Truancy crackdown threatens jail for careless parents
Chaves County DA Thomas Rutledge and Roswell Independent School District officials warned that parents of habitually truant students face heightened enforcement. First offenses could bring a $100 fine and community service, with $500 fine and six months in jail on a second conviction.
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Administrative and Services Complex
Fifth Judicial District
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Iraqi official says no more U N inspections needed
Iraqi information minister denounces U S claims that Saddam Hussein still hides weapons of mass destruction as lies. The State Department says Baghdad refuses a clear answer on resuming inspections, insisting on verifiable disarmament.
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Baghdad
Saddam Hussein
U.S. State Department
Philip Beeker
Iraq
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf
Bush
Saddam
Mideast
Quicksand
al- Sahhaf
New Mexican soldier dies after Afghan gunfight
Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Speer of Albuquerque died from wounds suffered two weeks earlier during an ambush in eastern Afghanistan. About 100 U.S. and Afghan troops fought rebels, with two Afghan militiamen killed and several attackers also killed. Speer had been evacuated to Germany for care.
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Taliban
al-Qaida
Afghanistan
Pentagon
Christopher James Speer
Albuquerque
U.S
Department of Defense
al- Qaida
Speer
Germany
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Roswell Councilor Responds to Hispano Chamber Letters on Tax Plan
Roswell City Councilor Lee Rogers replies to RHCC and RHCCF letters urging delay of the gross receipts tax rise to fund economic development. He stresses early planning will outlive tax collection and supports not postponing the Sept. 17 election, noting RISD’s Feb. 4, 2003 bond issue context. He frames LOGAT as two parts, with CCDF as the professional economic development contractor.
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Lee Rogers
Roswell Hispano Chamber of Commerce
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Bobby Nunez
Roswell Hispano Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Melissa Urban
Council
Chaves County
RHCC
RHCCF
Nunez
Urban
Roswell Independent
RISD
CCDF
Koreas resume talks mark progress on reunions and rail link
South and North Korean negotiators meet in Seoul resuming high level talks after a nine month pause. South Korea proposes sports exchanges and a cross border railway reopening plus more family reunions. North Korea and the U S react with cautious optimism as dialogue resumes.
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South Korea
Lee Bong-jo
North Korea
Kim Ryong Song
Washington
State Department
Philip Beeker
United States
Koreas
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