U.S. State Department contractor killed in Iraqi rocket attack USA Today
An American contractor working for the State Department was killed in a rocket attack in Basra, the U.S. Embassy said Saturday. The contractor was killed in an attack on the city, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad on Friday.
U.S. State Department contractor killed in rocket attack in Iraq Boston Herald
BAGHDAD, Iraq - An American contractor working for the State Department was killed in a rocket attack in Basra, the U.S. Embassy said Saturday. The contractor was killed in an attack on the city, 340
U.S. State Department contractor killed in rocket attack in Iraq WPMI 15
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - An American contractor working for the State Department was killed in a rocket attack in Basra, the U.S. Embassy said Saturday. The contractor was killed in an attack on the city, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad on Friday, the embassy said in a statement.
Young Macedonian Web Site Contest Winners Tour State Department U.S. Department of State
Four Macedonian high-school students and their teacher spent a week in Washington after taking the top prize in the State Department’s annual Doors to Diplomacy Web site contest. The students each received a $2,000 scholarship for their work on the winning site, which tackles child poverty using dramatic pictures and music, real life stories and extensive background information about the issue.
South Africa: Resistant Free State TB Not Identical to KZN Strain AllAfrica.com
The Free State department of health says the drug resistant tuberculosis strain found in the province is not the same as the fatal strain identified in KwaZulu-Natal.
Boy Choir will get $150K from state Honolulu Advertiser
The Honolulu Boy Choir, threatened with dissolution early this year, is staging a comeback. It is celebrating another piece of good news tomorrow with a ceremony at which the state Department of Human Services will award the organization about $150,000.
Gaming department says racetrack has history of lies KVOA Tucson
PHOENIX The state Department of Gaming has recommended racetrack owner Jerry Simms not be allowed to bring his off-track-betting signal into Arizona's Indian casinos.
State seeks assistance in monitoring herds The Biloxi Sun Herald
With deer season just around the corner, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks is seeking the help of bowhunters to monitor the herd population within the state.
State: Hikers issued warning The Nashua Telegraph
CONCORD (AP) – The state Fish and Game Department is warning hikers to be prepared before they hit the trails this time of year.
Secretary of State Brad Johnson hires communications director Montana Standard
HELENA (AP) — Secretary of State Brad Johnson announced the hiring of a new communications director. Bowen Greenwood, formerly of the Department of Public Health and Human Services, joined Johnson’s office Wednesday.

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