 An off-duty Northwest Airlines pilot was suspected of driving under the influence of cocaine when he headed the wrong way on an interstate to avoid the U.S.-Canada border and led deputies on a chase, authorities said Sunday. Investigators said Walter L. Dinalko, a veteran pilot of 20 years, had flown to Detroit Metropolitan Airport Saturday afternoon and then rented a Hummer that he drove about 70 miles to Port Huron. Dinalko turned around three times on the Blue Water Bridge, apparently changing his mind about heading into Sarnia, Ontario, said St. Clair County sheriff's Lt. A.J. Foster. He then drove on the wrong side of the bridge and Interstate 94, Foster said. U.S. Customs agents alerted sheriff's deputies, who closed down the expressway and gave chase, Foster said. Deputies laid down stop sticks, which flattened the Hummer's tires. Dinalko stopped but refused to surrender to deputies, Foster said. ...
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 Afghans Fear Phones Spread Deadly Virus Rumors Spread That Answering Calls From "Strange Numbers" Will Cause Bleeding, Death |
Worried Afghans switched off their mobile phones Monday as rumors spread that a deadly virus could be contracted by answering calls from "strange numbers." An official with Afghan Wireless Communication Company, Abdullah, said hundreds of calls were received Monday from worried customers who had heard the rumor. "There's a strange rumor that if you get a phone call from a strange number, if you hit 'OK' (to answer the phone), blood will come from your nose and ears, and you will die," said Mar, a taxi driver, who said he was just about to turn off his phone. A similar rumor prompted a rash of panic calls to cellular service providers in neighboring Pakistan last week. Afghan officials scrambled to calm alarmed cell phone users. ...
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| Authorities Say Fertilizer Theft Led to Leak of Ammonia, N.D. Town Alerted |
Thieves likely trying to steal liquid fertilizer to make methamphetamine broke a storage tank valve, releasing a dangerous plume of ammonia gas, police said. The cloud hovered for several hours Sunday before dissipating. No arrests had been made, police said. The leak of about 300 gallons of anhydrous ammonia was reported early Sunday by a man driving to work who saw the white plume of gas hugging the ground, Police Chief Jeannette Persons said. An alert was broadcast on local radio telling residents of the southeastern North Dakota town to seal their doors and windows to prevent exposure to the gas. "It was a big white cloud," Persons said. "It burns your throat, your lungs, your eyes." ...
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| Gates wants Mideast allies to help Iraq |
Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived here Monday to encourage U.S. allies to bolster cooperation with Iraq's fledgling government and counter Iran's growing influence in the region.Gates' Middle East trip comes as more American troops struggle to secure Baghdad. Meanwhile, Congress and the Bush administration continue to battle over an emergency spending bill that would help pay for escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq.Enlisting the help of Iraq's neighbors, including Jordan, will lend the government of Nouri al-Maliki more legitimacy. Gates also plans to visit Egypt and Israel.Jordan has absorbed as many hundreds of thousands of refugees from Iraq, its eastern neighbor. Its military also operates a hospital in Iraq....
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| Iran Frees 2 Swedish Construction Workers Imprisoned for Spying |
Two Swedish construction workers who had been convicted of espionage and imprisoned in Iran for taking photographs of military installations were released Monday after being pardoned, a Swedish lawmaker in Tehran said. The men, Stefan Johansson and Jari Hjortmar, were handed over to Swedish diplomats and lawmakers at Iran's Foreign Ministry on Monday night, lawmaker Urban Ahlin told The Associated Press by phone after leaving with the two. "Everything went according to plans," said Ahlin, the deputy chairman of the Swedish parliament's foreign affairs committee. "We are very happy and satisfied." Iranian Justice Minister Jamal Karimirad said last May that the two had been convicted of photographing military installations and sentenced to three years in prison apiece. Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said earlier Monday that the sentence had been only two years. ...
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| Eight killed as storms batter US |
Powerful spring storms battering the eastern US have claimed at least eight lives and caused widespread flooding and damage to property. A state of emergency has been declared in West Virginia and New Jersey, while 3,200 National Guards were deployed in the worst-hit areas of New York. High winds and up to 46cm (18in) of snow closed some airports and forced hundreds more flights to be cancelled. The storm is thought to be the worst of its kind since December 1992. One person died when one of three tornadoes to hit South Carolina destroyed dozens of mobile homes. Two other people died in car accidents in New York and Connecticut, and five more are believed to have been killed by storms in Texas and Kansas on Friday. ...
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