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Editor's Note: The CNN Wire is a running log of the latest news from CNN World Headquarters, reported by CNN's correspondents and producers, and The CNN Wire editors. "Posted" times are Eastern Daylight.

3 police officers, 2 militants dead after 22-hour long standoff

From Journalist Mukhtar Ahmad

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir (CNN) -- A 22-hour standoff between Indian security forces and a group of heavily-armed militants ended Thursday morning, leaving a total of three police officers and two militants dead, police said.

"After a fierce gun battle we killed the two militants but we lost a policeman and a CRPF (central reserve police force) trooper sustained bullet injuries in the final assault," said Farooq Ahmad, the deputy inspector general of police.

Two other police officers were killed during an earlier shootout with the militants. Approximately 16 people, including 11 police officers, sustained injuries and were treated at the city's main hospital.

The standoff began Wednesday after militants opened fire and threw grenades at a guard post outside a makeshift battalion headquarters of the Indian paramilitary CRPF, before fleeing the scene, police said. (Posted 1:20 a.m.)

Shays: Integrity of Congress on the line

(CNN) -- Rep. Chris Shays, R-Conn., stopped just short of calling for House speaker Dennis Hastert's resignation directly. In a statement released Tuesday, he said that "the integrity of Congress is on the line."

"If there is any leader -- Republican or Democrat -- that knew or should have known about Mark Foley's behavior, he or she should step down from leadership," he said. "I will not vote for any leader who knew or should have known about Mark Foley's conduct." (Posted 8:58 p.m.)

Congressman cancels Hastert campaign appearance

(CNN) -- Amid calls for House Speaker Dennis Hastert to resign and letters of support for the now-embattled speaker, at least one representative cancelled a campaign stop with him. Hastert had been scheduled to appear with Rep. Ron Lewis, R-Ky., but the congressman "disinvited" him, according to Lewis' spokesman, Michael Dodge.

"It was not done as a gesture to condemn the speaker," Dodge told CNN. "There's an investigation that's begun with the FBI, the House ethics committee is going to convene as early as tomorrow and in light of there being some questions in leadership about who knew what and when (Lewis thought) it would be inappropriate."

Dodge also said that the Mark Foley matter "came up at just about every stop" Wednesday on the campaign trail. (Posted 8:48 p.m.)

Pryce seeks further probe in Foley activities

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Republican Conference chairwoman Deborah Pryce has asked the clerk of the House, Karen Haas, to investigate two new allegations against former Rep. Mark Foley -- including one that Capitol police had to stop the intoxicated congressman from entering the residence hall that houses the teenage congressional messengers.

The second involved a report that the official in charge of Republican pages brought "specific concerns" about Foley to the attention of Haas' predecessor, Jeff Trandahl. Pryce, R-Ohio, said the allegations were raised during a conference call with GOP lawmakers Monday night and deserve "thorough investigation."

"The facts behind these rumors need to be made clear so that we can help ensure the future safety of young people who are left in Congress' charge when they serve as pages," she wrote. (Posted 8:35 p.m.)

Envoy: U.S. will not live with a nuclear North Korea

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. envoy to stalled North Korea nuclear talks said Wednesday that the United States will not tolerate a nuclear North Korea and has warned Pyongyang not to test a nuclear weapon

"We are not going to live with a a nuclear North Korea," Assistant Secretary of State Chris Hill told the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University. "We are not going to accept it."

North Korea "can have a future or it can have these weapons. It cannot have both," Hill said.

Hill said that on Tuesday the United States passed a message "of deep concern" about a possible test to Pyongyang through the North Korean mission to the United Nations, which serves as a contact between the two governments, but did not receive an answer. (Posted 7:58 p.m.)

Marines pleads not guilty in killing of Iraqi civilian

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (CNN) -- Two U.S. Marines charged in the death of an Iraqi civilian near Hamdaniya last April pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the charges against them.

Pfc. John J. Jodka pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, conspiracy, assault, housebreaking and wrongfully seizing and holding the victim against his will.

