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Publico, September 28, 2007 Newseum Image

September 28, 2007:
The Lisbon, Portugal newspaper, Publico, includes a photograph of the violent crackdown by soldiers on anti-government protesters in Myanmar. (Some international news stories are referring to Myanmar by its former name, Burma.)

A Japanese photographer, Kenji Nagai, who can be seen on the right, was killed during the attack.




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The Age, September 27, 2007 Newseum Image

September 27, 2007: An excerpt from a story in the Melbourne, Australia newspaper, The Age:

Violence erupts in Rangoon's streets

Violence has erupted in the streets of Burma's main city, Rangoon, after the repressive military regime moved to crush the country's biggest protest campaign in almost 20 years.

Up to five people, including Buddhist monks, were killed yesterday and dozens of others injured as the regime -- ignoring international pleas for restraint -- ordered security forces to move against the crowds after days of mass peaceful protest.

Troops fired shots, beat protesters and released tear gas into the crowds after protesters defied the military's warnings not to interfere in the country's politics.

Some witnesses estimated 100,000 people took to the streets despite fears of a repeat of the ruthless suppression of Burma's last major uprising, in 1988, when soldiers killed an estimated 3000 people.

"They are marching down the streets, with the monks in the middle and ordinary people either side. They are shielding them, forming a human chain," one witness said over almost deafening roars of anger at security forces.
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, September 26, 2007 Newseum Image

September 26, 2007: An excerpt from a story in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:

Still far to go, Nine tell Central crowd
A fairer world starts with self, thousands told

By CYNTHIA HOWELL, TARA M. MANTHEY and CHARLOTTE TUBBS   

Fifty years after they set a milestone in national civil rights history by desegregating Little Rock Central High School, members of the Little Rock Nine called for continued work toward racial equality Tuesday and urged individuals to take action.

Where federal troops and protesters filled the streets and school's front lawn in 1957, thousands of cheering admirers on Tuesday gave multiple standing ovations to the Nine during a two-hour commemoration ceremony.

Each of the Little Rock Nine spoke, the first time the entire group has done so at a public event.
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Detroit Free Press, September 25, 2007 Newseum Image

September 25, 2007: An excerpt from a story in the Detroit Free Press:

How long can the strike last?

BY KATIE MERX and TIM HIGGINS

The strike many believed never would happen shut down General Motors Corp. plants nationwide Monday, casting uncertainty on whether the U.S. auto industry can get the kind of revolutionary changes it says it needs to compete.

An end to the first nationwide UAW strike in 31 years will depend on resolving the key union issues of wages and benefits, job security and investment in U.S. facilities and vehicles, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger indicated at a news conference Monday. He repeatedly said that the strike was not related to talks over a landmark retiree health care trust on which the two parties are believed to have agreed to a general framework.

Everyone hoped for a short strike as talks continued Monday evening. They recessed and are expected to resume today.

Analysts and labor experts said the automaker and the UAW could manage a short labor stoppage without much trouble. GM has enough cash and inventory to manage a strike of a few weeks to a couple of months. The UAW had more than $800 million in its strike fund as of November -- enough, in theory, to strike GM for a year.
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The Detroit News, September 25, 2007 Newseum Image

September 25, 2007: An excerpt from a story in The Detroit News:

'Off a cliff:' UAW felt pushed over edge; GM 'disappointed' by walkout

By BILL VLASIC and SHARON TERLEP 

The United Auto Workers stunned General Motors Corp. on Monday by launching a daring, nationwide strike to pressure the No. 1 U.S. automaker to protect jobs and wages. Hours later, the two sides resumed bargaining on a new labor contract.

After a tense weekend of negotiations, the auto talks of 2007 boiled over at 11 a.m. Monday when UAW President Ron Gettelfinger ordered 73,000 workers off the job and onto the picket line in the first national strike against GM in 37 years.

The dramatic impasse came after marathon talks since the current GM-UAW contract expired Sept. 14, and sets the stage for a high-stakes battle at the bargaining table.

Key issues under discussion as talks resumed Monday afternoon included benefits for active workers, commitments by GM to invest in its U.S. plants and pensions, according to people familiar with the talks. Gettelfinger attended the sessions, as well as GM's Chief Financial Officer Fritz Henderson and North American President Troy Clarke. Negotiations broke off for the night about 8 p.m. and are expected to resume today.
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El Mundo, September 24, 2007 Newseum Image

September 24, 2007: Among the international stories in Spain's newspaper, El Mundo, is a report about the protest movement led by Buddhist monks against Burma's military regime.

Here is a story excerpt about the protest from the BBC Web site:

Burmese military threatens monks

Burma's ruling military junta has warned it is ready to "take action" against Buddhist monks leading mounting protests, state media have reported.

Brig Gen Thura Myint Maung, minister for religion, warned them not to break Buddhist "rules and regulations" as Rangoon saw the largest march yet.

He blamed the protests on "destructive elements" opposed to peace in Burma.

Monks are highly revered in Burma and any move by the junta to crush their demonstrations would spark an outcry.

