Foreign Desk
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Clinton Urges Probe Into Handling of GI’s Casket
WASHINGTON — Senator Clinton yesterday called on the Department of the Army to immediately begin an investigation of reports that the casket of a soldier who died was mishandled last month at Greater Rochester Airport. In letters to the Army’s chief of staff, General Peter Schoomaker, and the deputy secretary of defense, Gordon England, Senator Clinton also requested a clarification from the Department of Defense and the Army of their policy and procedures regarding the transport home of service members who have died while serving in combat zones.
— Staff Reporter of the Sun
150-Year-Old Whisky Fetches $28K at Auction
EDINBURGH, Scotland — A half-sized bottle of Scotch whisky that’s about 150 years old sold for $28,820 at auction in London, beating the top presale estimate by almost 50%. The Glenavon Special Liqueur Whisky, bottled on Speyside, in northeast Scotland, some time between 1851 and 1858, was bought by an unidentified buyer at the auction yesterday. The bottle contains 14 fluid ounces and the whisky may be the world’s oldest, according to Bonhams, the auctioneers.
— Bloomberg News
Government Rates American Travelers For Terrorism Risk
WASHINGTON — Without notifying the public, federal agents for the past four years have assigned millions of international travelers, including Americans, computer-generated scores rating the risk that they pose of being terrorists or criminals. The travelers are not allowed to see or directly challenge these risk assessments, which the government intends to keep on file for 40 years.
— Associated Press
Powerful Typhoon Kills Five in Philippines
MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Durian tore through the eastern Philippines yesterday with winds of up to 139 mph, killing at least five people and cutting off power to thousands of homes, officials said. Disaster officials in Albay province, whose capital is Legazpi, said four people were killed in flash floods in the town of Daraga. The Office of Civil Defense in Manila said one woman was killed when she was hit by a roofing sheet in Camarines Sur province northwest of Legazpi.
— Associated Press
