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History
1443 The Japanese dramatist Zeami Motokiyo, perhaps the greatest of the No dramatists, dies. Motokiyo wrote nearly half of the classic No repertoire, as well as essays on the theater.
1807 former Vice President Aaron Burr was found not guilty of treason.
1822 Hiram Rhoades Revels is born free in Fayetteville, NC. He will become a minister in the AME Church, help organize Black regiments in Maryland & Mississippi, and become the 1st Black to serve in the U.S. Senate from Mississippi.
1858 The fugitive slave John Prince is rescued from U.S. Marshals by Oberlin students.
1878 Emma M. Nutt became the first female telephone operator in the United States, for the Telephone Despatch Co. of Boston.
1891 Dr. Halle T.D. Johnson becomes the first woman of any race to practice medicine in Alabama.
1923 A major earthquake nearly destroys the city of Yokohama, Japan, as well as much of nearby Tokyo. Over 100,000 people die in the quake.
1925 Novelist Rosa Guy, founder of the Harlem Writer's Guild, is born in Trinidad
1932 New York City Mayor James J. "Gentleman Jimmy" Walker resigned following charges of graft and corruption in his administration.
1939 World War II began as Nazi Germany invaded Poland.
1945 Americans received word of Japan's formal surrender that ended World War II. (Because of the time difference, it was Sept. 2 in Tokyo Bay, where the ceremony took place.)
1961 the Soviet Union ended a moratorium on atomic testing with an above-ground nuclear explosion in central Asia.
1972 American Bobby Fischer won the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland, defeating Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union.
1983 269 people were killed when a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 was shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the airliner entered Soviet airspace.
Missing in Action
1966 NICHOLS HUBERT C. PENSACOLA FL
1966 SCHMIDT NORMAN BEN LOMOND CA 03/06/74 REMAINS RETURNED
1967 JOHNSON ROBERT D. DALLAS TX
1967 OTT EDWARD L. III ROCKVILLE CT
1968 KINKADE WILLIAM L. CORVALLIS OR
1969 ESCOBEDO JULIAN JR. SAN ANTONIO TX
BBC News
New Orleans evacuation under way
City under siege
The total evacuation of New Orleans is under way as conditions in the city battered by Hurricane Katrina worsen.
Buses have been taking the most vulnerable away to the Louisiana state capital - others are going to Texas.
Most of New Orleans is under water and many people have spent days on rooftops waiting to be rescued. Hundreds or even thousands are feared to have drowned.
President Bush acknowledged there is "frustration" at the pace of relief efforts, but called for patience.
He said boats and helicopters were on their way to the disaster area, as part of the biggest relief operation ever mounted in the United States.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4203718.stm
Pakistan-Israel in landmark talks
Reports say the talks follow a series of informal contacts
The foreign ministers of Pakistan and Israel have for the first time held publicly acknowledged talks.
After the talks Pakistan's foreign minister said that his country had decided to "engage" with Israel after Israel's withdrawal from Gaza.
Israel's foreign minister described the talks, held in the Turkish city of Istanbul, as a "historic meeting".
Pakistan has emphasised that the meeting does not mean the recognition of the state of Israel.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4203788.stm
Breast cancer gene risk for men
The gene increases the risk of many cancers in men
Researchers say they have begun to understand how a breast cancer gene poses a risk to men.
Experts have known for some time that two genes - called BRCA1 and 2, increase the risk of breast and other cancers in both men and women.
The Journal of Medical Genetics research suggests men with BRCA2 have double the risk of prostate cancer.
The gene also ups men's risk of cancer of the pancreas eight-fold, the team at Leiden University Medical Centre found.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4198578.stm
Cancer hope over breast gene find
The breast development gene was named after a James Bond villain
The discovery of a gene involved in breast development may help in the fight against cancer, scientists say.
The gene - named Scaramanga after the three-nippled James Bond villain in The Man With The Golden Gun - was found by an Institute of Cancer Research team.
Researchers said by analysing the gene they would be able to find out more about breast formation and how it is connected to breast cancer.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4202466.stm
Briton kidnapped in Afghanistan
A British man has been kidnapped in Afghanistan after the convoy he was travelling in was attacked.
The man was with a firm providing security for a road project.
At least three policemen are believed dead after the ambush in the west of the country. The party's interpreter was also reportedly abducted.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4203514.stm
US lifts nuclear curbs on India
India is looking at nuclear power to meet its energy needs
The United States has removed some export restrictions on six Indian civilian nuclear and space facilities.
The facilities will now be allowed to purchase sensitive technology from the US without being subject to special licenses, reports say.
Washington had imposed sanctions on India following its nuclear tests in May 1998.
But earlier this year it agreed to increase co-operation on civilian nuclear energy programmes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4203842.stm
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