Cpl. Marshall L. Magincalda pleaded not guilty to the same charges, plus charges of making a false official statement and larceny.

Col. Steve Folsom, the military judge for the proceedings, set motions hearings for Jodka on Oct. 25 and 26, Nov. 28 and Jan. 31 and scheduled the trial to begin Mar. 5, 2007.

Magincalda's hearings were set for Nov. 7 and 8, Dec. 18 and 19 and Jan. 17, with the court-martial beginning on Feb. 1, 2007.

Folsom also issued an order in both cases restricting the release of information from the prosecution and defense in the case, saying all information must have "judicial approval" for release. (Posted 6:42 p.m.)

2 dead in Israeli airstrike in Gaza

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- An Israeli airstrike targeted a car in Khan Younis, southern Gaza late Wednesday, killing the two Palestinians inside, the Israeli military and Palestinian medical sources said.

The Israel Defense Forces said the two in the car were "terror activists" planning an imminent attack. The Palestinian sources could not verify an identity on the two. (Posted 6:37 p.m.)

Hill: U.S. 'strongly supports' S.Korean FM for U.N. chief

(CNN) -- The United States "strongly supports" the candidacy of South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon for U.N. Secretary General, according to Chris Hill, who heads the U.S. delegation to the six-party talks with North Korea.

Hill, the assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific, made the comment Wednesday at the opening of the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies.

The U.N. Security Council is expected to take a formal vote for the post Monday, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton has said, and all indications are that the Security Council will recommend Ban to succeed Kofi Annan when his second five-year term ends at the close of the year. (Posted 5:49 p.m.)

Appeals court lets administration continue warrantless surveillance program

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Bush administration won a temporary legal victory Wednesday as a federal appeals panel allowed its warrantless surveillance program to continue operating while a challenge works its way through the courts.

The National Security Agency had been under a federal judge's order to shut down its program to monitor Americans' phone calls and e-mails without warrants.

The brief order from a three-judge panel of the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the government's request to a stay while officials filed further legal challenges. (Posted 5:41 p.m.)

Congressman's aide quits over Foley scandal accusations

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The chief of staff to a top Republican lawmaker resigned Wednesday but denied accusations that he tried to protect former Rep. Mark Foley from congressional inquiries into his contacts with teenage pages.

Kirk Fordham was the top aide to Rep. Tom Reynolds, R-N.Y., and once held the same job for Foley. In a sharply worded statement issued after his resignation, Kirk Fordham denied intervening with the House Page Board on Foley's behalf and dropped a new bombshell: that he had notified "senior staff at the highest levels" about concerns with Foley before 2005.

"Rather than trying to shift the blame on me, those who are employed by these House leaders should acknowledge what they know about their action or inaction in response to the information they knew about Mr. Foley prior to 2005," he said.

Foley, a six-term Florida Republican, resigned Friday after his e-mails to a teenage boy who had served as a congressional page became public -- and as ABC News was about to air more explicit records of instant messages the congressman exchanged with other pages. (Posted 5:09 p.m.)

Poll indicates Bush may be a drag on GOP come November

(CNN) -- Although President Bush has been campaigning for local Republican candidates this week, he actually may hurt more than help his party come November, according to results of a new CNN poll released Wednesday.

Fifty-seven percent of 1,014 adult Americans surveyed by Opinion Research Corporation on behalf of CNN said they will be more likely to vote for a candidate who opposes Bush, as compared to 37 percent who said they will likely cast their ballots for candidates who support the president.

Asked about issues which may play a role in their vote, 50 percent of poll respondents said they disapproved of how Bush is handling terrorism, compared with 48 percent who approve. But that was the most narrowly divided among issues. Sixty-six percent said they disapprove of how Bush is handling the Iraq war; 62 percent disapprove of how Bush is handling gas prices; 62 percent disapprove of how Bush is handling the economy; 66 percent disapprove of how Bush is handling immigration; 61 percent disapprove of how Bush is handling the war in Afghanistan; and 61 percent disapprove of how the president is handling foreign affairs, poll results showed. (Posted 4:33 p.m.)

