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DECADES LATER, JFK FILES REMAIN SEALED decades after Five President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot and long after official inquiries ended, thousands of pages of investigative documents remain withheld from... - PAGE C6
August 18, 2013
Egypt security forces storm mosque
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security forces stormed a Cairo mosque Saturday after a heavy exchange of gunfire with ar med men shooting down from a minaret, rounding up hundreds of supporters of the country’s ousted president who had sought refuge there overnight after violent clashes killed 173 people. The raid on the al-Fath mosque on Ramses Square was prompted by fears that deposed President Mohammed Morsi’s group, the Muslim Brotherhood,
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again planned to set up a sit-in, security of ficials said, similar to those that were broken up Wednesday in assaults that killed hundreds of people. The arrest of the brother of al-Qaida chief Ayman alZawahri came in connection to the raid on the mosque. Officials said that he planned to bring in armed groups to provide support to those holed up inside the mosque. Mohammed al-Zawahri, a Morsi ally, is the leader of the ultraconservative Jiha-
di Salafi group which espouses al-Qaida’s hardline ideology. He was detained at a checkpoint in Giza, the city across the Nile from Cairo, the official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity as he wasn’t authorized to brief jour nalists about the arrest. The Egyptian government meanwhile announced it had begun deliberations on whether to ban the Brotherhood, a long-outlawed organization that swept to
power in the country’s first democratic elections a year ago. Such a ban — which authorities say is rooted in the group’s use of violence — would be a repeat to the decades-long power struggle between the state and the Brotherhood. For more than a month since the July 3 military overthrow of Morsi, Brotherhood members and supporters have attacked and torched scores of police stations and churches, in retaliation. Shops and
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Drew Davidson, 16, of Columbus, Ohio, turns some smooth moves in the skateboard bowl at Cielo Grande, Friday. Drew and his family are in Roswell visiting his aunt.
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Fa m i l y o f slain Okla . couple pursues justice
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Such attacks spurred widespread public anger against the Brotherhood, giving the military-backed government popular backing to step up its campaign against the Islamist group. It reminded people of a decade-long Islamist insurgency against Mubarak’s rule in the 1990s which only strengthened security agencies and ended up with thousands of Islamic fundamentalists in prisons.
Funding puts hold on uranium facility
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An Idaho-based company that plans to build a facility in southeaster n New Mexico to make uranium waste safe for long-term disposal has put its plans on hold because of a funding shortage.
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houses of Christians have also been targeted.
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — Frailty is starting to creep up on Vivian Haas, but her strong will has yet to fade. The 83-year -old woman is driven by a simple desire to see justice done for her son and daughter -in-law after a string of tragedies in the family. Her son and his wife were killed and their bodies burned by carjacking fugitives in 2010 on the desolate wind-swept plains of New Mexico. The next year, a tornado flattened Haas’ neighborhood in Joplin, Mo. Earlier this year, her granddaughter was found shot to death in
her home. On Monday, the last of the three people charged with killing her son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Linda Haas of Tecumseh, Okla., goes to trial. Haas will be there. She says she wants the man to be held accountable for forever changing her life and the lives of her family members. She wants the tragedies to end. “We’re not quitters,” she said of her family’s pursuit of justice. “We’ve just got to do it. This has to be taken care of.” Gary and Linda Haas were headed to Colorado for an annual camping
trip when they decided to take a break at a rest stop near the New MexicoTexas border in August 2010. The two were 61year -old high school sweethearts and recent retirees from General Motors.
They had traveled the same route for the past 11 summers. This year, they were spotted by the fugitives, who prosecutors say were eyeing their truck and travel trailer. At gunpoint, prosecutors say, the couple was forced to drive west along
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Snow the Husky and Lucy the yellow Lab get plenty of attention during the Roswell Humane Society's Pet Adoption Fair, held in honor of National Pet Week, at Tractor Supply, Saturday.
The president and CEO of International Isotopes Inc., Steve Laflin, said the company remains committed to building the $125 million uranium deconversion plant near Hobbs. Once it’s complete, the company would use a twoSee URANIUM, Page A3
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Top: This combination of undated photos released by the New Mexico Department of Public Safety shows shooting victims Linda and Gary Haas of Tecumseh, Okla. Right: In this Aug. 20, 2010 file photo, former escaped fugitive John McCluskey arrives at Apache County Superior Court in St. Johns, Ariz. Monday, McCluskey, stands trial, charged with killing Gary and Linda Haas.
NM, Ariz. among states granted $850K toward wolf-livestock programs
ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — New Mexico, Arizona and several other states will share $850,000 in g ra n ts fr o m t he U.S . Fish and Wildlife Service for programs aimed at r ed ucin g c o nf lic t s between wolves and livestock. Game and fish departm e nt s in N e w M e x ico and Arizona will receive $20,000 each to compensate ranchers for cattle and other livestock that are killed by wolves. N ew M e x ic o will ge t a no th e r $ 5 0,00 0 a nd Arizona will get $40,000 fo r c o nfli ct r e d uc t io n
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The grants total more than $155,000 for the two states and the San Carlos Apache Tribe.
F ed er a l o f fic ia ls sa y the funding will help the Mexican gray wolf recovery program.
The Mexican wolf was a d d ed t o t he fe der a l endangered species list in 19 7 6 . T he 1 5- ye a r e f fo rt t o r ein t r o d u c e them in New Mexico and A r iz o na h as st um b le d due to illegal shootings, politics and other problems.