Polluted water suspected cause of US rowing illnesses in Brazil

Polluted water suspected cause of US rowing illnesses in Brazil

By Stephen Wade

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Thirteen rowers on the 40-member U.S. team came down with stomach illness at the World Junior Rowing Championships — a trial run for next summer's Olympics — and the team doctor said she suspected it was due to pollution in the lake where the competition took place.

Obama asks judge to lower terrorist bond payment so as not to burden the Palestinian Authority
Barack Obama

Obama asks judge to lower terrorist bond payment so as not to burden the Palestinian Authority

Associated Press

Written by Eric Tucker

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has intervened in a lawsuit over Palestinian attacks that have killed Americans, advising a judge that requiring a hefty bond payment in the case could financially destabilize the Palestinian government.

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