| The CNN Wire: Sunday Aug 26
Olmert, Abbas to meet on Tuesday JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Tuesday in Jerusalem, an official in Olmert's office told CNN. The two leaders last met three weeks ago, on Aug. 6, and indicated it was the first in a series of meetings that would be held. At the time, an official in Olmert's office told CNN the two leaders discussed "steps to be taken in the longer way to bring about the creation of the Palestinian state, which Prime Minister Olmert would like to see happening as soon as possible." Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat echoed that assessment, telling reporters in Ramallah, "They both discussed the most fundamental issues that are the basis for the creation of a Palestinian state." (Posted 2:30 a.m.) Fire burns at chemical storage site in Dubai DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- A fire broke out early Monday at a chemical storage facility at Jebel Ali port in the United Arab Emirates, sending choking black smoke into the sky, a Dubai Civil Defense Department official said.
Zimbabwe Gov't Eases Price Controls
Zimbabwe's government will allow hotels, restaurants and bars to raise their rates by up to 50 percent, state media reported Saturday, in a relaxation of a price-cutting policy aimed at taming soaring inflation rates in the economically beleaguered country.
Prices of accommodation and meals had been slashed by half two months ago under a sweeping decree that ordered price cuts on all goods and services. The new rates, announced by the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority, initially will be valid until Sept. 30, the state Herald newspaper reported.
The latest announcement came just two days after a decree from President Robert Mugabe freezing wages and school fees and striking down legal provisions allowing them to be linked to the state's own consumer price index on inflation.
Rosa's death ended Tony's era
The restaurant was always called Tony's, but for 30 years, the face behind the counter, which watched the ravioli boil and shrimp sizzle and beamed at neighbors and their children and their children's children, was that of Rosa DePasquale. So when Rosa died of cancer at 83 in June, a neighborhood institution went with her, a time capsule of mid-century, Italian-American culture, shuttered forever behind her mint-green, padlocked grate. The building at 329 Sumner St. in which Rosa cooked and lived is now for sale, having passed in a head-spinning fashion from the estate of Rosa's deceased husband, Tony, to Ronald DePasquale (who also passed away unexpectedly in July) -- Tony's son from his first marriage -- to Tony's first wife, Teresa Catina, who, at 91, still styles hair just two doors away.
Outer Cape Gallery Listings
PROVINCETOWN Albert Merola Gallery, 424 Commercial St., (508) 487-4424. OPENING 8-10 pm Fri. New Paintings: Jacqueline Humphries through Aug. 30. Alice Brock Studio, 69 Commercial St., (508) 487-2127. Still Cooking: paintings, prints, autographed books, posters & beach stones by the �Alice� of �Alice�s Restaurant.� Open weekends & by chance or appt. ArtStrand, 494 Commercial Street, (508) 487-1153. Jim Peters, Bert Yarborough, Jay Critchley, Francis Olschafskie through Aug. 22. Gallery works by Paul Bowen, Maryalice Johnston, Charles Spurrier, Mark Milloff. Beige Motel at former Pilgrim Springs Motel, Route 6, North Truro. Sand-crusted building by Jay Critchley, in-door exhibition. Backshore Gallery, 394 Commercial St. Provincetown, (508) 487-6870. Peter Clemons (gouaches), David Forest Thompson (paintings and photographs), Richard Stimpson (paintings), Walter Baranowski (driftwood furniture and clocks), Nicholas Read (paintings), Tommy John (constructions).
City tops 100,000 people
WEST JORDAN - In the past few decades, this Salt Lake County suburb has mushroomed from a small farming community into a major metropolitan area - the fourth largest city in the state.
This week, West Jordan will celebrate its arrival as a "first-class" city - a status, with some privileges, that is conferred by the state when a burg balloons to 100,000 people.
Although the U.S. Census Bureau - the ultimate numbers authority - pegs West Jordan's latest population at 94,309, the city isn't letting that dampen its festivities.
City officials insist the suburb hit 100,000 last year and now has topped 101,000. They plan to file a census challenge this month to prove it.
Regardless of how you parse the numbers, West Jordan has grown up, providing a home to vast numbers of people with diverse experiences - from a young family striking out in the city's sprawling west-side suburbs to an 89-year-old community activist, and from pioneer descendants fighting to hold onto their 100-year-old farm to a Mexican immigrant who, after years of poverty, has found success in West Jordan.
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