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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 2003
Page
5
Fourteen reporters exited northeast Arauca on the Colombia border with Venezuela due to death lists from FARC rebels and right wing militias. They join a string of dangers in the oil rich plains as violence and abductions persist in the region.
Defense Minister Robert Hill announced Australia will cut naval presence in the Iraqi conflict, replacing HMAS Anzac and HMAS Darwin with HMAS Sydney. The move comes as Umm Qasr port and Gulf waters are being cleared of mines for humanitarian and military supply routes. Cosgrove noted no Australian casualties among about 2,000 personnel in the Gulf during the war's second week.
A Rovigo area raid yielded two pounds of explosives and maps of London and its subway. Investigators found NATO base plans but no evidence of links to terrorism. The judge dropped terrorism counts. suspects remain jailed on illegal possession charges. Their lawyer cited squatting at an abandoned building as the context.
An overloaded truck carrying 43 laborers and a driver plunged from a narrow rural road in Magen County Qinghai province into a river killing 14. Earlier a jeep with nine aboard fell into the same river, four died and one was missing. Police cite road narrowness and overloading as likely causes. 11 injured.
An Iraqi soldier named Ali fleeing Saddam's army describes fear, hunger, and longing for an end to war as he and about 18 fellow deserters reach Kalak in the Kurdish zone. They seek safety, face possible retaliation, and face uncertainty about thousands more deserters crossing into Kurdish territory amid U.S. airstrikes.
North Korea test fired a ground to ship missile from the northwestern coast, about 37 miles range, as Japan notes satellite launches aiding missile surveillance. Officials confirm the event but release details are limited. South Korea and Washington criticize the tests as pressure for talks.
HealthSouth Corp. dismissed founder and chairman Richard Scrushy as a third executive pleaded guilty to fraud in a widening accounting scandal. Emery Harris admitted to false entries and attending meetings on inflating earnings. Prosecutors say fake numbers, called dirt, masked gaps between true earnings and forecasts. Harris faces up to 15 years and fines. Scrushy not charged yet.
Trustees selected Larry Blair a 35 year education veteran and West Texan as lone finalist for Fort Davis ISD superintendent. Blair, currently Bryan ISD assistant superintendent, will wait 21 days before contract per state law and succeeds retiring Scott Barton in July.
Representative George Buddy West gains preliminary House approval for HB 854 requiring school libraries to prove compliance with child Internet protection laws to receive Texas Infrastructure Fund grants. The measure ties grant funding to existing filters and underscores parental Internet safety in libraries and schools.
James Parks of the American Red Cross in Odessa reports more than 1,500 shoeboxes packed with toiletries and candy gathered for Operation Shoebox. Boxes await mailing or delivery as officials seek base collaborations to ship to troops in Iraq, with potential mail costs exceeding 11,000 dollars.
Lubbock Republican candidate Vickie Sutton says backing the 2002 Farm Bill is essential for a successor in Congress. She warned May 1 as Combest's retirement looms that reopening the bill would be costly and that food security and stable oil supply hinge on a steady domestic program.
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