Iraq admits holding two Americans crossing from Kuwait
Iraq's No 2 official Taha Yassin Ramadan acknowledged Saturday that two Americans crossing the border from Kuwait are being held. He said little would happen to them and referenced possible links to efforts to lift U.N. sanctions. The two McDonnell Douglas employees were arrested Monday night near Umm Qasr after visiting friends in a Danish U.N. unit.
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McDonnell Douglas Corp
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Associated Press Television
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Umm Qasr
Washington
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Baghdad
Warsaw
Foreign Ministry
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Saudi Arabia
St. Louis
Kathy Caliberti
Jacksonville
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Florida Times-Union
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Public acceptance grows for reuse of treated wastewater
The Charlotte Mecklenburg utility official notes that all drinking water originates as wastewater that is reused, stressing the need for education to boost public comfort with reclaimed water for landscape irrigation, agriculture, industry and other non drinking uses.
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Trill Mendenhall
Charlotte- Mecklenburg
North Carolina water reuse debate centers on conservation benefits
In western North Carolina, advocates discuss using reclaimed wastewater for snow making dust control equipment cleaning wetland augmentation aquifer recharge or toilet flushing. Benefits cited include conserving water reducing pollution and saving money by avoiding treatment of river or lake water to drinking standards.
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North Carolina
Dual system reclaims city's water
St. Petersburg Florida emerges as a pioneer in wastewater reclamation with a large dual water system. The program, among the first to wide scale reuse, uses over 20 million gallons per day through 250 miles of pipe to golf courses homes schools and industries.
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St. Petersburg
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Florida
Fisheries panel delays grant vote until Thursday
The Marine Fisheries Commission paused decisions on 41 recommended fisheries grants and approved backing for the Environmental Management Commission wetlands rules. At New Bern, Sen. Perdue urged clearing up the grant controversy while Chairman Bob Lucas warned that delaying past April 15 could lose the $1 million appropriation. The May 15 deadline looms as funds risk reverting to the general fund if unspent.
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New Bern
Bob Lucas
General Assembly
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Morehead City
Fisheries Resource Grant Program Review Committee
Vaccines shrink childhood disease threats across decades
The FDA approved a new chickenpox vaccine Varivax boosting protection as smallpox polio measles mumps and whooping cough largely came under control. Once rampant diphtheria cholera and tetanus are rare while polio nears eradication with WHO forecasts and Johns Hopkins expert Neal Halsey notes historic declines from 1940s outbreaks to 1990s cases.
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Food and Drug Administration
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World Health Organization
Neal Halsey
Johns Hopkins University
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