Debate over sending more troops to Iraq widens
Washington officials debate a larger U S force as Iraq readies to govern itself on June 30. Senate leaders warn the security crisis may derail the transition while UN envoy Brahimi cautions against a heavy assault on Najaf and Fallujah. Lieberman calls for domestic political truce amid partisan strife.
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Washington
U.S
Iraq
Senate Foreign Relations
Dick Lugar
R-Ind
CNN
ABC
Brahimi
Bush
Fallujah
Joseph Lieberman
Lieberman
D-Conn
CBS
Congress
White House
USS
Najaf
The
Sched
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Jon Kyl
R-Ariz
Republican Policy Committee
Joseph Biden
Delaware
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John McCain
Ottawa rallies to back local troops in Iraq
Ottawa and The Ottawa Herald co sponsor a café package drive to send items to Franklin County troops in Iraq. A Saturday rally to support active duty personnel is planned. The city will collect names and addresses of deployed troops and items such as hard candy gum pens paper cotton swabs deodorant and baby supplies.
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Franklin County
Ottawa
The
Ottawa Herald
Marine L. Cpl
Chris Wasser
Iraq
Barb Nelson
Weldon Padgett
Wasser
Nelson
Bill Gray
Lawmakers back at Capitol face school tax pledge rally
As Kansas lawmakers return for the final 2004 session days in Topeka they confront a $155 million school finance plan. Proponents push a 0.2 percentage point sales tax rise and a 4.5 percent personal income tax surcharge while disabled advocates seek steady funding. Kansas Families United for Public Education brings chapters from Shawnee, Johnson and Douglas counties to a rally with parents and students bearing empty bowls to protest unmet needs.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
House
Kansas Families United For Public Education
Shawnee, Johnson and
Douglas County
John Martellaro
Martellaro
SARS Quarantine Grows Ahead of May Day Holiday
China tightens SARS surveillance as nearly 500 people in Beijing and Anhui enter quarantine over two confirmed cases and six suspected ones linked to a Beijing lab. Officials trace all cases to a single patient while authorities screen travelers and labs ahead of Golden Week.
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Beijing
Anhui
China Daily
People’s Daily
North Korea
Dandong
Sina.com
Australians honor Wasser's sacrifice in memorial service
Australians in Brisbane and Ottawa connected over the memorial of Lance Cpl. Christopher Wasser, a Marine killed in Iraq. Peter Anderton posted the tribute during the ANZAC ceremony, saluting the flag and laying a wreath with Chris's photo as Brenda Harris and Chris’s family sent condolences from the United States, California, and beyond.
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Christopher Wasser
Iraq
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Brisbane
Vietnam
Chris
United States
Anderton
Brenda Harris
Nizers
Harris
Scott Wasser
Candy Wasser
Twentynine Palms
Calif
Marine Lance
Chris Wasser
Wasser
Girfriend
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Hays
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