Slain journalists identified after ambush in Afghanistan
Bodies of four international journalists are recovered and identified after a convoy ambush near Jalalabad en route to Kabul. The Reuters photographer Azizullah Haidari and Australian cameraman Harry Burton join Maria Grazia Cutuli of Corriere della Sera and Julia Fuentes of El Mundo in the confirmed deaths. Militiamen found the bodies and ferried them to a Jalalabad hospital as the wider convoy disperses.
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Jalalabad
Afghanistan
Kabul
Harry Burton
Azizullah Haidari
Reuters
Maria Grazia Cutuli
Cornere Della Sera
Julia Fuentes
el Mundo
Kabul fight raises fears of rival Afghan factions
Reuters reports chaos as northern alliance factions maneuver after Taliban exit. Rabbani returns to Kabul and oversees security amid competing power claims. On a remote Jalalabad road, gunmen stopped journalists binding them to a deadly ambush, framing attackers as bandits rather than Taliban.
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Mate
Afghanistan
Northern Alliance
Taliban
Rabbani
Osama bin Laden
Serabi
Kabul
Ashiquallah
Reuters
Ashiquailah
Nee
Homani
Jalalabad
Ashiquaillah
Hai Shershah
Shershah
She Soy
Talban
Glendening divorce divides pension assets and plans
The agreement splits retirement assets after the governors separation. Mrs Glendening gains half of a lump sum of 107784 from Prince Georges County and the county plan’s full monthly benefit of 1122 plus all governor contributed savings and investment plan assets. An individual retirement account transfer of 6724 is ordered. The document notes no value for an alternate pension and cites unanswered questions about the governor’s private life.
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Glendening
Ann
Prince George’s County
Mr. Glendening
Dawn drug raids target Frederick area network
The Frederick County Narcotics Task Force led a multi agency operation after a year long probe into a drug organization. Federal and local indictments followed wiretaps and 60 days of monitored conversations. Raids in Discovery and the 100 block area seized crack cocaine as officers from Frederick Police and County Sheriff regrouped for further assignments. The DEA task force based in Hagerstown and the U.S. Attorney's Office assisted, with officials praising interagency cooperation.
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Frederick
Rolle
Frederick County
New York
Frederick Police Department
Ardmore Court
Warren Way
Drug Enforcement Agency
Hagerstown
1.8
Holle
Frederick lawmakers weigh funding and reforms at Annapolis hearing
Frederick delegates heard demands for funding and policy changes from groups including Defenders and PAGER. The session discussed bond targets for nonprofit projects, a state hiring freeze, and education reform with parents urging reading instruction changes and officials noting legal limits on referendum powers.
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Maryland
Boards of Commissioners
Defenders
Annapolis
Great Frederick Fair
Weinberg Center For the Arts
American Red Cross Chapter
PAGER
County
Feagals
Terese Ankney
Sharon West
Specia Education
Frederick County Public Schools
Aldermen Hear Morningstar Noise Variance Proposal
Ms Beard asked for a variance to extend noise violation fix time to five years for Morningstar Dairy in a residential area after a nighttime violation. Aldermen require a full ordinance rewrite before any variance. no immediate support granted. Beard says no conflict of interest and notes prior research on noise rules, not on the variance.
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Michels
Beard
Morningstar Dairy
Bnside
Morningstar
Marthenmare
Turkey Bowl Kickball Tourney Slated for Thanksgiving Day
In Baker Park Frederick County organizers host the Nakey Bowl, a Turkey Bowl kickball tournament open to all ages. Gerald Palm leads THRIVE with United Way support. $1 registration earns a T shirt and refreshments. A playoff follows, with a Super Bowl planned for January.
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Bath
Baker Park
Gerald Palm
Palm
Travel For
United Way
Frederick County
Lisa Orr
Bell Tower
Kit
Gaithersburg Middle School students raise funds for Afghan children
Gaithersburg Middle School students presented a check for 1516 dollars to United States Representative Morella for the program Americas Land for Afghan Children. The funds will provide food shelter and medicine to Afghan children, amid years of war drought and Taliban rule.
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Gaithershung
Gaithersburg Motkile School
Morello
Afghanistan
Morellaid
Ianvan
Gaithersburg Middle School
Mohanistan
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Ain
University Park
Rome
Raymond
College Studies
Jennifer Crawford
Frances Hughes Glendening
Federal Election Commission
Parris Glendening
University of Maryland At College Park
George Raymond Hugheson
State Senate
Prince George's County
bin Laden
Washington
Kashmir
Ammer
Reagan
U.S
Bush
Kush
CIA
Rumsfeld
Noutheast
Kandahar
bin Larien
United States
Tim Brown
Bill Green
Frederick City
West Fifth Street
Weinberg
Mills
Sue Hecht
Maine
Brunewick
Board of Education
Anne Hooper
Montgomery Bureau
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