Kiev planned to buy the material for about 60000 dollars per container. Each container weighed more than 187 pounds.

Ukraine Simferopol Crimean Peninsula Yuriy Kondratyev Kiev Kondratyev

Papal Protection Suspects In U.S. Custody

Officials announced rewards up to 5 million for the capture of other suspects. A grand jury indictment alleges the Norte Valle cartel leaders sent more than 1 million pounds of cocaine to the United States since 1990.

U.S Norte de Valle Cartel United States

Muslim village attacks in central Nigeria kill over 500

In two raids on Yeiwa, attackers from a predominantly Christian Tarok tribe killed an estimated 500 to 600 people. Red Cross teams report thousands fled, 158 wounded, about 100 missing, many women and children abducted, amid long standing ethnic and political feuds.

Nigeria Red Cross Umar Abdu Mairiga Yeiwa Mairiga Olusegun Obasanjo

Scarlett to lead Britain’s MI6 amid Iraq dossier controversy

The author of the disputed September 2002 Iraq weapons dossier was named head of MI6, prompting opposition to his appointment as a government inquiry investigates why Iraq feared weapons programs. He testified he controlled the dossier’s final say during the run up to the invasion. In other news, U S officials indicted nine Norte de Valle cartel members over cocaine smuggling totaling over ten billion dollars, with the cartel potentially supplying up to 60 percent of U S cocaine.

Britain MI6 John Scarlett Whyraq Scarlett David Kelly Blair

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