Marine pleads not guilty in killing of Iraqi civilian

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (CNN) -- A U.S. Marine charged in the death of an Iraqi civilian near Hamdaniya last April pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the charges against him.

Pfc. John J. Jodka pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, conspiracy, assault, housebreaking and wrongfully seizing and holding the victim against his will. (Posted 4:31 p.m.)

19 U.S. troop deaths so far in October

BAGHDAD (CNN) -- The U.S. military on Wednesday reported the deaths of four more American soldiers, bringing the number of American troop fatalities so far for the first four days of October to 19.

The latest deaths reported were four soldiers killed Wednesday when insurgents attacked their patrol northwest of Baghdad.

Fourteen of the deaths took place in Baghdad, where U.S. and Iraqi troops have been working to implement a crackdown.

Four of the deaths occurred in Anbar province, where fighting has persisted between U.S. troops and militants up and down the Euphrates River valley, and one occurred in Kirkuk. (Posted 4:10 p.m.)

Watchdog group raised Foley concerns in July, officials say

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Washington watchdog group brought concerns about then-Florida Rep. Mark Foley's contacts with a former congressional page to the FBI in July, but government officials said Wednesday the group did not provide enough information to pursue a case.

The group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, has questioned whether the Bush administration helped "to cover up Rep. Foley's conduct and leave a potential sexual predator on the loose."

But government officials briefed on the matter said copies of the messages, which CREW brought to the FBI's Washington field office, were examined the the bureau's public corruption squad, criminal squad and cyber-crimes squad. They said CREW would not identify any of the young people involved, and the paperwork given to the FBI did not include full e-mail addresses. (Posted 3:44 p.m.)

27 treated for exposure after sulfur dioxide gas release

HOUSTON (CNN) -- Twenty-seven people were treated for exposure to chemical vapors on Wednesday after a release sulfur dioxide gas from a sulfuric acid tank at the Valero Refinery, company spokeswoman Mary Rose Brown told CNN.

The release has been cleared and those treated are in good condition, Brown said.

As a precaution they are being transported to the hospital for further observation, she added.

The company lifted a "shelter in place" recommendation for residents living near the refinery, Brown said. Workers were also returning to their work areas, she said. (Posted 3:42 p.m.)

Suicide truck bomb attack in Iraqi city of Ramadi; only bomber killed

BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Insurgents on Wednesday launched a suicide truck bomb attack at the Iraqi Army headquarters in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, authorities told CNN.

A Defense Ministry spokesman said there were no deaths other than the suicide bomber.

He said Iraqi soldiers shot at the driver as the truck sped toward the headquarters. The truck then detonated near the building, the spokesman said. (Posted 2:53 p.m.)

Survey: Misconceptions about flu and vaccine may prevent people from getting vaccinated

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As flu season approaches, there are some common misconceptions about influenza and the flu vaccine that may be preventing people from getting vaccinated, according to a new survey released Wednesday by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.

The survey found that less than half -- about 48 percent -- of the 1,014 adults who responded to the survey plan to get vaccinated.

About half of those questioned said they don't think the flu is serious enough to warrant a shot. (Posted 2:45 p.m.)

Owners of nursing home plead not guilty to 35 counts of negligent homicide

CHALMETTE, La. (CNN) -- The couple who owned a nursing home where 35 patients died when floodwaters swamped the facility after Hurricane Katrina last year pleaded not guilty to 35 counts of negligent homicide on Wednesday.

Sal and Mabel Mangano, who owned St. Rita's nursing home in St. Bernard Parish, have said they chose not to evacuate the facility because they feared an evacuation would be too difficult for the frail and elderly residents.

A handful of the victims' relatives were in the small courthouse in Chalmette for the brief arraignment. They were silent during the hearing, but some had tears in their eyes as the Manganos walked past them to leave the courthouse. (Posted 2:44 p.m.)

