Tens of thousands protest Gaza pullout in orange blue clash
Tens of thousands of orange clad activists protest Israel planned Gaza withdrawal, blocking highways and provoking split support. Settlers and backers defend orange symbolism linked to Ukraine and agricultural labeling. blue and white signals from peace advocates underscore the national dispute over a mid August pullout affecting 8,500 settlers in Gaza and four West Bank outposts.
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Israel
Gaza Strip
Emily Amrusi
Ukraine
Ariel Sharon
Gaza
Ami Ayalon
Shin Bet Security Service
West Bank
Sharon
Kenyan court acquits hotel bombing suspects in Kenya
Nairobi Chief Magistrate Aggrey Muchelule ruled the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Kubwa Mohammed Seif Said Saggar Ahmed and Salmin Mohammed Khamis were involved in the Paradise Hotel Kikambala bombing or the plane attack. Prosecution critics say Kenya lacks specialized terrorism trial expertise and funding.
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Kenya
U.S
Philip Kichana
International Commission of Jurists
Associated Press
Patrick Kiage
Kikambala
Mombasa
Osama bin Laden
al-Qaida
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U.S. to Expand Prisons Across Iraq to 16000 Detainees
The U.S. military announced plans to widen Iraq prison capacity to as many as 16,000 detainees. Current facilities Abu Ghraib Camp Bucca and Camp Cropper would be expanded, with Fort Suse adding 2,000 beds. The announcement follows three more U.S. military deaths in Iraq and a deadly Fallujah ambush.
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Iraq
U.S
Mishahda
Mohammed Naji
Associated Press
Abu Ghraib
Camp Bucca
Cropper
Guy Rudisill
Sulaimaniyah
Fort Suse
Rudisill
Two years to secure Iraq claimed by Iraqi PM
Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al Jaafari said two years would be more than enough to establish security in Iraq after talks with Tony Blair. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld warned insurgency could last up to 12 years, stressing a gradual buildup of Iraqi forces, border control, and political process. Blair said an engagement to draw insurgents into the democratic fold remains essential while not compromising against terrorism.
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Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Tony Blair
al-Jaafari
Iraq
Rumsfeld
Pentagon
U.S
Britain
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Physicians Debate On Annual Examinations And Tests
A large share of primary care physicians report performing annual exams and deeming them necessary. About 90 percent conduct yearly checkups with 65 percent considering them essential, while tests such as lipid panels and glucose testing remain common but vary in uptake.
Doctors dispute value of annual physicals for healthy adults
A Chicago survey of 783 primary care doctors finds 65 percent call yearly checkups necessary and nearly 90 percent perform them. The study, from 2002, notes many doctors still advocate tests unproven for healthy adults, such as CBCs, urine, diabetes, and thyroid screens, despite evidence of low yield.
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Chicago
Allan Prochazka
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Internal Medicine
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Congress
American Medical Association
Former prisoners allege Quran desecration by interrogators at Guantanamo
Six Pakistanis freed from a Lahore jail describe abuse during interrogation in Afghanistan and at Guantanamo. They accuse American interrogators of stomping on the Quran, tearing it, and urinating on it while demanding false confessions. Pentagon denies misconduct and says such charges are not substantiated.
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Pakistan
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Pentagon
al-Qaida
Afghanistan
U.S
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America
Associated Press
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