The military government has so far showed restraint against the protests but there are fears of a repeat of 1988, correspondents say, when the last democracy uprising was crushed by the military and some 3,000 people were killed.

Some monks' representatives had called for the entire country to join them in their campaign to overthrow the government, which began eight days ago.

Monday saw marches in at least 25 towns and cities, including Mandalay, Sittwe and Pakokku.
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Intelligencer Journal, September 21, 2007 Newseum Image

September 21, 2007: An excerpt from a story in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania newspaper, the Intelligencer Journal:

Landis loses
Cyclist stripped of Tour title

By BRETT HAMBRIGHT

LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -- An arbitration panel ruled against Floyd Landis Thursday, stripping the Farmersville native of his 2006 Tour de France title and banning him from competitive cycling for two years.

The panel ruled Landis used performance-enhancing drugs to win cycling's most prestigious title.

The cyclist has proclaimed his innocence since tests administered during the Tour showed he used performance-enhancing drugs, including synthetic testosterone, to win the three-week race.

Landis and his legal team have one final chance for appeal, before the Court for Arbitration of Sport.

If the 1994 Conestoga Valley High School graduate decides not to appeal, or loses an appeal, he will be the first Tour winner in the event's 105-year history to be stripped of the title for doping.

He has one month to decide if he wants to appeal.
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The Town Talk, September 20, 2007 Newseum Image

September 20, 2007: An excerpt from a frequently asked questions page in the Alexandria, Louisiana newspaper, The Town Talk:

Who are the “Jena Six?”

The six black Jena High School students charged in connection to the beating of a white student have been referred to as the "Jena Six" ever since a June rally at LaSalle Parish Courthouse where supporters were chanting "Free the Jena Six."

Jesse Ray Beard, Mychal Bell, Robert Bailey Jr., Carwin Jones, Bryant Purvis and Theo Shaw were all originally charged with attempted second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit the same, according to LaSalle Parish District Attorney Reed Walters. Those charges came after Justin Barker was hit and then repeatedly kicked by a group of students at the high school on Dec. 4.

All of the students, but Beard who was 14 at the time, were charged as adults. Bell, who was 16 at the time of the incident, was convicted as an adult in June of aggravated second-degree battery and conspiracy to commit that crime. Walters reduced his charges just before the trial.

Since then, both of those convictions have been vacated and tossed back to juvenile court.

Charges against Bailey, Jones and Shaw have been reduced to aggravated second-degree battery. Details about Beard’s case are unknown as it is being handled in juvenile court, though he is back at Jena High and participating in athletics.
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Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 19, 2007 Newseum Image

September 19, 2007: An excerpt from a story in the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

The Arrest of O.J. Simpson: Arraignment Set

By BRIAN HAYNES and FRANCIS McCABE

When Las Vegas police knocked on O.J. Simpson's hotel room door at the Palms Sunday morning, he was expecting them.

He had been questioned in the armed robbery at Palace Station three days earlier, so after police arrested another man in the case Saturday night, Simpson prepared for the inevitable, according to an arrest report obtained by the Review-Journal.

Sitting in a police car with cuffs on, Simpson said "he knew that he would be arrested soon, so that this was not a real surprise to him," the report said.

The arrest report was filed Tuesday with Las Vegas Justice Court in support of the 11 criminal charges prosecutors pressed against Simpson, Walter Alexander, Clarence Stewart and Michael McClinton. All four men were charged with two counts of robbery with a deadly weapon, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, coercion with a deadly weapon, two counts of first-degree kidnapping with a deadly weapon, burglary and several counts of conspiracy.
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The Virginian-Pilot, September 18, 2007 Newseum Image

September 18, 2007: An excerpt from a story in The Virginian-Pilot:

Iraqi efforts to expel Blackwater over shootings is questioned

By BILL SIZEMORE

The Iraqi government says eight Iraqis who died at the hands of Blackwater USA security contractors Sunday were innocent civilians. Blackwater says they were armed insurgents.

Either way, the bloody incident in the streets of Baghdad promises to be a flash point in the brief history of Blackwater and, more broadly, in U.S.-Iraqi relations.

In the wake of the gunfire, the Iraqi government vowed to expel the Moyock, N.C.-based company from Iraq and prosecute any contractors found to have used excessive force. But it was unclear Monday to what extent, if any, Iraq would be able to deliver on either pledge.
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Los Angeles Times, September 17, 2007 Newseum Image

September 17, 2007: An excerpt from a story in the Los Angeles Times:

'Sopranos' bling night

By MARTIN MILLER 

This time, at the decisive moment, the screen didn't cut to black for "The Sopranos" in its farewell to television as the groundbreaking show took the prize for best dramatic series at the 59th Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards Sunday at the Shrine Auditorium.

But in a night filled with upsets, the show's heralded stars -- James Gandolfini and Edie Falco -- didn't win in the acting categories, while such first-timers as "Ugly Betty's" America Ferrera and "Lost's" Terry O'Quinn did. And the best comedy series Emmy went to Tina Fey's "30 Rock," a first-year show that barely made it to season two.

