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| Global update | Today Saturday Sunday High: 71 High: 62 High: 61 Low: 51 Low: 38 Low: 46 Precip: 0% Precip: 30% Precip: 30% IN BRIEF Plane crashes after takeoff in Canada; all seven aboard feared dead HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — A Boeing 747 cargo jet bound for Spain with a crew of seven crashed in a fireball af ter its tail section apparently broke off during takeoff at Halifax Internation al Airport early Thursday. All aboard were feared dead. The MK Airlines jet loaded with lawn tractors and 58 tons of lobster and fish crashed shortly before 4 a.m. local time into a largely wooded area near an industrial park north of Hali fax, said Steve Anderson, a spokesman for the carrier in Sussex, England. The flight had originated from Bradley International Airport near Hartford, Conn., and stopped in Hali fax for refueling en route to Zaragoza, Spain. “Right now, we can confirm that there are believed to be no survivors as a result of the downed airplane,” said Constable Joe Taplin of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The tail of the jet lay in a field at the end of the runway, inside the fence surrounding the airport. The rest of the plane cut a wide, V-shaped swath through woods and brush and came to rest in pieces less than a mile away. The tops of several trees and power poles were sheared off. The weather at the time of the crash was good with a partly cloudy sky and light winds. Anderson said the crew members were from South Africa and Zim babwe. 2004 deficit hits record $413 billion WASHINGTON — The federal deficit surged to a record $413 billion in 2004, the Treasury Department an nounced Thursday, injecting the fig ure into a presidential campaign in which the two parties have clashed over President Bush's management of the economy and the budget. The number was a significant improve ment from the shortfalls that analysts projected earlier this year, including a $521 billion estimate the Bush ad ministration made in February. In March, the nonpartisan Congression al Budget Office estimated a deficit of $477 billion. Russia-U.S. crew leaves for international space station BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — A new Russian-U.S. crew headed to the in ternational space station Thursday, surging into orbit aboard a Soyuz spacecraft none of the three astro nauts has piloted before. The Soyuz have been the only manned vehicles able to reach the or biting research lab since the U.S. space shuttle fleet was grounded 20 months ago after the Columbia burned up on re-entry. Russians Salizhan Sharipov and Yuri Shargin and American Leroy Chiao were flying their first mission in a Soyuz spacecraft — a rare rup ture with a tradition of having at least one crewman with previous experi ence in piloting the capsule. Chiao and Sharipov both have flown U.S. space shuttles, while Shar gin is a space rookie. The Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft lifted off as scheduled from the Baikonur cosmodrome in the bleak steppes of Kazakhstan at 7:06 a.m. Moscow time and entered orbit less than 10 minutes later. The spaceship is to dock with the station at 8:17 a.m. Saturday. U.S. Marines launch attacks in Fallujah BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. Marines launched air and ground attacks Thursday on the insurgent bastion Fallujah after city representatives sus pended peace talks with the govern ment over Prime Minister Ayad Allawi’s demand to hand over terror ism mastermind Abu Musab al-Zar qawi. Late Thursday, residents of the city, 40 miles west of Baghdad, re ported shuddering American bom bardments using planes and armored vehicles in what they said was the most intensive shelling since U.S. forces began weeks of “precision strikes” aimed at al-Zarqawi's net work. Vote counting begins in Afghan election KABUL, Afghanistan — Interim leader Hamid Karzai took an early lead as vote counting began in Afghanistan’s landmark presidential election, after allegations of ballot box stuffing, voter intimidation and multiple voting forced five days of de lay. The tally was halted Friday so the 1,000 Afghans on the counting staff could have the day off to celebrate the start of Ramadan, the Islamic fasting month. Counting was to re sume in all eight regional counting centers on Saturday. Bush, Kerry lob post-debate assaults LAS VEGAS — President Bush crit icized Sen. John Kerry as a liberal try ing to hide from his own record Thursday as the two men entered the last, post-debate lap of a close race for the White House. The Democratic challenger said his rival “fights, liter ally, for the privileged few ... I believe we need a president who will fight for the great middle class and for those who are struggling to join it.” Deck collapses, leaving 1 six injured after fall UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — A second-story deck collapsed Thurs day night during a party at a private home, dropping more than a dozen people 12 feet to the ground and in juring six of them, witnesses said. TWo of the injured were reported in critical condition at Tacoma General Hospital. As many as 16 people were on the deck at a going-away party for a Navy recruit. “First thing I thought was just ‘earthquake,’ and then I realized the deck was falling and as soon as it hit I didn’t know if I was hurt or not, but I just wished I could have done more to help others,” Paul Jackson, the guest of honor, told KING-TV. The cause of the collapse wasn’t immediately known, said Marv Cole of the University Place Fire Depart ment. Coos County coroner sentenced for shooting COQUILLE — The Coos County coroner convicted of shooting a man in the chest was sentenced to 30 days in jail, a far more lenient sentence than he could have received. Because his crime involved a firearm, William Hosack, 63, faced five years in prison if Judge Richard Mickelson had sentenced him under guidelines for third-degree assault. “You're lucky the Legislature has retained discretion to judges for the firearm minimum,” Mickelson told Hosack. Hosack was initially charged with first-degree assault after a shooting on his rural property in February, when several young people drove up to his property and got into a fight with his neighbors. — The Associated Press Premier Travel • Airfare Specials! • Jacksonville - $198.00* New Orleans - $198.00* San Jose, CR - $328.00* Frankfurt - $390.00* *t;i\ ai lit teesnot indiulcii leMiictKms apply •_Sutyiccl to c liauyc u it In ml notice We have STUDENT discounts!!! 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