Excursion railway eyes Ottawa in summer
Midland Railway Historical Association plans a summer expansion to Ottawa as six bridges are rebuilt and 700 feet of track laid with 645000 dollars in 80 percent grant funding. Over 150 volunteers staff trains and programs attracting scouts and visitors, with ridership around 11000 a season and potential boosts from events like Ol Marais River Run and the Antique Tractor Show.
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Baldwin City
Ottawa Junction
The
Railway Association
Fox
Midland
Over the Road Gang
Ol’ Marais River
Thomas the Tank
Marines deployed to Haiti to restore order after president’s resignation
U S and French forces prepared for a multinational mission after Jean Bertrand Aristide fled Haiti amid rebel pressure and U N approval. Marines landed in Port au Prince with Humvees guarding the airport as 300 troops and police headed for Haiti to back Boniface Alexandre’s interim government. Aristide sought asylum in Central African Republic and spoke on state radio decrying the coup.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Port-au- Prince
Jean
Bertrand-Aristide
Africa
U.S
U.N. Security Council
Aristide
Central African Republic
Parfait Mbaye
United States
South Africa
Bheki Khumalo
Johannesburg
Boniface Alexandre
Supreme Court
Bush
White House
Champs de Mars
National Palace
Edwards Hardens Rhetoric In Bid For Super Tuesday Victories
In a New York debate, John Edwards attacked front runner John Kerry as politics as usual while Kerry defended experience. Edwards trails in key states and aims for wins in Georgia Ohio Minnesota to stay alive for March 9, facing pressure to quit if no momentum. He rejects VP speculation and contrasts trade votes with Kerry on Singapore Chile Africa and the Caribbean trade pacts. The exchange underscored a tightening Democratic primary race amid dwindling chances.
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Nedra Pickler
Associated Press
John Edwards
John Kerry
Washington
North Carolina
New York
Dennis Kucinich
al Sharpton
Edwards
New England
Kerry
California
Maryland
Georgia
Ohio
Minnesota
Singapore
Chile
Africa
Caribbean
Iraqis Reach Interim Constitution With Broad Bill of Rights
Iraqi politicians approve an interim charter defining a president with deputies a prime minister and a cabinet. The document includes a broad bill of rights and aims for at least 25 percent women in the national assembly. Elections for a Transitional National Assembly are to be held by year’s end if possible, or in 2006.
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Iraq
United States
L. Paul Bremer
Ashoura
National Assembly
Council
U.S
Mahmoud Othman
Transitional National Assembly
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Midland Railway
Laurie Sisk
Ottawa Herald
Ransom Memorial Hospital
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Ence
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