Afghanistan troops uncover large caches of weapons
U S special forces found several weapon caches in southeast Afghanistan near the Pakistani border including 30 surface to air missiles and a cave with eight truckloads of ammunition. Inspectors at Khanabad in Uzbekistan detected nerve gas and mustard traces and possible blood agent in a hangar, with tests ongoing.
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Bagram
Afghanistan
U.S
al- Qaida
Taliban
Roger King
King
Bagram Air Base
Uzbekistan
Khanabad
Khost
Gardez
Missing Utah teen Elizabeth Smart abducted at gunpoint
Volunteers across the country search ponds, ditches, and woods for 14 year old Elizabeth Smart after she was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home early Wednesday. Police report no solid leads as efforts dwindle from over a thousand volunteers to several hundred and pilots reduce travel. Her aunt and city leaders urge hope and public help while authorities describe the suspect as a white male about 5 foot 8, tan jacket, white cap, with a small black gun.
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Salt Lake City
Elizabeth Smart
Elizabeth
Colorado
Bob Walcutt
Laura Recovery Center Foundation
Cynthia Smart-Owens
Smart-Owens
Rocky Anderson
Smart
Four rare Bibles come together in Scheide collection
Princeton collector William Hurd Scheide, age 88, owns the first four printed Bible editions for the first time in over a century. He completed the set last year with the Mentelin Bible of 1460, bought for a seven figure sum. The four works now reside at Princeton University’s Scheide Library, available to scholars.
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Princeton
N.J
William Hurd Scheide
Johann Mentelin
Strasbourg
Princeton University
Mainz
Bamberg
Albrecht Pfister
Johann Fust
Peter Schaeffer
Germany
Peter E. Hanff
Bancroft Library
University of California At Berkeley
The
New York Times
Scheide
Franklin County Commission Minutes June 3 2002 Proceedings
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners met in a regular session at 8 30 with Chairman John E Taylor and Commissioners Carey Ferguson Stottlemire and Waymire present. They discussed the 2003 Health Department budget and a Bioterrorism Grant, approved a $40 996 grant with KDHE and easements for Louisiana Estates and Clark Road Estates, and voted on various tax and payroll items. The meeting included discussions of clock repairs, speeding concerns in Centropolis, a sewer draining issue, and a stop sign change at Woodson and Colorado roads before adjournment at 12 30.
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Board OF Franklin County Commissioners
Board of Commissioners
John E. Taylor
Raymond R. Carey
Fred E. Ferguson
Donald R. Stottlemire
Donald E. Waymire
Taylor
Barbara Coms
Health Department
Barbara
Craig Davis
Leviticus Houston
Houston
Carey
Stottlemire
Kansas Department of Health & Environment
Waymire
Ferguson
Louisiana Estates
Clark Road Estates
Darrell Wadkins
Darrell
Wayne Duderstadt
Ottawa University
Samantha Smith
Centropolis
Bob Kuiken
Woodson Road
Wood
Chambers
Deb Barker
Crestview
Loya jirga session on Afghan gov plan delayed over ex king role
The opening session of the grand council to shape a new Afghan government was postponed amid internal Afghan disputes over Mohammad Zaher Shah. Interim Prime Minister Hamid Karzai aides cited logistical issues. diplomats predicted a one day delay. Debates split northern alliance leaders who oppose Zaher Shah’s formal role, while many delegates favor his involvement. The ex king’s participation is debated as Pashtuns back his influence and Tajik dominated leadership resists it.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Grand Council
Hamid Karzai
Mohammad Zaher Shah
Northern Alliance
Zaher Shah
Chirac conservatives surge as parliament result nears
In France, mainstream right leads with 43.4 percent for the 577-seat National Assembly after the first round, while the left trails at 36.1 percent. The far right, led by Jean Marie Le Pen, polls about 11.3 percent, with a record turnout-split and many abstentions leaving final outcomes uncertain for next Sunday voting.
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Paris
Jacques Chirac
France
National Assembly
Interior Ministry
Jean-Marie le Pen
Lionel Jospin
Anti
le Pen
Rumsfeld rejects Iraqi claim on weapons of mass destruction
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in Kuwait City dismissed Baghdad's assertion that Iraq has not and will not pursue nuclear chemical or biological weapons. He called the claim false and unreliable and said Iraq remains a destabilizing force in the Gulf.
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Kuwait City
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Kuwait
Bahrain
Baghdad
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
Rumsfeld
Gulf
U S Catholic leaders seek stronger abuse policy changes
U S Catholic bishops propose zero tolerance for future priest abuse and a two strikes policy for past cases. The Vatican would defrock violators and all abuse of minors would be reported to civil authorities. Cardinal Maida urged strengthening the draft as victims press for tougher action. Bishop Lori plans concrete changes.
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Boston
Dallas
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Vatican
Adam Maida
Detroit
St. Kenneth Catholic
William Lori
Bridgeport
Indian court drops bribe charges against Hinduja brothers in arms deal
An Indian court threw out bribe taking charges against the Hinduja brothers over the 1986 Bofors arms sale, with prosecutors allowed to refile if a technical error is fixed. The trio, Srichand, Gopichand, and Prakash Hinduja, are linked to $8.3 million alleged kickbacks. Commissions in defense deals are illegal in India, carrying up to seven years in prison.
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New Delhi
India
Srichand
Gopichand
Prakash
Bofors AB
Bofors
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