Congressman's aide quits over Foley scandal accusations

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The chief of staff to a top Republican lawmaker resigned Wednesday amid allegations that he tried to protect former Rep. Mark Foley from congressional inquiries into his contacts with teenage pages.

Kirk Fordham was the top aide to Rep. Tom Reynolds, R-N.Y., and once held the same job for Foley. In his resignation statement, he vigorously denied taking any inappropriate action on Foley's behalf.

Reynolds is the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, which is working to keep the GOP in control of the House in November's elections. The scandal not only has rocked the Republican leadership, but it has become an issue in Reynolds' upstate New York district just weeks before the vote. (Posted 2:43 p.m.)

Lawmaker questions whether page program should be suspended in light of Foley scandal

PEORIA, Ill. (CNN) -- At least one member of Congress is questioning whether the more than 170-year-old Congressional Page program should be suspended, in light of the recent scandal involving "overly friendly" e-mails and sexually graphic instant messages allegedly sent by former Rep. Mark Foley to underage male pages.

"To send 15- and 16-year-old boys and girls to Washington, D.C., it's an antiquated system," Rep. Ray LaHood told CNN's "American Morning."

"My idea is, let's suspend it, send the pages home and have some scholarly people in Washington really evaluate the program and bring it into the 21st century," said the Illinois Republican. (Posted 1:43 p.m.)

Seven treated for exposure after sulfuric acid spill

HOUSTON (CNN) -- Seven people were treated for exposure to chemical vapors on Wednesday after a sulfuric acid spill at the Valero Refinery, company spokeswoman Mary Rose Brown told CNN.

The spill has been contained and those treated are in good condition, Brown said.

As a precaution they are being transported to the hospital for further observation, she added.

The company is advising residents living near the refinery to remain in their homes, Brown said, but no evacuation has been ordered.

-- CNN Regional Editor Audrey Irvine contributed to this report (Posted 1:41 p.m.)

Suicide truck bomb attack in Iraqi city of Ramadi

BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Insurgents on Wednesday launched a suicide truck bomb attack at the Iraqi Army headquarters in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, a hospital official told CNN.

There was no immediate word on casualties. U.S. and Iraqi troops have been battling insurgents in Ramadi and elsewhere throughout the sprawling largely Sunni province.

The attack took place at 3:30 p.m. local time. (Posted 10:10 a.m.)

Iraq Interior Ministry, citing lack of 'full allegiance' to government, removes national police brigade from Baghdad streets

BAGHDAD (CNN) -- The Iraqi government is pulling off a national police brigade off the streets of Baghdad, with a U.S. military spokesman citing the brigade's "possible complicity" in permitting "death squad units to move freely" instead of confronting them.

Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said the Ministry of Interior announced late Tuesday a "recall of the 8th Brigade, 2nd National Police."

The incident comes amid longstanding concern over the infilitration of Iraqi police by Shiite death squads.

This move was made after a brazen kidnapping of two dozen people on Sunday. Some Sunnis blamed Shiite death squads and criticized Iraqi security forces.

Speaking to reporters at a briefing, Caldwell said the brigade will "report to a forward operating base to reorganize" and to get "anti-militia, anti-sectarian violence, and national unity training, both at the unit level and at the individual level."

"This brigade's past performance has not demonstrated the level of professionalism sought by the Ministry of Interior," said Caldwell, who added that the government lost "trust and confidence" in the unit because of "poor performances" and "alleged criminal wrongdoings."

Amish school shooting survivors: 3 remain in critical condition, 2 in serious condition

PHILADELPHIA (CNN) -- One of the five schoolgirls hospitalized from Monday's Amish school shooting has been upgraded from critical to serious condition, the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia announced Wednesday.

The 12-year-old who is now listed in serious condition suffered from gunshot wounds to the arm and leg, according to the hosptial. Two other patients -- an 8-year-old with neck and arm injuries and a 10-year-old with head injuries -- remain in critical condition at the hospital.

