Troops in Haiti counting down to end of tour
U S troops in Haiti enter the final weeks of a 90 day mission to stabilize the country amid gunfire, roadblocks, and rival gangs. Marines and international forces patrol slums and aid projects to win trust while a UN takeover looms.
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Port-Au-Prince
U.S
U.S. Marine
John Schultz
Hammond
Ind
Iraq
Bush
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Colin Powell
Caribbean
Aristide
Jamaica
Gun
Sacred Pillar festival Onbashira thrills remote Suwa towns
Japanese stage log riding festival in Shimosuwa ends with a charge down a 100 yard incline as log braces and drumbeaters whip crowds into roar. Masons and monks join locals in bright robes while a priest purifies the scene. Onbashira draws about 2 million spectators every six years.
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Suwa Grand Shrine
Shimosuwa
Nagano Prefecture
Japan
Kazuaki Miyasaka
Suwa Lake
Senate Democrats Split on Pension Relief Bill
The $80 billion pension relief measure cleared the Senate 78 to 19 and went to President Bush who signed it. Democrats including Kennedy and Kerry opposed or questioned the relief, citing unfair targeting of single employer plans versus multiemployer funds. House passage followed bipartisan support. The plan mostly aids Big Three automakers, airlines, Caterpillar, Goodyear, and John Deere, with limited relief to construction and trucking multiemployer funds.
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Edward M.kennedy
D-Mass
John Kerry
Tom Daschle
South Dakota
Daschle
Kennedy
Herb Kohl
D-Wis
Dick Durbin
D-Wil
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Caterpillar
Goodyear
John Deere
Dianne Feinstein
Dcalif
House
Mary Landrieu
D-La
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