Article #5 20-ton cocaine bust biggest in Coast Guard's history

The U.S. Coast Guard unloaded about 20 tons of seized cocaine from a cutter today on Coast Guard Island in Alameda.
The cocaine was seized in mid-March off the coast of Panama by officials on the Coast Guard Cutter Sherman, based in Alameda, and the Hamilton, based in San Diego.
A Coast Guard patrol aircraft spotted a motor vessel, the Gatuan, on March 17 while the crew was patrolling the waters about 20 miles southwest of Isla de Coiba, Panama. Officials discovered the cocaine after searching the ship and arrested 14 crewmembers.
The bust was the largest in the Coast Guard's history. Previously, the largest seizure was in 2004, when the agency seized more than 30,000 pounds of cocaine from a ship.

Article #4 Iraq Suicide Bomb Kills Nine U.S. Soldiers, Wounds 20

A suicide car bomber killed nine U.S. soldiers and injured 20 in an attack on a patrol base northeast of Baghdad in one of the deadliest attacks on coalition forces in Iraq since the 2003 invasion.
The bomber detonated the blast next to a U.S. military base yesterday in Diyala province, where fighting between U.S. forces and insurgents has increased in recent months. Fifteen soldiers were returned to duty after medical attention, five others and an Iraqi civilian are being treated in a coalition medical center, the U.S. military said in an e-mailed statement.

A separate bombing on a checkpoint near Diyala's provincial council headquarters killed seven Iraqi policemen and wounded 12, the military said.
U.S.-led coalition and Iraqi forces are fighting an insurgency and attempting to stem sectarian violence between Shiite and Sunni Muslim communities. More than 70 U.S. service members have been killed in action this month as they intensify efforts to quell violence in Baghdad and the western province of al-Anbar.

Two car bombs detonated close to the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad today, state television reported. At least one civilian was injured. The embassy is close to the fortified Green Zone, where government offices and Embassies are located.
Bombings across Iraq yesterday killed at least 33 people and wounded about 49. The worst attack took place in the western city of Ramadi, where at least two car bombs killed 15 people and wounded five others, state television reported.

Article #3 GA wildfire has locals praying for rain

"Pray for rain."
That's the message being posted on signs outside businesses and churches in southeast Georgia as a raging wildfire continues to burn into its second week.
It even prompted special prayers Sunday night at the Church of God of Prophecy in the little town of Manor.
By Monday night, the blaze, dubbed the Sweat Farm Road fire, had consumed some 56,000 acres and continued to fill the sky with dense smoke. The smoky conditions – expected to worsen in the early morning hours Tuesday when it combines with fog – prompted Ware County public schools to remain closed through at least Tuesday.
Visibility was so limited that some roads were closed. Winds were forecast to push the smoke toward Waycross over the next few days, making driving hazardous and causing renewed health concerns. The Satilla Regional Medical Center in Waycross was restricting some entrances to its facility and shutting down some elevators, among other precautions, to limit smoke in the building.
Smoky conditions from the fire spread hundreds of miles over the weekend into Florida and north into Tennessee.
Firefighters reported making progress in battling the blaze Monday after using bulldozers to widen firebreaks. The fire was reported 45 percent contained but officials estimated that full containment was not expected for another week. Hundreds of firefighters from several states were fighting the fire.
The blaze, which began April 16 apparently when a tree fell on a power line, has destroyed 18 homes. It was reported about 10 miles west of Waycross and five miles from Manor.
It has also moved to within less than half a mile of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, one of the nation's oldest and most well-preserved wetland areas.

Article # 2: Friendly fire possibly hit two soldiers in Iraq

The Army is investigating the deaths of Pvt. Matthew Zeimer, 18, of Glendive, Mont., and Spc. Alan E. McPeek, 20, of Tucson, Ariz., who were killed in Ramadi, in western Iraq, on Feb. 2. Their families were initially told they were killed by enemy fire.
It took another month before the families of the two soldiers were told March 31 that friendly fire was suspected.
A report in the Army Times newspaper said the two soldiers ran to a roof to fight back, but a shot was fired through a concrete wall near them and the impact killed them.
As a result of those problems, the Army made changes in its notification process. Unit commanders now must investigate every hostile death, in part to ensure families get accurate information about how their loved one died.
McPeek was a member of the 16th Engineer Battalion based in Germany, and Zeimer was a member of the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, based at Fort Stewart, Ga.

Article # 1: Iraq ambush kills 4 U.K. soldiers, Kuwaiti

Four British soldiers and a Kuwaiti interpreter were killed Thursday in an ambush in southern Iraq. The patrol struck a roadside bomb and was hit by small-arms fire about 2 a.m. in the Hayaniyah district west of Basra, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad. It was the biggest loss of life for British forces since Nov. 12, when four were killed in an attack on a Multi-National Forces boat patrol on the Shatt Al-Arab waterway in Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city.
Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced that Britain will withdraw about 1,600 troops from Iraq over the next few months and hopes to make other cuts to its 7,100-strong contingent by late summer.
Thursday’s attack also came as 15 British sailors and marines held captive for nearly two weeks left Iran aboard a commercial flight bound for London, ending a standoff that began when they were detained off the southern Iraqi coast. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced their surprise release on Wednesday.

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The Doctor and the Model.

Once upon a time there was a doctor who wanted to marry a female model; but she would have to be a famous one. He travelled all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. There were enough models out there, but it was difficult to find one with the qualities that he wanted with. There was always something about them that was not as it should be. So he came home again and was sad, for he would have liked very much to have a real one.
One evening it was a perfect day; there was birds outside, and the sky was blue like in a beautiful day to spend out side. Suddenly he turned on the TV and while changing channels, he saw a modeling channel. He stop for a second, and started to watch it.
It was a model standing in the TV. But, good gracious! what a sight the lights and the make-up had made her look beatiful and proffetional. The make-up, her hair and clothes were perfect on her; the dress ran down onto the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. Then, since he knew that on the channel he was watching the models were real, he said in his mind
“Well, we’ll soon find that out”. But then he went into the bed-room, took all the pillows and setted on top of the mattresses; He went into a deep sleep.
In the morning he packed all his stuff and when on search of the model he saw on the TV. He didn't care where she was, he just wanted to find her and marry her. The night before, he had bough a new bed with pillows, so that means he wasn't used to the new mattress. When he woke up, he had back pain and even neck pain, but he didn't really care.
Now hey knew where to find her because he called the agency of the modeling channel and asked them where the show was filming or where was it located.
After all the effort he made, he found her and married her. They had a son and they were really happy because of the way they met eachother.
So the doctor took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real model; and their son was the reason of their happiness, where he was loved, and wanted.
There, that is a true story.