Hershey Medical Center hospital officials announced Tuesday that a 13-year-old patient was upgraded to serious condition, while a 6-year-old remains in critical condition.

The teen is able to communicate using her eyes, an optimistic sign, but hospital officials warned that she is not out of the woods yet.

At the families request, the hospital did not provide details on the extent of the girls' injuries.

The girls survived a rampage on Monday when, according to police, Charles Carl Roberts IV stormed an Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania's Lancaster (LANN-cas-turr) County and opened fire on a group of 10 schoolgirls before turning the gun on himself.

Five girls plus Roberts, a 32-year-old milk truck driver, died in the attack. Many of the girls were shot execution-style in the head, Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Jeffrey Miller said. (Posted 8:25 a.m.)

Iraqi minister convoy targeted in bombing; at least 12 killed; 22 slain bodies found dumped in Baghdad; 2 more U.S. troop deaths

BAGHDAD (CNN) -- A series of three bombs targeting employees for Iraq's Ministry of Industry went off in rapid succession Wednesday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 70 more in a mainly Christian neighborhood of Baghdad, police said.

A ministry spokesman said Minister Fawzi al-Hariri was not present during the attacks, which occurred when bodyguards were taking their cars to a site for a refueling.

Two bombs targeted guards and another bomb targeted an Industry Ministry convoy. The convoy was traveling in the Camp Sara neighborhood and part of a building nearby was also damaged. (Posted 7:35 a.m.)

2 killed, 6 hurt in Srinagar shoot-out

From Journalist Mukhtar Ahmad

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir (CNN) -- Two police officers were killed and six other people were wounded during clashes between Indian security forces and an unknown number of heavily-armed militants who sought shelter at a hotel in central Srinagar after attacking a paramilitary barracks Wednesday, police said.

"The militants entered an adjacent hotel in the city center which has been surrounded by us," the officer said. "They are firing at the surrounding troops."

The wounded include four civilians and two police officers.

According to police, the standoff started when the militants opened fire and threw grenades at the guard post outside a makeshift battalion headquarters of the Indian paramilitary central reserve police force (CRPF) before fleeing the scene.

A senior police officer said massive evacuations of innocent civilians was required before starting the "flushing-out operation against the militants." (Posted 7:28 a.m.)

2 Canadians killed in Afghan fighting

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Two Canadian soldiers were killed on Tuesday during fighting in southern Afghanistan, Canadian forces said.

The fighting took place in Kandahar province, west of Kandahar City, around 4:50 p.m. local time.

Canada is part of NATO's International Security Assistance Force and its troops are deployed in Kandahar.

Canadian forces said "ISAF forces operating in the Panjwayi area were attacked by mortars, rocket propelled grenades and small arms fire" when ISAF personnel were working to clear mines and roadside bombs for a road building project.

"A number of ISAF soldiers, including Canadians suffered injuries in the attack," Canadian forces said.

Thirty-nine Canadian soldiers have died so far in the Afghan conflict. (Posted 6:58 a.m.)

15 U.S. troop deaths so far in October

BAGHDAD (CNN) -- The U.S. military on Wednesday reported the deaths of two more American soldiers, bringing the number of American troop fatalities so far for the first three days of October to 15.

The latest reported was a U.S. soldier was killed in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday.

A Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldier died at approximately 3:15 p.m. "when terrorists attacked his patrol with small-arms fire."

Earlier, the military reported another U.S. fatality on Tuesday -- a Task Force Lightning soldier was struck by enemy fire near Kirkuk.

Other than the Kirkuk incident, 10 of the deaths took place in Baghdad, where U.S. and Iraqi troops have been working to implement a crackdown.

Four of the deaths occurred in Anbar province, where fighting has persisted between U.S. troops and militants up and down the Euphrates River valley.

Only one of the 15 -- one of the Anbar fatalities -- was non-combat-related.

The deaths come as sectarian and insurgent violence rise.

