Russian teen dies after brain stem tumor surgery
A 16 year old Russian boy, David Kurbanov, died after a brain stem tumor operation in Oklahoma City. He traveled with his father for free surgery by Dr Paul Frances, organized with help from a Russian American missionary. Family and attorney consider autopsy and possible legal action.
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David Kurbanov
St. Anthony Hospital
Oklahoma City
Paul Frances
Russia
Aleksei Tarasov
Sabit Kurbanov
Kurbanov
Kelly Bishop
David
U S and Iraqi troops find 24 starving children in Baghdad orphanage
U S and Iraqi soldiers found 24 severely malnourished children in a Baghdad orphanage. Some were tied to beds and too weak to stand. Labor and Social Affairs Minister al Rad hi rejected publicity, saying reports distort facts and the institution saved the boys from death on the streets. All were said to be severely handicapped and abandoned by families.
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U.S
Baghdad
Labor and
Mahmoud Mohammed al-Radhi
Rescue of kitten in sewer by five firefighters
In Parkersburg West Virginia animal control tried coaxing a gray tabby from a storm sewer for an hour and a half. Firefighters used banging tools and lights before flushing about 250 gallons of water through a 10 to 12 inch pipe. The kitten leaped into the hands of Firefighter Kevin Siers inside a manhole.
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Parkersburg
W.va
Kevin Siers
Distracted driving cited after Belmont crash near church
A Belmont resident text messaging his father before crashing into a Redbud Drive church May 27 prompted warnings from Highway Patrol. Officers emphasize keeping focus on the road despite many distractions from cell phones and telematics.
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Belmont
Redbud Drive
E.T. Workman
State Highway Patrol
Cleveland County
Steven Greene
Highway Patrol
Raleigh
Greene
French officials urged to ban BlackBerry devices
Paris officials fear BlackBerrys threaten state secrets amid concerns of snooping by U S intelligence. Defense experts warned of information exposure and advised avoiding use by ministers and aides in France's corridors of power.
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France
U.S
Pierre Lasbordes
Associated Press
Alain Juillet
le Monde
Two-Headed Snake "We" Dies At World Aquarium In St Louis
The 8-year-old two-headed rat snake named We died of natural causes over the weekend at the World Aquarium in St Louis caretaker Leonard Sonnenschein said. The snake drew wide crowds with more than a million visitors over the years and fascinated children who asked how two heads could share one body.
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World Aquarium
Leonard Sonnenschein
Baghdad War Clashes Intensify Around Capital Al Qaida
U S forces and Iraqi troops pressed operations in Baghdad and surrounding areas with heavy street battles in Baquba Diyala province. The Diyala offensive reported at least 30 al Qaida fighters killed and multiple roadside and homemade bombs found on the first day of fighting.
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U.S
al-Qaida
Baghdad
Associated Press
Baqouba
Diyala
Firefighters Rescue Rat and Four Cats From Idaho Apartment
In Pocatello Idaho firefighters saved a rat and four cats from a charred apartment after an electrical fault sparked a fire that caused at least $10 000 in damage. No people were harmed. Firefighter Kirby Jonas carried the albino rat to safety, finding it in a cage amid the blackened bedding.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Kirby Jonas
Three Canadian Soldiers Die In Afghan Bomb Blast
In Kandahar's Panjwayi district a supply mission vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb killing three Canadian soldiers. NATO noted rising militant activity but called recent deaths militarily insignificant. Twenty one Taliban militants died in clashes as insurgents seized a district headquarters in the south.
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Afghanistan
NATO
Kandahar
Panjwayi
Tim Grant
Texas crowd kills passenger after vehicle strikes child
Police said a driver stopped to check on a young girl injured by a vehicle during a Juneteenth gathering when an angry crowd of up to 3,000 assaulted and fatally beat passenger David Rivas Morales, 40, as many as 20 men joined the attack. The girl was treated for non life threatening injuries.
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David Rivas Morales
Harold Piatt Morales
Piatt
House Opposition Fails to Halt Major Power Line Plans
The House rejected a resolution to block new high priority power line corridors in multiple states. Critics warned districts could face unwanted projects, while supporters argued lines are needed to meet growth and prevent blackouts. Corridors would run from Virginia north through Maryland New Jersey Delaware New York Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia and from Southern California to Arizona and Nevada.
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Washington
House
East Coast
Frank Wolf
R-Va
Wolf
Ohio
Canada
New York City
America
John Peterson
R-Pa
Virginia
Maryland
New Jersey
Delaware
New York
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
California
Arizona
Nevada
Department of Energy
China Tops U.S. as World’s No 1 CO2 Emitter
A Dutch research group says China surpassed the United States in carbon dioxide emissions in 2006 by about eight percent. The shift follows rising coal use and cement production, after China lagged behind in 2005.
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China
U.S
United States
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Ambassador Brownfield vows to free three missing contractors in Colombia
New ambassador nominee William R Brownfield expressed hope after an escaped officer report indicating three American contractors Marc Gosalves Tom Howes and Keith Stansell were alive in FARC custody. The men were captured in February 2003 when their surveillance plane crashed in southern Colombia.
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U.S
Colombia
Revolutionary Armed Forces of
FARC
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
William R. Brownfield
Marc Gosalves
Tom Howes
Keith Stansell
First war crimes verdicts handed by Sierra Leone court
The AU backed Sierra Leone Special Court convicted three former junta leaders of 11 of 14 charges including terrorism child soldiers enslavement rape and murder. They were cleared on sexual slavery and other inhumane acts. The tribunal continues as it seeks accountability for a decade long civil war.
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Sierra Leone
Peter Andersen
Sierra Leone Special Court
Liberia
Charles Taylor
Man Strangles Rabid Bobcat After Porch Attack
Dale Rippy, 62, says instinct led him to grab and choke a rabid bobcat that bit and slashed him on his Wesley Chapel porch on May 30. The attack ended when he held the animal by the throat. He was treated for rabies exposure and bites. Neighbors alerted authorities after the incident about 25 miles northeast of Tampa.
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Dale Rippy
Florida
Rippy
Tampa
Beiruts Troops Batter Nahr el Bared Camp in Tripoli
Lebanese forces unleashed artillery and tank barrages against Fatah Islam militants holed up in Nahr el Bared camp near Tripoli as mediators met senior officials to pursue a possible cease fire disarming fighters. The monthlong clashes mark the worst internal violence since the civil war era.
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Beirut
Lebanon
al- Qaida
Nahr el-Bared
Hezbollah
Hinckley Ready for More Freedom, Court Says
John Hinckley Jr., committed at St Elizabeths since 1981 for the Reagan assassination attempt, seeks two week and longer home visits and a driver license under doctor supervision. Judge Paul L Friedman noted hospital not yet prepared with safety structure for any transition.
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Washington
John Hinckley
Hinckley
Reagan
St. Elizabeths Hospital
Jodie Foster
Virginia
Paul L. Friedman
Friedman
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