It was that kind of night, when Tony Bennett took home more trophies than Tony Soprano and when Ryan Seacrest, the nominal host, was on camera more as the host of the red carpet pre-show than he was during the actual show, and when Steve Carell did an exuberant onstage dance after he didn't win an Emmy. It was a night when 20 different shows won Emmy awards, with nods to both old favorites like James Spader and breakout stars like Katherine Heigl.
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USA Today, September 14, 2007 Newseum Image

September 14, 2007: A Page One column from USA Today: 

From the editor: The Nation's Newspaper at 25

"Welcome to USA TODAY"

With those words, USA TODAY Founder Al Neuharth announced the birth of a new newspaper in this space on our front page 25 years ago.

From the outset, USA TODAY was a decidedly different newspaper. It was colorful, concise and conversational.

It also had a different mission: "USA TODAY hopes to serve as a forum for better understanding and unity to help make the USA truly one nation."

A quarter-century later, that mission hasn't changed. We take our role as "The Nation's Newspaper" to heart. That means a 50-state perspective on America, reporting fully and fairly about what divides us, but also recognizing what unites us.

Over those 25 years, we've seen time and again how much Americans truly share: a love of sports, culture, politics and a passion for this country and its future.

This is truly one nation. And we're honored to play our part.

Ken Paulson

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Asahi Shimbun, September 13, 2007 Newseum Image

September 13, 2007:
The Tokyo newspaper, Asahi Shimbun, reports on the resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.




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Hospodarske Noviny, September 12, 2007 Newseum Image

September 12, 2007:
Page One news from the Czech Republic newspaper, Hospodarske Noviny.





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Newsday, September 11, 2007 Newseum Image

September 11, 2007: An excerpt from a story in Newsday:

Somber ceremony to mark 9/11 anniversary

By JOHN VALENTI

In what figures to be a somberly stirring ceremony, New York -- and the nation -- will once again mark one of the darkest days in U.S. history Tuesday, as thousands gather for Sept. 11, 2001, memorial services at Ground Zero in Manhattan.

Marking the sixth anniversary of the terrorist attacks that toppled the World Trade Center's Twin Towers and killed 2,750 people, the commemoration service in lower Manhattan is scheduled to begin at 8:40 a.m. and last almost four hours.

There will be four moments of silence -- two marking when hijacked airliners struck the towers and two when the towers fell.
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Le Figaro, September 10, 2007 Newseum Image

September 10, 2007:
The Paris, France newspaper, Le Figaro, reports on al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden's recent video, and the sixth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.





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Gazzetta di Modena, September 7, 2007 Newseum Image

September 7, 2007:
Gazzetta di Modena remembers the famous tenor, Luciano Pavarotti, who died yesterday in his hometown of Modena, Italy.

Here is an excerpt from a story on the BBC Web site --

Obituary: Luciano Pavarotti

With a 300 pound frame and a personality as powerful as his vocal chords, Luciano Pavarotti had one of the world's finest voices, which he delighted in sharing with the masses.

Pavarotti's own life story compared with those of the most colourful operatic characters he brought to life. His great loves included food, football and family.

The son of a baker and a cigar factory worker, young Luciano was raised just outside Modena, the first boy born in the apartment block for 10 years, and thus treated like a young prince by a flock of adoring women.

....Although some opera "purists" did not regard him as one of the great tenors, Pavarotti did more than anyone to make opera accessible and fun, by sharing his huge voice and personality with huge audiences.

And his lifestyle was as flamboyant as the characters he played. Luciano Pavarotti was a true maestro for the masses.
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Fuldaer Zeitung, September 6, 2007 Newseum Image

September 6, 2007:
The Fulda, Germany newspaper, Fuldaer Zeitung, reports on the foiled terrorist attack by Islamic militants.






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Reno Gazette-Journal, September 5, 2007 Newseum Image

September 5, 2007: An excerpt from a story in the Reno Gazette-Journal:

Flying ace Fossett missing in desert

By DON COX

Strong winds and rough terrain hampered Tuesday's extensive search in Northern Nevada for tycoon adventurer and record-setting aviator Steve Fossett, who was reported missing after taking off Monday in a small plane south of Mason Valley.

Fossett, 63, famed for his solo flights around the world, departed alone in a single-engine, two-seat aerobatic plane about 9 a.m., from a private airstrip on a ranch near Yerington owned by hotel mogul Barron Hilton and failed to return as scheduled a couple of hours later, authorities said.

Efforts to find Fossett were being treated as a rescue.

A 7,500-square-mile search was mounted late Monday and continued Tuesday from Minden-Tahoe Airport in Douglas County, with as many as 14 aircraft from the Civil Air Patrol, the Nevada Air National Guard and Fallon Naval Air Station between Yerington and Bishop, Calif.
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Alwaqt, September 4, 2007 Newseum Image

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Manama, Bahrain newspaper, Alwaqt, reports on President Bush's trip to Iraq.