Seventy-three U.S. troops were killed in September and 64 died in August. The highest monthly U.S. troop death number in the Iraq war was in November 2004, when the U.S.-led offensive against militants in Falluja occurred.

Since the start of the Iraq war, 2,729 U.S. military service members have been killed. (Posted 6:50 a.m.)

U.S. scientist wins Nobel prize for chemistry

STOCKHOLM (CNN) -- U.S. scientist Roger D. Kornberg won the 2006 Nobel Prize for chemistry Wednesday "for his studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription," the organization's Web site said. (Posted 6:18 a.m.)

2 U.S. soldiers killed in Baghdad, near Kirkuk

BAGHDAD (CNN) -- A U.S. soldier was killed in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.

A Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldier died at approximately 3:15 p.m. "when terrorists attacked his patrol with small-arms fire."

Earlier, the military reported another U.S. fatality on Tuesday -- a Task Force Lightning soldier was struck by enemy fire near Kirkuk.

Since the start of the Iraq war, 2,729 U.S. military service members have been killed. (Posted 6:15 a.m.)

IDF: 2 airstrikes target a car carrying terrorists and a building used by militants

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- A vehicle and building linked to terrorism were attacked late Tuesday during separate Israeli military airstrikes in Gaza, an Israel Defense Forces statement said Wednesday.

The Israeli military targeted a car traveling in northern Gaza whose occupants were suspected members of an Islamic Jihad terror cell. The IDF said the "terrorists" were responsible for rocket attacks against Israel.

"Following the attack several secondary explosions occurred in the vehicle, apparently due to weaponry inside," the statement said.

A second attack was launched on a building in southern Gaza the IDF said was used for the manufacturing and storage of weapons used in terrorism.

Information regarding casualties was not reported for either incident. (Posted 4:11 a.m.)

Militants attack Indian paramilitaries, take refuge in Srinagar hotel

From Journalist Mukhtar Ahmad

SRINAGAR (CNN) -- Indian security forces surrounded a hotel in central Srinagar Wednesday after an unknown number of heavily-armed militants sought shelter there after attacking a paramilitary barracks, police said.

"Our priority is to evacuate safely the civilians before starting the flushing-out operation against the militants," said a senior police officer.

According to police, the standoff started when the militants opened fire and threw grenades at the guard post outside a makeshift battalion headquarters of the Indian paramilitary central reserve police force (CRPF) before fleeing the scene.

"The militants entered an adjacent hotel in the city center which has been surrounded by us," the officer said. "They are firing at the surrounding troops." (Posted 3:56 a.m.)

China urges calm and restraint on North Korea nuclear test plans

BEIJING (CNN) -- A day after North Korea said it will conduct a nuclear test in the future, ally China weighed in, calling on all sides to exercise calm and restraint, China's Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday.

"We hope that the DPRK (North Korea's official name) will keep calm and restrained on the nuclear test issue," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said in a statement.

Japan's new Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, took a tougher stand ahead of newly announced summits in Beijing and Seoul.

"The statement announced by North Korea yesterday is extremely regrettable," Abe said Wednesday, while speaking to parliament. "If North Korea will conduct the nuclear test, it would be absolutely unacceptable."

"Japan strongly urges North Korea to abide by the UNSC (U.N. Security Council) resolution and we will coordinate with the United States and other related countries, such as China and South Korea, to take appropriate measures," he said. (Posted 3:31 a.m.)

Abe to hold summits with China and South Korea

TOKYO (CNN) -- In the aftermath of North Korea's announcement that it will conduct a nuclear test, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's office announced he will hold summits with China and South Korea in the next week.

Abe is scheduled to visit Beijing on Sunday, October 8, and travel to Seoul the following day. The dates were set prior to the latest developments out of Pyongyang.

One of the many goals of the new Abe government is improving Toyko's ties with other Asian nations -- ties that were often tenuous while Junichiro Koizumi was prime minister. Koizumi's visits to a controversial Tokyo war shrine infuriated China and South Korea, causing both nations to refuse summits with him. (Posted 3:04 a.m.)


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